Peter Berg
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Actually you can get good realtime performance with the free version. I have done a few RED shows and my current show I am working with Avid DNxHD media. Both were realtime with multiple nodes (sometimes up to 5 or 6) of primary and secondary correction.
I guess if you are doing 4k, 3D, or using native H.264 media (why would you do that) you might need to add more GPU’s. So yeah.. the free version should take care of all your needs.
-Peter
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I have to disagree with Charles here. While I do agree it’s a great idea to get the DaVinci name out there and get more people buzzing about the software, I don’t see anybody really buying the paid version anymore now that the free version can pretty much do everything (how many people do 3D or 4K finishing? not many). While 1 GPU might slow things down a bit, you can drop in the RED Rocket if you are doing RED work. The system actually renders very fast even with one 1 GPU in my opinion.
I think it’s great to get the student market involved in DaVinci early. Builds up the user base for sure! But why would you not have the free version or the trial version get them into the product line and then they would want to upgrade once they get further along in their career? At this point, the free version would work for like 99% of the TV and feature work that I do. So other than selling Decklink cards, how can the DaVinci line continue to get money for R&D and more importantly support? And I mean even Microsoft Word, imovie and Adobe Photoshop Elements are more expensive than DaVinci! Is Blackmagic going after the consumer marking now like Apple is?
It’s just the idea of the full featured DaVinci for free that confuses me. The previous lite version made some business sense, but now everyone will download the free version like you said, and will not need to pay for the paid version. I full expect Blackmagic to drop the paid version at NAB and put all the features into the free version.
If you give everything away for free, it just does not hold as much market value (even though it does have more market recognition).
-Peter
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Hi Tim,
I am having this same problem! My sequence is getting out of sync in the Resolve where there are speed effects in there. I thought it used to work ok. I think that variable speed effects are not supported (would be great if they were). But I am pretty sure that regular straight speed effects should work ok.
If you can send Blackmagic more info I think they will look into this problem (bug?). I sent them my info and hopefully they can get this fixed soon.
-Peter
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Hi Tristan,
Well that actually was my point. The new free version has unlimited notes. Which basically makes the free version as powerful as the full version (except for a few small things, 3D, 4K, remote grading system).
That was why I was confused about the free vs paid version. At this point since Blackmagic has made the free version so powerful, they might as well get rid of the paid version and just put all the features into the free one. Not much of a difference now.
-Peter
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Thanks for the reply Bouke. I don’t think that specific issue is the problem since all my media in the Avid is 23.98. As you know, there is no NDF/DF issue there since DF does not exist in 23.98.
I am looking at the Avid MXF media in my media composer and on this one clip, the start TC is 01:02:11:08. In the Resolve at the head of that same MXF media clip (the video matches) the TC is coming up as 01:02:07:18. Thus the Resolve is conforming the wrong section of the clip and it is out of sync.
Really annoying. It’s happening to maybe 5-10% of my clips. I can’t find any file properties that are different between those clips and all the rest. If the Avid is seeing the TC correctly, why not the Resolve???
-Peter
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Hi Toby.
Unfortunately duplicating a timeline is not possible in DaVinci Resolve. Many of us have asked for this feature but right now you can’t duplicate a session.
You can do a ‘Save As’ to save your entire project as a backup, but there doesn’t seem to be a quick way to duplicate a session. I would love to be able to do it so I can create a few different looks for a show and be able to show the different versions quickly to a client.
-Peter
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I have to agree with alot of what is said here. I do think that Blackmagic is not handling their new “toy” (DaVinci) very well. Of course I love the new features that they are adding, but I am also very frustrated with the lack of support that is offered. And rather than spend the development time working on a Windows version, why not make the software even better? I am having all sorts of workflow problems when I bring Avid AAF sequences in and the support team can’t seem to help. How about support for more panels, support for more effects to transfer with the XML/AAF workflow, or address a bunch of the great product suggestions we have given here on the COW? Rather, they spend time on a Windows version and ways to make the Free version better.
I have received some helpful support from some of the Blackmagic support team. But I have also experienced some very poor support, especially for what at least used to be considered the best color grading system around. I have talked to some of the Blackmagic support team and they did not have an answer or solution to my problem. They just said they didn’t know much about that aspect to the software. That is just very frustrating. We have some tight deadlines and high pressure sessions and to run into big workflow problems with no help from Blackmagic is real tough to explain to my clients.
I mean the help here on the COW is great… but it doesn’t make up for proper manufacture support. I have dealt with Assimalate and they are just amazing with their support!
I just don’t see how Blackmagic can continue to improve the software and support it’s users when it has created a situation where they will get little revenue from the DaVinci line. I know that I could have gotten away with the free DaVinci software for all the movies and shows that I have graded. I mean $995 was already a GREAT price for such a great color grading system. Blackmagic had everyone beat in the area of price. Like everyone has said, the software was already the cheapest thing in my grading room, and now it is FREE!
And we all agree that talent is more important than how much the software costs (or doesn’t cost) but it just makes it even harder for the independent shop to compete. The client can now setup a Resolve bay for Free (especially if they own some of the peripherals on their FCP or Avid system) and just bring in an operator (or just have the assistant) to color grade the show. Now there is a client that I just lost because they could save some money on their budget (everyone seems to be slashing their budgets) by setting up a Free Resolve system in-house.
I do think that a Free version that is almost fully featured really does make the DaVinci color system just less valuable. And I don’t see how that is a good thing for the industry or Blackmagic.
-Peter
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I’m sure glad that I recently spent $500 on the Avid DNXHD plugin!
More features are great… but seriously. Almost everyone can do all the grading on the free version. Hardly any reason to pay for DaVinci now. I don’t get how it make sense business wise… but I’m not a business major.
Does this not, even somewhat devalue the perceived value of the DaVinci brand? Well people do love Free!
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I would love to be able to duplicate timelines. That would be very helpful!
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Let me add that I would like to see this feature as well.
Sometimes I just want to have 2 or 3 versions of a scene or show. Instead of manually changing the grade for every shot manually (which just would take way too long) I would like to have a few versions of the same session.
I can reimport the AAF to create another session, but there are some fixes I had to do to the session (manually linking clips, slipping some clips, etc) and it’s a waste of time to have to re-do all those conform adjustments just to get a duplicate session that I can show a client quickly.
Can this be done?
thanks,
Peter