What is a .R3D file?
R3D is REDCODE raw cinema footage from RED digital cinema cameras.
- Did you know
- RED’s R3D format brought raw video to digital cinema cameras in the mid-2000s.
- REDCODE compresses footage with a wavelet transform at a variable bitrate, devoting more data to complex frames to keep raw flexibility while taming file size.
- RED’s R3D codec debuted with the RED ONE camera in 2007, bringing raw, non-destructive workflows to digital cinema.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify camera RAW edit sidecars - Apple Photos adjustments (AAE), RawTherapee (PP3), Capture One (COS), DxO PhotoLab (DOP) and Nikon NX Studio (NKSC) - reading the applied-edit recipe, plus cinema and rare camera RAW: REDCODE (R3D), Blackmagic (BRAW), Canon Cinema RAW Light (CRM), ARRIRAW (ARI), Phantom CINE and FLIR thermal (FPF).
- Depth of analysis
- .R3D is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .R3D file
- Drag a .R3D file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.