REDCINE and RED ALERT are software programs that act as telecine "film to video" converters, converting the REDCODE RAW data into RGB video, providing basic one light image processing and color correction. REDCINE is available for both Mac and PC Intel based computer platforms, while RED ALERT is Intel Mac OS only. To add to its ability to adjust Color Temperature, Saturation, Contrast, Brightness, and RGB gain, RED ALERT also offers the ability to generate QuickTime proxies from the RED ONE's R3D RAW files. While offering even more image control with R3D files, REDCINE can crop, resize and reposition footage, as well as offering a much more advanced option list of compression and export file choices.

REDCINE and RED ALERT are downloads available on the RED.COM website support page. They are universally available for download at no charge.

All RED Software (including REDCINE and RED ALERT) for Macintosh are only compatible with INTEL Macintosh.

Mac:
Intel 2.0 dual core or better
ATI graphics card is ideal however I have run tests on NVIDIA in the new MBP and MacPro and it seems to work fine.
OSX 10.4 or newer.
7200 RPM Hard Drive

PC:
Intel 2.0 dual core or better
NOTE: you can use AMD processors but they need to be MODERN AMD, which would have to be a fairly recent release as I believe they are behind just a bit on Intels.
NVIDIA graphics card, this is important on the PC as ATI cards are known to cause conflicts. 8600GT or better will work.
XP with SP2
7200 RPM Hard Drive.

Quicktime Reference Files are not self contained movies, they are referencing the actual source footage through an "on the fly" wavelet extraction and played through Quicktime player using our Redcode plugin. Reference files have the ability to extract up to Half of the source file's image data, so if you were to shoot in 4K 2:1 and view the H quality reference file in Quicktime you would be seeing a 2K version of your source footage. Quicktime Reference Files contain 4:4:4 color sampling, a REC709 color space which is the standard for HD video and a 2.2 REC709 Gamma Space.

• The H quality Reference File is always accessing HALF of the source image data (R3D file)
• The M quality Reference File is always accessing HALF of the H quality reference file (so if you shot 4K 2:1 the M quality Ref File would be 1024x512).
• The P quality or PROXY Reference File is always accessing HALF of the M quality Ref File (so if you shot 4K 2:1 the P quality Ref File would be 512x256).

Reference Quicktime Movies are useful for offline editing of RED ONE material as they do not require any render time, however, you ...

You can get the Quicktime Reference Files created in camera to play without rendering by simply dragging any RDC folder containing the R3D file and associated QT reference movies into the FCP bin, FCP will not recognize the R3D files but it will recognize the QT reference movies as long as you are using FCP 6.02 or later and have the REDCODE plugin installed on your Intel Mac. FCP will ask if you want to change the sequence settings to match the new media, select yes and that should do it. If you still have a red bar in the Timeline then you will probably need to set the RT setting to Unlimited RT.

There is a setting in the Preferences dialogue in Quicktime Player that allows you to avoid the Apple Gamma Correction, which convert all Gamma space to 1.8. By selecting (or sometimes deselecting) this option you can disable this function, there by allowing the correct 2.2 Gamma to be displayed on your monitor.

At this point there are 4 applications that can work with Native R3D footage, they are REDCINE, RED Alert, Scratch and Final Cut Pro 6.02 and later. REDCINE and RED Alert are complimentary applications for transcoding footage from the RED ONE camera and also allow for some basic "One Light" color correction and Shot Framing.  REDCINE is cross platform, RED Alert is Intel Mac only. FCP is Mac only and needs to be on an Intel Mac in order to utilize the REDCODE plugin, NOTE FCP only uses the QT reference files which access the RAW R3D files, it does not actually use the Native R3D files to edit with.  Scratch can open and work with Native R3D files.

If you are experiencing any issues with REDCINE, you may want to reinstall it or update it. There is a procedure that must be used in order for the new installation to run properly. First you will want to delete the REDCINE folder from your system (make sure you don't have any projects or snapshots saved there that you wish to keep).
On a Mac you will find the Redcine folder here:

System Hard Drive>Library>Redcine

On a PC you will find it here:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\REDCINE

Once this folder has been deleted you can download the latest version of Redcine from red.com/support and install it. This procedure should be followed whenever Redcine is reinstalled.

Currently, programs are popping up all over, hosted by vendors, rental agents, post houses and the community in general, to support the RED ONE's acquisition and editing workflow. RED offers RED Days for new owners, by invitation only, in the form of a boot camp, at RED Headquarters in Lake Forest, Ca.

There is no official training program offered at RED currently and RED has no Certification Program in place.