For my first V9 test, I dragged a .r3d file onto the timeline and there it was, working just like any standard video format. I know it's been in the spec but it is very nice to see this actually working on my own PC!
um, however... I'm not seeing any way to manipulate the raw R3D file prior to the RGB conversion (eg. setting color temperature and equivalent ISO rating). I wonder how should one handle that when working with R3D files, or is that something Vegas simply can't do?
EDIT: Nevermind, just didn't read the directions :-). Right-click clip in Project Media (media bin) and select "File Format Properties" to get "R3D Decode Properties".
Ok, so far so good, but is there a way to copy the metadata from one clip to another? I see how you can select a group and set them all at the same time, but it would be convenient to simply copy the metadata properties from one clip and apply to selected other clips. (Maybe it's already there and I just didn't see it?)
How do I get maximum quality on a low resolution output? When I render a .R3D file to low-res MP4 selecting "best quality", the render runs too quickly for this CPU to possibly have done the full-res debayer from the raw file. Going to 640x360 Mainconcept AVC (*.mp4) I am seeing rendering at about 10 frames per second. Visually, the video quality of the mp4 is not as good as I expect.
4k still frames exported from best/full preview look fine. Obviously, during my render the program is extracting only a low-res proxy and using that, given the modest computer I'm testing with:
Dell Optiplex 755
Intel Core2 Duo CPU
E4500 @ 2.20GHz
2 GB RAM