00:00 - Faster Editing with Proxies in DaVinci Resolve 00:45 - The Problem with H265 Footage 01:19 - Timeline Proxy Mode 01:52 - Proxy Media Files Setup 03:50 - Proxy Media Custom Column View 04:28 - Generate Proxy Video Files in Resolve 17 07:20 - Linking Proxy Media 09:25 - Proxies for Faster Exporting and Delivery 10:20 - How to Delete and Unlink Proxies in Resolve 11:10 - Hide and Disable Timeline
i know im randomly asking but does someone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb forgot my login password. I love any tips you can offer me!
Bro you are the MAN!!!! , I got so tired of spending so much money to make my video editing faster. I rarely have time to figure this stuff out and this has helped me so much. THANK YOU.
For anyone that couldnt import vlc files using windows: Delete the clips in the media pool, convert vlc to H.264 and replace with the same name in davinci. Then in the timeline, comfort, right click on a clip and "Conform lock with media pool clip"
I knew about the resolution and I had seen another video about proxies but it didn't say to check use proxies! So I thought it was useless until I watched your video. Very informative and a cool delivery. Thanks dude!
I really appreciate your videos. The more my content evolves, the more snags I encounter, but the more your tutorials are able to un-snag those snags. Thank you!
@@CreativeVideoTips Hey thanks for the great video! Do you still need to disable timelines if you have the following unchecked? Preferences > User > Project Load and Save > (uncheck) Load all timelines when opening projects.
Thanks Chadwick! I just actually watched this a second time and I had forgotten your tip to disable timelines. I think it made a big difference because I had a lot enabled. When I disabled the majority of my timelines my computer worked more smoothly. Cheers....
2 big thanks. 1) Thanks for not jump cutting the heck out of your video. It's very easy to watch. Nicely done. Also, 2) Thanks for providing a tutorial/how-to that doesn't spend am inordinate amount of time going off on tangents. Yours is a great example for how to create such content -- tell us what we need to know and move on. Again... nicely done. I'll be back - I'm in the process of moving my home studio from PPro CS5 (yes, that's what I said) to DaVinci.
Thanks David - this is great feedback. It's definitely tempting to get into the jump cut world and I might from time to time - but only to try to achieve your 2nd point. You certainly are a veteran if you are coming from the Adobe CS days! I might still have some of those boxes in storage :). Cheers!
Same here, except I switched from a bootleg version of CS6 to DeVinci Resolve. Ever since I switched I deleted and removed all my CS6 stuff, I will never go back to Adobe even if I became rich and could actually afford the stupid "Pay to play" set up that Adobe now does.
really it helps me out with h.264 high L 5.1 firstly it got chopped after this proxy its butter smooth man really i need to thank you, thank you so much
Hi, I'm using the Resolve Speed Editor. Love It! No one has talked about the Speed Editor Cam buttons functioning in the Cut page to control the video track selection. I'm able to click Cam 1 / Cam 2/ Cam 3 etc to select which video track I want to drop my video and audio track to. I can also select which track to manipulate. Do these buttons function for you. Great Channel. Thank you for all your Davinci Tips!
Hi! Me too. Yep that is a great little hidden feature of the cam buttons! It’s like a little Easter egg. I cover that in one of the videos on the speed editor on the channel. I think it’s in the cut vs edit page video. Good find and tip!
I'm a media music composer who documents his journey on RUclips with high-quality (at least for the audio niche) edited videos. Your Resolve tips and tricks improve my workflow by a lot :) Thanks!
Great work! I'm just going to suck it up and start using proxies. I just do home videos but I really wanted to try resolve, after having used a few other editors (since the beginning). 18 months later I own Resolve Studio and speed editor. Would I do Resolve again? Well, Resolve will do way more than I will ever know, but I don't think so. I spend too much time working the sophisticated controls in Resolve. It's probably way more than I need, but I wouldn't switch now either. I like having a library of projects I can go back to later. My biggest challenge is staying organized when I have more than a hundred clips. Cheers.
another tip I have found on page 161 of Beginners Guide Lessons - the online DaVinci Resolve tutorials - "TIP You can switch back to the Keyframes Editor and hide the video scopes when the scopes aren’t needed to free up your graphics card’s processor and improve playback performance." Hope this helps someone else as well. Cheers my friends.
