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How to export from Avid to DaVinci
Hi,
I have been searching the hole wide web for an answer to my qusetions, but with very mixed info. And I am very much new to this forum-thing, so I apologize beforehand if I post this in the wrong place or something like that 🙂
We are about to color correct a drama series, it was shot with Arri Alexa (prores 4444), edited in
Avid 5.
The files in Avid are DNxHD 36, so far my co-worker has tried to export an EDL from Avid to then import to Resolve. He gets it to work but has to manually look for each file for it to connect with Resolve.
Does a nice soul out there know the best way to get it to work?
So here’s my wonders:What is the best format to send to DaVinci?
(Have read ex. DNxHD 175, or relink it back to Prores 422 or 4444)Is EDL really the best way, or does an AAF or ALE work better?
(Saw that EDL is an older way for tape based material and doesn’t always work so well with digital files..)Can you relink the DNxHD back to the AMA files and send it that way?
The thing is I was asked to try and find an answer for this, but have never worked in DaVinci before and don’t have a chance to play around myself. So I feel I’m searching in the dark a bit, I know what I’m asking about but not how it works in practice.
Anyone fancy explaining to me how this works? 🙂
Any help would be much welcomed 🙂Y.S // Anja
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The problem with EDLs is they contain so little information. Basically clip names and position in the timeline along with limited effect support so as you’ve discovered you have to match clips to sources.
AAFs contain far more information and can include the path to the source clips.
There are two methods. One is to reconfrom in Avid to a DNX resolution greater than DNX36 (DNX175 as you suggest would be ok but more compressed than the 444 sources) and then import that into Resolve and point it to the Avid Mediafiles folder and it should find those sources.
The second option involves importing the AAF (linked to DNX36 or DNX175) but then telling Resolve to use alternative sources (The ProRes files)
All that said there are still a number of “rough” edges around the Avid to resolve round trip and you’ll need to get back again sucessfully.
I for sure wouldn’t be sing this for a real job until I’d tested it fully first. There’s a good chance you will have to prepare the Avid timeline before you export the AAF to remove elements that will most likely scupper the process. -
Thank you Pat, will get right to it and try it out 🙂
Have a great day.
Anja
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