Does Vegas Pro 19 Support .R3D Files?

Victor-B wrote on 9/5/2021, 12:17 AM

I just purchased VegasPro19, and I just tried to import Red Komodo .R3D files onto the timeline, only to have a warning/error pop up stating that .R3D files Can Not Be Opened? Does anyone know why? The promotional page plainly has .R3D logo's on it and the support section states that it does support RED-Raw...I am trying to edit, but it's not possible if I can't get past the import files phase. Am I doing something wrong?

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wjauch wrote on 9/5/2021, 8:08 AM

Sadly Vegas is not up to date in this respect. They were one of the first to support R3D about 9 years ago. When Red Dragon came out it took them maybe 2 years to support it. I think they are still using that old SDK from Red. VP seriously needs an update here, hopefully coming at some stage as VP19 has added BRAW support as a beta feature. FYI red.com has sample R3d files you can download from different cameras, unless you have an issue with your installation of VP19 the older ones will work. You can use Red Cine-X to transcode the R3d ( I briefly did that with Cineform codec some years ago).

Steve_Rhoden wrote on 9/5/2021, 9:54 AM

Red Komodo.R3D is a fairly new file format that is not compatible for Vegas Pro as yet. Most other R3D formats is supported.

fr0sty wrote on 9/5/2021, 8:13 PM

VEGAS has ProRes RAW and BlackMagic RAW, and supports older r3d formats... chances are the devs just haven't had a chance to add the newer red formats yet, but if them adding support for 2 other popular raw formats recently is anything to go by, then it won't be long before they get around to it.

RogerS wrote on 9/5/2021, 8:32 PM

How many RED users use Vegas?

Victor-B wrote on 9/6/2021, 12:29 PM

@RogerS ...exactly! I started with Vegas in the late 90's when it was introduced as Audio Mastering Software by Sonic Solutions, and have followed it (And Loved It) as it morphed into a full fledged Audio-DAW and then to NLE status. I use other platforms but my first love was {Sony Vegas Pro} I edited .R3D files in Vegas Pro 9, 11 years ago [what we called raw meant something else back then, it meant straight from the camera]...so to answer your question, it's impossible to know how many RED users used Vegas, But I DID!

Vegas use to be the new codec pioneer in the past...so, when I saw the advertisement of support for red raw files...My hope and desire was to try it again!

As soon as Vegas catches up, many more people could edit RED on Vegas -again!

I know that the size of the company can't compare to the massive machine that Sony is, so I'm not discrediting their efforts to inspire the masses with the current direction of Vegas Pro. I guess my main point is, the system you use -should not be based on societies requests or suggestions. An artist should be limited only by his or her (or Their) imagination not by the codec's that a platform can or can not accept.

As creative artist (vegasCREATIVEsoftware) we should be able to cut great work from various popular codecs in the platform and OS of our choice. As of today, sadly the answer to your question is probably "NO RED USERS" because Vegas Pro 19 will not support the latest files :{

Thanks for the comment, have a blessed and wonderful day!

EDITING RED ONE 4K FILES IN SONY VEGAS PRO 9 (R3D) 18,176 views -May 15, 2010

Victor-B wrote on 9/6/2021, 12:43 PM

@fr0sty ...I didn't see anything saying they could handle ProRes-Raw?

according to the specs on Vegas' sight -these are the files it says it supports [Video: Blackmagic RAW*, HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MP4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, AVI, WMV, M4V, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / XDCAM EX / HD 422 / MXF / ProDisc / HDCAM SR, MPEG IMX, DV, HDV, AVCHD, Panasonic P2, RED RAW}

i guess I'll just hook up the Panasonic BGH1 to the Ninja-V and see if this is doable. Thanks

Victor-B wrote on 9/6/2021, 12:46 PM

@wjauch ... it's a good thing the Komodo can record in various versions of ProRes (even though it eats up more HD space) I could always use that for projects that I want to cut on Vegas...(i hope)

Thanks!

Victor-B wrote on 9/6/2021, 12:47 PM

@Steve_Rhoden Thanks for the info!

wjauch wrote on 9/6/2021, 12:51 PM

@wjauch ... it's a good thing the Komodo can record in various versions of ProRes (even though it eats up more HD space) I could always use that for projects that I want to cut on Vegas...(i hope)

Thanks!

There was a post on a Facebook Vegas group from someone who dropped a ProRes file onto a Vegas 19 timeline with a comment "look what happens". Don't recall what happened but I guess it, at least partly worked.

wjauch wrote on 9/6/2021, 12:53 PM

@RogerS ...exactly! I started with Vegas in the late 90's when it was introduced as Audio Mastering Software by Sonic Solutions, and have followed it (And Loved It) as it morphed into a full fledged Audio-DAW and then to NLE status. I use other platforms but my first love was {Sony Vegas Pro} I edited .R3D files in Vegas Pro 9, 11 years ago [what we called raw meant something else back then, it meant straight from the camera]...so to answer your question, it's impossible to know how many RED users used Vegas, But I DID!

Vegas use to be the new codec pioneer in the past...so, when I saw the advertisement of support for red raw files...My hope and desire was to try it again!

As soon as Vegas catches up, many more people could edit RED on Vegas -again!

I know that the size of the company can't compare to the massive machine that Sony is, so I'm not discrediting their efforts to inspire the masses with the current direction of Vegas Pro. I guess my main point is, the system you use -should not be based on societies requests or suggestions. An artist should be limited only by his or her (or Their) imagination not by the codec's that a platform can or can not accept.

As creative artist (vegasCREATIVEsoftware) we should be able to cut great work from various popular codecs in the platform and OS of our choice. As of today, sadly the answer to your question is probably "NO RED USERS" because Vegas Pro 19 will not support the latest files :{

Thanks for the comment, have a blessed and wonderful day!

EDITING RED ONE 4K FILES IN SONY VEGAS PRO 9 (R3D) 18,176 views -May 15, 2010

At least one Red user, me. But then again I am using an older Scarlet Dragon.

fr0sty wrote on 9/6/2021, 1:12 PM

@fr0sty ...I didn't see anything saying they could handle ProRes-Raw?

according to the specs on Vegas' sight -these are the files it says it supports [Video: Blackmagic RAW*, HEVC/H.265, AVC/H.264, MP4, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, AVI, WMV, M4V, Sony XAVC / XAVC-S / XDCAM EX / HD 422 / MXF / ProDisc / HDCAM SR, MPEG IMX, DV, HDV, AVCHD, Panasonic P2, RED RAW}

i guess I'll just hook up the Panasonic BGH1 to the Ninja-V and see if this is doable. Thanks

It does handle it, but the feature is incomplete (you can't yet adjust the raw Metadata settings), so the feature isn't yet advertised and is still in beta form. It will import just fine, however. A future update should bring it out of beta before too long.