Hi! Your videos really helped me to level up my Davinci game. But coming from Adobe I still have one thing that I can't solve: I have lots of projects in which I have to use Insta360 rectilinear (5760x2880) video files with vertical 4k Sony files for outputting a 1080x1920 video. To reframe and animate those Insta360 videos I use an effect that needs the timeline size to be the same of the Insta360 files. No problem at all if I set the scaling method to center crop with no resizing and output to the same. All scaling works between different resolution timelines. However, even after generating proxies for my files, when I'm animating keyframes with some grading I end up with choppy playback, so I thought about lowering the timeline resolution just like I used to do in Adobe apps. But doing this I end up with the clips in lower resolution in my timeline, and if I change the scaling method to scale full frame with crop compensate that, sizing is completely different. Is there any extra step I'm missing or any secret trick to be able to lower timeline resolution without messing clip sizing? I've tried adding an adjustment layer with 4x scale, but no luck.
very useful I think for the longest time I was using GENERATE OPTIMIZED MEDIA instead of proxy media hence never feeling like it ever worked ------but this video surely cleared up a lot of performance curiousities
I am just farting around because I ordered the speed editor mid Feb and still have not received it. My skills video wise are super basic but I have used Adobe products my whole life so I appreciate the fast and hard facts and the time you dedicated to making this information easy to digest and.. holy cow!.. No 15 second diatribes that feel like 15 minutes of fury. Cheers brother. You just may make me convert to Blackmagic.
man William - that stinks, I wish I could hurry up the delivery of your order! I appreciate the kind words so much! I'm not trying to get anyone to change software programs, just pointing out some things I like about Resolve because it is a beast - but I'm glad to hear that it doesn't feel like I'm wasting anybody's time - that's my goal. (sometimes I need to slow myself down because I get too excited)
I just started adding 4k GoPro and 4k M50 camera footage to my editing mix. The Lag was killing me, and then I remembered this Video you made. After reviewing this video, I NOW understand what I needed to change. Thank you Chadwick, I am now speeding through my rough cuts. and enjoying the editing process again. This has been an experience changer. I really appreciate all the effort you put into help us by sharing your experience.
That's so helpful, I'm just getting started with da vinci resolve and I think this will save me a lot of time and frustration that I have had with other programs. Thank you!
I've seen a fair few tuts on creating proxies but this has some nuggets that are new to me. Thanks for the share man. Super useful with the Pocket 6k pro joining my arsenal :-D
Phenomenal Information! You are my Go To Guy on Davinci. Just got back from holiday and all efforts after compiling all vids on the final rendering hit me with hang-ups and stuttering frames. I followed your instructions to the letter and my final cut was on point. You're a Guru My Dude! Thank You!🐒😎👍
One of my DJI source files is 4K, H.265, 413MB. The proxy file generated is 1080p, DNxHR SQ (2nd lowest quality), and 5x LARGER, at 2.24 GB. I'm going to need a LOT of disk space for DNxHR proxies. I'm assuming a couple of things about DNxHR: 1)it's less compressed and therefore takes less GPU to decompress, and 2) it's a less demanding experience compared to your pick of MP4. So it's really a tradeoff between disk space and CPU/GPU. If your system is slow then you need a proxy with less resolution and less compression, along with more disk space.
Very true statements. You can also try doing it at 720p to save more space. Dnx was created to edit. H265 for capture. A major difference is the was a frame of h265 depends on surrounding frames to decode. Dnx is always intraframe so the computer only has to look at one frame to display one frame.
