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The DaVinci Resolve logo centered, featuring three colorful dots, surrounded by icons of Premiere Pro (Pr), After Effects (Ae), and Audition (Au) on a dark background.

Goodbye Adobe Premiere

I whispered, "Goodbye, Adobe!" as I pressed the unsubscribe button. To me it sounded very much like “Hasta la vista” but less dramatic. We had a good run, but it was time to move on.
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Fusion 20: a deep look at the core

With its latest release, Blackmagic Fusion is positioning itself more aggressively than ever as a powerful and cost-effective complete package for node-based compositing and motion graphics. We check whether Fusion 20 lives up to the high expectations.
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CineMon 1.0: Correcting the Signal

Let's talk about using low-cost HDMI video capture devices for accurate signal representation, particularly with log formats like S-log3. And also the development and application of a correction LUT using Resolve to enhance the accuracy of color and luminance.
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CineMon 1.0 (Beta) for iPad and Mac

The times of expensive hardware-based scopes are gone. Modern software scopes are versatile, flexible, and can be adapted to new technologies. Until now, Nobe OmniScope by Time in Pixels was the leading solution, both under Windows and MacOS. But there’s a new kid on the block for MacOS and iOS now, called CineMon (with a charming agnomination to a popular spice).
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Die magische Maske – hier wurde das rechte Bild, die süße Katze von Marko Blazevic, auf Pexels zur Verfügung gestellt, mit zwei Strichen maskiert (im Modus „better“). Im Node-Fenster (rechts) ist der Alpha-Ausgang zu sehen (Rechtsklick und „Add Alpha Output“), unten die Masken- und tracking-Optionen (zum Tracken eines Clips auf die Play-Buttons klicken).

Animating images with Resolve

"Breathing life" into static images with effects from DaVinci Resolve - so-called Cinemagrams - are easy to do - and in our new series "Resolve Tricks for Beginners" we'll start with them!
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Beauty-Grading in Resolve

Using software to approximate images of people to current conventions of beauty is work that has shifted more and more from compositing to the domain of grading. As the possibilities increased, so did the demands. Following on from the last article, which dealt with best practices in colour grading in general, we would like to take a very specific look at tips in the area of beauty and retouching. Here, too, we take the perspective of filmmakers who, for budgetary reasons, are "forced" to grade all or at least part of their films themselves and have already gained some experience in Resolve.
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Spyder Checkr Video

Wasn't everything better when video by definition was still in black and white? Since colour was added, it has only become more complicated - but what the heck, there are helpers for that!
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Shutter Encoder – Multitool for video and audio

If you want to work with video on a machine that does not support all of today's codecs (preferably via hardware), you will often come up against limits. This ranges from a stuttering timeline to clips that are not displayed at all. Then there are the clips from smartphones, which are usually recorded with a variable frame rate. Professional editing systems usually don't like this either, which can lead to asynchronous picture and sound or even rendering errors.
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Grading tricks from a professional

Many of you come into contact with colour grading time and again, whether intentionally or unintentionally. For example, when thinking about colours in the context of a VFX workflow or, like me, because it has become part of my job as a filmmaker in the image film sector. It would be perfectly conceivable to have this work step done by a professional colourist, but the budget is often not sufficient for this...
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Apple wirbt selber mit DaVinci Resolve für das iPad Pro M2.

Tech demo or working tool? DaVinci Resolve on the iPad Pro

You would expect Apple itself to demonstrate the enormous performance of its tablet devices in practice. So far, only gamers have been able to utilise such an iPad, and they are rarely out and about with it. Otherwise, the many cores usually twiddle their thumbs. But instead of a port of Final Cut Pro X, Apple itself uses DaVinci Resolve in its own advertising, which has already been ported, albeit with a limited range of functions. Can you seriously work with it?
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