• DaVinci Resolve

  DaVinci on MacBookPro after 7.1 upgrade

  Posted by Teo Rižnar on December 28, 2010 at 1:17 am

  I am in process of moving to DaVinci. I would like to start on macbook pro 15″ and learn software. Meanwhile I will upgrade my workstation. So. If I buy only software will it work on laptop and 24″ LCD, so i can grade 1280 prores. After 7.1 upgrade I read here on the forum more shortcuts and functions are available via keyboard and mouse, not only accessible on panels (bigger or smaller ones). What would you sugest, to start on macbook pro? or it is just locked on some basic functions via mouse and keyboard?

  Thank you for reply!

  Teo Rižnar replied 15 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Rohit Gupta

  December 28, 2010 at 4:05 pm

  Hi Teo,

  If your Macbook Pro 15″ is CUDA enabled (NVIDIA graphics), and has sufficient graphics RAM, you should certainly be able to use it to learn the software. Remember to enable the full performance graphics in the Energy Saver (see our Mac configuration guide on our website), as well set the 24″ LCD as your main display since Resolve needs a 1920×1080 display to run properly.

  I would recommend setting your timeline resolution to SD since you will have very little graphics RAM.

  Regards,
  Rohit
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  Luke Maslen

  January 4, 2011 at 12:20 am

  Hi Teo,

  The MacBook Pro (with high performance NVIDIA GPU) has full Resolve functionality but obviously won’t have the speed or peripheral hardware support of a Mac Pro tower computer. Older MacBook Pro models only had one graphics processor but newer 15″ and 17″ models have two GPUs, one of which is the high performance NVIDIA GPU which is essential for use with Resolve.

  If you are using a MacBook Pro, make sure the internal hard disk is at least a 7200 rpm SATA drive as the standard 5400 rpm SATA drive is just too slow. If your budget extends a little further, you will find using an SSD will make a huge performance difference compared with the 7200 rpm SATA drive.

  Regards,

  Luke Maslen
  Blackmagic Design
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  Teo Rižnar

  January 4, 2011 at 1:52 am

  Great!
  So I can start learning DaVinci even without MacPro and Tangent Wave. I would like to build stable and fast workstation, meanwhile i can still work in Color on older MacPro and learn DaVinci in laptop, that I wanted to know.

  thank you for replies!

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