This is quite funny because I was thinking about this vis a vis the process in FCP and see that FCP has an easier process for sure and prior to v17 Resolve did not have this option! On my crappy iMac I would have been severely hindered, I tried original and proxies in FCP and the experience was is similar r to what you demonstrated
automatically SUB. one of the best tutorial, to the point. and video timeline, no BS or ADs. I love it, you deserve more SUB. Keep up the good work brother
I don't see more options for my "proxy media format." I only have DNxHR options. Is there someway I can get the prores options? Thank you so much for this helpful video!
Hi DK - I'm guessing you are on a windows computer? This is just a licensing thing - so ProRes is just on a mac. DNxHR LB is a great choice for the proxy format.
Two Stupid Questions (but I am a bit stupid): 1) Once when you bring your timeline to render and export, does Resolve use the proxy files? Or the original files with all their resolution and quality? 2) How about with multicam timelines? Thank you so much Chadwick!!
Dude I love you so frigging much right now!!! I never look forward to editing because it's so sluggish but this changes everything, it took me several hours of render [4 cams around 2 hours of footage] but now it's perfect!!! My catch phrase is gravy, but in this case it's all butter baby!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
I use ffmpeg to convert all my files to DNXHD (scaling or changing fps at the same time if needed) then pull only the DNXHD into the media pool. This gives perfect scrubbing etc, and I know that it is good to go the moment I open Resolve, whereas letting Resolve create proxies can take ages. Not that the ffmpeg route is faster, I just know when it is done I can edit without any further delays. For really big projects I can let the conversion run overnight, whatever is needed. One project I did was editing down 6 hour long Zoom meeting recordings, a scrubbing nightmare on the MP4 files, super smooth on the DNXHD files.
brilliant thanks so much for this. Your tutorials are so helpful. Just wondering what settings you would use to create proxies when shooting 6K 12:1 BRAW given the need to be able to zoom in and out and mover around the frame (i.e. maintain source resolution)
Great videos. Two questions if you edit with proxy files presumably you need to switch off use proxy if available when you colour grad? Secondly would love to see a video on your media management for a project and how you store it on your computer.
Thanks Dave, great questions. On the first one - you don't "need" to but if its is pretty low res it can be helpful to disable them. Either way unless you change the default export settings it will always use your original files to apply your corrections against. The proxy just helps with playback. Good idea on the 2nd suggestion. I do have one from last fall that I will update so it's more current and targeted toward DaVinci Resolve. The old one can be found here - ruclips.net/video/TEptntFG49U/видео.html
@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks for the reply. I hadn’t noticed the one you had already done one on media management so will watch it tomorrow. One other thing on the smooth play back if you choose to run it at half size or quarter things that you have done in full size are messed up. For example if you were to create a title of a number of lines and respace the lines in full size when you change to half size the spacing is all messed up. Also I find if you use the dynamic zoom in half size the final position is outside the picture as it is based on full size frame. I think this is a bug in the latest version but not sure.
Hey thanks so much! It’s nice that you noticed the little details. At some point I’ll do an overview video of my gear but it’s changing a lot as I figure this RUclips stuff out. The main key is a godox sl 150 mark 2 with a 30 inch loaf as softbox. On this video I’m probably just using a super cheap Led panned from a decade ago as the kicker. No name amazon something. The mics I’m using bounce between at technical 2020 and now I’m liking the rode pod mic with a cloud lifter because the house doesn’t need to be so quiet when I record.
Thanks for all the great videos! I'm learning DR thanks to you. Is there a way to generate proxies automatically every time I add media? I'm working on a slow old PC, so proxies are mandatory for me.
Thanks for watching. This is a new feature they added in version 18 beta. It’s a new side app called blackmagic proxy generator and acts like a watch folder to create proxies as soon as they’re placed in any folder you specify. Check out one of my recent videos to learn more.
