Blackmagic: Resolve 11

You should be able to test waters with Resolve 10. Resolve 11 merely expands on what is already there. Resolve 10 is a competent NLE already.
Also, Resolve Lite is free. And contrary to its name it has practically all features of the full version (no NR and limited to 1 GPU, which is more than enough for 2K).
 
Agree with all the comments about "tracks". I have plunged into FCPX reluctantly and have paid (dearly) for myself and my other editors to learn it (on the job). I still find it slow though and not as easy to keep a clean and organized timeline.

I look forward to what resolve 11 can offer with much hope of keeping as much as possible in one program without porting in and out.
 
planetearth said:
Agree with all the comments about "tracks". I have plunged into FCPX reluctantly and have paid (dearly) for myself and my other editors to learn it (on the job). I still find it slow though and not as easy to keep a clean and organized timeline.

I look forward to what resolve 11 can offer with much hope of keeping as much as possible in one program without porting in and out.
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One thing I do in FCPX is lay down a black slug in the "timeline" and then edit above that…..
That way you just have smaller segments that will become "story lines".
But yeah, when I have to crack open an FCP7 job it makes me miss having tracks.
 
Installed it today on Windows 7. Didn't loose the Still Frames that contains node trees of your favorite grades. Lots of improvements in the Edit Timeline... tons. The move towards consolidation that began in version 10 continues while adding more features. No crashes. JLK movements aren't as slick as they should be but it is way more usuable. The deliver area has been streamlined a bit and then you are given 3 user modes -- basic, intermediate and advanced. If you are somewhat familiar with Resolve you willl use advanced. So far it feels solid underfoot but I didn't have a lot of time to pound it with production work today. A quantum leap from version 10 in terms of usability.

Make sure you update your CUDA drivers to version 6 and update BM Desktop Video to a version above 9.3. I have heard moaning about problems with Desktop Video above 10.x but they may have resolved those problems in the past couple of months.

No ProRes in Windows, yet.

Addendum:

There is a new config guide for Windows that is signficantly updated. PC users must grab it as it gives new specs for building Resolve machines. Useful and interesting.
 
Loaded 11 Lite on my workstation. I4770K, 16GB ram, Asrock Extreme 4 TB4 Thunderbolt MB, MSI GTX760 2GB GPU. Runs fine, plays 2k Cinema DNG raw sequences real time or very near real time off of a single 7200rpm dedicated media drive, no raid. Cinema DNG 1080p plays real time no issues. Just learning it myself, but the new DNG raw tools are great, on par with what one gets in ACR.
Sample practice frame grade from my Digital Bolex:

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Just used an X-Rite ColorChecker with Resolve 11. Wow.

Being able to have Resolve essentially get you almost "there" will leave you gob smacked. Has to be tried to really appreciate how good it is. This is not your run of the mill auto colour tool by any stretch.

While I will use both my trusty DSC chart and the X-RIte ColorChecker (essentially a Macbeth chart for those that have been around a while), it should be known, the X-Rite chart is a fraction of the cost of a DSC Chrome du Monde chart. The X-Rite one gives you the "get in the ball park" grade and the higher end DSC chart (not the one Blackmagic recommends but a DSC Red Chart or a Chrome du Monde style chart) will give you information about tonal spread and colour chips that correspond in a useful way to a vectorscope so you can make inteliligent color shifts when doing your initial grade.

Never thought I would have much use for a Macbeth style chart anymore once I got a DSC chart. I was wrong.
 
Hi Andrew, I too am happy that I can use auto match in the future within color grading software itself. I used the feature in FCP X before and wow what a time saver under specific situations.

I'm going to have to give 11 another go.
 
Andrew Stone said:
Just used an X-Rite ColorChecker with Resolve 11. Wow.

Being able to have Resolve essentially get you almost "there" will leave you gob smacked. Has to be tried to really appreciate how good it is. This is not your run of the mill auto colour tool by any stretch.

While I will use both my trusty DSC chart and the X-RIte ColorChecker (essentially a Macbeth chart for those that have been around a while), it should be known, the X-Rite chart is a fraction of the cost of a DSC Chrome du Monde chart. The X-Rite one gives you the "get in the ball park" grade and the higher end DSC chart (not the one Blackmagic recommends but a DSC Red Chart or a Chrome du Monde style chart) will give you information about tonal spread and colour chips that correspond in a useful way to a vectorscope so you can make inteliligent color shifts when doing your initial grade.

Never thought I would have much use for a Macbeth style chart anymore once I got a DSC chart. I was wrong.
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One thing you need to watch for using the X-rite chart, possibly the DSC chart too. It is not so good for trying to correct to lighting sources with significant color casts, spikes or gaps in their spectrum. It is best for profiling to color temperature of lights that pretty much conform to a standard black body radiator curve spectrum. The X-rite is calibrated for CIE XYZ space and is most useful for base profiling Bayer raw cameras to daylight and tungsten sources. The DSC chart is calibrated for REC709 space and will produce vector targets that fall correctly on a scope.
The classic color checker includes reference 8-bit RGB and L*A*B value tables for each patch. In XYZ space there are many possible L*A*B vector values that can produce the same color. Only the reference set of values produces correct vector alignments so that color changes in the grade track properly. This is where spikes or unusual color casts to the lights can throw off the calibration and make it hard to grade.
 
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