Good info. By "linked grading" is this what I heard about where Resolve can group clips for something like relational color correction or is this a feature in addition to the grouping of clips? That's the sort of feature that I will miss most from Symphony color correction.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Dylan Reeve <dylan@...> wrote:
>
> I've found the Resolve workflow reasonably painless for the jobs I've done
> in it, but it's WAY slower and more complicated than Symphony.
>
> I usually consolidate the sequence into a known location (make sure /Avid
> MediaFiles/MXF/1 is empty on one drive) then export linked AAF of the
> consolidated sequence. I import the MXF folder I consolidated to into the
> Resolve Media Library, then import the AAF. That's worked fine in my
> projects - but they tend to be pretty simple.
>
> The downside to that is by consolidating I break up the clips so Resolve
> doesn't understand the linked relationship of them meaning I can't
> automatically take advantage of the ability to use linked grades.
>
> When it comes to output I render out with the AAF Roudtrip presets to
> another known empty MXF folder - /Avid MediaFiles/MXF/2 for example - then
> export an AAF from the graded sequence. Go back to Avid, it indexes the new
> media. Import the AAF from Resolve and it's all back online. Any effects
> that Resolve didn't understand are applied back onto the returned sequence.
>
> Usually then I gang the pre- and post-grade sequences together and scrub
> through to check everything is fine.
>
> I much prefer Resolve's grading methodology - it's a lot easier to
> manipulate Lift, Gamma and Gain settings without impacting colour. But in
> practice for the work I do I can't manage without Symphony's relational
> corrections and in-situ grading.
>
> I haven't yet tested any wrokflow involving linking back to native raw
> files from RED or anyone else.
>
> I'm really keen to use BaseLight for those difficult shots in Symphony, but
> it's not available for Windows yet.
>
> Dylan Reeve
> http://dylanreeve.com/
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Mark Spano <cutandcover@...> wrote:
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> > Scratch too. In fact, your color grading system is lame if it can't.
> >
> > On Friday, March 29, 2013, oliverpetersvidy wrote:
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> > >
> > > > ksirul wrote:
> > > > Friggin cool though!
> > >
> > > Agreed. FWIW - Adobe SpeedGrade can also do this.
> > >
> > > - Oliver
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