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I agree totally with Steve on the raw workflow scenario. I would prefer to do titling in Final Cut with stuff published from Motion which really does not complicate anything. My thought is to export audio from Resolve (when needed), export a movie to Final Cut for title work but probably will use Fusion somewhere for touching up shots. One thing I hope for in a later update is the ability to have custom transitions available in Resolve as is possible with Motion, time will tell. Of course there is Sapphire but a bit on the expensive side.
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[Bob Woodhead] “Guess what I’m looking for is a Resolve plug-in. :)”
Hey, there’s one for Baselight that works pretty nicely inside Avid, Nuke, and FCP 7.
I have no idea what’s possible inside the constraints of X’s architecture, or whether there’d be a way for BMD to actually monetize this, but hey, can’t hurt to ask. This is a company where asking actually gets you somewhere. LOL
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The nice thing about Resolve having edit capabilities is that you can move to the finish a little earlier. If you are getting close to being done, Resolve will be able to handle changes to the edit/timeline.
Resolve also does weird things with alpha channel stills, regular stills, and alpha channel movies, so testing many different types of timelines/Projects is well worth it. With Fcpxml, moving to Resolve is pretty decent.
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[Steve Connor] “Personally I’d use Resolve to ingest and make Proxies, edit in FCPX then go back to Resolve for output
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Exactly. If there is something in X I can’t do, then it’s a perfect time to use the software. And if the free version of Resolve can do that, it’s a fine use of the tool.
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That looks exciting. Hope they work out the crashing though, I still get some crashes on the current version.
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[Steve Connor] “[Charlie Austin] “The rest of the UI? meh. Obviously personal opinion…
”As are most things we all post :)”
Speak for yourself… everything I post is incontrovertible fact! lol
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[Scott Witthaus] “[Charlie Austin] “Also, this may be of interest… https://player.vimeo.com/video/164772138”
There ya go. Why jump?”
This is also a nice addition included with Slice X (which everyone really should have)
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[David Mathis] “Just read the recent article from Walter, now trying to decide whether to make the jump. “
You can’t really beat the price so why not? Worst case is you can send your timeline back to FCP X if you want.
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I think it’s pretty obvious that Color Grading Central’s Denver Riddle and others have bet on the fact that the on-going X systemic changes will eventually allow “full boat” color correction to take place directly inside the X workflow.
This is consistent with the INSIDE OUT view I’ve written about before. The X focus has always been to keep the editors focus INSIDE the editing app, and allow him or her to bolt-on advanced capabilities as needed. Why? Because exiting one system to move to another is essentially a break in concentration. And few would argue against the fact that preparing any program to go out to an audience revolves around long stretches of dedicated concentration.
Color Finale Pro – as demo’d at NAB last month – puts a much more robust new set of capabilities directly into the X environment.
What appeals to me, particularly, is that it’s proving the value of the X approach to keeping things modular. If you just want quick shot matching, look into the automated X-Riite single-click color matching workflow for that. It may be ALL you need to avoid the downstream distractions of terribly mismatched shots. And if so, you’ve won big. Automation, solving problems super simply, FTW.
For an editor who who doesn’t or can’t use that and gets to their Event Browser and finds their shots are unacceptably unmatched, the color board is waiting to do a quick acceptable base grade inside the app – and it’s FREE – so everybody gets to play.
Want to go further? Pick up Color Finale and you’re back in traditional Color Wheels with much more control. In tandem with X’s excellent scope array, many won’t need anything else.
But if you DO need more – just pony up for Color Finale PRO and Tangent hardware get very much closer to a pro color grading system at super affordable price point.
And ALL that capability is accessible without ever needing to leave your “home” application.
Of course there will be folks who need to concentrate exclusively on color grading at a very high level. For them, FCPXML export to a Resolve or even Pablo Rio workflow like the Focus and WTF folks pioneered is a few clicks away.
That tools seem to be constantly developing to let me do better and better color work directly where I’m most comfortable – inside X application itself – is starting to seem like I can skip buying and learning so many external tools in order to improve the quality of my work going forward.
Seems nice from both a money, time, and “attention span” point of view.
YMMV.
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[Andrew Kimery] “By jump you mean edit with Resolve? Why not just try and see how it goes? It’s not like you can’t change your mind later. ;)”
That’s excellent advice Andrew. The fact that Resolve is free is a great reason for anyone who has any interest in what Resolve can and cannot do to just go ahead and download. I can tell you that the Beta 12.5 is extremely stable both Mac and Windows in my testing.
I have not jumped whole hog into Resolve yet, still early in my trials and still have a series that runs through Premiere Pro. The thing about Resolve is that it doesn’t really require you to just “quit and jump” completely to that app. The Dynamic Zoom feature was added specifically for FCPX users who want to bring the Ken Burns effect over to Resolve. It now does this seamlessly from what I’m told and you can still adjust the parameters of the images if need be.
The keystrokes are the same (Resolve has the FCPX keyboard layout) so I think anyone running any NLE right now would want to have Resolve as an option. Think about a project that might require heavy color grading and filtering. Good reason to start / finish in Resolve. Although the XML round tripping is supposedly getting better. I have not had a reason to test that yet, but will at some point.
So I personally think Resolve is less about “jumping” than it is about “adding” to your toolbox. My 2 cents.
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