

We imported the RED 5K HD clip into Final Cut Pro X 10.1.1 (with the help of RED Apple Workflow Plug-in) and Exported it as QuickTime ProRes 4444 in HD 1920x1080. Shifting gears, we used the "Deliver" function to export the R3D clip to QuickTime ProRes 4444 in HD 1920x1080, with both "Force sizing to highest quality" and "Force debayer res to highest quality" enabled.

Playback at "Half Good" quality with 2 blur effects added. (LARGER number in Frames per Second means FASTER. Using a 289 frame RED Digital Cinema (R3D) 4800x2700 (5K HD) clip with 5:1 Compression Ratio, we performed the following tests:įirst we play the R3D clip without any color correction or effect nodes but at "Half Good" RED Digital Cinema quality. NMP 8c D700s = 2013 Mac Pro 3.0GHz 8-core, 32G RAM, 512G flash storage, dual FirePro D700 GPUsĪll testing was done using the internal flash storage.

NMP 12c D700s = 2013 Mac Pro 2.7GHz 12-core, 16GB RAM, 512G flash storage, dual FirePro D700 GPUs HYPOTHESIS: The 8-core is the 'sweet spot' in performance since most pro apps don't stress all the CPU cores and its cores are running at a higher clock rate.
