R3D Format Settings - Import
When importing R3D media files from the MediaHub, you can use the file header information for various settings. This makes importing multi-selection of R3D files easier since you can define manual settings for some parameters while preserving camera original settings for non-modified options. You can set it up in the MediaHub, in the R3D format options.
Using file header information to set import options:
- The following boxes from the Colour menu have a From File option:
- Colour Science
- Colour Space
- Gamma Curve
- HDRx Offset
- The following toggles, located in the Image menu, set the behaviour of associated fields:
- Image Settings From File: Enable to use information from the imported R3D file to set the options displayed in the Image menu. Disable to use the MediaHub values.
- Curves / Advanced Settings From File: Enable to use information from the imported R3D file to set the options displayed in the Curves / Advanced Colour menu. Disable to use the MediaHub values.
- The 'Save As User Settings' option is now enabled by default and allows you to use the camera settings as a starting point in the Pre Processing Options.
Metadata Settings
Tape Name
Select an option to determine how the tape name is set when importing clips.
| Select: | To: |
|---|---|
| Enter Tape Name | Activate the Tape Name field where you enter the tape name. When selecting multiple files for import, this tape name is used for all imported files. |
| Tape Name from File Name | Use the name of the imported file as the tape name. |
| Tape Name from Directory | Determine the tape name from the detected directory structure. Use the Level field below to configure the relative path to the directory from which the tape name can be determined. |
| Tape Name from Header | Read the tape name from the header of the imported file. |
Level field
Set from which directory the tape name is taken, relative to the location of the clip in the directory structure.
Although available for all types of files, the Level field is intended for directory structures output by film scanners. A typical image file directory structure looks like this: ./<tape>/<resolution>/clip.######. In this case, selecting Levels Up 2 in the Level field identifies the directory that corresponds to the tape name (./<tape>). Enabled if Tape Name is set to Tape From Directory.
Tape Name field
Enter the name to use as tape name when importing the clip. Enabled if Tape Name is set to Enter Tape Name.
Orientation
Flip (vertical) or flop (horizontal) the media when importing the clip. Camera uses the orientation defined on the camera during the shoot. Disable Flip to use the true orientation of the image, as it was shot.
Timecode
Select which timecode to use as RED camera records both edge code (run record) and time-of-day (free run) timecodes during a shoot. Or Use Primary to use the timecode defined at the time of the shoot.
Debayering Settings
Debayer Mode
Select the resolution of the imported clip. Premium and Good refer to quality of the debayer, especially the anti-aliasing performance. Full is always Premium quality, while Quarter, Eighth and Sixteenth are always Good.
Use GPU/CPU
Use GPU ensures the debayering happens on the GPU. This is the option to use for best performance. Use CPU if the GPU decoding causes issues such as image corruption.
Bit Depth
Set the bit depth of the imported image. This setting is bypassed and implicitly set to 16 bits Floating Point when importing an HDRx clip as High Dynamic Range media, when using a Gamma Curve set to Scene Linear (16-bit fp), or when using the ACES colour space setting.
Detail (Legacy)
Select the level of detail extraction required. This is not a sharpen setting. Only processed when importing clips with Debayering set to Full.
Denoise (Legacy)
Select the level of noise reduction applied. Only processed when importing clips with Debayering set to Full.
Dragon Enhanced Black (Legacy)
Enable to remove red noise in low light contents. Only available for DRAGON footage and if Debayer Mode is set to Full or Half Premium.
OLPF Compensation (Legacy)
Select the level of Optical Low Pass Filter (OLPF) to compensate for the optical anti-aliasing filter. Only processed when importing clips with Debayering set to Half Premium or Full.
OLPF is a type of sharpening used to compensate for the optical anti-aliasing filter, which can induce softening of the image during recording.
Flashing Pixel Adjustment
Only available when colour science is set to IPP2 and when debayering at Full or Half Premium.
Chroma Noise Reduction (IPP2)
Only available when colour science is set to IPP2 and when debayering at Full or Half Premium.
Colour Settings
Otherwise, please be aware that the values you set in the Format Specific 
R3D Colour tab will be followed by the colour management requested in the General settings. If you are setting the values manually, please ensure they are synchronized appropriately.
