Also, maybe I missed you mention anything about it in this video, but a great follow up for this would be taking my final color files and linking them up in AVID for my final export.
Hehe. I use this in general since I finish in Resolve but it's also a neat way of being able to use all new formats in Avid 2018 with the nice old sane interface. Avid for cutting because it's good and fast, back to resolve for everything post cut approval. Very nice workflow and much faster transcode thanks to GPU helping out. Need Resolve Studio to deal with those overcranked rolls but $250 bucks for a perpetual license and all that it offers is a no-brainer. I could edit right in Resolve, it's fine but it's kind of a bad experience if you're used to Avid's speed and say out of your way interface (the older one, the new one is okay but lots of wasted screen space). The really important bit is setting Reel Names which will become Tape in Avid. Those should be Camera or Archive Roll specific just like a oldschool tape. So each card should have its own Reel Name. BIG mistake if this isn't done properly. Avid freaks out when it has more than one clip with the same clip name, tape name and TC. It always picks the latest according to the Media Creation column and everything down the line including AAFs gets screwed up.
Hi please i need help , when i export aaf from avid to davinci resolve to start color grading , the reel name of the clip change feom « c001 » for exemple to ‘msmMMOB.01’ how can i relink it to the source file without waisting a lot of time ? Its a huge project and i dont have much time
That's weird, I've never heard of that; msmMMOB is the name of the database file within your Avid MediaFiles folder that keeps track of everything but it shouldn't show up on your clip names, unless maybe something was done wrong during import/transcode. Check out the video on how to export AAF to bring into Resolve and make sure all steps are being followed properly. If they are and still getting issues, my best guess is that there was an issue with how clips were brought into Avid in the first place that is preventing correct relinking to original source clips.
If there are a lot of Avid effect builds in a timeline, would you color in resolve and then take the timeline back into Avid to finish / do online effect work and deliver from there? This example is obviously a simple V1 only situation for easy learning purposes, but curious what happens more realistically on a project with complex title tool work, multiple layers of video and involved FX builds... wondering if you could cope in just resolve when it comes to online work.
I may not be the right person to answer this since I don't generally deal with FX-heavy pieces, especially FX-heavy-done-in-Avid. My OWN usual workflow is creative edit in Avid, VFX/titles in After Effects, online and coloring in Resolve. So I'm rarely moving a timeline back into Avid after coloring, I pretty much do the creative edit there and then bring together all the final elements (sound mix from PT, VFX exports from AE) in Resolve (as well as doing all the coloring there). And it's probably been honestly a decade-plus since I did ANY "final" effects in Avid, most often if I'm doing anything there it's just temp placeholder to see how something will time out (like split screens or titles or a very rough composite). So you might get a more informed answer from someone who regularly deals with FX-heavy Avid sequences. That said, IF you're doing a project with a lot of FX work done *in Avid*, particularly something with detailed keyframing or complex layering involved, my GUESS is it's probably worth it to just bring the colored footage back into Avid rather than rebuilding the FX in another program like Resolve. But then again anything more complex than simple split screening I usually do in AE anyway so I can't say for sure. To your specific question "could you cope in just Resolve" I'm sure you *could*, any FX you could do in Avid I'd expect you could do in Resolve as well. To me the question is really one more about efficiency and effectiveness, and that's where it's tougher to say. Part of it is comfort in the specific system - for instance if you've never done any FX in Resolve but are very comfortable with them in Avid, then maybe it makes more sense to just move the colored footage back into Avid than to try to learn a new program. On the other hand if you don't really know the Avid FX capabilities well in Avid (or don't like its effects interface) OR Resolve then I'd say it probably makes more sense to learn it in the software you're going to be onlining on. Again, all this is just my two cents from the perspective of someone who went to film school decades ago and is still pretty old-school about conceiving "editing" and "visual effects" as mostly different jobs done by mostly different people on mostly different software. Your mileage may vary :-)
