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Adobe reminds me of a building manager gathering rent but only fixing the toilet on one floor
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Only older stalwarts lurk in specialist forums. Kids are just getting all their advice from YouTube free tutorials. It’s become quiet over the past couple of years. I still check in to here and the Resolve forum from time to time
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Under settings >image Scale> mismatched.. you have various choices to scale, stretch, crop or centre punch. It’s hard to trouble shoot without seeing a screen grab of your main settings page and the image scale page. Do your project settings pixel aspect match the file format or are you trying to scale to a standard frame setting? If the later then you will need to play with those mismatched settings to get the one that works. With anamorphic you might also have to manually scale the de-squeeze after getting the right setting.
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I’m PC but I used Macs years ago. It sounds like you are seeing the install .dmg file on your desktop and perhaps mistaking it for the icon. I take it you have not installed Resolve yet so if you see that on your desktop, double click and see if that launches the Resolve installer.
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The paid for version allows more than one GPU. The free version will use a single GPU so if you only have a single GPU then the free version is not limited in that
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Thanks John. I couldn’t remember the name. Late night and away from the office
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Yes the new Sony does seem like they is gunning for BM pocket cameras with the price and I did see the claimed improvements in tracking focus. So the playing field is leveled. However I’m yet to find a doco camera person who prefers the Sony look over the BM cameras. For run & gun I definately prefer the Ursa Mini with a Canon IS 24-105 and the BM viewfinder. As I was trained on shoulder mount 16mm camera doing news, this is for me the best camera ergonomics. I really only have the pocket for gimbal and B cam.
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I’ve not had to do this but look at clip attributes to see if you can apply an offset on the timecode. Is so then you should be able to select multiple clips and batch offset their timecode by the constant you have identified. I’m not at my machine to check this is possible but check that first.
Sound Devices used to have free software that enabled changing various attributes of audio files. Check their website to see if that is available and can also batch change the sudio files timecode metadata to batch change the timecode with an offset
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Hi Craig. The latest software for the BMPCC 4k does activate the onboard gyro which embeds the data into the braw files for later stabilization. I also use IS lenses. The stabilization in Resolve can at times be remarkable especially with micro jitters. So this is not an issue for me
The lack of auto focus is much overhyped in my opinion. Autofocus has its own issues and I much prefer a manual approach. Indeed many lenses like my Laowa 15mm is a totally manual lens and my favourite on a gimbal. I also have seen a lot of focus hunting when people just rely on auto. (EDIT: Also the later software has improved the snap focus and vastly improved the focus assist. My friend with a Sony a7s ii was in awe of the much better focus assist and bigger screen compared to hers. She hates her peaking display. We both do doco work and she is seriously considering a jump to BM)
The real saviour with run & gun for me is the dynamic range and highlight recovery with braw files from this camera. I’m often grading footage from a variety of cameras and I find the Sony codecs in particular do not give me the same latitude.
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My preference is the Blackmagic range of pocket cameras. They have 4k & 6k models that to me look and grade better than Sony and are similar or cheaper. Personally I would aim for a second hand camera body and spend your money on a good lens. Canon EF mount lenses are excellent (24-105 IS) and also available second hand. The 4k pocket uses micro four third lenses and again there are excellent zooms available for half the price of full frame lenses. The M.Zuiko range are great lenses that are not outrageously expensive like Sony lenses.
Think more of the lenses and then chose the right body. Lenses for me are the system. Camera bodes come & go. My Canon lenses are now on their third and fourth bodies over the past decade.