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DaVinci Resolve 8.1.1 Lite, DNxHD and GH-2 footage
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  • disneytoydisneytoy
    Very cool! DLing the Windows Beta now!
  • starstuffstarstuff
    @danyyyel
    Thanks, for some reason that link didn't work earlier but it does now...
  • danyyyeldanyyyel
    Here

    http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail/?os=win&sid=3948&pid=4446&leg=false

  • starstuffstarstuff
    @danyyyel
    BETA for the full version? Where?
  • danyyyeldanyyyel
    Link to a beta version of resolve lite for PC :-) there is one for the full resolve also just check the net.



    http://blackmagic-design.com/support/detail/?os=win&sid=3948&pid=11735&leg=false
  • kazuokazuo
    @Macalincag, @AlexManta

    Try transcoding yr mts files to Pro Res but use the LUT plugin on Rarevision. It's one of the presets there.
    You'd never guess GH2 colours can be so stunning! BTW, Technicolour LUT can also be installed on FCP Colour, so those of you still using the real FCP, not the faux version X!, you could try grading with that.
  • disneytoydisneytoy
    where can we find the technicolour plug-in
  • AlexMantaAlexManta
    @Macalincag Great thank you so much for your fast reply.
  • MacalincagMacalincag
    @AlexManta

    Yeah, on a 13" MacBook you should transcode to ProRes 422 HQ. It would handle much better than using the .MTS files, especially for that computer.
  • AlexMantaAlexManta
    @Macalincag thanks, do you have an answer for my next question??
  • AlexMantaAlexManta
    About transcoding .mts for editing, I'm on a macbook 13 inches not very powerful, but i am far from home right now on a shooting trip and far from my mac pro...So ProRes is the best for Resolve and Final Cut X but what is the best format/way to edit in Premiere Pro CS5.5?? Or After effect CS 5.5??
  • MacalincagMacalincag
    @AlexManta

    You can't load a color preset for the GH2 like you would for the Canon, so no.
  • AlexMantaAlexManta
    @kazuo do you talk about the Technicolor cinestyle preset in 5DtoRGB or is there a way to use the cinestyle plugin for Canon in a hacked GH2??
  • johnnymjohnnym
    hey @oedipax, looking forward to anything you might post (if any) done with Resolve.
    (I loved your Kowa 16D footage a while back)
  • kazuokazuo
    Just have to transcode MTS files using Pro Res. Rarevision or 5DtoRGB is really the way to go, try the technicolour plug-in as well. It may have been developed for 5D mk 2 but it works even better on GH2 colours I feel.

    The wide range of grading software out there has just made it so much harder for our images to suck
  • OedipaxOedipax
    Yeah, I don't think there's any sort of native MTS support - haven't tried though. I think it works best with ProRes and DNxHD, not sure what else it supports. In my case I'm transcoding everything with 5DtoRGB into ProRes HQ which wrings every ounce of quality out of the 176mbps GOP1 stuff.

    Running an ATI 5870 on a 2008 Mac Pro with 14gb of RAM, I'm getting real time performance on shots with several nodes. If I start stacking more nodes on (say 5+) then performance drops to about 15-20fps which is still quite useful for playback. Haven't tried rendering anything yet but I'm really pleased with the speed because prior to this I was using After Effects and RAM previewing everything!
  • disneytoydisneytoy
    Exactly, for what ever reason, the steps you have to go through to get to grading is non-intuitive. That's why I put up these videos. After going through the process a couple times it makes sense. I'm guessing you can't load MTS files? So transcoding is required?
  • OedipaxOedipax
    I downloaded version 8 when it was first released but never messed around with it too much. Since the 8.1.1 release, I've been playing around with it more and am absolutely floored with the results! I'm grading a bunch of Europe footage from my trip there last month, shot using the various Driftwood patches as they were being released. This is really the most excited I've been about filmmaking for some time - the combination of hacked footage and Resolve's ability to really make it sing.

    Since it hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet, fxphd offers some Resolve courses as well (including a new one on Resolve 8) that are very useful, though not free. I found that once I got over the initially disorienting process of bringing footage in, the program is very easy to use if you're used to Color or Color Finesse or what have you. Super powerful!
  • disneytoydisneytoy
  • nomadnomad
    While I speak French too, just a heads up: the Montreal show will continue in English after a few minutes.

    The different scopes are not particular to Resolve. Get one of the books, like "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Grading" by Steve Hullfish or "Color Correction Handbook: Professional Techniques for Video and Cinema" by Alexis van Hurkman. Books are still a good learning resource ;-)
  • disneytoydisneytoy
    I have an i7 Hackintosh running 10.7 (but afraid to upgrade to 10.7.2 and break something. I'll be happy in first quarter 2012 for windows Resolve.

    The key features to learn -

    How to use parallel and serial nodes together.

    how to store your grade as a still for later retrieval.

    How to motion track to lock a power window to say a face. Image stabilization

    I need to understand how to use the different scopes.

  • pinger007pinger007
    Does anyone have a date for Windows availability?
  • TrackZillasTrackZillas
    I'm soo glad I speak french ;)
  • TrackZillasTrackZillas
    @disneytoy Man Thanks for posting this been looking around for tutorials, found one but had to buy, this one is free. Just downloaded Resolve Lite 8.1.1 this free version is almost the real deal that's crazy how they included unlimited nodes. My only problem now is to upgrade my hackintosh to 10.6.9, or 10.7 or else it won't work ;( gotta tear my system apart but it's worth it..
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