Hi Jake. There are lots of different editing programs out there, and at the end of the day you can reach the same end product in any of them so to some degree it's really a question of what editing system you find works the best for you and the way you work (though obviously depending on the job and employer they may require you to work in specific software for compatibility with their workflow, other editors, etc.). For instance I personally can use both Avid and Premiere just fine, have taught both, have cut in both, and they're both very capable - I just find Avid works more the way I think so would rather cut in that if given the choice. Similarly, it's totally possible to edit in Resolve, and their editor has honestly gotten better over the past several versions. That said, IMHO Resolve's still got a ways to go to catch up *as an editing system* with Avid (or Premiere for that matter) in terms of the UI and efficiency (as a *coloring system,* which is what Resolve started as before they started trying to integrate more editing and audio features, it's AMAZING and I use it all the time). I've occasionally used Resolve if I just need to quickly and roughly throw together a couple clips for a demo or something since it's so fast for bringing in and then exporting the media, but in its current state I personally would never choose to do serious editing in it if I had access to a better system like Avid really designed around editing. To be totally blunt, there's also the training and muscle memory aspect. I've been editing in Avid for 20+ years and can work really smoothly and quickly in it, so something would have to be significantly BETTER to get me personally to change - even if Resolve gets to the point where it's AS good an editing system as Avid (which I don't think it currently is), that still wouldn't be enough for me to switch. Look, Resolve is available for free, and at that price point you can't beat the value, and I wouldn't fault anyone for using it. It does the job in the end. And there may well be people out there who find Resolve editing really intuitive and it works great for them, so they should totally use it then. But just based on my own experience I'd suggest for someone looking at doing significant editing, it's worth taking the time to learn Avid and/or Premiere (that one's really more personal preference - I and many others like Avid better, but also know plenty who prefer Premiere), and once you invest a little effort in learning one of them *I* think you find it's a much better editing experience. From my own experiences and what I've seen from my students, it just seems like in Resolve it's often more of a struggle to polish an edit the way you want, whereas once you're familiar with working in Avid or Premiere you can really focus on the creative and ignore the software, it just works and everything you need is easily accessible. Hope that diatribe helps!
@@filmprofmark thank you so much for that. I did try the avid media composer free version. Had issues with my computer but I’m willing to give it another go. I already have resolve installed. Used it once in a small video I was doing for myself. I’m a composer so knowing how to put together my own videos is great to know.
hey thanks your video are awesome , i have a question , does it can affect the export from avid if i transcode it with H.264 800kbps proxy in davinci ?
I've never used that proxy in Resolve so can't say much about the intricacies of this, but I can say if you can bring the media into Avid and edit with it, it should export fine ultimately. Generally any flavor of H.264 isn't really the best for the editing process, you want a codec designed for editing with like something in the ProRes or DNx family. But as long as you can bring the footage in and Avid reads it, you should be able to output it. I *don't* know if that particular proxy would create any issues with relinking to the original material - I *suspect* everything would work fine if you followed the right workflow, but again haven't tried it myself so I don't want to vouch for it.
I really wanted to watch this and got a quarter of the way through before having to stop and write this... 😅 you probably don't care because its only people like me who will notice as sounds other than words coming from someone's mouth just infuriates us lol... anyway, basically your mic is Wayyyy too close to your mouth, we can literally hear the back of your throat and lips smack, I had to stop watching and really want to know what you said lol... but just can't put myself through it... as I say, the majority of people won't care but my misophonic issues got the better of me this time... at least you weren't chewing while delivering the dialogue 😅👊🏼
Appreciate the feedback. I honestly had never heard of misophonia until this message. I'll keep this in mind on future recordings to maintain more distance between me and the microphone.
Thank you so much for this video, it is really useful! And I especially love the fact that it's 'to-the-point' and explains everything with clarity.
@@animesh1234garg you're welcome glad it was of use!
Your videos are great and very, very useful. Please do not stop making them, so much value. Thank you very much
Glad you like them! Working on more, if you have ideas for useful topics send them my way!
Awesome. Exactly what I was looking for.
Another suggestion for a quick video is how to do punch ins in MC.
Looking forward to more videos!
Also, maybe I missed you mention anything about it in this video, but a great follow up for this would be taking my final color files and linking them up in AVID for my final export.
Do you mean like audio punch-ins? Never done those in Avid, I'd use Pro Tools, so that's outside my expertise
@@filmprofmark Maybe a better term is re-framing. In premiere we sometimes crop in on a shot for a better or different composition.
reframe/crop tutorial goes up Wed 2/09
Punch-ins are cake. Open tool. Setup mic. Pick track, set inpoint. Hit record. Stop with spacebar. Do in overwrite mode.