Great video. What if you have different container file formats? For instance, say you have MOV files and a MP4 file to convert to a lower resolution.Thanks
Thank you so much brother amazing detailed video I just want to ask you that does method work if I already have H.264 format and also I have some 4K HDR straight from Action cam to edit but it lags much.
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00:00 - Faster Editing with Proxies in DaVinci Resolve
00:45 - The Problem with H265 Footage
01:19 - Timeline Proxy Mode
01:52 - Proxy Media Files Setup
03:50 - Proxy Media Custom Column View
04:28 - Generate Proxy Video Files in Resolve 17
07:20 - Linking Proxy Media
09:25 - Proxies for Faster Exporting and Delivery
10:20 - How to Delete and Unlink Proxies in Resolve
11:10 - Hide and Disable Timeline
Yo man thanks a lot for the video, really helped my workflow out a lot, Im just curious...what's your pc hardware setup ?
i know im randomly asking but does someone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account..?
I was dumb forgot my login password. I love any tips you can offer me!
Still great information 3 years later. Thank you
Definitely the best tutorial on proxy workflow I've seen so far. And I know because I just watched all of them :D
Ah man! Thanks so much, I’m so glad it sounds like it was helpful.
Bro you are the MAN!!!! , I got so tired of spending so much money to make my video editing faster. I rarely have time to figure this stuff out and this has helped me so much. THANK YOU.
This video is the gift that keeps on giving! Two years old and super relevant and helpful to an editing noob like me. You've saved my bacon again!
For anyone that couldnt import vlc files using windows:
Delete the clips in the media pool, convert vlc to H.264 and replace with the same name in davinci.
Then in the timeline, comfort, right click on a clip and "Conform lock with media pool clip"
I knew about the resolution and I had seen another video about proxies but it didn't say to check use proxies! So I thought it was useless until I watched your video. Very informative and a cool delivery. Thanks dude!
Thank you. Not only do you go step by step but you explain each step, more specifically "Proxy Media Format".
Also that bonus tip was super helpful.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Just thank you, sir! Was watching like 5 videos before this one! None worked! But now I am happy to this Generate Proxy! Just AMAZING sir!
Heck yeah! Nothing beats a buttery timeline. Cheers.
I really appreciate your videos. The more my content evolves, the more snags I encounter, but the more your tutorials are able to un-snag those snags. Thank you!
Glad to help!
Wow didn't realize that all timelines stay loaded into the RAM even when you're not using them. Thanks for the tip! Sub'd.
Absolutely, this was one of those “blackmagic cares even about performance and not just the dazzle me features” updates. Glad this helped!
@@CreativeVideoTips Hey thanks for the great video! Do you still need to disable timelines if you have the following unchecked? Preferences > User > Project Load and Save > (uncheck) Load all timelines when opening projects.
Literally dug up 4gb of ram sitting in an old server just to have enough ram for lol
Biggest love for DV is I can utilize internal and multiple eGPUs at the same time. Suck it 🍎! This video was gold. I shared it to myself.
Thanks dude - yeah its pretty great with the full version of Resolve that it can really utilize all the hardware you throw at it.
Thanks Chadwick! I just actually watched this a second time and I had forgotten your tip to disable timelines. I think it made a big difference because I had a lot enabled. When I disabled the majority of my timelines my computer worked more smoothly. Cheers....
This video and the advice to get a ssd is gonna be lifesaving for me. It was getting unbearable to edit on my computer.
2 big thanks. 1) Thanks for not jump cutting the heck out of your video. It's very easy to watch. Nicely done. Also, 2) Thanks for providing a tutorial/how-to that doesn't spend am inordinate amount of time going off on tangents. Yours is a great example for how to create such content -- tell us what we need to know and move on. Again... nicely done. I'll be back - I'm in the process of moving my home studio from PPro CS5 (yes, that's what I said) to DaVinci.
