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Roy Feldman · November 8th, 2013, 03:47 AM

The latest version of the free DaVinci Resolve now works really well with my Win 8.1 and AMD video card. Thanks Black Magic... now about the 700 page manual.

Woody Sanford · November 9th, 2013, 05:30 PM

I'm pretty much a Resolve junkie myself. Version 10 is working well on win7. It's even extremely fast on my laptop as well. I'm also round tripping with Vegas 12 via XML without any issues. It sure handles 60p footage much better with the GPU capability.

Phil French · December 21st, 2013, 03:10 PM

I have had a quick look at Resolve Lite and it seems rather clunky to me. What do you mean by round tripping? How does that work? Is the lite version no indication of the full version? Do I have to work from my c: drive? Is it mainly to work in conjunction with Black magic's cameras and formats? I have Vegas and it would be nice to pair the two up, but I just don't know where to begin.

Chris Barcellos · December 22nd, 2013, 01:11 PM

My understanding is round tripping is treating raw footage with a basic lut for editing purposes, then editing footage in your editor, and then taking finalized scenes back to Resolve for fixing indivdual elements and final color correction.

Woody Sanford · December 25th, 2013, 07:29 PM

I take my footage and edit it roughly in a timeline in Vegas. Export a XML and media pool. Import that XML timeline into Resolve and color correct and/or add some effects from Resolve and then render out the individual clips and timeline from resolve. Then import them back into Vegas as a timeline and finish.

It's not really that much different than dynamic linking was with Premiere Pro and After Effects, just a couple more clicks but you get the full ability of Resolve that lets you do a lot more faster than PP to AE ever was and you can do it with Vegas Pro 12, Edius, FC what ever.

If you deal with a lot of scene matching or DSLR footage or you are just into shooting LOG and grading, there is nothing better.

Tom Roper · January 3rd, 2014, 01:15 PM

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If you have a group of nodes making up a grade you can save it as a "Power Grade". Just click on the power grade option in your gallery, then right click on the video preview window and select "Grab Still" it will save a copy of the node tree in your power grades. You can create luts, save stills all kinds of stuff and export them as well.

Woody, when grabbing a still that saves a copy of the node tree as described above, this "still" is not simply a bitmap image screenshot, but an editable database of the coloring settings that were used in the node tree, yes?

Would I paste the still onto a clip to apply the settings?

Woody Sanford · January 3rd, 2014, 05:58 PM

Hi Tom,

You would select a node in your new project then right click on the power grade and select an option to apply it. You can "Apply correction" or say "Append to node graph" which will put it on the last node.

I use power grades not only as looks but I have ones for say adding sharpening only in the luma channel or special glows or desaturation treatments for certain cameras, so I use them as technical fixes as well that speed things up, more like tool presets. So how you apply them in the node tree does change depending on priority of things like that.

Woody

Tom Roper · January 3rd, 2014, 06:56 PM

Perfect, exactly what I need, the simplest things sometimes.

The issue was that the Sony F55 has (2) S-Log2 gamma curves, one for 3200K and one for 5400K. Vegas has companion ACES input display transformations (IDT) for S-Log2 3200K and 5400K, but Resolve only has one, with unspecified color temperature. It works great with daylight, but goes all wrong with tungsten. So I spent quite a bit of time correcting that, and now I want to save the work so I don't have to do it again, just apply the powergrade. Now I'm set.

Thanks again Woody for being such a great source on Resolve!

Woody Sanford · January 3rd, 2014, 07:24 PM

Anytime Tom,

You can build all kinds of "Powergrades" or presets and really speed things up and still tweek them for the individual footage after applying them.

November 8th, 2013, 03:47 AM	#1
Roy Feldman Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Grosse pointe, michigan Posts: 189	DaVinci Resolve The latest version of the free DaVinci Resolve now works really well with my Win 8.1 and AMD video card. Thanks Black Magic... now about the 700 page manual.

November 9th, 2013, 05:30 PM	#2
Woody Sanford Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Princeton, NC Posts: 161	Re: DaVinci Resolve I'm pretty much a Resolve junkie myself. Version 10 is working well on win7. It's even extremely fast on my laptop as well. I'm also round tripping with Vegas 12 via XML without any issues. It sure handles 60p footage much better with the GPU capability.

December 21st, 2013, 03:10 PM	#3
Phil French Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lousana, Alberta, Canada Posts: 146	Re: DaVinci Resolve I have had a quick look at Resolve Lite and it seems rather clunky to me. What do you mean by round tripping? How does that work? Is the lite version no indication of the full version? Do I have to work from my c: drive? Is it mainly to work in conjunction with Black magic's cameras and formats? I have Vegas and it would be nice to pair the two up, but I just don't know where to begin. __________________ Nature Boy

December 22nd, 2013, 01:11 PM	#4
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Re: DaVinci Resolve My understanding is round tripping is treating raw footage with a basic lut for editing purposes, then editing footage in your editor, and then taking finalized scenes back to Resolve for fixing indivdual elements and final color correction. __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

December 25th, 2013, 07:29 PM	#5
Woody Sanford Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Princeton, NC Posts: 161	Re: DaVinci Resolve I take my footage and edit it roughly in a timeline in Vegas. Export a XML and media pool. Import that XML timeline into Resolve and color correct and/or add some effects from Resolve and then render out the individual clips and timeline from resolve. Then import them back into Vegas as a timeline and finish. It's not really that much different than dynamic linking was with Premiere Pro and After Effects, just a couple more clicks but you get the full ability of Resolve that lets you do a lot more faster than PP to AE ever was and you can do it with Vegas Pro 12, Edius, FC what ever. If you deal with a lot of scene matching or DSLR footage or you are just into shooting LOG and grading, there is nothing better.

January 3rd, 2014, 05:58 PM	#7
Woody Sanford Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Princeton, NC Posts: 161	Re: DaVinci Resolve Hi Tom, You would select a node in your new project then right click on the power grade and select an option to apply it. You can "Apply correction" or say "Append to node graph" which will put it on the last node. I use power grades not only as looks but I have ones for say adding sharpening only in the luma channel or special glows or desaturation treatments for certain cameras, so I use them as technical fixes as well that speed things up, more like tool presets. So how you apply them in the node tree does change depending on priority of things like that. Woody

January 3rd, 2014, 06:56 PM	#8
Tom Roper Trustee Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 1,891	Re: DaVinci Resolve Perfect, exactly what I need, the simplest things sometimes. The issue was that the Sony F55 has (2) S-Log2 gamma curves, one for 3200K and one for 5400K. Vegas has companion ACES input display transformations (IDT) for S-Log2 3200K and 5400K, but Resolve only has one, with unspecified color temperature. It works great with daylight, but goes all wrong with tungsten. So I spent quite a bit of time correcting that, and now I want to save the work so I don't have to do it again, just apply the powergrade. Now I'm set. Thanks again Woody for being such a great source on Resolve!

January 3rd, 2014, 07:24 PM	#9
Woody Sanford Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Princeton, NC Posts: 161	Re: DaVinci Resolve Anytime Tom, You can build all kinds of "Powergrades" or presets and really speed things up and still tweek them for the individual footage after applying them.