Brad Hurley wrote:If you're roundtripping from FCPX and Resolve, just be sure you have the latest versions of both; I've seen reports of problems otherwise.
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It's worth investing the time to learn how to color grade in Resolve if you're seriously interested in working with color, but don't underestimate what you can do already in Final Cut. Ripple Training has excellent training videos on color grading in the latest version of Final Cut and a brand-new training series on advanced color grading in Resolve 15. They cost money, but are much better than most of the free videos you might find on youtube..
Yea latest versions and it's been an ok experience (round-tripping.) I'd say do it earlier in your process than later as the crazier you get in FCPX the less cohesive it's going to come over (even simple-ish audio cuts got mangled recently,) then when bringing it back you might just be ripping the refreshed video over your old instead of integrating it on a project level. Not the most fluid, but I'm getting it.
As you said until recently, for whatever reason, FCPX was not a grading tool--I am so happy that it now has a kit that can be worked with and I have been using it for some S-LOG work up until the BMP4K delivery. Then I thought it'd be well worth it to know the native workflow. Currently using Resolve just is neat. The color tools/node control
seems to be a head and shoulder above FCPX but it might just be the representation is different enough that Igrokkinggroking the fully Vinn diagram of it all.
A different production house coming up wants me to pick up Premier again so I don't know what I am these days. One place wants FCPX/Motion, new Premier, me I want to learn more of Resolve. Guess you just stay limber to the tools. Thanks for the training notes, I've used Ripples free stuff but I might pick up a few programs just to accelerate things that would otherwise take too much time.