Sidharth Meer
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Hey Jonathan,
I have to create a subtitle DPX master of a feature I just finished grading in Resolve v9. I have downloaded the trial version of Annotation Edit to see if your workflow can help. Can you guide me better as to how I am supposed to import the already created .srt files and export an mov with only the subtitles for Resolve.
The export as quicktime 7 movie option is greyed out until I open the QT file and then when I export it exports with the film image which I don’t need. How do you export a black QT file with only the subtitle text?
Sidharth Meer
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The only time resolve quit unexpectedly was when I had just installed it and I hadn’t gone to System Preferences – Energy Saver – Set Automatic Graphics Switching to “off”.
That should do the trick. If it doesn’t I suggest doing a clean install again.
Also what build of Resolve v9 are you using?
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Yes Angel that is correct.
Sidharth Meer
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Resolve v9 is finally out of beta. The new installer is up on the BMD site for download. I would love to test it out but I have a project going on the moment and will wait for it to finish before I install the latest build.
I just noticed something on the configuration pdf for Resolve which I hadn’t noticed before. In v8 the PCI slots in the MacPro were to be slot 1 GUI and slot 2 GPU. On v9 its slot 1 GPU and slot 2 GUI.
I haven’t switched mine around as yet but I’m still getting good performance. I wonder how much of a difference it makes. Have you switched yours around yet?
Sidharth Meer
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The 2.6 GHz model. I replaced the stock 750Gb with a 256GB SSD and upgraded the RAM to 16GB. Resolve 9 was sluggish with just 8GB on board and now that I am running a Linux VM with StorageDNA the 16GB does help.
Sidharth Meer
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Yes its the new 2012 15″ with USB 3.0.
Actually I just rechecked, did a small test. I’m getting between 46-50fps rendering to the USB 3.0 drive. Converting Alexa ProRes444 to DNxHD 36 with LUT and burn-ins.
On my Mid 2010 MacPro with 14GB RAM and the Quadro 4000 I’m getting the same speed rendering to a SAS Raid, between 48-54fps.
About the hidden buttons: On the MacbookPro I’m using Resolve Lite v9b1 which doesn’t hide any buttons except the main project window bottom. I installed v9b2 and found some part of the interface hidden so I switched back to b1 and had no issues. All burn in controls and buttons are visible.
On the MacPro I’m using the full version Resolve v9b2.
Sidharth Meer
Post Production Supervisor @ The Bridge -
Actually Neil its perfect for on-set when all you need to do is apply a LUT and render out h.264, ProRes or DnxHD. I’ve even upgraded the RAM to 16Gb and added an SSD for the OS. Rendering is pretty fast I’m getting close to 40fps to a USB 3.0 drive. And I’ve also connected a sonnet ECHO expansion via Thunderbolt going to an HP LTO5 tape drive for LTO backups and I’m getting really good speeds. So its a great on-set solution as no one in India is selling the Hi_Res 15″ or the 16GB Retina.
I thought of adding an external monitor as well but I haven’t tested the daisy chaining capabilities of thunderbolt to a display yet.
Sid
Sidharth Meer
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Hi,
If you have a compatible system you can use Davinci Resolve lite to make ProRes Proxy files of all you data while retaining timecode and reel information. It is very easy.
Sidharth Meer
Post Production Supervisor @ The Bridge -
You can make ProRes Proxy with TC & Reel Burnt in and in meta data in Resolve Lite. There is a offline and dailies guide floating around for Resolve on this forum I’m sure. Or you can ask Rohit Gupta. On a good system it is real time.
Sidharth Meer
Post Production Supervisor @ The Bridge -
Hi,
Your best bet is to have a 17″ Macbook Pro on set to take in the SxS cards. Use a program like Pomfort Silver Stack or Al3xa Data Manager to copy the data securely to Firewire 800 drives. Make multiple backups of the original files.
From there on you need to send files for editorial or dailies. FCP 7 with the Nick Shaw (Antler Post) plugin or Resolve/Lite can help you make dailies and offline with the time code/clip name burnt in.
Always budget for LTO-4/5 backup.
Hope that helps.
Sidharth Meer
Post Production Supervisor @ The Bridge