CS4 Live – still no RED Support
July 31st marked the day when Red came forward to announce that CS3 would have native R3D 4k support – two full months have come and gone, a new version of the Creative Suite began to ship and we have still yet to see this in action! What does this mean? We have to wait – will it ever happen? Eventually…
What’s my take on all of this?
Really Simple! You can’t run so far ahead that you’re looking toward something to happen that you wait out the technology and not produce content! I’m guilty! I was waiting on the Scarlet, I was waiting on R3D support, I was even waiting on CS4 to really get down and fully learn Premiere like I always should have!
If you’re looking for a reason that this is taking so long take a look at this post on the RedUser.net Boards the general line that everyone is getting has been, “Were working on it.” That’s to be expected – they are now under nearly three months of self inflected pressure of the announcement and baiting people’s attention and now that bait has gone stale in my mouth.
But in looking back – I’m not really sure why I became such a fan-boy for this feature! I don’t shoot RED material, I don’t even do that much HD (yet), as almost all of my work-flow is to the Web and on DVD. I guess that I’d have to say that the Scarlet and the hope of actually being able to do the post on that quality of footage had something to do with it! But I have to admit, I drank the RED kool-aid – but, I’ve gain some perspective in all of this and think that it’ll be cool once it’s available – but no longer holding my breath till its release!
While DSLR Camera makers are making waves, and industry icons like Stu throwing around phrases like “Mark my words!” all I can do is wonder what’s next! Ultimately what does this mean for independent content creators?
Nothing, if you can see through all of the market hype and just go out and create compelling media with what you have at your disposal! Perhaps next time (if you can afford) these TOYS will make it a bit easier for you to do such! So my resolve is now – no more R3D Posts! If you want the information, there are plenty of other sources but I’m moving on…
I bet there are a LOT of folks out there who are likewise bummed. Since I work in IT, I’ve grown used to hearing about vaporware. But I have to admit that even I got excited about the possibility of shooting & editing this really high-quality media.
I’ll continue “holding my horses.”
- Harold Green
Wow man – never really thought of either of the two as vaporware, but guess until we see something from them that’s what it’s become! Thanks for stopping by the site and for your comment.