Thanks David - this is great feedback. It's definitely tempting to get into the jump cut world and I might from time to time - but only to try to achieve your 2nd point. You certainly are a veteran if you are coming from the Adobe CS days! I might still have some of those boxes in storage :). Cheers!
Same here, except I switched from a bootleg version of CS6 to DeVinci Resolve. Ever since I switched I deleted and removed all my CS6 stuff, I will never go back to Adobe even if I became rich and could actually afford the stupid "Pay to play" set up that Adobe now does.
Best tutorial! Found my solution halfway through. Now running smooth as butter!
Heck yeah, so great to hear this helped. Thanks for watching.
I’m loving your videos man, nice, simple and positive vibes. Shoutout Resokve gang, I’m new but already loving it so much
Appreciate it!! Welcome to the channel and software! :)
really it helps me out with h.264 high L 5.1 firstly it got chopped after this proxy its butter smooth man really i need to thank you, thank you so much
Very cool! Great to hear.
Hi, I'm using the Resolve Speed Editor. Love It! No one has talked about the Speed Editor Cam buttons functioning in the Cut page to control the video track selection.
I'm able to click Cam 1 / Cam 2/ Cam 3 etc to select which video track I want to drop my video and audio track to. I can also select which track to manipulate.
Do these buttons function for you. Great Channel. Thank you for all your Davinci Tips!
Hi! Me too. Yep that is a great little hidden feature of the cam buttons! It’s like a little Easter egg. I cover that in one of the videos on the speed editor on the channel. I think it’s in the cut vs edit page video.
Good find and tip!
Oh sweet. Thanks for sharing this! Gonna be looking into this hidden treasure. Need to go back over your vid on that Chadwick!
I'm a media music composer who documents his journey on RUclips with high-quality (at least for the audio niche) edited videos. Your Resolve tips and tricks improve my workflow by a lot :) Thanks!
Disabling the timelines is a great tip. Thanks.
I’m so glad this was added in v17. Cheers!
Absolutelky loving all the tips! I jstarted in DR about 2 weeks ago and your videos are very helpful! Thanks and keep rockiin it!
Great work! I'm just going to suck it up and start using proxies. I just do home videos but I really wanted to try resolve, after having used a few other editors (since the beginning). 18 months later I own Resolve Studio and speed editor. Would I do Resolve again? Well, Resolve will do way more than I will ever know, but I don't think so. I spend too much time working the sophisticated controls in Resolve. It's probably way more than I need, but I wouldn't switch now either. I like having a library of projects I can go back to later. My biggest challenge is staying organized when I have more than a hundred clips. Cheers.
another tip I have found on page 161 of Beginners Guide Lessons - the online DaVinci Resolve tutorials - "TIP You can switch back to the Keyframes Editor and hide the video scopes when the scopes aren’t needed to free up your graphics card’s processor and improve playback performance." Hope this helps someone else as well. Cheers my friends.
I liked this before I watched it because this is the moment I’ve been waiting for
bro, you the best! i was looking at this but didn't found anywhere. thnk you.
No you’re the best! Cheers for easier playback, haha.
Chadwick, I love your lessons . . . Very smooth to listen to.
you're too kind - glad they are helpful
Great video! I've always wondered what those xml files are that Sony cameras generate.
Hi! Your videos really helped me to level up my Davinci game. But coming from Adobe I still have one thing that I can't solve:
I have lots of projects in which I have to use Insta360 rectilinear (5760x2880) video files with vertical 4k Sony files for outputting a 1080x1920 video. To reframe and animate those Insta360 videos I use an effect that needs the timeline size to be the same of the Insta360 files. No problem at all if I set the scaling method to center crop with no resizing and output to the same. All scaling works between different resolution timelines. However, even after generating proxies for my files, when I'm animating keyframes with some grading I end up with choppy playback, so I thought about lowering the timeline resolution just like I used to do in Adobe apps. But doing this I end up with the clips in lower resolution in my timeline, and if I change the scaling method to scale full frame with crop compensate that, sizing is completely different. Is there any extra step I'm missing or any secret trick to be able to lower timeline resolution without messing clip sizing? I've tried adding an adjustment layer with 4x scale, but no luck.
