Resolve 17

[David Mathis]

This is going to be an interesting month. I read one post where Resolve might be more like Baselight in the color grading department. Time will tell.

[Michael Gissing]

Alarm clock set. An early morning for me.

[Eric Santiago]

Any insights on this Speed Editor thingy 🙂

[Ricardo Marty]

For short fast turnover, content is great. The multi-cam capabilities are also nonpar. Went to BH site but it’s not available yet. Grant said that some tools will be merging between the cut and edit page so may it will run the cut page also.

Ric Marty

[Michael Gissing]

Some significant improvements in the grading and Fairlight pages which please me greatly. I can finally transition from my stand alone Fairlight as the new desktop mixer controller looks very good and the improvements in audio edit and automation make it viable.

One new tool in Color that caught my eye is the obvious copy of the color warp tools from Nobe’s tools. Same grid patterning to push hue & sat and hue & luma. I’ve been using the Nobe plugin for a while so having this built in is not a big one for me but the fact that I can undock the display and move it around it very helpful. This is also true of the other curves displays too. Not having to find it and add it as an OFX plug is also a plus.

I really must embrace the Cut page. I don’t do much editing but so much is going into the cut page so I will jump in. The controller is interesting. So cheap I will probably get one as it also will help on the edit page. I assume the Fairlight controller will also give me the transport/ jog controls on all pages, but having the extra edit controls, particularly the paste commands on dedicated keys will save me from finding function keys on a Querty.

And the smart masks on the colour page look like a big winner, along with the improved object removal and pixel fixers. Will I still need my Boris CC for wire removal or will the Object Removal now do that job too? I’m just at the point of doing a rebuild with new MOBO and GPU so I will have to wait to do that before installing so I’m keen to hear feedback from early adopters.

[David Mathis]

My favorite features:

Audio in Fusion

Render in place

Export a timeline

Font preview (not included in livestream)

Additional compositing features in Edit page

Electronic key unlocks Fusion standalone (also not mentioned in livestream)

Collaboration tools will be available in free version right around the time of first non beta release

Improved optical flow

Cut page improvements

Multicam features

Looks like Final Cut Pro X fell behind.

[David Mathis]

Reminds me of the edit control units on tape machine but with more features

[Michael Gissing]

Grant’s an old tape op editor so no surprises with the design of edit keyboards and the ‘source tape’ modes on the Cut page.

I hadn’t picked up on font preview. That’s a great one and audio in Fusion is excellent. They have really improved a lot of FX preview options like transitions and other FX. They make a big difference to me in my workflows.

Timeline export is also fantastic and includes much better media management including proxy options. Being able to backup timelines rather than whole projects will save a lot of time and space for me when I have a feature doco with 9 versions, each in their own timeline.

[Oliver Peters]

More here on BMD’s microsite for Resolve

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

The Cut page does seem like a bit of a hybrid between FCPX and linear, 2-VTR editing. Both edit keyboards are really only designed for the Cut page and not the Edit page. Clearly this is where Grant’s heart is.

[Oliver Peters]

Also the new speed editor keyboard will be included with Resolve 17 at no extra cost if you purchase through a reseller. Since R17 is only in public beta and not yet in actual release, resellers won’t have it yet.