Hello,

I have a problem with exporting for DaVinci Resolve. I don't know what I have to do, but from what I read, you should export an AAF file for DaVinci Resolve.

 

From what I have studied, for doing the conform process you need to create an EDL file for DaVinci Resolve and put also all the RAW original files.

I found this video that explain how to create an EDL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxOlku4ca5U

 

Is this the process that I need to do?

 

I also now that you can export an AAF file without creating an EDL file as the video shows and then load all the RAW files.

 

I remember that one time I imported my mp4 file to DaVinci Resolve and the RAW files and it have done all the job, creating a timeline with the RAW footage respecting the editing

 

Which method should I do? What have I to do for doing color correction after have edited the footage? Do you have a video to share so I can see the whole process from it?

 

Thank You

LorenzoMasullo:

I have a problem with exporting for DaVinci Resolve. I don't know what I have to do, but from what I read, you should export an AAF file for DaVinci Resolve

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LorenzoMasullo:

From what I have studied, for doing the conform process you need to create an EDL file for DaVinci Resolve and put also all the RAW original files.

FWIW here I regularly go both ways between MC and Resolve always with AAF's. I have not made an EDL in over a decade. 

To Be Fair the AAF process for me works best if I start by using a new Resolve Project to link to media and then deliver that media in Avid format to a media folder in my MC computer.   

This way both MC and Resolve both know every clips naming TC and file formats.making AAF's a very reliable way to conform.

LorenzoMasullo:

What have I to do for doing color correction after have edited the footage?

Export an AAF of your finished edit from MC and import it to a Resolve project. To confirm your MC conform in Resolve, export an MP4 and a wave file of your finished MC timeline and import these into Resolve.

Good luck. 

Thank you very much!!

The only thing that is not too clear it's if I have to download also the RAW files after have imported the AAF file.

I think that you have to download also the RAW files in media pool in DaVinci Resolve and then it does all the things by itself

 

I start by linking all original media into a Resolve Project with the Resolve setup for media management.  A useful guide to correctly setting this up in Resolve can be found in Cullen Kelly's Media management  YouTube videos. 

Make a source media timeline  and deliver this at proxy quality (DNxHD 36? for instance) using Resolves Avid AAF template into a numbered folder in your Avid MediaFiles Folder.   This means you do not need to concern yourself with original media file formats. 

Open the Resolve AAF in a Bin in MC and all your proxy media will be there in the bin along with the AAF file that will load as a timeline.

I then edit with this proxy media as normal.  When happy with the edit I export a MC AAF without media.  I open this AAF in my Resolve Project and then because Resolve made and named the proxy media files it will open a timeline with using all the original files with their original Resolve media management in place.

I then grade in the Resolve Colour Page and go to the deliver page to set my Delivery format.

I have found this to be by far the simplest way to deal with RAW and Camera log space footage. 

Warning: this method works very well here as I  use predominantly cuts only timelines.

It CAN work with more complex effects in the final MC timeline by using an effects free timeline export AAF from MC Then reapply the effects when you have the full quality media AAF back in MC.

So, from what I understood I have to download RAW footage into DaVinci Resolve before starting to edit and create a project.

When I'll finish to edit in MC I put the editing into the timeline and then DaVinci Resolve will do all the things by itself.

Thank you for having suggested a youtube channel where I can watch the entire process

LorenzoMasullo:

So, from what I understood I have to download RAW footage into DaVinci Resolve

The method I have suggested requires this.   Getting your footage into Resolve is the essentially the same process as having MC link your footage into your MC project.

IMO the Resolve process then lets you have more control over how your footage is automatically brought into a good working colour space ready to Deliver (Export) for MC.  For me this becomes even more useful as I export to MC at the resolution level I want for my working level timeline in MC (an Avid codec HD format)  

Assuming I will return to Resolve for grading towards the end of the project I benefit from my clips being named by Resolve when creating the AAF and media for MC. Then MC uses the same media names for sourcing the original footage. Here this round trip has been bulletproof for me. 

Why?  Resolve created the Avid Proxy media, The finished MC timeline AAF export uses the Resolve created media names. Therefore Resolve knows the original media sources files, names and metadata,of the proxy media and automatically populates the timeline from the original source files.

LorenzoMasullo:

When I'll finish to edit in MC I put the editing into the timeline and then DaVinci Resolve will do all the things by itself.

As my Resolve Project is colour managed the return AAF from my completed MC timeline will automatically populate with the full resolution original media.  Immediately ready to start grading.