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SCARLET-W OPERATION GUIDE
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RED PRODUCT
INTRODUCTION
The SCARLET-W cameras are part of the second-generation Digital Still and Motion Camera (DSMC2™) system. The
DSMC2 family, a subset of the DSMC® family, includes WEAPON®, SCARLET-W, and RED RAVEN™. With an ultra-
high megapixel count, high frame rate, significant processing power, high dynamic range, and the advantages of a raw
file format, each camera offers the ability to simultaneously capture video and stills.
This guide is for SCARLET-W only. This section introduces the imaging capabilities and advanced features of the
SCARLET-W system. For information about other cameras, go to
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The SCARLET-W system includes the following cameras (organized by sensor type):
SENSOR TYPE
CAMERA
RED DRAGON 5K
SCARLET-W 5K
SCARLET-W 5K Monochrome
READ BEFORE YOU SHOOT
Read this operation guide carefully and in its entirety before assembling or operating your camera or other RED
accessories. In addition to this document, RED offers the following operation guides for the camera system:
To download RED operation guides, go to
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R3D FILE FORMAT AND REDCODE
All videos and frames are recorded to the R3D® file format. The R3D file format was developed by RED to provide an
efficient and manageable RAW video data format that promotes advanced post production editing capabilities. In the
R3D file format, the digital image received from the sensor is formatted as a pixel-defect corrected (but in all other
aspects unprocessed) 16-bit per pixel RAW data frame. Each RAW frame, or sequence of RAW frames in a clip, is
compressed using a proprietary wavelet based REDCODE® RAW compression, then stored to a RED MINI-MAG®.
RAW data is recorded independently of any RGB domain color processing such as ISO, White Balance, or other RGB
color space settings. Instead, color parameters are saved as reference metadata; that is, color is not burned into the
recorded RAW data. This recording technique promotes flexibility in RGB color processing, which can be deferred to
post production or adjusted in the field, without affecting the recorded RAW data image quality or dynamic range.
REDCODE is a visually lossless, wavelet-based compression codec that reduces R3D RAW files into a manageable
size, allowing longer recording times on media. The ability to compress RAW data is one of the significant
technologies that RED has brought to the industry.
For more information, see the
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NOTE:
REDCINE-X PRO® can create and export .RMD “Look” files which may then be imported as camera monitor
path color processing presets. This information is stored as reference metadata, so that these color processing
choices can be the default values used in post production. For more information, go to
