RED and NVIDIA Real-Time Playback is Here | No Film School

RED raw .r3d footage has always been kind of tricky to play. It requires a lot of CPU power, and even then, it was slow to transcode and stuttery to playback, since it requires a higher level of decoding than a traditional video file. You could buy a pricy RED Rocket card, but that wouldn't help with anything except RED footage, making it the right decision only for certain facilities and very RED focused individuals.

RED and NVIDIA have been working together, however, to move .r3d processing over to the GPU by taking advantage of CUDA processing, meaning far more affordable real-time RED playback on cards that will also benefit other video post processes.

Right now, the benefits are only in RedCine-X, RED's proprietary playback and transcoding software. However, by releasing the SDK at the same time we should see the improvements roll out in other software platforms with upcoming updates, meaning that your editing, transcoding and playback software of choice should see better .r3d playback on NVIDIA cards in the near future.

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The biggest improvements will be seen with the new RTX cards, but GeForce, Titan and Quattro cards should see improvements as well. Of course, Apple users, and even Blackmagic eGPU users, are left out in the cold since both of those run on AMD platforms, and this is NVIDIA only. The only way to get this on a Mac would be to run an old cheese grater style Mac Pro with an NVIDIA card inside or a PCI-based GPU expander like a Cubix or a thunderbolt box like the Sonnet. In fact, right now the announcement only mentions the Windows version of REDCINE-X (V. 51.0.47404 of REDCINE-X for Windows), meaning it could show up in third-party application support on Mac before we see it in the native REDCINE-X app.

Here is Jarred Land of RED talking about the collaboration with NVIDIA back in October:

Download the latest RedCine-X or the new SDK to try it out.

All the Changes in this Build

Added: Windows accelerated R3D decompression on supported NVIDIA CUDA GPUs
Added: Chroma Noise Reduction in IPP2 (On/Off)
Added: Flashing Pixels (Off, Mild, Medium, Strong)
Added: Image: Noise Reduction Panel
- NOTE: Image Noise Reduction features are only available in Full Debayer for the Viewer Window and in Full and Half Premium Debayer for Export
- NOTE: To add/remove panels, right-click in a panel and select a panel from the drop-down menu.
Added: New half resolution premium debayering in IPP2
Added: HDR support for select AJA and Blackmagic Design devices
Added: Viewer Window IPP2 / Primary Development Only view toggle
Added: REDline CDL export
Added: REDline Primary Development Only export
Added: Monitor Out preferences page
Added: Left and Right frame cropping
Added: Startup splash screen
Enhanced: Cleaned up the default REDCINE-X Pro Home Page
Enhanced: ProRes 4444 XQ no longer restricted to just log output
Enhanced: ProRes encoder now sets Rec.2020 and HDR-2084 metadata
Enhanced: Creative 3D LUT ALT-key Preview mode lock
Fixed: RMD file Creative 3D LUT fixes
Fixed: Marker loading issues

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'Kitty the Killer' Director on Finding the Right Balance Between Action and Comedy

Balance Action and Comedy With 'Kitty the Killer'

Lee Thongkham discusses how he effectively infused pulse-pounding action with humor.

Blending action and comedy together can be tricky, but when it’s done right, it creates movie magic. Films like Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon, Rush Hour, Tropic Thunder and, more recently, Everything Everywhere All at Once are prime examples of this being done successfully.

The latest title to join the hybrid genre is Lee Thongkham’s Kitty the Killer, which follows Dina, a highly trained teenage assassin and her mentor, Charlie, as they unexpectedly join forces to stop a sinister plot and save millions of lives.

When Thongkham crafted the script, he focused on really building up the action, with the comedic relief stemming from one of the main character's journey and traits. It was important to him that the humor never detracted from the intensity of the action, but rather enhanced it in a way that made the movie more enjoyable for the audience.

When discussing the topic he says, “One of the biggest challenges of directing an action-comedy is finding the right balance between the two genres. To achieve this balance, we worked closely with our talented cast of actors, including our lead actor, who had experience in both action and comedy. We also spent a lot of time in pre-production mapping out the action sequences and choreography, so that we could ensure that they were both exciting and funny.”

Thongkham goes into this and much more in our interview below.

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