R3D SDK

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VERSION 8.5.1

51 MB

Release Date:

3/8/2024

Release Notes

The 8.5.1 release contains these changes:

Extended Highlight clips always decode in IPP2
Improved IPP2 out of gamut color mapping
Improved IPP2 high ISO black level consistency
Improved CUDA kernel memory overlap

The 8.5.1 release contains bug fixes for:

Fixed: OpenCL Extended Highlights
Fixed: OpenCL Maskline Adjust
Fixed: CPU multi-threaded Extended Highlights hang
Fixed: GPU half-float output
Fixed: GPU Monochrome decodes
Fixed: GPU early KOMODO footage is green
Fixed: CUDA Legacy DEB output
Fixed: Metal Texture + Legacy decodes
Fixed: Metal half-float + Legacy crash
Fixed: OpenCL Image + Legacy decodes

The 8.5.0 release contains these changes:

Added: V-RAPTOR [X] support
Added: V-RAPTOR [X] Phantom Track metadata (RMD_PHANTOM_TRACK_INDEX, FRAME_GAP & TRACK_COUNT)
Added: RMD_USER_EXT_FILTER_[1-3], EXT_(T)LUT, EXT_PROXY, EXT_UPLOAD_SERVICE & EXT_GPS metadata
Added: V-RAPTOR [X] Extended Highlights - BETA support
Removed: PixelType_12Bit_BGR_Interleaved as it was never supported for GPU decodes

The 8.5.0 release contains bug fixes for:

Fixed: RMD_SENSOR_ID metadata could be incorrect
Fixed: RED ONE trim (bug was introduced in 8.4.0)
Fixed: CPU IPP2 half resolution CNR
Fixed: CPU IPP2 Maskline Adjust

VERSION 8.4.0

54.6 MB

Release Date:

8/17/2023

Release Notes

The 8.4.0 release contains these changes:

Added CRC check API (Clip::CheckFrame), see new sample ClipCheckFrames.cpp
Added R3DStream2 API for connected DSMC3 camera. See ConnectedStreamSaveSample.cpp
Added new IOInterface::CreatePath() virtual function. Called when creating clips through streaming
Added RMD_ND_STOPS metadata for V-RAPTOR XL and DSMC Motion Mount
Added RMD_LENS_APERTURE_LABEL metadata which has a properly formatted label for UI display
Added RMD_FRAME_PTP_TIMESTAMP, RMD_LENS_FOCAL_LENGTH_MICROMETERS, RMD_LENS_HYPERFOCAL_DISTANCE, RMD_RECORD_FRAMERATE_DENOMINATOR & _NUMERATOR to the per-frame metadata API
Changed: improved IPP2 demosaic edge interpolation on strong color transitions

The 8.4.0 release contains bug fixes for:

Fixed: bug introduced in 8.3.0 where RED ONE clip UUIDs could have changed
Fixed: lens metadata for Komodo/V-Raptor could be missing
Fixed: unclosed R3D files could split a clip into multiple parts
Fixed: unclosed R3D files had no IMU metadata
Fixed: potential CUDA crash when GPU decoding KOMODO or V-RAPTOR clips
Fixed: several bugs in IPP2 half-demosaic CPU output
Fixed: R3DDecoder DECODE_HALF_RES_GOOD was not decoding as DECODE_HALF_RES_PREMIUM
Fixed: bug introduced in 7.2.0 where HDRx clips could have undecodable frame at the end
Fixed: Legacy decodes will now ignore RGB gains metadata if they are all set to 0
Fixed: metal assert in debug

VERSION 8.3.1

52.1 MB

Release Date:

7/26/2022

Release Notes

R3D SDK Release Notes v8.3.1 – July 26, 2022

The 8.3.1 release contains bug fixes for:

Fixed: potential crash after a call to FinalizeSdk() when using OpenCL with R3DDecoder or AsyncDecoder

The 8.3.0 release contains these changes:

Added support for our upcoming V-RAPTOR XL camera
Improved Metal GPU decode (decompression) performance on Apple Silicon for DSMC/DSMC2 clips
Significantly improved Clip::GetFrameMetadata() per-frame metadata API performance
Improved R3DDecoder OpenCL compatibility on Windows
Added support for RMD_LENS_HYPERFOCAL_DISTANCE & RMD_LENS_FOCAL_LENGTH_MICROMETERS metadata

The 8.3.0 release contains bug fixes for:

Fixed: possible corrupt frames with DSMC clips on Apple Silicon when GPU decoding concurrent frames with Metal
Fixed: R3DDecoder produces bad or no output when decoding at half & lower resolutions
Fixed: rare crash with renamed long R3D filenames on macOS & Linux
Fixed: SaveRWGLog3G10ToOutputTransform3DLut() does not work with UTF-8 paths on Windows
Fixed: Monochrome clip decodes fail with an unassigned argument assert when Metal Shader Validation is enabled

VERSION 8.2.2

52.1 MB

Release Date:

4/1/2022

Release Notes

R3D SDK Release Notes v8.2.2 – April 1, 2022

Changes for 8.2.2:

Fixed: InitializeSdk(RED_OPTION_CUDA) random slow down when no CUDA cards are present
Fixed: GPU decode (decompression) at quarter res and below could have random image corruption with KOMODO/V-RAPTOR clips
Fixed: Metal issue where KOMODO clips could turn green at quarter res decodes and below
Fixed: Metal decode border not matching CUDA & OpenCL
Fixed: Metal decode having slightly incorrect pixels for certain clips
Fixed: IMU data missing and/or being corrupt in multi-file V-RAPTOR R3D clips

Changes for 8.2.1:

Fixed: Metal half resolution CNR shadow denoise issue.
Fixed: CUDA Helium sensor image processing issue.

