FS7: Grading effects heavy piece in Resolve from Premiere

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LennyLevy

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I shot a 30 min video last year in Slog3 that I am hoping to be allowed to do the grading on. It is being edited in Premiere and if I were not grading, the editor would do the grading in Premiere. I would prefer to grade in Resolve .

My concern though is that the piece (a narrative fantasy) will have an enormous number of graphic effects throughout. My assumption is that most of these will be done in after effects. Will those effects make it difficult to export to and then relink from Resolve?

What problems and solutions should I anticipate?

For obvious reasons, I want to be able to grade all the effects as well as the original Slog material . The original material was shot well and already looks pretty good in a quick grading I did for the editor in Premiere using basic LUTs modified by various Lumetri adjustments . Will this be easier to do staying in Premiere despite the fact that its more cumbersome to grade in?

I have virtually no experience going from Premiere > Resolve > Premiere but there is only one way to learn. :-)

Thanks for your suggestions.
 
While I don't use Premiere or AE anymore, I'll share what I do and maybe it'll help.

I shoot on BMD URSA Mini 4K in "Film" so it's super flat.

Ingest with Resolve and add a Film to Rec 709 LUT. Export to DNxHD 36 for offline edit in Avid. Cut in Avid. I'll do slap comps in Avid if I need timings for VFX.

Once I'm relatively sure I'm close to picture lock, I bring the edit from Avid to Resolve, relinking to the original files - Super Easy. I remove the LUT and export any VFX shot as DPX with the original flat look.

I use Nuke for VFX: The first thing I do is convert the footage to a Linear colorspace. Now any CGI or stock elements can easily be massaged in. When the comp is done, I invert the linear conversion, putting the entire comp (CG and all) back to a flat colorspace. Render as DPX and bring back into Resolve. Now when I grade, I have completed VFX shots in the same flat "Film" colorspace that I shot with so all the latitude is there.
 
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Added to that... I export my final master from Resolve. I don't "round trip" back to Avid to finish. I do my sound in Pro Tools, then export stems that I bring into Resolve where I make the master. That way my master is literally just the graded source footage, not something that's be rendered and re-rendered (excepting VFX)
 
Thanks, To be honest I don't understand all that but i'll try to ask a few intelligent questions after i digest it.

Lenny
 
The good news is that Resolve 15 has Fusion integrated, the bad news is that Resolve 15 is currently in Beta 2.
 
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