Colour Settings
Select how Flame uses the colour information stored within an R3D file.
| Select: | To have: |
|---|---|
| User/Camera | Flame imports RED clips using the options you set in the Colour, Image, CDL, Advanced Colour (Legacy), and Curve menus. When "From File" is used for an option, the value is taken from the R3D file header. |
| User/RMD | Flame imports RED clips using the options you set in the Colour, Image, CDL, Advanced Colour (Legacy), and Curve menus. When "From File" is used for an option, the value is taken from the RMD side-car if present or the R3D file header. |
| Camera | Flame imports RED clips using the look created on the RED camera and stored in the R3D file header. Disables the Colour, Image, CDL, Advanced Colour (Legacy), and Curve menu options. |
| RMD/Camera | Flame imports RED clips using the RMD look created in REDCINE-X, or falls back on the camera settings if there are no RMD settings. Disables the Colour, Image, CDL, Advanced Colour (Legacy), and Curve menu options. |
| RSX Only | Flame imports RED clips using the RSX look created in RED Alert!. The RSX file must reside in the same directory as the R3D file. Disables the Colour, Image, CDL, Advanced Colour (Legacy), and Curve menu options. Only clips with an RSX profile can be imported. |
| RSX or RMD/Camera | Flame imports RED clips using the RSX look. If no RSX file exists, Flame imports using the RMD look from REDCINE-X, or falls back on camera settings. Disables the Colour, Image, CDL, Advanced Colour (Legacy), and Curve menu options. |
| RSX or User | Flame imports RED clips using the RSX look. If no RSX file exists, Flame imports using the options you set in the Colour, Image, CDL, Advanced Colour (Legacy), and Curve menu options. |
Save as User Settings button
Enable to make the Camera colour settings editable in the timeline FX Format Options.
Colour Science
Set the version of the RED decoder to use. IPP2 is the most recent update to the RED decoder and should be used in most cases. IPP2 also gives you access to the CDL Settings.
Flame displays the options that correspond to the selected colour science, therefore, this option changes the other colour related menus: Colour Space and Gamma Curve, Image, CDL (IPP2), and Advanced Colour (Legacy).
Colour Space
Select the colour primaries for the imported clips.
The R3D SDK limits some options when ACES2065-1 is used. So, if you select the ACES2065-1 option, the application disables the Gamma Curve box, as well as the Advanced Colour (Legacy) and Curve menu, and it sets implicitly the Bit Depth (Debayering menu) to 16-bit fp. It also disables the Contrast in the Image menu, and the Brightness, Saturation, DRX and Shadow sliders in the Legacy Image menu.
Gamma Curve
Set the value of the output gamma curve that is applied to the imported clips.
Disabled when Colour Space is set to ACES.
In Legacy colour science, selecting Scene Linear (16bit fp) implicitly sets the Bit Depth to 16-bit floating point. If you set HDRx Settings to High Dynamic Range, HDRx clips are imported as Scene Linear, ignoring the Gamma Curve setting. If set to Linear, the ISO, Exposure, Brightness and FLUT controls, in the Image menu, are disabled.
HDRx Settings
Select which track of a RED HDRx file to import, or how to merge the two tracks together. A RED HDRx media file is made of two tracks, track A (the main exposure) and track X (the highlight protection exposure). Use HDRx Settings to set how you want to use those two tracks. If a clip only has track A, then Flame imports simply that.
| Select: | To have: |
|---|---|
| Primary Exposure | Only the main exposure (A track). |
| Highlight Exposure | Only the highlight protection exposure (X track). |
| Blend Exposures | A single clip resulting from blending together the Primary and Highlight tracks. Blend Exposures behaves similarly to the option of the same name found in REDCINE-X by RED. Use the Blend field to set the blend value to use. |
| Magic Motion | A single clip resulting from the merge of the Primary and Highlight tracks using an algorithm provided and developed by RED. This algorithm tries to match and blend together the motion blurs of the two tracks. |
| High Dynamic Range (Legacy) | A single clip resulting from the merge of the Primary and Highlight tracks using an HDR merging algorithm developed by Autodesk. It converts the two exposures into a single 16-bit float image. Importing an HDRx clip as High Dynamic Range forces the Bit Depth of the imported clip to 16-bit floating point, and the Gamma Curve to Scene Linear. Use the Blend, Highlight Threshold, and Exposure Offset fields to refine the blend. |
| RMD | A clip using blending options read from the RMD file. If there is no RMD file, Flame loads the main exposure (A track). |
HDRx.Blend field
Set how to blend the two exposures of a RED HDRx clip.