very useful
I think for the longest time I was using GENERATE OPTIMIZED MEDIA
instead of proxy media hence never feeling like it ever worked ------but this video surely cleared up a lot of performance curiousities
I am just farting around because I ordered the speed editor mid Feb and still have not received it. My skills video wise are super basic but I have used Adobe products my whole life so I appreciate the fast and hard facts and the time you dedicated to making this information easy to digest and.. holy cow!.. No 15 second diatribes that feel like 15 minutes of fury. Cheers brother.
You just may make me convert to Blackmagic.
man William - that stinks, I wish I could hurry up the delivery of your order! I appreciate the kind words so much! I'm not trying to get anyone to change software programs, just pointing out some things I like about Resolve because it is a beast - but I'm glad to hear that it doesn't feel like I'm wasting anybody's time - that's my goal. (sometimes I need to slow myself down because I get too excited)
I just started adding 4k GoPro and 4k M50 camera footage to my editing mix. The Lag was killing me, and then I remembered this Video you made.
After reviewing this video, I NOW understand what I needed to change. Thank you Chadwick, I am now speeding through my rough cuts. and enjoying the editing process again. This has been an experience changer. I really appreciate all the effort you put into help us by sharing your experience.
That's so helpful, I'm just getting started with da vinci resolve and I think this will save me a lot of time and frustration that I have had with other programs. Thank you!
You're very welcome! I can't wait to hear what you think of Resolve after you get more familiar with it. Thanks for watching
DUDE TAHNK YOU SO MUCH, I just got a new pc and i was super exited, but it didn't meat my expectations but this video smashed it!
I have been struggling with a project on this very issue and THIS saved me more time and time js money. Thank you and subscribed!!!
great tips, exactly what I was looking for, no excuse to finish an edit now, thanks.
Great to hear they helped. It's almost break time, you can finish it! :). Merry Christmas Simon.
I've seen a fair few tuts on creating proxies but this has some nuggets that are new to me. Thanks for the share man. Super useful with the Pocket 6k pro joining my arsenal :-D
Glad it was helpful!
also the last tipp with ruffcut previews.... really. my teachers on filmschools was not so perfect :D ;) :) thanx mate
Happy to help!
Thanks Chadwick, very helpful tips.
You bet
I just got a small project with a lot of 6k footage and I think this is the way to go to edit them. Thank you!
You got this, for sure proxies make life so much easier.
Phenomenal Information! You are my Go To Guy on Davinci. Just got back from holiday and all efforts after compiling all vids on the final rendering hit me with hang-ups and stuttering frames. I followed your instructions to the letter and my final cut was on point. You're a Guru My Dude! Thank You!🐒😎👍
One of my DJI source files is 4K, H.265, 413MB. The proxy file generated is 1080p, DNxHR SQ (2nd lowest quality), and 5x LARGER, at 2.24 GB. I'm going to need a LOT of disk space for DNxHR proxies. I'm assuming a couple of things about DNxHR: 1)it's less compressed and therefore takes less GPU to decompress, and 2) it's a less demanding experience compared to your pick of MP4. So it's really a tradeoff between disk space and CPU/GPU. If your system is slow then you need a proxy with less resolution and less compression, along with more disk space.
Very true statements. You can also try doing it at 720p to save more space. Dnx was created to edit. H265 for capture. A major difference is the was a frame of h265 depends on surrounding frames to decode. Dnx is always intraframe so the computer only has to look at one frame to display one frame.
This is quite funny because I was thinking about this vis a vis the process in FCP and see that FCP has an easier process for sure and prior to v17 Resolve did not have this option! On my crappy iMac I would have been severely hindered, I tried original and proxies in FCP and the experience was is similar r to what you demonstrated
Thank you for this video and the the proxy media tips! Cannot tell you how much this aids me in editing on my laptop!
