@peaceonearth I rewrap them to MOVs.

I add grain with Final Cut Pro, rather than with Resolve . . . but that's because I use the free version of Resolve to grade my 16:9 anamorphic footage (1920x1080p, Resolve Lite's max resolution), then I export, desqueeze to 2560x1080 in FCP, and finally add the grain to "add" resolution to the stretched image. Gives a very nice 2.5k image ;)

For those of us that use avid, this is pretty cool news - a baselight grading plugin. Sorry if this is the wrong topic..

http://www.filmlight.ltd.uk/products/baselight/workflow_bl/editorial-avid-fcp.php

@Vitaliy_Kiselev I'm getting a page not found error.

Fremont, CA - January 18, 2013 – Blackmagic Design today announced a major release of DaVinci Resolve 9.1, the latest update to the world’s most advanced color correction tool. DaVinci Resolve 9.1 enables customers to use Resolve with Apple’s Macbook Retina technology, the world’s highest resolution notebook display. Retina based notebooks have quickly become one of the most popular tools in the post production world, and with 9.1, DaVinci Resolve will be able to run on the 15” Retina MacBook Pro at the best image quality setting.

DaVinci Resolve 9.1 also features support in XML for FCP X Audition, a popular feature in FCP X which provides the ability to stack and scroll through multiple shots in a single location in a timeline, allowing Resolve users to easily transfer files between the systems for a highly efficient workflow. Improvements in mixed frame rate XML integration will allow better workflows between Resolve, FCP X and Final Cut Pro 7 projects. DaVinci Resolve 9.1 also supports improvements for Avid AAF, Sony XAVC and AVC-Intra files and a number of audio and performance improvements.

The new DaVinci Resolve 9.1 also includes an exciting enhancement for the CinemaDNG file format, as used by cameras such as the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. DaVinci Resolve now includes a CinemaDNG Input Device Transform (IDT) for grading RAW images in full ACES workflows.

DaVinci Resolve 9.1 can also now be used with the DeckLink 4K Extreme, Blackmagic Design’s newest addition to the DeckLink family of PCI Express capture cards. DeckLink 4K Extreme includes all the features of the popular DeckLink HD Extreme 3D card, plus UltraHD 4K playback, which is four times the resolution of 1080HD video.

DaVinci Resolve 9.1 is the latest version of the recently introduced DaVinci Resolve 9, which includes a completely redesigned user interface to optimize workflow speed. This significant user interface overhaul was created to harness the power of multiple new technologies added to DaVinci Resolve in the last few years, including automatic 3D eye matching, multi layering timelines, XML support, plus more camera and file type support. The new user interface is extremely fast to use and eliminates unnecessary clicks and settings. A job can be up and running in three clicks: one to log in, one to drop media into the project and the next to grade.

DaVinci Resolve 9.1 features include:

• Support for Apple Macbook Retina technology.
• Support in XML for FCP X Audition.
• Improved XML integration for better workflows between Resolve, FCP X and Final Cut Pro 7.
• Integration with DeckLink 4K Extreme.
• Includes CinemaDNG Input Device Transform (IDT) for grading Raw images in ACES workflows.
• Ability to generate new AAF for MXF audio renders.
• Improved chase audio feature allowing specification in either frames or seconds.
• Support for timeline audio when PowerMastering.
• Playback support for Sony Raw F55/F5 files.
• Improved rendering times for Sony CineAlta SStP files.
• Playback support for the Red Mysterium-X Monochrome sensor (software decode only).
• Playback and render support for DNxHD 100.
• New ASC CDL metadata extraction from ARRIRAW headers.
• Matte clips can now be assigned to multiple clips in the Media Pool.
• Red Rocket can now be disabled from Preferences.
• NTSC DV playback supports both 4X3 and 16x9 aspect ratios

Via: http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/press/pressdetails?releaseID=34454

I'm at the moment in a stage of creating some tools to let older version of Sony Vegas Pro work with DaVinci Resolve.

Its great !!! vegas pro much easier to work with than premiere pro but how to make it work even with new pro 12 .........? its looks like we need to buy premiere pro or fcp just for to have XML ... I got CG Pro few days ago and its great , but I can watch only tutorials

@tida I'm very interested about using Sony Vegas Pro + Davinci Resolve combo. Currently I'm primarily using After Effects for grading but damn that is slow. I'm especially interested about Resolve's motion tracking / masking.

Do you think that Davinci Resolve will perform faster for these purposes? Also do I need to wrap .mts files to .mov files or does the Davinci Resolve understand .mts files directly?

@tonalt .mts-files will not work in DaVinci Resolve. File like .mov or .mp4 will work but as soon as it is compressed DaVinci will slow down. DNxHD works smooth on my i7 2600k/GTX 570.

Now I think I can fix the EDL incompatability between Vegas and DaVinci. I will let my program generate a third EDL-file. It will end up that all cutted mov.-files are ordered linear in the timeline on one track of DaVinci by putting at first the .mov files into MEDIA area and then import the EDL-file in COMPOSE area.

@tonalt

a1) copy .mts files to logical folder structure of your computer (something like c:\originals\yyyy\yyyy-MM\yyyy-MM-dd)

a2) rename them in a logical way (something like yyyy-MM-dd_hhmmss.mts)

b1) start editing in Vegas in a separate main edit folder - make .veg file

b2) at the end of the cut use "save as" and activate "copy media with project" (this will copy all .mts files into the editing folder)

b3) save .veg project also now as Project_EDL.txt file

c1) load this Project_EDL.txt file into my program (creates Project_EDL_lin.txt, Project_EDL_final.txt, Project_EDL_CMX3600.txt

d1) start Project_EDL_lin.txt in Vegas

d2) apply neat video, stabilizer and/or velocity envelopes to specific takes

d3) use two scripts - rendering of DNxHD will take place in Vegas Pro :) .mov file will be moved to subfolder of edit folder, Project_EDL_CMX3600.txt as well

e1) load from this subfolder all freshly generated .mov files into DaVinci MEDIA

e2) load Project_EDL_CMX3600.txt into Davinci COMPOSE

e3) start color grading in COLOR

e4) render graded files with original name in DELIVER and drop them into main edit folder

f1) start Project_EDL_final.txt in Vegas (audio files will be linked to .mts files, Video files will be linked to .mov files)

f2) edit the rest (put text animations to your video, etc.), save alll as .veg

done....

But yes, DNxHD files will be generated with Vegas Pro rendering. First you have to install it and give settings a simple name which you finally use in one of the Vegas scripts.

@tonalt use this tutorial for render adjustments:

http://johnrofrano.com/training/video-tutorials/avid-dnxhd-template-for-vegas-pro/

DNxHD Codecs download can be found at:

http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Download/en423319

What's a good practice for PP and Davinci Resolve workflow? AAF?

@shian - I'm learning that the hard way. Adopting a new 10bit denoise upsample workflow so I can ditch the EDL + long clip workflow and have ProRes files to edit/grade instead of mts. Had some major issues with frames being out of sync.

In terms of speed, at 3.9ghz quad core and 32gb of ram along with cuda gets me About 15 frames per second over real time. Not complaining.