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Re: DaVinci Resolve for iPad

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Post by CobaltFire »

Gigachad wrote: post #146
VanTheBrand wrote: post #7

One of the things that makes this a big deal is an iPad is often the most color accurate highest quality display anyone has.

You don't realize how extremely off consumer monitors are until you compare it to a calibrated one like the ipad.

For anyone doing color critical work a $100 calibrator should be a desk accessory.

Even the factory calibration on every single Mac in my house (there are several, including a brand new M1 Air) has been notably off until calibrated.

The unfortunate thing about the iPads is that though they cover the DCI-P3 space there is no way to calibrate them. My Pro is significantly off my calibrated iMac and Air.

Re: DaVinci Resolve for iPad

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Post by robbrown451 »

I've tried to use Resolve (on other platforms). I am quite competent in, for instance, ScreenFlow for the mac. Works great for regular video editing (not just screen capture stuff), and while there is a lot to learn, it is quite intuitive. Unfortunatley my mac is old and I need windows for work, so I thought Resolve would come to the rescue.

But I just can't wrap my head around the Resolve workflow. To do really basic stuff it seems to have a huge learning curve. I have no doubt it is powerful, but there is a point where I just can't justify the time to learn it. (I use a lot of video in my job as well as hobby/family stuff, but I'm not a professional video editor per se)

Is this anyone else's experience? Is it really only targeted at professionals? I was very excited to see that they are giving away such a sophisticated product for free, but man....

Re: DaVinci Resolve for iPad

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Post by coolandsmartrr »

dharma1 wrote: post #170

Grant (the founder of Blackmagic) is incredible, one of my favourite CEOs. I’ve had Blackmagic pocket cameras since the first one and they are something else. Resolve (non-studio version) being free on desktop is nuts - it’s one of the best pieces of software I use. The value this company gives away to creators for free (or at very affordable price point) is unparalleled

Blackmagic offers a great lineup for prosumers entering into professional gear territory. Their Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera is an indie production darling, picked by many upcoming film directors and cinematographers.

I use one myself, and I appreciate how its raw format output provides flexibility to adjust colors. I edit them in Davinci Resolve, one of the best software for color grading also made by Blackmagic.

Re: DaVinci Resolve for iPad

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Post by diebeforei485 »

soneil wrote: post #158
diebeforei485 wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple still sells the 9th gen iPad. How much does it cost today in Ireland?

€450. It's still $329 in the US, which is €336 here, or €413 after tax. So it's 9% higher than parity - better than it was (at release), but not as close as the 10th gen is. What I tend to see in apple's european pricing is three (well, 2.5) things. One is that they're ridiculously hooked on round numbers. 413 is never going to be 413 on the sticker. And two, is that it's very rare that they change the sticker price…

Apple's pricing in Europe (and anywhere outside the US) seems somewhat hostile. Latin America has similar issues as well.

A few years ago someone made a website showing it being cheaper to fly somewhere to buy an Apple product and still save money despite also paying for the airline ticket.

I will say one thing, even in the US - buying from Apple is rarely the best option. Other sellers (Amazon.com or electronics stores) generally have better prices.

This makes sense if you think about it. If Amazon.com has a 10% off deal relative to Apple.com, people would hit the buy button immediately. Amazon gets a cut, and Apple adds a user.

If Apple also has the same 10% off deal, it is no longer as attractive of an offer and would reduce conversion rates. People might try to search if anywhere else has a better price, etc, and get distracted by other things.

Re: DaVinci Resolve for iPad

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Post by exodust »

Gigachad wrote: post #166
exodust wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> extremely off consumer monitors are... I'm not sure what consumer monitors you're using, but they are certainly not "extremely off". You're making it sound like shades of green on the iPad turn into muddy brown on a monitor, which isn't true.

I had the ipad connected to a $700 LG monitor and the LG one was much much redder than the ipad, the difference was significant. It's fine for programming, gaming, and content consumption, but if you were doing any visual production work, this is unusable.

So calibrate your LG. (something you can't do on your iPad).

> "but if you were doing any visual production work..."