You saved lot of my frustation right there.. thanks
Glad I could help
Very Very Good 💥 Let's make more such fine-tuning. Very useful tips
Love that I have this ability in DR if I need it down the road. My GH5 All-I clips must be similar to prores as I haven’t had to proxy yet.
Yep it's a great trick to pull out when you need it. Great to hear those all-i clips are working great.
11:45 thank you for that, it gonna be a game changer for me :D
automatically SUB. one of the best tutorial, to the point. and video timeline, no BS or ADs. I love it, you deserve more SUB. Keep up the good work brother
You are the best! I very much appreciate you watching. Glad it’s helpful. Cheers!
Welcome ❤️
You always save my butt with these vids man. Well done and thank you!!!
Great to hear, glad they help
I don't see more options for my "proxy media format." I only have DNxHR options. Is there someway I can get the prores options?
Thank you so much for this helpful video!
Hi DK - I'm guessing you are on a windows computer? This is just a licensing thing - so ProRes is just on a mac. DNxHR LB is a great choice for the proxy format.
@@CreativeVideoTips awesome! thank you
Very nice, I was looking for that info for a very long time!!!!
Will try that proxy stuff.
Brilliant explanation - many thanks Chadwick.
Thanks so much John
DUDE great video, thank you. There are other ones similar but this one really was the best. subbed
Great vdeo. Davinci is a powerful tool. Now the thing is find job haha. Just made my demo reel as video editor. Wish me luck 😁
You can do it!
Two Stupid Questions (but I am a bit stupid):
1) Once when you bring your timeline to render and export, does Resolve use the proxy files? Or the original files with all their resolution and quality?
2) How about with multicam timelines?
Thank you so much Chadwick!!
Another awesome vid good job, valuable info for me being as gpu s are sold out everywhere, mine isnt bad just older.
Thanks for watching! It’s great to be able to always make the most out of what you have.
Dude I love you so frigging much right now!!! I never look forward to editing because it's so sluggish but this changes everything, it took me several hours of render [4 cams around 2 hours of footage] but now it's perfect!!! My catch phrase is gravy, but in this case it's all butter baby!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
So good! Great to hear this is working for you. Cheers.
This helped me a lot. Thank you.
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching Lawrence.
This video was so helpful I hit the like button twice 😉. Thanks !
Awesome channel and videos! Glad I found you! :)
Welcome aboard! I'm glad I found you dude and you commented. Thanks so much and don't be a stranger on here.
Great video thank you so much for the help! I just upgraded to a new camera and was having issues with slow playback so thank you so much!
I use ffmpeg to convert all my files to DNXHD (scaling or changing fps at the same time if needed) then pull only the DNXHD into the media pool. This gives perfect scrubbing etc, and I know that it is good to go the moment I open Resolve, whereas letting Resolve create proxies can take ages. Not that the ffmpeg route is faster, I just know when it is done I can edit without any further delays. For really big projects I can let the conversion run overnight, whatever is needed. One project I did was editing down 6 hour long Zoom meeting recordings, a scrubbing nightmare on the MP4 files, super smooth on the DNXHD files.
this is the best proxy link tutorial.... all inclusive :) ;) super.....
I love to hear that this has helped you out! Cheers
Fantastic video. This was much easier to follow than any of the other 6 videos I've looked at for this topic
Thanks so much for the kind words, I'm glad it was helpful!
Many thanks, it had all the info I needed. Cheers
brilliant thanks so much for this. Your tutorials are so helpful. Just wondering what settings you would use to create proxies when shooting 6K 12:1 BRAW given the need to be able to zoom in and out and mover around the frame (i.e. maintain source resolution)
I'm impressed. Thanks for your video.
Thanks to you too!
Another great video with excellent advice. All the best.
Thanks, you too!