With HDRx Settings set to Blend Exposures, this field behaves like the blend in REDCINE-X; the blend also attenuates the artifacts created by the scene operation, which is a blend of the two exposures: -1 shows only the Highlight (X frame), 1 only the Primary (A Frame), and 0 a 50-50 mix.
With HDRx Settings set to High Dynamic Range (Legacy), Blend also attenuates the artifacts created by scene motions; set to 1 unless you are troubleshooting motion artifacts.
Highlight Threshold (Legacy)
Set the threshold when pixels from the Highlight exposure are used instead of the over-exposed pixels from the Primary exposure. Only available when HDRx Settings box is set to High Dynamic Range. Set Highlight Threshold last because import options such as ISO or FLUT lighten or darken the image. Too high and you get clipping (often including a magenta-coloured cast), too low and the midtones and shadows have noise leaking in from the Highlight track.
Exposure Offset field (Legacy)
Set how much greater the Primary exposure was when compared to the Highlight exposure, in units of stops. Only available when HDRx Settings box is set to High Dynamic Range. The Exposure Offset should be set to match the setting on the camera for how many stops separate the Primary and Highlight tracks. This is typically 2 or 3 stops.
Offset From File button (Legacy)
Enable to use the Exposure Offset read from the R3D file. Enabled when HDRx Settings is set to High Dynamic Range.
CDL Settings (IPP2)
Use the CDL settings to control the slope, offset, power, and saturation of an R3D file.
CDL
Set the source of the CDL data use by the imported R3D file.
- CDL Enabled: Apply the CDL metadata from the R3D or RMD sidecar file (when present). Select this option when you need to edit the CDL data.
- CDL Disabled: Do not apply the CDL metadata from the R3D or RMD sidecar file (when present).
- CDL As Per File: Enable the CDL settings only if the CDL option is enabled in the imported R3D file. This is the default option.
Image Settings
Options from the Gamma Curve box and from the Colour Space box might disable some of the fields below.
Image Settings from File
Enable to read the Image settings from the r3d file header. Disables all of the Image settings fields.
Advanced Settings from File (Legacy)
Enable to read the Advanced Colour settings and the Curve settings from the r3d file header. Disables Advanced Colour settings and Curve settings.
ISO
Select the value of the linear gain operation. Disabled if Gamma Curve is set to Linear.
Exposure
Set the exposure value, an equivalent to f-stops. Disabled if Gamma Curve is set to Linear.
Brightness (Legacy)
Set the brightness value. Disabled if Colour Space is set to ACES, or if Gamma Curve is set to Linear.
Saturation (Legacy)
Set the saturation value.
Contrast
Set the contrast value. Disabled if Colour Space is set to ACES.
DRX (Legacy)
Set the Dynamic Range Extension, which sets how much pixel data is copied from non-saturated channels into saturated channels. Disabled if Colour Space is set to ACES.
Kelvin
Set the perceptual colour temperature of the image, in Kelvin.
Tint
Set the tint value.
Shadow (Legacy)
Set the Shadow level. Disabled if Colour Space is set to ACES.
FLUT (Legacy)
Set the FLUT to refine of the ISO level. As FLUT units are in stops, a +1 FLUT value is the same as doubling the ISO. Disabled if Gamma Curve is set to Linear.
Advanced Colour Settings (Legacy)
Advanced Settings from File is enabled.Use the Advanced Colour menu to set the RGB Lift, Gamma, and Gain of RED clips.
Use the Legacy Gain options if you import clips shot with a RED codec that uses a pre-3.0 Colour Science.
Colour Curves Settings
Curves / Advanced Settings from File is enabled.Use this menu to set the RGB and Luma curves for RED clips.