Video Out

[Shane Ross]

There are no options at this time for both Avid Media Composer AND DaVinci Resolve at this time. Resolve requires the Decklink HD Extreme 3D, and Media Composer doesn’t work with that card. So there are no solutions at this time. And only the future will tell what specific cards MC6 will work with.

This is why I am still using COLOR with Avid. Takes a bit to get it there, but I get it there.

Shane

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[Peter Brewer]

Thanks Shane. How do you get it to color? EDL? XML? I assume that the timeline needs to be ‘prepared’ as it did in FCP.

Peter Brewer
http://www.indimax.com.au

[Eduardo Serrano]

This is a very good workflow for working with red footage from avid to color but one could adapt it:
https://avidscreencast.com/2010/02/15-red-workflow-iv-conform-from-avid-to-apples-color/

I hope it helps. There’s also a QuickTime plugin that you can use to see avid’s mxf.

Cheers,

E.

[Shane Ross]

Prepare the sequence…put everything onto V1. Export a QT Ref file…convert that to ProRes. There is a gamma shift when I do that. Export an EDL from Avid…CMX3600. Import that EDL to Color, it asks for a media file…I choose the converted one, then the file comes in chopped up. I correct for that gamma shift in Color…make that correction universal to all the clips. Then start my color correction.

Render out everything, export to FCP. Do blurring where needed…render out a self contained PRORES file, AMA that back to Avid, Transcode to DNxHD (zero gamma change when I go that way).

This does go through a couple transcodes, but not unlike outputting from Avid to tape, color correct tape to tape, then recapture the tape to do titles. DNxHD to ProREs, then ProRes (HQ) to ProRes (HQ), then back to DNxHD.

Shane

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[Peter Brewer]

Thanks Eduardo. I’ll check it out. Shane, thats a fair bit of messing around! Hopefully when they release AMC6 with BM cards that work, they’re will be an easier workflow. Thanks for the info though. I’ll have to make it work in the meantime 🙂

Peter Brewer
http://www.indimax.com.au

[Shane Ross]

The only issue with your MXF QT plugin Eduardo, is that Color doesn’t work with Avid codecs. Only ProRes, HDV and DVCPRO HD quicktime codecs…mainly from FCP.

If I could take in a DNxHD Qt file into Color….that would be dreamy. BUT, it is EOL, so no further development

Shane

GETTING ORGANIZED WITH FINAL CUT PRO DVD…don’t miss it.
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[Peter Brewer]

There is this that helps with Davinci.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/749952-REG/Blackmagic_Design_DV_RESOOFTDNX_DaVinci_Resolve_Avid.html
But it doesn’t help my original issue with monitoring out from both AMC and Davinci.

Peter Brewer
http://www.indimax.com.au

[Kris Anderson]

Peter, I run an Avid DX system with a DaVinci Resolve hooked up via a Cubix expander.

If you would like to send the job to me let me know. I’d just need an AAF from you. I’m in Sydney. Understand if not possible due to busget etc. You can contact me at musikwerks (at) mac (dot) com if you like.

[Andrew Mckee]

I’ve used the same method Shane has and it works well. Been a while, but I thought that just exporting ProRes straight out of Avid removed the gamma shift for me and made things a little easier to handle. Can’t remember the exact workflow I ended up with now.

Andy

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[Jeremy Loftus-hills]

Hey Shane, how do you convert QT ref to pro res, in AMC or what?