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FCPX-Resolve-Filmconvert Workflow?
So I’ve been using (and loving) the new FilmConvert plugin for FCPX. however, I’m wondering if anyone has figured out a god way to integrate it into a FCPX-Resolve workflow. Since Filmconvert manipulates color/gamma based on what camera/profile your footage was shot in, it realy needs to be applied before you grade. However, if I apply it in FCPX while cutting, the XML to Resolve will not carry the Filmconvert plugin through to Resolve. About the only solution I can think of is to cut my footage in FCPX, apply Filmconvert, then render a master file to import to Resolve using scene detect. This is quite a pain however, especially if I want to add transitions or compositing.
The other idea is to use do a grade pass in the freestanding FilmConvert app first and then import to FCPX. However, I usually don’t transcode my DSLR footage anymore (to save drive space), since FCPX natively handles H.264 now. Also, I lose my freedom to change the film stock for different clips, since I usually do a rough cut before deciding on my look.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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7 Replies
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Wait for Resolve Ten, and then you will be able to turn it up to eleven in the grade…
(Supported plugins)
jPo
“I always pass on free advice — its never of any use to me” Oscar Wilde.
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Filmconvert seems like a waste of $300 IMO, what is it but a lut based on an arbitrary grade of what they think certain film stocks should look like and some fake grain? I am less than impressed by their website examples, meh.
Another example of “one button” color to me.
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Robert Houllahan
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Hey Terry,
As Joseph mentioned, the next version of Resolve will support OFX, and we will be creating a plugin for it 🙂
I think it’s coming in August. That’s not much help for now, if I were you I’d batch process your footage with a stock into another folder, and connect resolve to those shots.
Nigel Stanford
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It’s not an arbitrary grade, it is LUTs from certain sensors to certain film stocks.
What’s the point in commenting on something you’ve obviously never used?
Nigel Stanford
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That is great news, thanks!
And to each his own, but I’m a fan. I much prefer the filmconvert looks to more standard LUTs that I have tried, and really appreciate that it works with my low-end setup (Canon 60D + Technicolor Cinestyle). More than anything else I’ve tried, this really makes my footage feel less like video and more like film (not an aesthetic that everyone wants or needs, but I like it)
It would be cool to see some vintage film stocks in the future besides the included Poloroid one too…
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Just grade your footage to look like the stock. It’s not that hard!
I am not impressed with grading LUTs at all. You are limiting your creative control of the footage by using them.
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Dan Moran
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Just to correct on what I said earlier. I think you guys have the best pricing out there. My personal hate is people that charge hundreds of dollars for one “emulation” lut I didn’t realise you get quite a bit with your package. Looks good!
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Dan Moran
Colourist
Smoke & Mirrors: London
http://www.danmorancolor.com/blog
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