Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:12 am
I don't know what caused your original issue but it sounded like too many steps.
Most of the time users don't have hardware that lets them work in real time at 8K regardless, with the Studio version of course. Even if you have 8K sources, the system needs to be able to downscale that to the working res, often UHD, so there most users set their timeline to UHD, or some lower resolution that matches their render target.
If your system is fast enough, you can leave the timeline at UHD, process at UHD, then set output sizing to the lower res for downsizing at the render stage. Just dont have a HD timeline and up-res to a higher res in render.
DaVinci Resolve Product Manager