[Illya Laney]

It’s not silly to buy exactly what they’ve tested the software on. What IS silly, is to wait and hope for something else to come along even though the sure thing is right in front of your face. So much gloom and doom. If something doesn’t work, then I sell it on eBay and I’m only out a couple hundred bucks.

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[Illya Laney]

Just bought mine for $140 through Apple. Better get on it before they take them down like the 285’s.

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[Illya Laney]

So you must have looked at the old overview video. First off, that interface looks like an old version of Shake, and second, that’s Warren Eagles probably teaching an old 2K class. da Vinci 2K interface…

https://www.acc.com.cn/en/images/stories/image/daVinci/2kplus_1.jpg

Resolve scopes

https://www.acc.com.cn/en/images/stories/image/daVinci/resolve_3.JPG

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[Illya Laney]

Yes I took the course. I don’t know what video you’re talking about. Did you pirate some sort of bittorrent video?

Autotracking

Close up of control surface

Interface

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[Illya Laney]

I think he means a Hackintosh since he also plans to run Color.

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[Illya Laney]

“Pro series offers more control over the picture in the menu while the Consumer requires you to access the service menu for the same control.”

This isn’t true with the nicer 2010 Viera’s now. They offer the ISF controls through a custom menu, and you can set custom calibrations for the different inputs. Like I said before, you can get a better calibration right out of the box with the VT’s and G series than you can with the average Pro plasmas.

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[Illya Laney]

Isn’t the TH42PZ80U from 2008 though? From what I’ve seen, the new consumer plasmas are much better than what they used to be and so are the controls. Personally, I work on spots and reality, not 3D features, so spending money on a Davio isn’t necessary at this point. The Matrox is working fairly well right now anyway, though it seems I’ll have to use the Blackmagic card to calibrate for Resolve.

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[Illya Laney]

I thought I recognized your name. Killer class by the way. I’d take a hands on course, but my work schedule’s a bit too hectic for a trip to Singapore. Is there a chance ICA will have training in Socal in the near future?

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[Illya Laney]

Ola Halidor “additional $100 for the DaVinci 2K training..”

Not true. Maybe you’re confusing Resolve with the 2K because they’re not using the Impresario panel.

To put things in perspective, I have a friend who paid $80,000 for a University with post training(VFX, Color Grading on a 2K, Editing, etc.) and she learned more in 11 weeks online with Creative Cow and FXPHD than she ever did at the University. Trade schools in California charge $800 to $1200 just for Apple certified Color training, and that’s only for three days of classes. I’d gladly pay Creative Cow a few hundred dollars for a high quality and in depth course for Resolve.

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[Illya Laney]

From what I’ve seen, the software scopes in Resolve aren’t that great, but if you can live with the scopes in Color you should be fine.

I’ve been using a Tektronix WVR feeding a 17″ JVC HD monitor for the past year and I have to say, it’s much easier on the eyes. Whenever I have to go back to software scopes(besides Scopebox, which is awesome by the way) or stare at a small hardware vectorscope/waveform monitor, it drives me crazy.

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