[Glenn Sakatch]

Im still on 14, so I dont use the fusion tab, i use fusion connect, and launch into the full fusion studio program..but either way, fusion can do motion blur on pretty much anything you put a move on.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

It is possible your offline version is smoother because it is a lower res version, and is a bit softer around the edges.

You might simply try blurring your footage a small amount in a node before you do the movement.

A fusion connect clip would be a simply way of getting proper motion blur onto you camera movement.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

Sounds like your footage is a codec that Resolve doesn’t understand, but Adobe does. You will have to transcode it to something Resolve likes. It likes lots of file types…but not everything.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

You are over thinking it…Sometimes it is the simple approach….the “template” I am speaking of is a series of folders I made at the explorer level.

Copy and paste the outside folder, and rename it. everything inside remains the same. It is a simple way to stay organized. As i said, i use the same “template” for both Avid and Resolve projects. It has nothing to do with the project server.

You might not be doing professional projects…yet…but the organization will serve you well.

Glenn

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

Ok, I thought I misread your original post, but I’m not sure I have. You mentioned using different drives to store your projects, so I assumed you were talking about the database, but you might be confusing the location of the project with the media used to build a project. Two different things.

As far as organization goes, yes, that is up to you to keep a proper structure and layout for your media. Camera files, graphic files, audio files, lists, documents, all sorts of things can go through your fingers as you work on this thing, but the actual project is safely tucked inside the database that you chose when your installed Resolve. You shouldn’t need to re-install Resolve because you sent your NAS back…unless you used a disk database installed on the NAS, but again that goes to my original point about letting Resolve take care of the database, and you take care of organizing the structure of your media folders on the NAS. Constantly working from external plug n play drives is always going to be harder than a permanent storage location.

You asked how you should organize your files, and you will hear probably hear a different idea from anyone who responds. It is totally up to you, but you need to be organized, and strict with yourself that you follow the organization you set out.

For what it is worth, here is my layout.

I have 3 permanent storage locations attached to my system. 1 via thunderbolt, 2 via 10g.
On those locations are folders called “Current Projects” Inside Current Projects is a folder called “Template” Inside Template is a folder structure of Audio In, Audio Out, Graphics, Master Outputs, Fusion, Project files,Supplied footage, Stock, Camera originals, Approvals, Lists, Documentation. There are probably a few i’ve forgotten about.

At the start of the project, you copy and paste Template, and rename it according the project you are working on.
I use this structure for both Avid and Resolve. Some folders are used more for one than the other.

Folders get used as audio comes in or out of my box. Graphics is typically for items suppled by an external artist, or items i’ve created in photoshop or the like.
Fusion is for fusion comps and the files that are created along the way. (fusion connect clips) I don’t use 15 or the fusion tab, i use the stand alone Fusion studio, so quite often render out dpx sequences from Avid or Resolve and load them in Fusion.

Supplied footage is for items the client has sent saying “use this clip from an old project we did”
Stock holds both the original proxy files, as well as the final purchased items

Project files is where i place the DRP or Avid project backups at the end of the process, which then gets archived along with most of these other folders. This way when I restore the project, i put everything back in its original location very easily. If i’m unsure where i originally had the media, i can load up resolve, restore the project, and look at any bin in the project. It will tell me where it is expecting to find the media. In my case, either the G, Q or U drive.

If I don’t have room on that drive in the future, i put my folder structure on a different drive, and point Resolve to the root of that folder, and it will easily relink everything, because it doesn’t have to go searching all over the place for every little file. They are all right here inside this main folder.

Camera originals is the only item that kinda gets put to LTO on a project by project basis. Depends how much footage, and whether or not the client is paying for me to back it up.

It the old days, i would have all camera media on the fast storage drives, and everything else on a smaller internal drive, but with the size of files and such, it has become easier to put it all together on the storage location.

The cache catches a lot of people. I have a set of SSDs in my storage formatted and named Cache. This is then mounted into both my systems, (Y drive on windows and Volumes/Cache on mac) Both machines have been told to use that partition for all caches. Set it up once and then it is good to go. No need to move the cache location around, or have Resolve give you the error saying “can’t find cache” This is one of the obstacles of using external drives that are alway changing.

If you are going to do it, i suggest you continue down the road of your NAS, find a good system for that, and avoid externals as much as possible. For me, externals supplied by the client get plugged in, copied to my storage, and then get unplugged, and sit as backup incase anything happens.

Again, others will all have other methods, but as long as they keep you organized, many methods will work.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

Like many of us did in our early stages of Resolve, you are probably thinking you need to save the project somewhere specific where you can later retrieve it…move it to a backup location, or something like that. You don’t need to think this way with Resolve.

If you want to use the traditional database system, it will be installed on your system drive (unless you want to get into a different server, which i doubt you do at this stage). Find some tutorials on this, and let it do its thing. Don’t over think it, don’t try to put it someplace special…let it do its thing.

Or you can setup a disk database, and use that instead of the traditional database system. Same rules apply. Let it do its thing. Don’t direct it to an external drive, or anything like that. Let it setup in its default location.

When you are done your project, export your project as a DRP file from within Resolve. This can easily be copied to where ever you like, and archived, and restored (sans media) and opened on another box in the future.

The database stays where it is…and yes it should be backed up and cleaned off and all that, but I think you are thinking in terms of a traditional NLE “where is my project saved” situation, but that isn’t really how Resolve works.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

on my box it is just the delete key as opposed to the backspace key which is a non ripple delete.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

Have you tried setting your output scaling to resize with crop? You are using a mismatched aspect ratio from your source, so i believe you have to crop you image.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

I’m pretty sure the “does not require a database update” would be only if coming from 15.2.0

If you are going from 14 to 15 you are probably going to need to update the database. (after backing it up ofcourse)

You can not easiy switch projects back and forth from 14 to 15. Well documented all over these forums.

Glenn

[Glenn Sakatch]

I’m afraid i don’t use Resolve 15 yet. Too many large projects i’m trying to wrap up on 14, and i can’t jump to 15 before it stabalizes, and i wrap up these jobs…so i don’t use the fusion tab at all. I have used the Stand alone version of Fusion Studio for quite a while now, and my “workaround” for what you are describing is to simply set my resolve timeline to the size of the shot i want to work on, and export that shot as dpx files, or as a fusion connect clip.

Work on it in fusion in it’s native size, and export it out of fusion in it’s native size.
Then it is just another 4k source clip inside Resolve.

You can use audio in fusion, but it isn’t the greatest workflow. You would have to export a wave file for each shot you wanted to work on. I usually just use notes to figure out any timing that is audio specific and note which frames something has to be triggered by sound.

Fusion is a great program, with a lot of power, but it is still a ways off before it is fully integrated into the workflows we used to enjoy on things like Avid DS where the graphics tab was just part of the program.

Glenn