[Michael Gissing]

I’m a big fan of Topaz AI to uprez, denoise and getting rid of compression artifacts. What camera & codec was it shot on? Your reference is mp4 which makes it hard to get an idea of what the original looks like. Have you used anything on the clip you uploaded?

[Michael Gissing]

You can export a timeline from Resolve in fcpxml format. That said there is usually some issues with using software to software transfering. I do the reverse all the time. Taking timelines from AVID, Pr and FCPX into Resolve and there are always things lost in translation because of sizing, moves, fonts, plugins or color grades. Not everything can translate. That is normal so going from Resolve to FCPX, the basic edit will come across reliably.

[Michael Gissing]

“Blackmagic is trying to be all things to all users in Resolve. I don’t
really think that’s workable if it weren’t for the low cost. ”

When you compare it to the fractured round tripping Adobe expects to Audition or AE in their more expensive software, I do not agree. One of the first remarks I get from those that have converted from FCPX or Pr is how amazing that there is just one timeline with different toolsets on the various pages. No round tripping or weird linking. This is more workable and nothing to do with price. Do all editors need it? Perhaps not. You can always hide pages you do not use. As you point out NLEs are now all good at editing.

“And that
really only appeals to individual users who don’t need to collaborate in
a team environment.”

I don’t understand this rationale. Resolve has excellent collaboration tools. As Resolve is so commonly used as a finishing tool, having the ease of moving from editor to colorist to sound post with their approach seems to be the most usable in team workflows. Yes it also appeals to the single user to have that complete tool kit. In my case I now use Fairlight in Resolve having retired my standalone Fairlight as it is now superior and has ongoing development. Having that and the grading in one app means I have retired two computers and no longer need to round trip. The time and money saving for me is significant and the tools are superior.

“Since the toolkit for editing (not VFX, color, etc)
is more or less the same for all software, there’s little reason for a
user of one brand to want to move to a different brand.”

Again my experience is that editors are now moving from Pr & FCPX to Resolve in droves because it is collaborative, a single timeline with multiple toolsets and the workflow from edit to finish is now seamlesss, not via AAF or XML which have numerous translation issues not found when timelines or whole projects are sent to me from an offline edit. My only complaint about the Resolve workflow is the fact that fonts are messy when the font is not pre installed. That is also an issue with all AAF, XML translations and pretty nit picky.

[Michael Gissing]

Thanks Oliver, Maybe one day I will experience the NAB overwhelm in person.

[Michael Gissing]

Are you sure Resolve is seeing the GPU? It should be doing the heavy lifting. I was also thinking the 1080Ti might not have enough VRam for 4k. Either way check your settings to make sure the GPU is set to CUDA and is seen by the software. It might require an up to date driver as well to be fully utilised.

[Michael Gissing]

Affinity Photo & Designer is my go to for opening psd files. It also can handle Photoshop plugins and so far it has opened psd files correctly for me. Resolve has so much power in the Motion and Fairlight pages that you can wave goodbye to Adobe completely. Make XMLs of timelines you want to keep so you can reload in Resolve later if required.

[Michael Gissing]

Four things that help. I do the following. Compressor limiter on the channel. Automate fader moves to chase dialog levels. Use the new dialog lev TrackFX on the channel to do an automatic version of chasing manually using automation. Finally keyframe within the clip. Personally I do steps one and two and occasionally step three as well. I have used clip based keyframes but I prefer to ride a fader with automation as I have the Fairlight mix panel.

On the Fairlight page you might not see the Track FX so go to the three dots on the top right of the mixer and tick them so you can see them and activate them

[Michael Gissing]

Apple want a license. BRAW is open source

[Michael Gissing]

There’s a bit of politics going on. Apple won’t support BRAW and Blackmagic won’t support ProResRAW. The Blackmagic argument is that ProResRAW breaches RED’s patent. Apple doesn’t even explain why they shun BRAW.

[Michael Gissing]

have you read thru this document? – ProRes RAW is not a supported codec in Resolve