FX6: The Sony ILME-FX6V Owners Club

For what its worth to anyone waiting for a camera in Canada, I was at Gosselin my dealer in Montreal yesterday. The manager Kindly looked up when my camera would arrive and explained how things in my country work. As a dealer they submit all the sales with a deposit to Sony Canada. Sony then creates a list and fulfills that list with cameras on a first come first serve basis. So apparently then next two cameras coming in will go to two of his customers, in two weeks. I on the other hand will not see mine until the end of September. I can only assume he was being truthful with me and as a result I bought a used FS5 MK2 to get me through the project since I couldn't rent a Z450 for the budget I had in mind. Will sell it in September.
 
Hi all. Continuing my ramp up with DaVinci Resolve & the FX6. I've a basic question.
Something is not clear for me... Does the resolution of the timeline impact the resolution of the final exported file ?
In other words: If my clips are in 4K, my timeline resolution adjusted to 720p, and I want to export in 4K. Will the final file be a true 4K film (based on the HQ clips) or a 720p upscaled to 4K (based on the LowQ timeline) ?
 
You need to work in a native timeline for a native resolution master. 4K = 4K.

Anything else is upscaling or downscaling.

A 720p master with 4K footage will lose tremendous amounts of detail/information.
 
did said:
Thanks for your answer !
I understand now the purpose of the proxi files :)
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FYI, you shouldn't need to use proxy files just to get acceptable playback performance in Resolve from any of the XAVC codecs. Plus, you certainly would not to do any grading on proxy files.
You might want to do some investigating into where your root problem really lies and then you may not need proxies or a reduced resolution timeline.
 
Doug Jensen said:
FYI, you shouldn't need to use proxy files just to get acceptable playback performance in Resolve from any of the XAVC codecs. Plus, you certainly would not to do any grading on proxy files.
You might want to do some investigating into where your root problem really lies and then you may not need proxies or a reduced resolution timeline.
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Thanks or the advice ! Actually, I've no big performance issues. The review works fine except in case of heavy NR. I was just wondering.
I'm even quite positively surprised by the export time, I was expecting something slower :)
I'm on a 2019 MB Pro i9 16G with a Radeon 5500M 4G. Did not tried to tweak the default preset in DaVinci. Maybe there is some room for improvement.
 
did said:
Thanks or the advice ! Actually, I've no big performance issues. The review works fine except in case of heavy NR. I was just wondering.
I'm even quite positively surprised by the export time, I was expecting something slower :)
I'm on a 2019 MB Pro i9 16G with a Radeon 5500M 4G. Did not tried to tweak the default preset in DaVinci. Maybe there is some room for improvement.
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You've got a newer MB Pro than mine. There isn't much you can change within Resolve that will really impact performance except for using optimized media, but that just comes with it's own set of problems. Fast external drives are more important than the computer, graphic card, OS, RAM, or anything else. If you want maximum performance use fast SSD drives with Thunderbolt connections. Makes all the difference.
 
That's fine as it is for me. I've to say, the FX6 and the possibilities of DaVinciResolve are far beyond my skills ;)
From technical standpoint, video is way way more interesting that photo :)
 
yeah, but it's not long-term, per usual; just was the last piece of hardware out of everything that's available for sale that I developed an interest in and had not tried yet (besides the very higher-end cameras).
 
If needed you edit with the proxies , but its important to change your timeline to 4K or whatever your originals are and then export from that for best resolution.
 
NorBro said:
yeah, but it's not long-term, per usual; just was the last piece of hardware out of everything that's available for sale that I developed an interest in and had not tried yet (besides the very higher-end cameras).
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understood, but still cool!
 
did said:
Hi all. Continuing my ramp up with DaVinci Resolve & the FX6. I've a basic question.
Something is not clear for me... Does the resolution of the timeline impact the resolution of the final exported file ?
In other words: If my clips are in 4K, my timeline resolution adjusted to 720p, and I want to export in 4K. Will the final file be a true 4K film (based on the HQ clips) or a 720p upscaled to 4K (based on the LowQ timeline) ?
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No, timeline resolution doesn't impact the resolution of the final export - you choose the resolution you want to spit the master out at.

It's often well worth working in a 1080p timeline to improve real-time playback speed while working, and then exporting your master at the native resolution of the footage 4k/6k/whatever. I do it frequently.
 
If you are working with an external monitor, such as I am using a 4K TV as a client monitor and BM Decklink Mini Monitor you will need to reflect your timeline setting in that as well. Sometimes I forget and pop up a 4k timeline when its set to HD and a face closeup has been known to cause a client or two to jump. Sometimes I just pull their leg and tell them nostril shots are all the rage now.
 
Grug said:
No, timeline resolution doesn't impact the resolution of the final export - you choose the resolution you want to spit the master out at.

It's often well worth working in a 1080p timeline to improve real-time playback speed while working, and then exporting your master at the native resolution of the footage 4k/6k/whatever. I do it frequently.
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I pretty much don't know anything about Resolve, but if this is true then that's a great feature.

If you did this in FCP X via Compressor, you would be upscaling 1080p footage to 4K because your original clips and edits are being done in a 1080p timeilne where all of those extra pixels are being thrown out.

You'd know best, but obviously make sure that's not what's happening above.
 
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