Thank you. I was just about to Google this.
Awesome. I hope it was helpful.
Great videos. Two questions if you edit with proxy files presumably you need to switch off use proxy if available when you colour grad? Secondly would love to see a video on your media management for a project and how you store it on your computer.
Thanks Dave, great questions. On the first one - you don't "need" to but if its is pretty low res it can be helpful to disable them. Either way unless you change the default export settings it will always use your original files to apply your corrections against. The proxy just helps with playback.
Good idea on the 2nd suggestion. I do have one from last fall that I will update so it's more current and targeted toward DaVinci Resolve. The old one can be found here - ruclips.net/video/TEptntFG49U/видео.html
@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks for the reply. I hadn’t noticed the one you had already done one on media management so will watch it tomorrow.
One other thing on the smooth play back if you choose to run it at half size or quarter things that you have done in full size are messed up. For example if you were to create a title of a number of lines and respace the lines in full size when you change to half size the spacing is all messed up. Also I find if you use the dynamic zoom in half size the final position is outside the picture as it is based on full size frame. I think this is a bug in the latest version but not sure.
Dude thanks for making this, helped me out alot :)
Awsome video, thank you so much!
Thank you, this helped. now just have to wait for proxy media to be generated. lol. Just Subscribed!
So glad it helped! Thank you. Yeah it’s always a wait now or be frustrated later kinda thing.
Nicely done! side question: what's you lighting setup? you have a kicker light on right side of face but it's not in the shot.
Hey thanks so much! It’s nice that you noticed the little details. At some point I’ll do an overview video of my gear but it’s changing a lot as I figure this RUclips stuff out.
The main key is a godox sl 150 mark 2 with a 30 inch loaf as softbox. On this video I’m probably just using a super cheap Led panned from a decade ago as the kicker. No name amazon something.
The mics I’m using bounce between at technical 2020 and now I’m liking the rode pod mic with a cloud lifter because the house doesn’t need to be so quiet when I record.
Great explanation!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, this is a great tips and helpful.
You are so welcome!
This was excellent, thanks so much man
thank you for sharing this with us!!!
This is great. Thanks!
awesome - great to hear it was helpful! Thanks Brian
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Thanks so much 😊
Thank you for the tutorial, my question is, if possible, Do I need to turn Proxies off when I go to colorpage and do grading?
Fantastic! Thank you so much.
Glad it's helpful!
I liked and subscribed , thanks a lot man!
Should we use proxy video and optimised video or just one of them?
Great question. I just suggest people only use proxy now for most cases. They are easy to move around and relink and you have plenty of codec options.
Wow!!! Thank you so much man..great job
Glad it helped!
this is great im just wondering how proxies work for 120fps since they seem to be glitching on me even when doing your process on my mac
awesome tutorial♥️
i searched exactly this Video 👍🏼
great info..appreciate all the specific details and extra tips!
My pleasure!
Great tutorial!. Saving a lot of time in the editing process. Thx
Thanks for all the great videos! I'm learning DR thanks to you. Is there a way to generate proxies automatically every time I add media? I'm working on a slow old PC, so proxies are mandatory for me.
Thanks for watching. This is a new feature they added in version 18 beta. It’s a new side app called blackmagic proxy generator and acts like a watch folder to create proxies as soon as they’re placed in any folder you specify. Check out one of my recent videos to learn more.
@@CreativeVideoTips awesome. Thanks.
Your content is really nice.👍🏼
Thank you! Glad they are helpful.
thanks bro ! needed this 👍👍
Great video. What if you have different container file formats? For instance, say you have MOV files and a MP4 file to convert to a lower resolution.Thanks
Awesome tutorial bro!
Hey, what is your workflow when editing fully from external ssd? Thanks, great content❤subd
Thank you so much brother amazing detailed video I just want to ask you that does method work if I already have H.264 format and also I have some 4K HDR straight from Action cam to edit but it lags much.
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