-
Any way to use filenames, instead of timecode?
Hello fellow-Cows!
I run a company transferring old film to DVD/Blu-ray, with four seats for color correction.
Our shop is moving away from Final Cut due to the X-failure, as many others. And doing so I will be using Premiere for editing coupled with Resolve for colorcorrection. And, perhaps, 99% of our useage will be Resolve only thanks to the new editing capabilities of Resolve. We seldom do any advanced editing, other than cutting the start/end of each reel and color correction scene by scene.
Anyway, I am a little puzzled over the fact that Resolve seems to be using timecode so intensly… All our reels have the same timecode, so this could obviously be a problem. Is there any way of making Resolve just forget the ID-method of timecode, and have it identify the different files by something as radical as… the file name?
And, I must add, that I haven´t received my copy of Resolve yet, so I can´t test anything! It should arrive any day now, but I just thought I would check to see if I can find a solution for this, because this will be the first “problem” I run into.
The same client might have something like one hundred filmreels. All files are located in the same folder, all have unique filenames… and all seem to have a timecode starting at 00:00:00 due to the files being captured by Media Express connected to our Telecine scanner.
Thanks!
/Kent Kumpula
-
5 Replies
-
When it arrives you’ll see that an easy thing to do.
On the front page use the “assist using reel number from” and you choose file name or folder name or define it yourself.
Use it all the time for 5D jobs where there is no timecode whatsoever!
Danny Scotting – Senior Colourist
Post Op Group Sydneyhttps://postopgroup.com.au/site/?page_id=1052
-
Thanks a lot! Seems easy enough. 🙂
Now if only my package with reference monitor, Wave, Resolve and stuff would arrive so I can start learning the application so I can teach it to my employees! -
if reels do not have to be in the same timeline then you also have no worry’s.
Every timeline has its own timecode.
—
Margus
-
Yeah, I suspected that too. Most reels/files will have their own timeline, but sometimes several files need to be on the same timeline.
-
Hi Kent, glad to have you join us. Can I suggest going to https://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail/?sid=3948&pid=4448&os=mac&leg=0 where you can find and download the manual. Resolve is a feature rich application which also means you will need to explore, discover, read, attend training or do some online if you wish to master its power. There are very good reasons for using timecode, and equally good tools for dealing with daily challenges like, all my shots have 00 timecode.
Peter
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up