...then you would press the menu button on your monitor and adjust so that your monitor is usable. The default settings on your LG do not represent every monitor out there. A lot of monitors have good out-of-box colour.

> $700 LG

The monitor market is competitive. Watch reviews and choose a monitor with good out-of-box colour if you can't be bothered calibrating. Something like the ASUS Proart, or numerous others.

Re: DaVinci Resolve for iPad

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Post by Gigachad »

CobaltFire wrote: post #180
Gigachad wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The iPad has options up to 2TB SSD and supports USB4 external storage along with 10Gbit ethernet.

The tests I’ve seen say that (depending on how you implement it) an iPad Pro M1 only pulls 5Gbps (directly powering) to 7.7Gbps (powered) out of a 10GbE card. Has there been some development in this area?

Not sure. But I'm sure 5Gbps is probably good enough for any work you'd be doing on an ipad.

Re: DaVinci Resolve for iPad

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Post by exodust »

The best way to use DaVinci Resolve is on a desktop PC with ultrawide monitor and one of the controllers such as the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor. I own that controller and it's great.

I really wanted to like editing videos on the couch on my iPad Pro (2018 model) 12inch with pencil in LumaFusion, and it's cool at first because "editing on an iPad".. then screen real estate reality set in. For me anyway. Video editing tasks and projects vary greatly in scope, and some projects would be great on the iPad. Maybe I'll try again later, but after getting an ultrawide monitor I discovered that yes, I really do want a timeline that wide.

Re: DaVinci Resolve for iPad

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Post by Godel_unicode »

TheRealPomax wrote: post #28
mortenjorck wrote: post #19

This is "only" two of the seven modules included in the desktop version, but even just one would be a breakthrough on the iPad. The full DaVinci Resolve is nuts: it covers a complete, Hollywood-level workflow of DAM, editing, grading, sound, and VFX (with probably the most generous freemium model in existence, by a good margin). The iPad version covers one of the two edit workflows (the one more tailored to broadcast…

As long as folks don't think it's an NLE, because that's the one thing it isn't. (Even though half of its users try to use it for that, get stuck, post on the forum, and then get the other half yelling at them because "it's not an NLE". 17 and 18 took things in the right direction, but it's still going to take a few more versions before people giving it a shot because they think it's a free Premiere or After Effects…

According to https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve

Resolve is: “The world's fastest and most advanced professional NLE.”

Re: DaVinci Resolve for iPad

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Post by Cadwhisker »

robbrown451 wrote: post #182

I've tried to use Resolve (on other platforms). I am quite competent in, for instance, ScreenFlow for the mac. Works great for regular video editing (not just screen capture stuff), and while there is a lot to learn, it is quite intuitive. Unfortunatley my mac is old and I need windows for work, so I thought Resolve would come to the rescue. But I just can't wrap my head around the Resolve workflow. To do really basi…

I'm an amateur, using Resolve for holiday/family clips. It took one or two YouTube tutorials for me to get it, but I've got a smooth workflow now.

    * Create project *and set the frame rate before importing video clips, because you can't change it once you've got clips*.
    * Choose "DaVinci YRGB Color Managed" under project settings, Color Managment - this is more flexible for coloring later on.
    * Add your media, then choose any clip(s), right-click and and create timeline from it.
    * Use NLE functions to make the edit.
    * Color grade (and stabilise clips).
      - Turn on Scopes -> Waveform (UI bottom right) and set the white balance by dragging the 'dot' in the middle of the Offset wheel.
        You want the red/green/blue waves to overlap where there's a region of grey/white in your video frame.
        This can be tough if you have no grey/white, but you can copy color settings from other clips.
      - Adjust other settings as necessary.
    * Deliver/export.

Re: DaVinci Resolve for iPad

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Post by AussieWog93 »

dylan604 wrote: post #141
gizajob wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's your point? Resolve has been free for ages.

That the name of the company giving something away should be accurately noted. DaVinci is no longer a company. It is a brand owned by a company. The brand doesn't set the pricing. The company does.

In the case of Blackmagic, the company doesn't set the price either. It's 100% Grant (Petty, CEO). Long live the king.
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