Changes for 8.2.0:

Improved CNR shadow denoise.
Small performance improvement in OpenCL/Metal GPU decode.
Bug fixes.

VERSION 8.1.1

47.7 MB

Release Date:

11/18/2021

Release Notes

R3D SDK Release Notes v8.1.1 – November 18, 2021

Changes for 8.1.1:

Fixed potential GPU image corruption or crashes at half good or lower decode resolutions
Fixed Linux CUDA instability issues
Fixed CUDA incorrect cudaErrorInvalidValue happening
Fixed potential crash when loading or decoding RED ONE clips
Fixed 2 long standing small memory leaks when opening a clip

Changes for 8.1.0:

Improved IPP2 demosaic with more detail, improved shadows & highlight extension
DECODE_HALF_RES_GOOD requests will generate DECODE_HALF_RES_PREMIUM output
Added Clip::FileListCount() and Clip::FileList() APIs to get information about files belonging to a clip, both the R3D files as well as any sidecar files
Added Clip::IMUSampleCount() and Clip::DecodeIMUSamples() APIs to extract asynchronous IMU gyro samples from V-Raptor clips
Fixed certain V-RAPTOR clips failing to decode when using GPU decode
Fixed HDRx "X" track not getting pixel masks applied

VERSION 8.0.4

48.8 MB

Release Date:

7/9/2021

Release Notes

R3D SDK Release Notes v8.0.4 – July 9, 2021

Changes for 8.0.4:

Fixed CUDA out of memory errors not reported for Komodo clips

Changes for 8.0.3:

REDCL::checkCompatibility() now compiles the decode kernels asynchronously in the background. See "OpenCL kernel caching.txt" on how to avoid lengthy OpenCL delays on startup
macOS dynamic library REDR3D.dylib is now properly code signed

Changes for 8.0.2:

Added support for Komodo Anamorphic
Improved AMD OpenCL GPU decode performance

Changes for 8.0.1:

Fixed issue where DXL clips would default to BT.1886 instead of Log3G10
Fixed incorrect GPU decode when sensor flip was enabled in camera
Fixed OpenCL half-float decode issues

Changes for 8.0.0:

Added support for Apple Silicon
Added (BETA) OpenCL GPU decode support
Added custom I/O back-end API
Drops Mac support for 32-bit Intel, CUDA and libstdc++ runtime

VERSION 7.3.5

58.4 MB

Release Date:

10/22/2020

Release Notes

R3D SDK Release Notes v7.3.5 – October 22, 2020

Changes for 7.3.5:

Improved white balance picker accuracy for very warm and very cool colors
Fixed: Metal IPP2 decodes sometimes having green border on MacPro6,1 (AMD Dx00 GPUs)
Fixed: incorrect highlight roll off default value so it now matches camera default of soft
Fixed: incorrect highlight roll off & tone map metadata when REDWideGamutRGB is selected in camera

Changes for 7.3.4:

Added: CUDA PTX support for Ampere
Fixed: Komodo RMD_RECORD_FRAMERATE metadata having too many decimal places

Changes for 7.3.3:

Fixed: potential performance drop in CPU decompression. Was introduced in SDK 7.2.0
Fixed: R3D trim failure on local Windows drives when clip has sidecar 3D LUT .cube file
Fixed: small memory leaks for each opened clip and when using per-frame metadata APIs
Fixed: incorrect / missing REEL_ID_8_CHAR / REEL_ID_FULL metadata if Komodo camera position setting was changed

Changes for 7.3.2:

Fixed: GPU decode (CUDA/Metal) could fail for certain Komodo frames
Fixed: RMD_CAMERA_PIN metadata was missing for Komodo clips
Known Issue: Trim feature will throw an error when performed on a Windows machine with a clip that includes a LUT stored on the local drive. Please contact r3dsdk@red.com for a fix if needed.

Changes for 7.3.1:

Fixed: rare potential crash with Komodo clips
Fixed: GPU decode (CUDA & Metal) artifact with Komodo clips

Changes for 7.3.0:

Added Metal accelerated decompression
Added Metal MTLTexture output
Added Metal client-side memory management
Added Metal batch processing
Added Metal callback to be notified when job completes
Added RmdSidecarPresent() API
Renamed all Creative LUT API's to 3D LUT. Please update your UI
Added ImageProcessingSettings::CdlEnabled. Please add to your UI
Added new metadata definitions
Fixed: Metal was not applying FlashingPixelAdjustment setting for Legacy decodes
Fixed: Metal memory leaks by switching to ARC (Automatic Reference Counting)
Fixed: CPU low resolution decodes could produce corrupt output
Fixed: CPU DEB & ChromaNoiseReduction issues
Fixed: RMD_CAMERA_MODEL_ID metadata was not set for newer camera models
See readme.txt in the download for the full release notes