Production Sound & Video

42 PRODUCTION SOUND & VIDEO – Summer 2021 The JB-1 features a display and menu system, which allows for ease of use and display of timecode and settings. It reads, generates and jam syncs to all standard frame rates including 23.976 for High Definition shoots. The JB-1 features an automatic jam sync capability, which senses the incoming timecode rate. Cross jamming of different rates can be accomplished as well. supplying video sources for screens appearing on screen for decades, it is our responsibility to play back the digital sets we're beginning to see today and Resolve can be used to facilitate this task. DaVinci Resolve Systems can be used to outsource an image to an LED wall and manipulate the image in real time. This gives Playback Operators the ability to manipulate, color grade, relight and make other alterations to digital backgrounds on set, all while the director, cinematographer, and others are able to watch and give creative input. Advanced users can also take advantage of Fusion—an integrated visual effect plugin acquired by Blackmagic in 2018. Prior to its acquisition, Fusion was used on more than a thousand feature fi lms for the purposes of effects compositing. When combined with Resolve, Local 695 Engineers have the ability to create and play back real time visual effects on set. In this regard, Playback Operators continue to blur and transcend the lines between technician and artist. It is likely, however, that more engineers are familiar with the platform for its capabilities as a transcode utility. Resolve includes powerful tools for converting media from one format to another, making it useful both for generating easy-to-edit proxy media for editors to work with and dailies for the production team to review. Video and audio media from disparate sources can be automatically synchronized by aligning their timecode metadata or, in the event that a guide track was recorded to camera, analyzing their waveforms. Blackmagic also includes an arsenal of digital LUT's (look up tables that can be used to apply a preset color look to an image) in their software, making it simple to apply a preset look when creating proxies or dailies. After sound is synced and the production look has been applied, then fi les can be exported in any industry-standard fi le format (support for encoding Apple's ProRes family of video codecs is not available in the Windows edition of Resolve) for delivery to the necessary party. As a member of the Blackmagic family of products, Resolve is compatible with all hardware accessories produced and manufactured by Blackmagic, including fi rst- and third- party hardware controllers, GPU accelerators, and a wide variety of I/O adapters. The most recent edition of the app, DaVinci Resolve 17, released this year with hundreds of new updates and features, including enhanced support of high dynamic range content, a machine learning-based tracking tool, and support for multi-user collaboration. A supplemental update released in March of this year added full support for Apple's new line of macOS computers featuring M1 processors, making Resolve the fi rst third- party nonlinear editing application to take advantage of the enhanced capabilities of Apple's new processor (Apple optimized Final Cut Pro X for use with the M1's ARM architecture at the time of the processor's release last year). The current edition of DaVinci Resolve Studio retails for a fl at rate of $295 and includes a lifetime of free upgrades. By eschewing a perpetual upgrade cycle or subscription- based licensing, Blackmagic has claimed the mantle of greatest value for price in the nonlinear editing wars. A comparable Adobe or Avid subscription costs in the range of $49.95 USD per month. Not being ones to rest on their laurels, however, Blackmagic took the pricing contest a step further by offering an almost fully featured free edition of Resolve. For those looking to test the waters or who do not need access to the platform's entire suite of features, the free edition of the application includes all of the same powerful editing, playback, and transcoding tools as the Studio edition. However, it does not support resolutions higher than ultra-high defi nition, frame rates greater than 60fps, high dynamic range color grading, stereoscopic 3D processing, digital noise reduction, machine learning, or multi-user collaboration. In spite of these limitations, the free edition of Resolve remains the most professional no- cost tool on the market for nonlinear editing, playback, and transcode work. Our industry will continue to evolve and as it does, we in Hollywood's foremost technical local, will continue to evolve with the times. As we do, we need the absolute best tools available at our disposal. Despite being a relative newcomer to the world of editing platforms, Blackmagic has poised DaVinci Resolve to take a stop at the very top of the list. With its vast array of features, low-price point, and countless applications, this application is one that every Video Engineer is encouraged to familiarize themselves with. Members wishing to learn more are encouraged to explore the resources available on LinkedIn Learning—an educational service available for free to all IATSE members. Other free recourses include the countless tutorials, workfl ow demos, and classes available on YouTube and social media. supplying video sources for screens appearing on screen for decades, it is our responsibility to play back the digital sets we're beginning to see today and Resolve can be used to facilitate this task. DaVinci Resolve Systems can be used to outsource an image to an LED wall and manipulate the image in real time. This gives Playback Operators the ability to manipulate, color grade, relight and make other alterations to digital backgrounds on set, all while the director, cinematographer, and others are able to watch and give creative input. Advanced users can also take advantage of Fusion—an integrated visual effect plugin acquired by Blackmagic in 2018. Prior to its acquisition, Fusion was used on more than a thousand feature fi lms for the purposes of effects compositing. When combined with Resolve, Local 695 Engineers have the ability to create and play back real time visual effects on set. In this regard, Playback Operators continue to blur and transcend the lines between technician cost tool on the market for nonlinear editing, playback, and transcode work. Our industry will continue to evolve and as it does, we in Hollywood's foremost technical local, will continue to evolve with the times. As we do, we need the absolute best tools available at our disposal. Despite being a relative newcomer to the world of editing platforms, Blackmagic has poised DaVinci Resolve to take a stop at the very top of the list. With its vast array of features, low-price point, and countless applications, this application is one that every Video Engineer is encouraged to familiarize themselves with. Members wishing to learn more are encouraged to explore the resources available on LinkedIn Learning—an educational service available for free to all IATSE members. Other free recourses include the countless tutorials, workfl ow demos, and classes available on YouTube and social media.

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