Upgrade process form 7 to 8 in between the project?

[Darin Wooldridge]

I was able to open my old projects and start working.
To be safe a data base back up before the upgrade is a great idea.

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[Teo Rižnar]

Darin thank you for fast reply.
Are the LUTs there and picture looks the same? I will try, if I back up I can restore or even reinstall v7 back I hope.

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[Peter Chamberlain]

Darin is correct. Install 8.0, at launch on the log in page you will be prompted to upgrade your database. Decline that the first time so you can backup your 7.1 database using the new Database Manager tools. Then you have a safety copy.
After you have done that you can now upgrade the 7.1 to a 8.0 database using the Database Manager. You should not see any color, lut or other issues. you security blanket is that you can always re-install 7.1 and use the safety backup of the 7.1 database that you made.

Just FYI, we do this sort of thing daily in the R&D during the testing phase.

Peter

[Gabriele Turchi]

i conform , zero issue on updating and finishing old projects in progress…

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[Margus Voll]

Same here. No problems with upgrade. just clean database import on ver 8 and all is smooth.

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Margus

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[Blase Theodore]

Here’s my list of caveats:

– don’t upgrade if using Phantom .cine files in your project. (Different debayer, your grade will change)
– export your current project before updating (file, export)
– backup your database

[Sean Kapleton]

just to clarify – am i not meant to uninstall previous version first like on .0 releases in the past – but instead click v8 installer and upgrade 7.1.1 following the database backup process you mention??

any chance someone can layout this process in detail?

cheers

[Rohit Gupta]

Just get the new installer and install. It will over-write the old install. No need to uninstall, etc.

Reboot after your install. It will prompt you to update Decklink drivers (if required).

[Sean Kapleton]

Hey Rohit thanks for the fast reply!

So what about the whole database backup?

[Rohit Gupta]

The database is not touched during the install itself. When you have upgraded, restarted, etc. Resolve will prompt you to upgrade the database, so just upgrade and select the upgraded database, and continue.

Please note that database upgrades are one way – you can upgrade from v7 to v8, but not from v8 to v7.