This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Avid Color panel vs. Tangent for Resolve

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] Avid Color panel vs. Tangent for Resolve

How many hours a week do you plan on using the panel with Resolve? Is this
more for on-set Primary Grading or full-blown secondaries and HSL
qualifications?

If the former...

They'll both work but the Wave is much more portable. It looks flimsy but
in my experience it should hold up to abuse as well as the Color - and
since the trackballs are integrated into the panel (the Color's trackballs
will fall out if you pick it up and tilt it) the Wave is a better option if
you're always on the move (not to mention it's USB-based compared to the
Color's ethernet connection).

If the latter, here's my long answer...

The Wave is a LOT of button pushing.

The way the DaVinci folks programmed the Avid Color, it's got too many
secondary button states. If you've got fat fingers like me, it's often
tough to tell what 'state' you're in and end up pushing the wrong buttons
or always looking at the panel to figure out what you've got enabled (or
thought you had enabled but didn't). Color's damn shift keys drive me crazy
on Resolve in a way they never did on Apple Color.

The Avid Color was my favorite panel for Apple Color. It was always fastest
for me.

In Resolve, the JL Cooper is my favorite. Yesterday I started working with
the Element and it has a LOT going for it. Muscle memory is getting real
easy to build up. Much much easier to learn than the JL Cooper or Avid
Color.

Again - the Element has programming problems with how the DaVinci guys set
up that panel and I do more button pushing than is potentially necessary
with that full set of panels. But it's WAY less button pushing than with
the Wave. And the buttons / knobs are so big I'm getting very fast with key
combinations. I'm impressed with it.

If you're on the panel 2-3 days a week or more... go with the Element.

Otherwise... if I HAD to choose between the Avid Color and Wave, I'd chose
the Wave - but not be happy about it... not doing the kind of work I do.
It's the reliability of my button pushes on the Wave that wins it over for
me.

HTH

Patrick Inhofer
Fini.tv
TaoOfColor.com
MixingLight.com

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Jeff Kreines <jeffkreines@mindspring.com>wrote:

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> Does anyone have experience with the Avid Panels and Resolve? The Tangent
> Wave? I would lean towards the Wave except the size and build quality of
> the Avid looks pretty good.
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