Dave Williams
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Thanks for all your help, I have Avid 5 just brought in the file and then used the MXF file it generated back to Resolve. Exported Dnx back to editor all worked great. I think next time we will try AAF and see how that flies, again thanks for your help.
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The purpose of my post was just to find out if I am the only one out there that thinks at the very least that the embedded audio should pass through on render. Forget about syncing external audio in Resolve I can see that would take some redesign but stripping the audio off is a whole other issue. OK little humor here, suppose you took your fancy car in for service and when you go back to pick it up the tires are gone. You tell the service technician “Where are my tires” and he says well I can put them back on but its gonna take another 2 hours and I have to charge you for it. “Wait a minute! I brought it in with the tires on it why would you take them off?” see my point?
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Mike I think the comment you made about me wanting something for “Free” was way out of line as I have spent more money than most putting my system together including buying the Resolve panels. With that being said, if they want to charge me for implementing audio pass through I would be more than happy to pay for it.
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I agree with you Michael but at least make it so the raw files 5d, Alexa or whatever pass thru their audio out the other end if its usable or not is all I am asking for. When a client shoots let’s say 5d most of us assume that he is not going to use the audio but they should have that option and I have seen it used more than not. We are after all stripping the audio off for dailies and if we don’t put it back, which you know is very time consuming they have none. I think it’s a huge problem that should at the very least be opened for discussion so maybe Black Magic will make it a priority.
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The latest versions of Resolve have been great with new additions but what about basics? I believe that audio and being able to sync audio is a basic tool that should have been implemented in the beginning. Your right doing dailies without audio passing thru especially when the client is asking for one format for the editorial and one for themselves that is different is a huge pain. It would be nice if everyone would express this to Black Magic and maybe we could see this on the next upgrade. I would be happy if this were the only thing they implemented next.
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Thank you that worked
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I am sorry but I cannot find your web page. You can reach me at Sandpebbal@aol.com Send me an email and we can figure something out.
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Do I need to turn unmix back on after grading before I give them back an XML?
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I would like to take a moment and apologize for my comments in an earlier post. They were heavy handed and way out of character for me. I should never have slammed other peoples equipment, I should have stuck to the question that was asked. I think everyone would agree that Resolve is probably one of the best pieces of software out there. I have been with Davinchi for 25 years and I never thought I would see the day that their software would be 1000.00 dollars. I personally don’t see how they are making any money. Now back to the panels. I absolutely love my panels and would not trade them for anything. We all want to get into this without spending a ton of money but we all need to stop for a moment and think of Black Magic and the costs that company does incur. There are engineers on staff not to mention all of the R@D that goes into their products. They all have to be paid and make a living. Granted the panels probably did not cost 30k to make but the fact is they were made specifically to work with Resolve. You will not find a better set of panels anywhere to do what they do. Those of us that have been around when post production started to change know that 30k is a drop in the bucket compared to what we use to pay to get into this field. The Spirit way back when was about 1 and quarter million. Now today film is in short supply and that has allowed a lot of us that would not otherwise be able to get into this alone the opportunity to do so. I guess what I am trying to say is that for 70k which is about what I spent is less than a HDCam SR was 5 years ago. To be able to do this for that kind of money is amazing. If all of us want to drive the cost of equipment down then there will come a point where there will be thousands of people jumping into this field and at the end of the day everyone will be competing against every kid that has a few thousand dollars. A comment was made earlier that its not the equipment that makes a colorist and I totally agree but when you have a person that will charge 50 dollars an hour because they were able to get all the equipment they needed for a few thousand dollars eventually that will come back to bite those of us that would like to charge higher rates but now the clients are using that price to drive you down. Its like a friend of mind said recently. “Its going to be a race to the bottom”. Trust me I am experiencing it first hand.
I would also like to say to Dave Pickett that I am not a “Crusty Blowhard” but a person that has been around long enough and with enough experience to know how this will effect all of us if the price of equipment keeps dropping. -
When I decided to start my own company the panels were the biggest and most time consuming question in the back of my mind. It would be the one biggest cost that I would incur. After months of thought and looking at other options I decided to buy them. After using them now for 4 months I would still buy them again today for the 30k. I have been a colorist for 30 years and as you know if you have been in this business long enough that the one most important thing in your equipment is your monitor. I feel the next most important thing is your control surface. If you want to f@#$ around all day with going up and down thru menus and trying to navigate thru hell then I say go for it. I have seen the Tangent Wave panel and if you work with clients sitting behind you personally I would be embarrassed to work on one. I see so many guys out there today doing things half ass with their equipment and I say if you want to play with the big boys then get the right gear. If your comfortable with a cheap piece of plastic panel that you spend most of your day trying to find your way around on then you have less time to do the one thing you are trying to do and that’s make beautiful images. Yes I would pay 30k today because I absolutely love the Resolve panels and the guys at Black Magic have been great working with me to make sure they work properly. LOVE THEM!!!