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Want grain? Go buy CineGrain. It looks awesome. Place the clips on track 2 and use a composite mode to blend it over the footage.
Bleach bypass can’t be done in the lite version because it needs at least three nodes. But once you’ve made that, you can save it as a power grade, and easily use it over and over again in other projects.
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Only way to fix this as I see it; import XML to FCP, fix the problem and export new XML.
At least, that’s the way to do it if you’re more comfortable with a gui.If you don’t mind, I think you could edit the XML in a TextEdit or something similar.
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Clayton, I believe the render window problems you have is a thing of the past. When I color correct TV shows, some times the client want some of the shots, or complete scenes a bit different. Working with FCP XML roundtrip makes this no biggie.
What I do is click a clip thumbnail, MARK IN, then the last of the scene, MARK OUT. The very last frame of the clip is marked. Hit render and it will replace the old clips.
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Glad I could help!
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Considered the Autocue T-series monitor?
I’m testing one now. I’ll be writing an article, or perhaps blog a little. Don’t know yet how I’ll publish this.So far it looks really, really good. You can select different gamma settings, color spaces (NTSC, PAL, REC709, D-Cine) and different white points like the usual 9300K, 6500K and a special D-Cine 6302K, or even user customized settings (need probe and stuff, but you get the idea).
I compared it to the old Panasonic I have here. The blacks are really black. Even though it’s LED LCD, it’s amazing.
Photos and more to come in the article. 🙂
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I weekly grade different projects ranging from music videos, commercials and TV shows. And some times I do short films as well.
Doesn’t matter what the playtime is, it’s about instant feedback and workflow for me. I guess I’m spoiled on performance. I want and need real-time performance. Being able to adjust a clip, jump a few clips back and hit PLAY to see it in context is just awesome
Workflow with Color 1,5 years ago was something like Grade -> Render the whole thing (taking a long time) -> Send to Final Cut, play through and make notes on what shots doesn’t look that good.
Rendering color corrections in an NLE is not an option for me anymore. I get all crazy and start pulling my hair when I see a simple 2 sec clip in FCP needs to render and it will take three minutes.
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You’re of course free to do whatever you want. Honest decision it’s not for you.
But let me help you, if possible, to like it.What is it about the file handling you don’t like? You CAN in fact import, grade and export in a few simple steps.
First of all, you have to make sure DaVinci sees your hard drive. CMD+COMMA opens the preferences, from here you can add and remove drives as needed. Gotta unplug the external drive? Sure, no problem. No need to remove it from that list either.
Second, jump into BROWSE. The list to the left shows you all available hard drives, and you can go through the hierarchy of folders and add the files you want. Either add complete folders and subfolders, or select that one clip you want.
Next is CONFORM. Create a timeline by clicking the NEW button. This will make a timeline with all the footage you imported. Clips with the lowest TC value first (correct me if I’m wrong – I haven’t really investigated this).
If you want order to the chaos, you have another and MUCH easier way to import both an edited timeline and the footage you need:
OR the quicker and easyer way
Still in the CONFORM page, select LOAD. Find your XML file and it will give you a few options. One of them is to let DaVinci import all the media. Let it do so, maybe guide it to the right folder if needed and give it some time to think.
Once the process is done it will give you a report of what was reconnected and if there’s anything missing.
Then, do your grade either with a panel or the more standard 3-way kind of control.
In the Render window you can select FCP XML roundtrip. Select a destination and a codec. RENDER!
Go back to the conform page, hit EXPORT to make an XML file which will guide Final Cut to the graded material when you import the XML.
This is more text than necessary, and is actually done in a few quick steps. Takes no time. Really.
Still not convinced? I suggest you attend a Resolve demo and get blown away.
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What he said.
I’d prefer accurate colors rather than size in the first place. Whenever you can afford the extra boxes, cables and a large TV, go for it, but use the FSI as the monitor.
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What’s the source? I’ve experienced some slow down with RED Epic, but that’s nothing I didn’t expect.
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Definitely the three GTX 285 cards!