Hardware recomendation for ColorGrading

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Felix Gorbach

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Hardware recomendation for ColorGrading

PostSun Sep 23, 2012 5:02 pm

Dear Blackmagic team,

I just started with DaVinci Resolve Lite and I´m very thrilled about the new interface and posibilities in this update. This rocks.

I own a new HPZ820 Workstation with a Quatro 4000 Card. This enables me to run most of the files that I graded without a lot of speeddowngrade. When it comes to realtime stabilisation - this is another topic, but so far I´m happy with my system to learn DaVinci.

When it comes to professional usage, there is another topic very important. It starts with the right monitors, calibration, LUT boxes, Breakout hardware, realtime scopes, and ends with hardware interfaces and so on.

I´m sure you can recomend some systemconfigurations for professional purposes. As you have products that serve a lot of the needs, maybe you can recomend some configurations. For example - is a red rocket card needed? For speed issues - are fast SSD´s enough in the workstation (maybe you can recomend one) or is the investment in external RAID system needed?

Which thunderbolt adapter do I need in a PC, which breakout boxes do I need to get the signal in a Studo Monitor - which one should I take for brodcast and Blueray productions?

What about input and output for DaVinci? What hardware do I realy need beside the PC to run the suite with a professional studio monitor?

I know that the posibilities and configurations are endless so I tell you my needs:

Mostly 2K Footage - maybe the new BM Design Cam - Hope I can get one of these in the future.

Sometimes I´ll get 4K Red Footage but not on a day to day level and color grading is not my main business - I´m more in 3D Animation. But for the final output I want a system I can count on in professional point of view.

Sorry for my bad englisch :)

Thanks for your tips and feedback,

Felix
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Felix Gorbach

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