Very informative sir, thanks.
Terrific. Thank you for this.
Ha thanks - I actually just made a slightly updated version of this one which should be live tomorrow morning, but the core info is all the same!
@@filmprofmark This worked for me but I will check out the new vid. Timing is everything. LOL. Thanks.
Hehe. I use this in general since I finish in Resolve but it's also a neat way of being able to use all new formats in Avid 2018 with the nice old sane interface. Avid for cutting because it's good and fast, back to resolve for everything post cut approval. Very nice workflow and much faster transcode thanks to GPU helping out. Need Resolve Studio to deal with those overcranked rolls but $250 bucks for a perpetual license and all that it offers is a no-brainer. I could edit right in Resolve, it's fine but it's kind of a bad experience if you're used to Avid's speed and say out of your way interface (the older one, the new one is okay but lots of wasted screen space).
The really important bit is setting Reel Names which will become Tape in Avid. Those should be Camera or Archive Roll specific just like a oldschool tape. So each card should have its own Reel Name. BIG mistake if this isn't done properly. Avid freaks out when it has more than one clip with the same clip name, tape name and TC. It always picks the latest according to the Media Creation column and everything down the line including AAFs gets screwed up.
Good tip. I've tried cutting in Resolve but it's just not there yet.
Thank you so much.
Hi please i need help , when i export aaf from avid to davinci resolve to start color grading , the reel name of the clip change feom « c001 » for exemple to ‘msmMMOB.01’ how can i relink it to the source file without waisting a lot of time ? Its a huge project and i dont have much time
That's weird, I've never heard of that; msmMMOB is the name of the database file within your Avid MediaFiles folder that keeps track of everything but it shouldn't show up on your clip names, unless maybe something was done wrong during import/transcode. Check out the video on how to export AAF to bring into Resolve and make sure all steps are being followed properly. If they are and still getting issues, my best guess is that there was an issue with how clips were brought into Avid in the first place that is preventing correct relinking to original source clips.
I had the same problem. I am wondering if there is any setting that makes Davinci export maintaining the original name of the files.
Thank you so much!!!
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful!
If there are a lot of Avid effect builds in a timeline, would you color in resolve and then take the timeline back into Avid to finish / do online effect work and deliver from there? This example is obviously a simple V1 only situation for easy learning purposes, but curious what happens more realistically on a project with complex title tool work, multiple layers of video and involved FX builds... wondering if you could cope in just resolve when it comes to online work.
I may not be the right person to answer this since I don't generally deal with FX-heavy pieces, especially FX-heavy-done-in-Avid. My OWN usual workflow is creative edit in Avid, VFX/titles in After Effects, online and coloring in Resolve. So I'm rarely moving a timeline back into Avid after coloring, I pretty much do the creative edit there and then bring together all the final elements (sound mix from PT, VFX exports from AE) in Resolve (as well as doing all the coloring there). And it's probably been honestly a decade-plus since I did ANY "final" effects in Avid, most often if I'm doing anything there it's just temp placeholder to see how something will time out (like split screens or titles or a very rough composite). So you might get a more informed answer from someone who regularly deals with FX-heavy Avid sequences.
That said, IF you're doing a project with a lot of FX work done *in Avid*, particularly something with detailed keyframing or complex layering involved, my GUESS is it's probably worth it to just bring the colored footage back into Avid rather than rebuilding the FX in another program like Resolve. But then again anything more complex than simple split screening I usually do in AE anyway so I can't say for sure.
To your specific question "could you cope in just Resolve" I'm sure you *could*, any FX you could do in Avid I'd expect you could do in Resolve as well. To me the question is really one more about efficiency and effectiveness, and that's where it's tougher to say. Part of it is comfort in the specific system - for instance if you've never done any FX in Resolve but are very comfortable with them in Avid, then maybe it makes more sense to just move the colored footage back into Avid than to try to learn a new program. On the other hand if you don't really know the Avid FX capabilities well in Avid (or don't like its effects interface) OR Resolve then I'd say it probably makes more sense to learn it in the software you're going to be onlining on.
