That to me is a workflow advantage, not a feature advantage.
JB
Correct.
To be fair, is there a real advantage on using RCX prior to...?
Really: no! Absolutly not if one starts in Resolve.
Rcx is just a raw dev, with "look" creator. No way comparable
To the power of Resolve or Scratch.
An app like RCX only makes sense for FCP, Lightworks kind of, workflow.
If I want to access the source settings, I could well do it
In Resolve as well and also save rmd and also having my timeline
Updated. No RCX is really needed. What's the problem then?
Easy: I can cut native in LW at low debayer not to loose a relatively
Smooth editing with RCX open at the same time. Because RCX is light.
But I couldn't
Have both Lightworks and Resolve running together while
Cutting native Red and keep a smooth editing while I'd use
Resolve as a source settings access. It slows down too much. Too much stress.
RCX imo is better suited for on set, it's not a color app
But allows to create looks on its own very similar
To a still photography application like Focus or Capture one.
Same philosophy.
In Resolve, RCX is completly pointless.
In a NLE it can be helpfull.
There are people who never ever use RCX in their workflow
And other who yes use it.
This has been a hot debate in Red forum, if RCX is really
Usefull or not and it's completly divided. Depending on the
Kind of workflow of each user, the answer would be different.
An example that actually happened to me more than once.
Got the guru (director) next to me and we are rewiewing
A storyboard in the editor. Guru sees a take and wants to test
A quick look in real time. What would I use? The CC of the editor?
Nope! They are all crap. I would roundtripp to Resolve
Just to test a quick look? No, because Resolve comes later
For serious grading and as I said, opening Resolve while
You are cutting native in another platform is too heavy.
My budget does not allows me to have such computer
Power. In this case, guru wants to see something
Quick...not entering in "color mode", then RCX is the way to go.
If I'd like to do that, let's say inAvid, the source settings access
Is common to a limited range of control like gamma, colorspace,
Isos, but not allows to color correct deeper as RCX.
Arriraw also has the very same color controls.
So instead of using the color tools of the editor, RCX gives
Me the tools needed to bake a real look at source level.
Then of course, a proper CC in Resolve is needed later.
So it really acts as a mini color app.
People use it also to batch process Prores or DNx or others
Like EXR
Then: RCX becomes really important for ACES workflow
To create open EXR aces files.
Bottom line: is RCX usefull? Some will say cathegoricaly no.
Others will say yes.
For a colorist, RCX has no meaning at all.
For a DIT on set, much more.
For editing it has its function except if you edit in Resolve.
So in the end everybody's right.