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This is real easy to do with CreateStudio, then bring it back into Resolve and use like a title.
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exFAT is what I use, as it will work on both Windows and Mac.
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If you are using the free version, the files may not be supported.
UHD, HDR, log footage, etc., for the most part is not supported in the free version.
You may need to upgrade to the Studio version.
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I save titles in the Edit page by creating a folder in the Media Pool named “Titles.” I then drag any title I want to use again from the timeline to the Titles folder. When I want to use that title again, I drag it from the Titles folder into a timeline.
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In addition to what the others said, I can fill a 1TB SSD with cache files quite fast on a large project. When this happens, the whole project suffers – especially playback.
Thus, I have gotten in the habit of deleting all unused cache files on a regular basis.
Go to the Playback Tab – Delete Render Cache – Unused
Then give it some time to complete the task.I can remember from some forum reading in the past that there used to be problems with some older AMD cards not playing nice with Resolve. You may want to look into that.
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Yes, you need to be able to see what you are doing.
A number of colorists are using an off the shelve LG OLED TV for grading. If you are doing Hollywood work, you have the TV calibrated, but for a hobbyist that is not necessary.
I have five monitors running. A 32″ HDR monitor, a 32″ SDR monitor where I run Resolve, a 21″ SDR monitor where I put the scopes, a 42″ SDR LG TV to see what the SDR looks like, and a 55″ LG OLED TV for grading. The TVs are fed from a Decklink signal.
If you are just beginning, all you need for starters is a regular monitor, and a low cost HDR TV as the second monitor.
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That is a difficult question to answer without more info. Generally, customer requirements will dictate the bit rate needed. The final use of the footage would be important to know. For example, if you are shooting footage to upload to You Tube, a high bit rate is always dumbed down by YT. If you are shooting commercials for a local TV station, then you need to check with the station for their requirements.
Bit rate affects the visual quality of the image more than it does the color data. To get proper color data there are many other settings that must also be properly set. At the very least you need to capture 10 bit 4.2.2 color data for most applications.
If your customer has higher data requirements, you cannot do this in a GH5 in camera. You will need to record into an external device. The new GH6 does allow in camera Pro Res recording.
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I don’t use Canon, but have heard that you should import mxf files into windows with the Canon XF Utility.
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You just may be in for some brain injury! Wikipedia copyright issues are not easy to deal with because they computer search the internet for violations – no humans involved.
A few years ago, I built a website for a museum that housed an antique Southern Pacific Railroad Rotary Snow Blower. At the same time, I built an accompanying Wikipedia page. I took an image of the Snow Blower with my own camera, and used the same image on both the webpage and the Wikipedia page. In the metadata of the webpage, I listed myself as the copyright holder.
It seems that the Wikipedia computer had no way to tell who owned the copyright, just that it was copyrighted somewhere else. The fact that the footnotes of the Wikipedia page documented all of the copyright facts, their search computer created chaos. This took months to straighten out, and was finally resolved when a human finally became involved.
As Michael said above, check the copyright status of the specific material you want to use. This is normally found in the footnotes of the Wikipedia page. My experience has been that most decent material will require attribution.
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What I was trying to say is that no matter what brand GPU you choose for your build, just make sure it has as much RAM as you can get for smooth playback in Resolve. My next build will have at least 24 GB of GPU RAM.
Your other alternative is to switch to a Windows based system where all brands of GPUs should be available.