[Charlie Edison]

Number 1 reason this could fail, is …. Reel numbers !

First check in the avid bin if the media has something listed under tape name ?
if yes they all do then, on the config page of resolve choose Assist using reel numbers from the
“Embedding in source clip file”

if no, none of the clips have tape numbers, then turn off Assist using reel numbers and try re-importing the AAF,

OBTW, why export for protools ? Just use an untitled, no idea what would be set or flag exporting for protools.

[Charlie Edison]

You could append a node to any clip, make a grading adjustment that you want to apply to every other clip and then “Append Ripple Node”

20,150 shift ripple value will apply that node and grade from clips 20 through to 150

However, you first need to get yourself the “Resolve Color Control Surface”

[Charlie Edison]

what did you use to scan the film, film scanners should be progressive ?!

[Charlie Edison]

Hi Rachel

I’d like to help you out with this,

Can you export your project from resolve along with your xml and edl, zip them up and email to:

davincihel​p@blackmag​ic-design.​com

attn Charlie

I’ll take a look.

[Charlie Edison]

Kevin is right,

The grades you did are bound to the file or clips in the master session,
adding R3Ds with same name, reel number and timecode won’t inherit the proxy grades.
As far as resolve is concerned these are just new files in the master session.

To make this work in the past, I’ve deleted the media (in your case the proxy files) and replaced with
other files with the same name. We do this’ll the time with VFX shots. As long as the replacement file has EXACTLY the same name, reel number and timecode, this should work.

Remove the proxy files from the media pool only, not the MASTER session,
add the R3D files and go to the conform page, everything should magically appear.

See how that goes,
oh…. make a copy of your project before messing with it.. 🙂

[Charlie Edison]

I think you way under powered there..

You will need two red rockets at least to playback stereo epic in HD, (3 rockets for full rez 3D)
You will also need at least 2 GPU processing cards and your macpro won’t hold all these cards at one time, so you’ll need an expansion chassis,

1 GUI
2 GPU
2 RED ROCKETS
1 Decklink Extreme 3D
1 Storage NAS, SAN connection…

Your going to struggle with anything less..

[Charlie Edison]

Is your FCP and Resolve connected to the same storage or are you moving files between systems and storage?

[Charlie Edison]

So let me get this straight,

all the footage has been ingested into AVID via log and transfer ?

If yes then,

once your edit is locked off, you should Export an AAF and include all Video using the
Consolidate method with some handles and transcode to the highest codec available.
(Any Effects not supported in the round trip process are treated as simple cut transitions so they can still be graded)

Across on your resolve,
You don’t need to add clips to your Media Pool, go straight to the Conform page with no sessions and select ‘Load’. Select the AAF that you just exported from Media Composer, select auto project settings and auto find source clips, (You now need to identify the location of the AVID consolidated media media during this process).
Once done, you should see your conform as it was in AVID..
if not Exit here and head to the PUB!

IF yes then.. you can now go ahead a grade..
Once the grade is done its time to render …
DON’T go to the conform page and change sessions,
with the session or timeline that you just graded, go to the render page.

Choose Easy setup and select “Avid AAF Round Trip”
then the render resolution
“DO NOT uncheck Render clips with Unique Filenames”

Enter in handles the same as in your AVID AFF export and consolidate media,

Enter a destination PATH and hit render,

You mentioned it was a 1 hour PRGM, goto back to the PUB for 2HRS,

Once the render is complete, close render tab and go straight to conform tab, (don’t change session) and export AAF called “Graded_……”

Back to AVID now.

Copy the media from the resolve render into AVID MXF media folder, create a new one with a new number just to separate it from other footage,
Open your AVID project, the same one as your offline and then open the media tool and refresh the media database,
if this works, inside that folder you just created, you should be able to see a new ” msmMMOB.mdb ”
Its a double check sort of thing seeing – means AVID noticed something new.

Then import your AAF, “Graded_…..” you exported from resolve, into a new bin. The media and the graded timeline should appear. If not,
go back to the PUB….

But I reckon it will all be there.
All you need to do now is copy tracks with text etc from your off-line, place them over the new sequence, apply any other effects and basically master the job..

This should work..

[Charlie Edison]

try exporting with consolidate media option, add handles if you wish and choose the highest DNx transcode setting….

take all that across to resolve and try again..

might help ?

[Charlie Edison]

Did you get this sorted or do you need more help ?