Again, all this is just my two cents from the perspective of someone who went to film school decades ago and is still pretty old-school about conceiving "editing" and "visual effects" as mostly different jobs done by mostly different people on mostly different software. Your mileage may vary :-)
@@filmprofmark Thanks so much!! Really appreciate the thoughtful / thorough answer.
Hi...why would you want to edit in Avid when you can edit in Resolve? I am not too familiar with either, but curious. Thank you.
Hi Jake. There are lots of different editing programs out there, and at the end of the day you can reach the same end product in any of them so to some degree it's really a question of what editing system you find works the best for you and the way you work (though obviously depending on the job and employer they may require you to work in specific software for compatibility with their workflow, other editors, etc.). For instance I personally can use both Avid and Premiere just fine, have taught both, have cut in both, and they're both very capable - I just find Avid works more the way I think so would rather cut in that if given the choice.
Similarly, it's totally possible to edit in Resolve, and their editor has honestly gotten better over the past several versions. That said, IMHO Resolve's still got a ways to go to catch up *as an editing system* with Avid (or Premiere for that matter) in terms of the UI and efficiency (as a *coloring system,* which is what Resolve started as before they started trying to integrate more editing and audio features, it's AMAZING and I use it all the time). I've occasionally used Resolve if I just need to quickly and roughly throw together a couple clips for a demo or something since it's so fast for bringing in and then exporting the media, but in its current state I personally would never choose to do serious editing in it if I had access to a better system like Avid really designed around editing.
To be totally blunt, there's also the training and muscle memory aspect. I've been editing in Avid for 20+ years and can work really smoothly and quickly in it, so something would have to be significantly BETTER to get me personally to change - even if Resolve gets to the point where it's AS good an editing system as Avid (which I don't think it currently is), that still wouldn't be enough for me to switch.
Look, Resolve is available for free, and at that price point you can't beat the value, and I wouldn't fault anyone for using it. It does the job in the end. And there may well be people out there who find Resolve editing really intuitive and it works great for them, so they should totally use it then. But just based on my own experience I'd suggest for someone looking at doing significant editing, it's worth taking the time to learn Avid and/or Premiere (that one's really more personal preference - I and many others like Avid better, but also know plenty who prefer Premiere), and once you invest a little effort in learning one of them *I* think you find it's a much better editing experience. From my own experiences and what I've seen from my students, it just seems like in Resolve it's often more of a struggle to polish an edit the way you want, whereas once you're familiar with working in Avid or Premiere you can really focus on the creative and ignore the software, it just works and everything you need is easily accessible.
Hope that diatribe helps!
@@filmprofmark thank you so much for that. I did try the avid media composer free version. Had issues with my computer but I’m willing to give it another go. I already have resolve installed. Used it once in a small video I was doing for myself. I’m a composer so knowing how to put together my own videos is great to know.
hey thanks your video are awesome , i have a question , does it can affect the export from avid if i transcode it with H.264 800kbps proxy in davinci ?
I've never used that proxy in Resolve so can't say much about the intricacies of this, but I can say if you can bring the media into Avid and edit with it, it should export fine ultimately. Generally any flavor of H.264 isn't really the best for the editing process, you want a codec designed for editing with like something in the ProRes or DNx family. But as long as you can bring the footage in and Avid reads it, you should be able to output it. I *don't* know if that particular proxy would create any issues with relinking to the original material - I *suspect* everything would work fine if you followed the right workflow, but again haven't tried it myself so I don't want to vouch for it.
@@filmprofmark thanks a lot 🤍
I really wanted to watch this and got a quarter of the way through before having to stop and write this... 😅 you probably don't care because its only people like me who will notice as sounds other than words coming from someone's mouth just infuriates us lol... anyway, basically your mic is Wayyyy too close to your mouth, we can literally hear the back of your throat and lips smack, I had to stop watching and really want to know what you said lol... but just can't put myself through it... as I say, the majority of people won't care but my misophonic issues got the better of me this time... at least you weren't chewing while delivering the dialogue 😅👊🏼
Appreciate the feedback. I honestly had never heard of misophonia until this message. I'll keep this in mind on future recordings to maintain more distance between me and the microphone.