Final Cut Studio 2: REDCODE Plugin Released

Red Digital Cinema announced this week support in Final Cut Pro6 (Final Cut Studio 2) for the native REDCODE Raw format. Digital Production Buzz reports that "Red Digital Cinema have released Redcine, a software tool to convert native REDCODE footage to any codec you have installed on the system. QuickTime Reference files, link the source REDCODE Raw footage into a QuickTime movie so that applications like Final Cut Pro can use the footage 'natively'."

From the RED site: "REDCODE Raw codec supports RT playback and editing of the QuickTime Reference movies generated in camera. Both 2K and 1K QuickTime Reference movies are supported in this release."