PrPro to Da Vinci via xml - set to frame size doesn't translate

[TORM3NTO]

Hi everyone,

I have done this before and the only way I could make it work was to re-frame and reposition everything in Da Vinci but that is time-consuming. The 6k braw footage I have in the timeline (I have a few EXR and prores VFX shots done in Ae which obviously don't give any issue as they have been exported in timeline resolution) is smaller in scale when I open the XML in Da Vinci. Everything is set to frame. I tried scaling to frame but that means rescaling, setting keyframes, and repositioning my entire timeline. Is there something I can do? I don't want to export my timeline in ProRes as I want to keep my BRAW.

[R Neil Haugen · Accepted solution]

I work with a lot of colorists ... I'm a contributing author at MixingLight.com, a pro colorist's teaching site. So I work with Resolve on a daily basis, and am familiar with the Pr/DR issues.

And "set to " simply will not work, period. Over at ML it's well discussed in the tutorials, teach your editors to use the "scale to" framesize only.

That gets around most issues. But even then, there should always be an accompanying low-res H.264 file of the sequence that goes with the project to Resolve. The colorist lays that on V2, and can quickly check that in/out points, scaling & retiming are corrrect. And match if they aren't.

There's always some manual work to conforming from one app to another.

Neil

[TORM3NTO]

Thank you very much. I will "scale to" from now on. I will certainly take a look at MixingLight.com . Seems very interesting!

[R Neil Haugen]

Check it out, test ... test ... test ...

As for some people, they have to use Set to rather than Scale to ... why? Dunno.

And it used to be ONLY use Set to ... why the change? Dunno.

Neil

[b00nm00n · Accepted solution]

Hi @R Neil Haugen - I just found this thread and I'm wondering if you can point me to where Mixing Light advises SCALE to Frame Size? If you Google this issue, the Mixing Light link that appears actually advises the opposite... Thanks! 

[R Neil Haugen]

That was a reverse post up there  ... oops! Should been "set to".

Although I do know a couple post workers who insist Premiere should be set at "scale to" for reliable XMLs.

Whatever  ...

[b00nm00n]

@R Neil Haugen No worries, thanks so much for clarifying! I've heard people insisting on both sides - I'm just gonna Set and call it a day (or call my colorist).