Use this workflow to transcode or convert Blackmagic Cinema DMG, XAVC, XAVC s, and XAVC HD footage shot with the Alexa MINI, Sony A7s, and A7r, Sony FDR-AX100 and other prosumer cameras
Launch Resolve Application |
Now load
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Click the "New Project" button in the lower left corner to create a new project |
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Title the project – click Create |
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Double click the project to load it |
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Set your Video I/O
Go to DaVinci Resolve>Preferences
Note these features are only available in CMB 4.112 Graduate Hallway, CMB 4.120 Undergraduate Edit Suite and CMB 1st floor suites.
If you are not in these rooms you will not see the Intensity devices as a choice for input and output to the exturnal monitor. Your preferences will look like this.
Change the Control Panels to the Tangent Devices Wave or AVID Artist Color if one is connected. If not then choose None.
Click Save to apply changes
Quit the program and choose to save then reopen using the steps above.
Set up some Project Settings. Click on the Project Settings Icon in the lower right corner of the screen
Go to "Autosave" and turn it on saving every 10 min
Click on Capture and Playback and choose>
Video Capture and Playback HD 1080PsF 23.976
Click on Master Project Settings > Change the Timeline Resolution>playback frame rate to 23.976
Change Playback frame rate to 23.976
Video Monitoring choose HD 1080PsF 23.976
Choose Save to apply these preferences
Next load your media into the media pool> |
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Create a Timeline |
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Go to >File>New Timeline |
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Name it |
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Select all the files in the Media Pool that you want to use |
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Add a LUT to them or not. To add a LUT right click on the clip or clips. |
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| Popular LUT to use is the 3D LUT > Arri > Arri Alexa LogC to Rec709 |  |
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The go to the Deliver tab |
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| Choose to Render the Entire Timeline |  |
Click on Render Settings> and use the slider to navigate to the AVID AAF tab |  |
Click on Browse to select the hard drive and folder you want to render to |  |
| Navigate to the hard drive and you can choose to Add a new folder if needed |  |
| Name your new folder and click OK |  |
| Make sure you select the newly created folder and click OK |  |
Choose Video Format MXF OP-Atom |
Codec DNxHD 1080p 36 8-bit if you are doing a offline or proxy version of the media. |  |
If you don't want to return to resolve and do an "Online and or Conform" then choose a codec that you can deliver for screening and distribution. Choose Video Format MXF OP-Atom |
Codec DNxHD 1080p 220/185/175 10-bit |
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Click on the Audio tab Check the box for "Export Audio" if you want to export Audio Do NOT choose "Same As Source" for the Channels drop down. (your audio will come out as static) |
Make sure to choose 2 for the Channels drop down. |
Codec = Linear PCM Channels = 2 Bit Depth = 16 or 24 Tracks = One per channel |
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| Click on Add to Render Queue |  |
| Choose to Start Render once the Job has been added to the Render Queue |  |
Job has completed. The files need to be added to AVID MediFiles Folder |
Quit Resolve>Save the project. Make a backup of the project and save it for the final color correction and conform. See this workflow for making a backup. |
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In Finder on the Mac |
Copy or Move the .mxf files to the AVID MediaFiles>MXF>1 folder |
This is so AVID can see the files when the .aaf file is imported. |  |
| TO COPY FILES OVER TO SHARED STORAGE LIKE EditShare or AVID ISIS Servers use this workflow |
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Once the files are copied over Launch AVID
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| Make a new AVID Project or use an Existing one |  |
Make a New Bin | |
Title the new bin "My XAVC Transcoded Footage" | |
Go to >File>Import | |
Navigate to the .aaf file in the Resolve exported media folder and select it. | |
The clips and the timeline will import into AVID. They should be linked to the transcoded media. |
Edit the files in AVID developing a picture locked sequence that you can then export out of AVID back into Resolve. |
See this wiki for AVID .AAF export to Resolve.
Option #1
AVID - How to Export an AAF and QuickTime To Davinci Resolve
Option #2
AVID – Relinking to Native files for .aaf and QuickTime export to Davinci Resolve
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>File>Import AAF, EDL, XML
Select the .aaf to import
Keep the default settings if you would like to guide Resolve to the files to bring into the media pool. See later in this document for adding media prior to importing into Resolve.
Search for the folder containing the .mxf
Navigate to the folder and click OK
Second option is to add the media to the resolve project first
Load your media into the media pool>
Navigate to the folder containing the media and select Add Folder to Media Pool
>File>Import AAF, EDL, XML
Select the .aaf to import
Automatically set project settings and
Automatically import source clips into media pool
Hopefully you will link all the media with out a problem the following is some troubleshooting tips. . .
Example here of problems with some of the clips
To view what is missing easier click on the "Color" tab
Then click on the "Light Box View"
Here we can see what is missing easier.
You can right click to see clip info
Clip info
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