Resolve Techniques

Rob Redman shows how to save time in Resolve by sharing grades from one node across multiple clips

Resolve 12 can help make a slick pipeline

With editing trends currently asking for quick transitions, lots of shots and varied lighting, it’s easy to see how it could take an age balancing and grading them all so that they provide the narrative support needed, while retaining continuity of the grade.

In actual fact, almost half the workload can be dealt with in just a few clicks. This all comes down to working smarter and planning ahead a little bit. For some, this is now second nature but if you are new to grading, or rarely do colour work yourself, it is definitely worth knowing what you can do to save time and help your clips gel with

It is definitely worth knowing what you can do to save time and help your clips gel with a single look

a single look for any given scene, all while being efficient. At the end of the day clients want a fast turnaround and to save every pound they can.

Resolve 12 goes an awful long way to making your pipeline as slick as possible, with import, conforming, editing, grading and rendering all under one roof – so round tripping make the most of Your tools You can also use Resolve to save having huge render times by masking and recolouring, if you need to quickly fix an object’s colour. You can even fake depth of field with the blur tools. to a different application can be reduced to a minimum. Of course you will probably end up doing some compositing work, but the lion’s share of your time can be spent in Resolve. Its one basic overview of a typical workflow I’m going to share.

I have a few simple shots for one scene (you can work with film or renders, the task is the same – but I’m using film), which all need to look like they’re the same time and place. Therefore I’ll edit then balance each shot, which is where the main work is now, then set up my ‘look’ using one clip, which can be re-used where needed. For all the assets you need go to www.bit.ly/vault-210-film Resolve 12 offers users a slick pipeline with everything that they need under one roof