• DaVinci Resolve

  Avid to Resolve questions…

  Posted by Pat Baril on November 22, 2011 at 9:04 pm

  Hello all, here is my problem. We will be doing a show shot in Prores 422. All offline will be done in another facility using Avid MC 5. But, since they are using very old PC, they cannot use the source Prores in AMA, their machine are too slow, they ask for DNXHD_36. Thing is, the grading in Resolve will be done using the source Prores. I am not an Avid user ( I barely know it ), I am FCP and the online will be done in FCP.

  I did some test with compressor to convert the Prores in DNXHD_36.mov, to be able to use the fast import in avid. Worked fine. But I loose the link to the source clip. If I use Avid to convert the Prores, it is painfully slow…

  Is there a way in Avid to relink all clip to their respective Prores clip before exporting the AAF?

  Or something I can do in resolve to point the Prores clip instead ( kind of “forget about the .xmf file” knid of thing?

  Thanks for any help!

  PAT

  Onno Varekamp replied 14 years, 5 months ago 5 Members · 4 Replies
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  Peter Chamberlain

  November 23, 2011 at 12:44 am

  When you import the AAF into Resolve, select the ‘ignore file extension when matching’ and resolve will be able to link to the ProRes originals as long and the timecode and file naming conventions are consistent.
  Peter
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  Joseph Owens

  November 23, 2011 at 4:22 pm

  This workflow seems bizarre from the get-go.

  The simplest solution would be to continue with a normal FCP to Resolve transfer in ProRes. Grade, and export DNxHD MXF out of Resolve in Target mode to deliver a completed, graded final project to Media Composer.

  However, if you want to be able to undo the show and re-cut it in Media Composer, an editable, probably “handled” export will be more complex. In that case, there may be some room for an Automatic Duck AAF/XML translation. Even Premiere could be pressed into service if the timeline is relatively simple.

  It would be a small investment for software outlay (considering that Automatic Duck is now “free”, like so many other applications, these days) if the time factor outweighs the financials.

  jPo

  You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?
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  Dermot Shane

  November 23, 2011 at 5:31 pm

  even a stone age MC can read ProRez if they have the codec loaded, it’s free and there’s no reason not to have it.

  d
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  Onno Varekamp

  November 24, 2011 at 3:14 pm

  Have you tried using EDL instead of AAF?

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