DaVinci Resolve 9

peaceonearth

thanks for your kind advice guys ;-)

First of all as I wrote it was just a quick play with one node. Secondly as long as you don't know about the request don't you think any evaluation might be dubiously? FYI topic was a testimonial of a farmer in a tomato field in a nice afternoon mood. So I am quite satisfied with the result of the rough edit - and most important: my client is happy too.

@subco I don't want to put the cat among the pigeons, but please delete this image from your dropbox. There is still a copyright restriction.

producer

Actually, the first picture ( https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8273739/resolve.jpg ) looks better than the second and much better especially than the last edited one which looks exactly like any compact mid-cheap camera with automatic white balance. While the first picture looks so close to a frame from a motion picture!

No need to make a banal white balanced color correction to show the world that the sky is blue. The brain accepts it as blue even if it's yellow or green on a picture. The conception is important!!!

peaceonearth

wow, this is a great combination. I played a little with Resolve, just one node in primary.

CM Skin tone soft, 24p, standard -2 -2 -2 -2, Canon FD 50mm 1.4, probably f=2 converted with 5DtoRGB Full Range ProRes HQ.

xml import from FCP X worked well, roundtrip back to FCP X hat some issues: I saw all clips in the timelime but only one was played back. My solution: I just replaced original ProRes with rendered files from Resolve (same names). All files in synchronized clips worked well

Macalincag

It would be sweet if BMD made Resolve a one-stop-shop. Resolve has very very basic editing capabilities, but would be sweet to have a fully fledged NLE within one if it's "tabs" :-).

Vitaliy_Kiselev

My personal view is that color grading tool for small teams must be just plugin for NLE, not a separate software.

LPowell

@Macalincag - "Yeah, it seems as though the desired monitor you wish to work on should be your primary monitor (with the Windows task bar)."

Actually, it seems as though BMD expects you to set up your computer as a dedicated Resolve workstation plugging into a Log and Transfer workflow. But as you say, it's still in Beta, and hopefully the release version will integrate more flexibly with Windows and Adobe-based workflows.

Macalincag

@LPowell

the only tutorials I was able to find were for versions prior to Resolve 9 on the Mac

The only reason I suggested those tutorials, even being aware of most of them being on Version 8, was for the basic questions you had like "loadings clips" and "EDLs". Those simple procedures are virtually the same on both versions and it doesn't take long to adjust to the new interface and execute it once you see how it's done on Version 8.

it seems there's no way to move the window to my calibrated secondary monitor

Yeah, it seems as though the desired monitor you wish to work on should be your primary monitor (with the Windows task bar).

on the transcoding issue

This does suck if you're only limited to the Windows platform because it works on the Mac like @nomad suggested. Maybe when it's no longer in Beta it will work. But if your working with AVCHD footage, then you most likely don't have to hit up Resolve as a step 1 for a first light, since they're completely viewable images to begin with. Which means you can do your edit then transcode the timeline to DNxHD, or what have you, then load it up in Resolve afterwards. Resolve also has a great "scene detection" tool that dices up your single timelined clip into the numerous clips as they were originally so you can grade each one separately as they were meant to be.

LPowell

@Macalincag - "There's plenty of tutorials that answer these basic questions more in depth, like Youtube etc."

Thanks for the reply, but the only tutorials I was able to find were for versions prior to Resolve 9 on the Mac. While Alt-Tab does work, it seems there's no way to move the window to my calibrated secondary monitor, which has more workspace than my primary HDTV monitor.

I'm with Vitaliy on the transcoding issue, it would be a time-consuming step backward for me. Rewrapping the MTS files into MOV containers without transcoding might be workable, but I don't know if there's something comparable to ClipWrap that runs on Windows?

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Also, they want you to utilize the display's whole resolution. I know with everything going on in there, I wouldn't want to be windowed either.

I think it is stupid. Kind of Windows Metro.

Transcoding is the solution here.

And we are in 2012 :-)

Macalincag

@LPowell

Switch the window mode so it's not always on top

You can't, and this is nothing new.

Switch between windowed and full-screen display

You can't, and this is nothing new. Also, they want you to utilize the display's whole resolution. I know with everything going on in there, I wouldn't want to be windowed either.

Drag the window to a second monitor

You can drag the scopes to a second monitor.

Minimize the main window to the Windows task bar

Press the windows key, or ALT + TAB.

There's no obvious way to save a project to a folder

Resolves saves the Projects to some default location, but if you wish to fetch it, you can "File > Export Project" and save it where you please.

or even to import your footage... Do you need an EDL just to get started?

Load clips into media pool from the Media tab. The whole Resolve process works from left to right. You do not need an EDL to get started. There's plenty of tutorials that answer these basic questions more in depth, like Youtube etc.

I see the problem - no AVCHD file support. Too bad

Transcoding is the solution here.

nomad

Strange, on Mac it works with AVCHD.

LPowell

I'm trying out Resolve 9 on Windows 7 and the user interface looks pretty unfriendly so far. How do you:

Switch the window mode so it's not always on top
Switch between windowed and full-screen display
Drag the window to a second monitor
Minimize the main window to the Windows task bar

Wow, I have to wonder whether BMD have ever used Windows before? There's no obvious way to save a project to a folder, or even to import your footage... Do you need an EDL just to get started?

EDIT: I see the problem - no AVCHD file support. Too bad, some of its features look like they would've been useful.

danyyyel

@Vitaliy_Kiselev the link to the class on demand course seems to be dead.

peaceonearth

@Marcus 8.1 works on my MacBookPro early 2011. Not like a rocket but it works.

Marcus

Thanks. Then I'll give the version 9 a try.

miko

In my Mac Book Pro 15" 2009 work with a 1440x900 monitor.

Marcus

Does the new version run on MacBookPros (2012 version, before they introduced the ones with retina display)? I tried the old version and it installed but then complained about the graphics card and would not start up.

Oedipax

Kind of a mixed bag for me so far - performance took a big hit on my machine versus v8 but the interface does look nicer.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

Btw, I added beta links to FAQ so it'll be more easy for beginners to find out.

Good article about some new features:

http://vanhurkman.com/wordpress/?p=2028

Vitaliy_Kiselev

@danyyyel

You can try http://www.personal-view.com/faqs/blackmagic-cinema-camera/davinci-resolve-faq

danyyyel

does anyone know if there any tutorial online on the resolve 9 because it is so different from the older version that older tutorial won't be too much of help.

kankala

I had to install CUDA Toolkit 4.2 (the latest), otherwise it would say no CUDA devices found. Download here: http://www.nvidia.com/content/cuda/cuda-downloads.html

Maybe others had the same problem...

I also downloaded and installed the latest driver (on the same page).

Macalincag

DaVinci Resolve 9 Beta:

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Mac

Bueller

I'm glad that they have put in log grading. It really helps in selecting luma levels for grading.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

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