User manual

Important — Changing the ISO setting of your RED camera does not alter the recorded
data. However, since it changes the lightness of the image youʼre monitoring during the
shoot, it will influence how you light the scene and adjust the cameraʼs iris.
Using Proxies in Color
When using RED QuickTime media in Color, you have the option of choosing a proxy
setting in the User Preferences tab of the Setup room; otherwise, Colorʼs proxy
mechanism is only available with DPX or Cineon image sequence–based projects.
The Render, Grading, and Playback Proxy pop-up menus are found in the User Preferences tab
of the Setup room of Color.
Setting the Render Proxy Resolution Appropriately
As its name implies, the Render Proxy setting affects the output resolution of projects
using REDCODE, DPX, and Cineon source media. Itʼs important to understand that the
Proxy mechanism in Color works relative to the original size of the media files on disk,
not the project resolution. If your project uses 4K RED media, then the default Render
Proxy setting of Half Resolution results in 2K files being rendered. In fact, setting the
Render Proxy pop-up menu to Half Resolution is the fastest and most efficient way to
render 2K media if your project uses 4K REDCODE source.
If your project uses 2K RED media, or youʼre intending to render a project using 4K
RED media at 4K resolution, then you need to set the Render Proxy pop-up menu to
Full Resolution.
Setting the Grading and Playback Proxy Resolutions
The lower proxy setting of Quarter Resolution provides faster performance as you work
in Color at the expense of slightly lower visual quality. If youʼre starting out with 4K
media, any quality reduction is quite minimal.
Unlike DPX or Cineon-based proxies, there is no need to use the Generate Proxies
command before changing the proxy resolution; all Grading and Playback proxies for
RED QuickTime media are generated on the fly.
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