A while back I was awe-struck with Red’s Announcement that there would be a new plug-in that would allow for a RAW 4k Workflow with-in my favorite suite of products!  Well there’s been a long lapse of time from that announcement and there have been a few more “announcements” from Adobe regarding their latest release to the Creative Suite Family (CS4 – if you’re living under a rock has been announced.)  

There are many people that are talking about it – so I’m not going to add to that noise, check out the source for all of your news needs…  But only on thing that I’m rather taken back with all of this news hype, people scrambling to get their hands on tutorials so that they are ready for Mid October (when CS4 is said to be shipping, also note that if you buy CS3 now – you’ll receive CS4 when it ships! But I digress…)

In all of the updates that we all want to discover and learn how to use – there’s talk about the new tape less work flow, and there has been mention of RED’s R3D but nothing that I’ve seen has officially listed R3D on the list.

I know that there was always a lot of talk of CS4 being the answer for all of these – as it would allow 64 bit support for more memory (needed when cutting 4k footage!).  But I recall that there was CS3 support promised for R3D Support.  So what am I missing…  Adobe’s not really talking about RED other than at the first live event for CS4 – no official mentions on their site, as if to say that it’s not a reality – yet.  

Well I guess time will tell, and the new tapeless workflow will lend itself to this addition when it’s ready!!! But I really hope that’s at time of release.