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grading rush!
hi everybody,
for once it’s not a technical question 🙂
I have to grade a new show in France for cable network:
A fiction full HD xdcam, 23 mins , 500 shots, with almost 15 sets,by épisode and in multicamera
(2 or 3, it depends!)
and
they ask me to make 2 shows by day!
and
they want to do it with apple COLOR as i’m still working on Da Vinci!The first show take me almost one full day….
So monday i have to make them upgrade to Da Vinci or lowering the quality of my work to keep their schedule!
Any advises will be nice!
Also advises for a “smoothing work” , as i don’t have enough time to make good secondaries.
BTW this fiction taking place in Los Angeles, wow! One ext under fog, one in sunshine, one in shadow…argh!
Tks all
Bernard
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5 Replies
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If they have the hardware for it, install Resolve Lite and show them what you can do in the same amount of time. If you have a control surface – even better! You’ll be done in no time.
Heck. Show them the video of Dan demoing Resolve 8.
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Hi Bernard,
It is normal in my country to finish a 44 min TV-show in one day.
Its basically about balancing the RGB and luminance levels + adding additional graphics as supers and master on tape. Have someone other than you to watch the master tape for security purposes.Normally this is done on the master suite that in most cases is a Avid Symphony or similar that is dedicated and integrated in the already set up workflow. The symphony also do have some basic secondary possibilies for correcting more difficult shots.
This is tight, but it is mostly the way it is done on the largest TV-shows on this side.
For more advanced grading in a Resolve Suite – consider not to do the job is my advice on that scehedule and probably amount of money.
Stig
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yes, get resolve lite. it’ll run on the same hardware as Color. even better..
Also, since Apple has killed Color, and hasn’t update it in years, your access to newer formats for the coming years will be guaranteed with a work-flow involving Davinci. Color, you’re locked into what was hot 4yrs ago.
Also, the workflow from FCP to Davinci is actually better than the Color workflow, and if you know davinci, you’ll know that you can bring in multiple sequences, and not have to re-color shots you did last week.. Color can only have 1 sequence open at a time, and doesn’t have access to previous grades unless you’ve saved them out.
besides, if you’re responsible for doing the work, you should be able to dictate the tool. (to some extent), especially if you make the co. believe it’s a benefit.
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What video?
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Hi Bernard,
1000 shots per day means 30s per shot.
So the question is, what your client expects you can do in 30s. And what you are able to do in 30s.
That depends on your skills and the ability of the tools you are using.
In this situation I would show what is posible with more time / powerful tools.If they want to by luxury villa for the price of a shanty – you had better go now.
Regards
Knut
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