[Michael Gissing]

Here’s a simple YouTube guide to where to find the presets for Fairlight so you can transfer them to a new computer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtDlM7tYN9g&t=2s

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[Michael Gissing]

You should also learn about how to backup your database. Rather than finding where Resolve hides it, you can go to the database and backup a copy to an external drive for safety and that can also go to another computer when upgrading.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRMnETznjXs

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[Michael Gissing]

You need to back up you database and copy that to the external drive. It’s easy and you should have done that on your old machine or whenever you are doing software updates and as a general good practice.

Import that into the new Resolve PC and just open up your projects. Make sure the external drive is using the same drive letter as it was on the old computer. You can always just open a project and it will tell you if media is offline and what the drive path was previously. Close Resolve, change the drive letter and reopen Resolve and it should all be connected

[Michael Gissing]

I advise against ProRes as a mastering codec. It’s proprietary and uses QuickTime as its container. For master files I prefer DNxHQX 10 bit or DNx444 12 bit and in an mxf container. These are non proprietary and cross platform codecs that we can all generate. If Apple made their codecs available for free to be cross platform to generate then I can see why it might be useful as a delivery codec. But they aren’t and there is an internationally accepted better alternative with DNx.

ProRes4444 has given me grief in the past with gamma errors and there is no reason to use a codec with an Alpha channel for a master, so it’s a waste of data space.

[Michael Gissing]

I would only ever use stereo or mono. Spatial will apply some proprietary phase attributes and if you want to use that in a professional edit, you never want to mix that content in with regular stereo and mono material.

[Michael Gissing]

Gamma shifts on playback are very often a factor of the playback software. I would not export a file as a .mov as quicktime is not a good file wrapper. Check the render file back in Resolve to see if there really is a shift between the timeline and the render. So render your file as .mp4 .

Do not use Quicktime player. I never use it and it is notorious for getting gamma settings wrong. If you are on a Mac or really any computer, use VLC player.

[Michael Gissing]

Have you tracked the power window? Did you put a second dynamic keyframe where you want to change the grade in the power window? It’s a bit hard trying to guess what you are doing and why it seems to be working strangely.

[Michael Gissing]

It sounds like you are set to use a remote grade not local. If you don’t want a shot grade to appear on shots later in the timeline then this may be what you are dealing with.

This vid explains it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBXrl5SGc6k

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[Michael Gissing]

“It’s interesting to learn that the software upgrades have the new chips in mind, I suppose I better go shopping for a new Mac”

Resolve dev for versions 18 & 19 have definitely been favoring the M chips including the iPad Pro.

[Michael Gissing]

I’d also add that you should set the preferences in Resolve to only use the AMD GPU, not both as there is a huge mismatch. It might just be on auto so try manually setting for just the one GPU