Remote Grading for a newbie

[Sascha Haber]

it is. you need to set up iVpn and a dyndns

A slice of color…

DaVinci 8.0.1 OSX 10.7
MacPro 5.1 2×2,4 24GB
RAID0 8TB eSata 6TB
GTX 470 / GT 120
Extreme 3D+ WAVE

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[Fred Ricci]

Thanks Sascha but could you develop or point me to the right direction?

NEHALEM OCTO 2,26
GT 120
GTX 285
8 Giga RAM
SOFT RAID 8 Tera
Wave
Eizo 243 + Hdlink displayport
DAV, COLOR, FINAL CUT AND MEDIA COMP

[Dan Moran]

In theory it’s as easy as this :

Press CMD+G to bring up the remote grade option.

Input the IP address (this is the external IP address of your network to the world not the internal network IP)

A nice easy way to find out your IP is go to this site :

https://www.whatsmyip.org/

Then select the port that you will be using.

(You will also need to set up your router for port forwarding)

there is a nice description of what that means here :

https://portforward.com/help/portforwarding.htm

This should connect your Resolve systems!

You can use VPN’s etc.. but the way I described is pretty simple to work out.

Let me know if you need any more help!

Cheers,

D

Dan Moran
DaVinci Application Specialist
Blackmagic Design EMEA

[Fred Ricci]

Thanks guys, I will try the vpn and no vpn way.

NEHALEM OCTO 2,26
GT 120
GTX 285
8 Giga RAM
SOFT RAID 8 Tera
Wave
Eizo 243 + Hdlink displayport
DAV, COLOR, FINAL CUT AND MEDIA COMP

[Robbie Carman]

I’ve done it a ton in the way that Dan describes – the hardest thing is opening up the right port on the routers on both sides. Of course keep i mind you do need to have the media on both ends

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[Andrew Smith]

Just out of curiosity how best would I make this ‘remote” i.e. involving the client in sessions / reviews etc? Would we have skype video up on a 2nd monitor at both stations or what might the experts suggest for further enhancing this whole remote grading thing?
cheers

MacPro 4,1 OSX 10.6.8 / FCS3 / CS5
2.26 ghz 8-core / 24GB RAM
Nvidia GT 120/285 combo

[Sascha Haber]

Well, I did two music videos and a dokumentary using remote and it was just a breeze.
I had help setting up a dyndns, the ports and a VPN connection, because thats what you really need to make it easy for your client.
I was lucky the client had an Apple Cinema display which I use as my UI screen too, so we had the exact same monitor which is key imho.
Either that or you reaaally need to be sure about each others calibration setup.
We media was Red in one case and Alexa in the other.
They sent me the disk with the footage and EDLs to online to.
Becaue the finishing was done in a DS later, I had 5 or 6 EDLs, one with the main program and the others with picture in picture, speed changes, and so on.
I used Skype on the same computer, so did they, and mic only is the key.You don’t need the video, you want their attention on the screen.
I asked them to stay in the Viewer to get full screen, but you can also modify the Color screen by moving the bars to the edge.
The session lasted for three hours to setup looks , then I was on my own the rest of the day.
On the second day I presented the show and we did fine tuning.
Besides from running flawlessly, the most impressing thing for the client was that after they approved the grading , they could render at their side and we had no shipping cost and delay.
I love this feature..

A slice of color…

DaVinci 8.0.1 OSX 10.7
MacPro 5.1 2×2,4 24GB
RAID0 8TB eSata 6TB
GTX 470 / GT 120
Extreme 3D+ WAVE

http://www.saschahaber.com

[Robbie Carman]

[Sascha Haber] “Besides from running flawlessly, the most impressing thing for the client was that after they approved the grading , they could render at their side and we had no shipping cost and delay.”

The only thing I wish was that you could initiate a render on to the other system remotely. Right now you can only initiate on your system (renders to your box) or as you did have someone on the other end start the render on that box.

Robbie Carman
—————-
Colorist and Author
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Apple Pro Training Series DVDSP
From Still To Motion
An Editors Guide To Adobe Premiere Pro

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[Mike Most]

You could just use screen sharing (assuming it’s enabled on the remote computer) to do that once the coloring session is complete.

[Fred Ricci]

It works!
I went the easy way, just had to change my port settings and it worked nicelly.
Thanks guys, I will let you know how it goes with a real job.
This is a nice feature, october will be remote grading everyday for me!

NEHALEM OCTO 2,26
GT 120
GTX 285
8 Giga RAM
SOFT RAID 8 Tera
Wave
Eizo 243 + Hdlink displayport
DAV, COLOR, FINAL CUT AND MEDIA COMP