Friday, August 2, 2013

[Avid-L2] Re: Can you switch color spaces?

 

Standard DNX 220 definitely works in Resolve. RGB might give more range in color correction etc... it depends on the final delivery concerns. For TV DNX 220 is fine although I have recently found it easier to use the Red Raw when taking an Avid project to Resolve for a round trip train wreck.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Nathan" <ndowning72@...> wrote:
>
> Steve was asking on my behalf. We were doing our first Avid MC v7 to Resolve v9 roundtrip last week. I made the mistake of reading the Resolve manual and found this on page 186:
>
> "Step 1—Create a Project in Media Composer
> 1. When creating a project in Media Composer, take note of the image format details, as these
> should be matched in DaVinci Resolve. In particular, set the image format (e.g., 1080p/24) and
> raster dimensions (e.g., 1920x1080) to match your desired mastering format. Also, color space
> should be set to RGB 709 if you're planning to send ingested/transcoded media from Media
> Composer to Resolve for grading.
> Note: This information can also be found in the Avid Project Format tab."
>
> I'm guessing that it might just be a typo or misunderstanding in the writing of the manual now. I'll do another test with YCbCr media this time in a project on Monday.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Michael Brockington <brocking@> wrote:
> >
> > I just finished preparing an Avid project for round-trip through Resolve
> > at a facility that seems to have a well-tested workflow. Their delivery
> > specs made no mention of such a limitation, and all footage was
> > delivered as DNx175x (so YCbCr) with no complaint so far.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > --Michael
> >
> > On 13-08-02 3:27 PM, Steve Hullfish wrote:
> > > This is second hand from a client. I'll try to open a YCbCr sequence in an RGB project and transcode.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > On Aug 1, 2013, at 8:37 PM, Mark Spano <cutandcover@> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Pardon the non-informational exclamation, but if Resolve can't take YCbCr
> > >> files, I heartily laugh at Resolve.
> > >>
> > >> Back to your originally scheduled programming…
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@>wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> It's not that I'm expecting an appreciable quality difference, it's that I
> > >>> was told that Resolve needs the RGB encoded files and CAN'T use the YCbCr
> > >>> encoded files. So it's not quality, it's transferability to Resolve.
> > >>>
> > >>> Steve
> > >>>
> > >>> On Aug 1, 2013, at 2:02 PM, blafarm <blafarm@> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> My understanding is that you'd have to recapture your source material
> > >>> with the project set to RGB. Of course, if you're only bringing in 4:2:2
> > >>> media, I don't know what the difference would be.
> > >>>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@> wrote:
> > >>>>> If you set up a project as a REC709 YCbCr project, but - after the
> > >>> off-line is complete - determine that you want to go to Resolve for color
> > >>> correction and Resolve requires REC709RGB media, can you somehow transfer
> > >>> your YCbCr project to RGB?
> > >>>>> Steve
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
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