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alistairc23206244
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May 1, 2017
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Help needed with the correct order of building a film (i.e - grading, proxy, etc)

  • May 1, 2017
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Hello all, my first post.

Basically, I'm making a short film which will include time-lapse footage, drone footage and some footage from my BlackMagic Cinema Camera. Because of the large file sizes (particularly the Premiere XML files from DaVinci Resolve and the 4K 60fps drone footage) I'm wondering how best to handle the timeline.

So, say for example I pull in some drone footage which I want to grade in Premiere: Should I grade this before I switch to proxy, or create a proxy of the footage and then grade once the film has been completely edited together, at the end? I've never created proxy files before, so this will be an entirely new experience for me.

Some clips of the movie won't be graded in Premiere as they will have been pre-graded in DaVinci Resolve (the BlackMagic camera shoots in RAW, hence the grading in an external programme), and exported as an XML file to Premiere. The drone footage is being graded in Premiere as it's just easier (basic adjustments are fine, as the footage doesn't have much in the way of dynamic range anyway).

I'm a but stumped about the correct order of doing things, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Alistair.

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    Correct answer excited_Genie16B8

    I am not especially a fan of the transfer between PP and Resolve.  I just don't think it works all that well.  So my recommendation is to either use Resolve for the entire project, or to do the preliminary color work in Resolve and export Cineform copies for editing in Premiere Pro.

    For the other media, use the Proxy feature to make editing easier.  Stick to the included GoPro Cineform presets.

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    excited_Genie16B8Correct answer
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    May 2, 2017

    I am not especially a fan of the transfer between PP and Resolve.  I just don't think it works all that well.  So my recommendation is to either use Resolve for the entire project, or to do the preliminary color work in Resolve and export Cineform copies for editing in Premiere Pro.

    For the other media, use the Proxy feature to make editing easier.  Stick to the included GoPro Cineform presets.

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    May 2, 2017

    Thank you for your reply, Jim. Much appreciated indeed.

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