FilmEditingPro has an excellent post and video on how Pro Colorists use scopes in DaVinci Resolve.
Scopes are a must even with a balanced monitor, but are more important without it. You should learn to use your scopes as well as you can.
Doing effects in DaVinci are certainly different than either AVID or Premiere so for those who don’t know, JG McQuarrie has this tutorial.
Nick Lear gives a real world look at the Nvidia RTX 4080 vs the RTX 2080 for real world editing, and it is very interesting, and makes me happy with Apple and Apple Silicon. It may not be the fastest, but it is pretty fast.
It is available in the app store, and has a cut and color page.
It is free to use, but certain plugins require the Studio Version which costs $99.00.
DaVinci Resolve for iPad is optimized for the iPad Pro with M1 and M2 chips. Earlier and iPad models with memory limitations have limited functionality available.
DaVinci Resolve for iPad
DaVinci Resolve for iPad is the world’s only solution that combines editing and color correction in one software tool! Its elegant, modern interface is fast to learn and easy for new users, yet powerful for professionals. DaVinci Resolve lets you work faster and at a higher quality because you don’t have to learn multiple apps or switch software for different tasks. That means you can work with camera original quality images throughout the entire process. It’s like having your own post production studio in a single app! Best of all, by learning DaVinci Resolve, you’re learning how to use the exact same tools used by Hollywood professionals in high end post production studios!
Turn work around fast using cut page editing!
The cut page is perfect for projects with tight deadlines that you have to turn around quickly. It’s also great for documentary work. The cut page has a streamlined interface that’s fast to learn and designed for speed. Features such as source tape for visual media browsing, fast review, and smart editing tools help you work faster than ever. The sync bin and source overwrite tools are the fastest way to edit multi-cam programs, with easy to create perfectly synchronized cut aways! With DaVinci Resolve you’ll spend more time editing and less time hunting for shots.
Hollywood’s favorite color corrector!
The DaVinci Resolve for iPad color page is Hollywood’s most advanced color corrector and has been used to color and finish more high end feature films and television shows than any other system! It’s also approachable with features designed to make it easier for new users to get great results while they continue to learn the advanced tools. For example, primary control sliders will be familiar to anyone who’s used image editing software, making it easy to adjust contrast, temperature, mid-tone detail, saturation and more. The color page has an incredible range of primary and secondary color grading features including PowerWindows™, qualifiers, 3D trackers, advanced HDR grading tools and more!
Blackmagic Cloud Collaboration
DaVinci Resolve for iPad supports the revolutionary Blackmagic Cloud, a whole new way of collaborating using cloud based workflows. Simply create a Blackmagic Cloud ID to log into the DaVinci Resolve Project Server and set up a project library for your project. You can assign any number of collaborators to a project, using Blackmagic Cloud to share projects. Multiple people can work on the same timeline! When changes are made, you can see and accept them in the viewer, changes are only applied when you accept updates. A single click can relink files, update timelines, or view changes. Built in timeline compare tools let you merge changes into a master timeline so others can continue with edits.
Al Tools for Creativity
Davinci Resolve features cutting edge Al processing powered by the DaVinci Neural Engine. Tools such as magic mask need only a single stroke to locate and track people, features and objects in a shot. You can make characters stand out in an under lit shot, or invert the person mask and stylize the background. Smart reframe repurposes footage to dramatically different aspect ratios by recognizing the action in a scene and panning within it so you can quickly create square or vertical versions for posting to social media. Voice isolation lets you easily remove loud, undesirable sounds from interviews and dialogue recordings from noisy locations. Al tools create quick, accurate results saving you hours of time!
Compatibility
Recommended for use with Apple iPad Pro M1 or newer models. Earlier iPad models may be restricted to HD, and memory limitations may limit some features. DaVinci Resolve projects (dr) and project archives (dra) are fully compatible with DaVinci Resolve 18 on desktop. Supported file formats include H.264, H.265, Apple ProRes and Blackmagic RAW. Supports the Magic Keyboard, Apple Pencil as well as Studio and PRO XDR Displays.
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I can’t wait to give this a try!
DVResolve has the news on the latest DaVinci Resolve Update 18.1.1, which updates to the newest Blackmagic RAW 2.8 SDK.
I love what Blackmagic is doing and how quickly they release bug fixes.
I still prefer Premiere for my daily editor (mostly because of customization and dynamic link to After Effects which I mostly use to get sequences into After Effects), but Blackmagic is doing their damnedest to get me to switch.
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve 18.1 has been released and it has so many impressive features.
It is so impressive to see Blackmagic take features that other people do (read Adobe) and do leapfrog them with more impressive features.
I was very happy just to have adjustable keyframes in Fairlight Audio Automation. Without having an audio board, vector keyframing for Automation Curves makes this so much easier for many cases than riding levels, and I used that extensively in my short film to do my final mix.
Above and beyond that though are the AI Based Voice Isolation as well as the Built-in Dialogue Leveler. The dialogue leveler does what adobe did with it’s essential audio panel, and takes it to the next level. While Adobe can level clips, it levels whole clips in the timeline, while Blackmagic does it for the the whole track, being able to level different parts of a single clip! This feels like something that should have been added to Adobe years ago as an incremental upgrade, but Adobe does seem to go in on new features more than new features (and yes this is new to DaVinci as well).
I wanted to do keyframes on tracks in DaVinci for a short film, and couldn’t figure it out, but this allowed me to do basically what I wanted with automation. Keyframes would have been easier and better, but this certainly works.
I plan on delving more into JayAreTV’s videos and you should too.
It is an interesting device, and it does work well for the Cut page, but the multicam buttons are fucking useless, as no one would be using that many angles and be using this, but the wheel is pretty amazing.
Really it needs to be able to customized, or maybe just make a smaller version without all the useless buttons.
Well worth giving an hour to learn about Fairlight Audio from Jason Yadlovski.
