Ahh OK thanks !
So, then have we tried using R3D files directly in Resolve without going through Red Cine first ? What exactly extra are you getting by doing that step if that's what you're doing ?
JB
For example, before the color stage, within the editorial,
I'm in Avid and want to assign different pre-grades in a batch process so I might cut the footage pre-corrected.
And let's say that I've been creating 3 differents looks in cinex according to the reels requierements. So using some bin functions (mainly "custom sift"), my timeline will display correctly the looks using the metadatas choosen by me.
Yes, this can be done too in Lightworks with the LUTs created in other platforms for ex, but what's interesting is that it comes from the source file itself through the separate RMD that can be reused and abused everywhere. It's the raw itself but a Little more featured than the controls we meet in source settings.
There are more practical applications or workflow styles, but at this stage of the edit you can already pre-grade and assign the looks without never touching the timeline itself.
Also, the fact that the file is a separate metadatas can be named. And many versionings can be created on file-names that have a meaning within the editorial an-or outside the nle.
I've been learning the hard way that naming in the editorial process is one of the most important part.
For example, "xxx-xx-x-WS#1" look and "xxx-xx-x-CU#7" look with a different set-up.
I would immediatly see in my timeline itself the color decisions just with a small email and the footage I see will have exactly the same look as it's creator. And if during the editorial more versions arise, they would be added in batch to the corresponding clips without interfering the editorial task as all happens at a bin level. And as those RMD are readable-writable in cinex and cinex being free, all the coherence is maintained from the source settings.
In the end of the editorial, I could revert everything to a gamma flavor pre to grading.
Of course, it's not going to be a final grade and there, I'am with you. But I think it gives flexibility.
RCX runs in less powerfull units, it's easy to work with. IMO it's got its place within a pipeline.