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How exactly is “group” working?
I’ve always got problems with group mode. That each time I select a bunch of shots, add them into either current group or a new group, resolve tells me that their grading graphs are not the same, and will be forced to ripple them as “absolute mode” is selected in ripple mode, but which in fact I have “relative mode” selected in settings page.
Some clarifications on the usage of group mode are needed, there’s not much detailed info in the manual or this forum. -
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I wrote a blog article about groups last year that should make Resolve’s group functionality clear. Hope it’s helpful.
https://vanhurkman.com/wordpress/?p=692
http://www.alexisvanhurkman.com | http://www.correctionforcolor.com
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Hi Alexis, your blog is pretty much the part missing in the manual. Reminds me the old days, 2K manual got full of practical examples for various functions.
Thank you for your detailed info on this confusing group function.
So, group seems not the right function for following situation, which is quite common. That after some very complex tweaking for a certain scene, the next day director review it and then decide change the whole scene(hundreds of shots) from warm for cold, or maybe from day to night (that could happen ;). Apparently there are all kinds of nodes graphs in the scene. So, group function is totally useless in this most common job for grading? Which I believe it should be reason why group function exist. And if my memory is correct, even 2K doesn’t have this limitation. -
Thanks for posting that Alexis! It’s helpful to know how you can use groups to change whole scenes if you’re careful with the nodes you use. I still say I want a Primary Out option similar to Color’s where you can do whatever you want in the node tree and just make one last adjustment at the end of each clip’s tree. It seems so simple I can hardly believe it’s not there. Please add this, BM!
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