If you are working with a lot of R3D files then perhaps it is worth investing in a Red Rocket card.  The debayer process is realtime and can save you hours of time compared with using software. Although if you are not dealing with many files it could be a tad expensive at just under $5K

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On 16/10/2012, at 12:10 PM, Phil Spitler wrote:

Hmmmm I'm gonna try CS6 tomorrow. 

Can't believe how slow this is in CS5.5

Hoping it is ok in CS6. 

Cheers. 

Phil

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On Oct 15, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Jack Tunnicliffe <jack@javapost.ca> wrote:

I was rendering out full 5K. I don't think that scaling would make much difference. I'm using the latest build of CS6.

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On 2012-10-15, at 6:31 PM, Phil Spitler <phil@bonfirelabs.com> wrote:

Weird, I am also on a really fast SAN and my files are 5k HD which are smaller than yours.

I have mine in a 1920x1080 comp so I am scaling too which could be part of the problem.

Were you rendering 5k or 1080?

Are you using CS5.5 or CS6 ?

I would LOVE to get to the bottom of this...... 

Thanks Jack

Phil

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On Oct 15, 2012, at 5:24 PM, Jack Tunnicliffe wrote:

Okay, just did a quick test with the same keys etc you are using but my Epic 5K footage is 5120x2160 so 2.37 aspect. Set a key to render out a 10 second clip and estimated time is 4 minutes on a 12 core Mac with 32 gigs of ram. You have something that's really slowing down your system. I am accessing files through fibre on a very fast SAN, but there is definitely something going on. In fact it rendered out and finished before I could finish typing this email. 

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On Oct 15, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Phil Spitler <phil@bonfirelabs.com> wrote:

Wow, working with 5k HD Red footage in CS5.5 is REALLY painful.

Has this been improved in CS6? 

It must be the RED decoding that is taking the time as I use 5k plates from our 3d guys without this issue at all.

I did a simple garbage matte / Primate key and resize and it is saying 2.5 hours to render a 10 second clip.

Plus the machine is really un-responsive....

This is on an 8 core Xeon with 16GB RAM running CS5.5

Any idea?

Thanks

Phil

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