Mike Sulzberger Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 I’m a long time Avid editor working in broadcast tv. I know Avid inside and out including it’s color correction mode. I’ve been experimenting with shooting on film and am about to shoot a project on it. Is this the time to learn DaVinci for the grading of this film? To put it another way, is there something DaVinci can do that my Avid can’t? Really don’t want to learn another program but will do it if there’s a reason to. I’m shooting Vision 3 500T on an Aaton LTR Ultra 16. Scanning on a Spirit at 2k, C-Log at ProRes444. Finished film will be DCP at 1.85 aspect ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Frank Wylie Posted June 5, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted June 5, 2021 Why change horses mid-stream? You'll have enough problems without adding a new software package to the mix. I encourage you to learn Resolve, but not under the gun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Duncan Brown Posted June 8, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted June 8, 2021 Is the question "I don't have access to the Avid for my personal projects, so how bad is it going to be to learn a new low/no cost alternative?" ? Duncan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sulzberger Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 No, this is my own Avid. It’s more of a question of whether there’s something inherently better about DaVinci for color grading than Avid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giray Izcan Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 For color grading, yes, but for editing, I woukd go with Avid. Edit on Avid and color it on davinci afterwards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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