Color Correction data not transferring in drp Export

Hello, I am currently using Davinci Resolve 16.2 free version. My wife and I run our business together. I cut all of our videos and she color grades them. We both have the same version of Resolve installed (16.2). She runs the most recent OS update for Mac and I run Windows 10 on my PC, also up to date. I keep an external drive for all of our file sharing for Davinci, so that we can just slide the drive over to whoever needs it at the time.

Our Process: When I finish cutting a video, I export as a drp and save it to my external. We open that drp on the Mac, color grade everything there and make any finishing touches beyond grading. Then we export and upload/deliver.

Our Ideal Process (what we want to do): After cutting the video on my PC, I export the project as drp, open it on the Mac, color correct it there, re-export it as a drp back to my PC to make finishing touches there. (This is ideal simply because I can go back to my own work station and my Wife can resume work on other projects, instead of one project occupying both of our attention.)

Our Problem: When we export as drp from the Mac AFTER color correction and open the project on my PC, the color grading data does not transfer. I am seeking a solution, or some other way to get all of her color grading edits to transfer in a project file that I can open from my device and finalize from there.

Now, if this is impossible, please someone, kill my buzz. However, if this is something that has worked for others in the past, or if anyone has any ideas as to how we can achieve our goal in this (exporting grading information via any viable method from one device to another), please offer any suggestions you have!

PS - We have considered the remote grading feature, but this would also require both of our efforts directed toward one task. I would have to have the project she is doing the remote grading on open from my PC so that she can remain connected to the project, instead of being able to work on another project while she works on grading. This would be better than our process now, but still not ideal.

Let me know if any of this even makes sense. I try to educate myself as much as possible and do as much research as I can, and yes I read the manual! (maybe I missed something?)

Thank you for any support you offer!

[Peter Chamberlain]

What u want is standard so ur doing something incorrectly
Post a link to your drp, and the graded drp, I’ll look at it

Pretty standard stuff. I do the same with another colorist when I need help with mounting projects. We do use DVR Studio on both sides.

While we are at it, since you're making a business out of this, I really like to suggest you buy a couple of licenses of the Studio version for you and your wife to use. It does not cost much, you get free upgrades, this is fair, and will help keep BMD in releasing new versions of DVR for you and everyone to enjoy.

DRPs by their very nature are supposed to transfer all color-correction across. I would suspect something being bypassed or perhaps a color-management setting is turned on, preventing you from seeing the corrections.

Do the node trees at least show up on the Color page for each shot? What happens if you export a copy of the project from the Project Database and choose "Export with Stills & LUTs," and bring all of those in? Assuming the stills show up, do those have the correct color?

Whenever I have to take a project from one system to another, I generally embed all the stills and do a quick comparison to make sure the color has come with the session. It's extremely rare (more like never) that they don't come across.

Pretty standard stuff. I do the same with another colorist when I need help with mounting projects. We do use DVR Studio on both sides.

While we are at it, since you're making a business out of this, I really like to suggest you buy a couple of licenses of the Studio version for you and your wife to use. It does not cost much, you get free upgrades, this is fair, and will help keep BMD in releasing new versions of DVR for you and everyone to enjoy.

Hey Ellory! I actually have a license for DVR 16.2.7 but am currently unable to use it outside of open CL mode due to my graphics card. I have my eyes on a brand new machine and will be sporting one of the new RTX 3000 series cards - likely the RTX 3080 by NVIDIA.

Once I get my new machine, I plan to activate the license on both of our devices .

DRPs by their very nature are supposed to transfer all color-correction across. I would suspect something being bypassed or perhaps a color-management setting is turned on, preventing you from seeing the corrections.

Do the node trees at least show up on the Color page for each shot? What happens if you export a copy of the project from the Project Database and choose "Export with Stills & LUTs," and bring all of those in? Assuming the stills show up, do those have the correct color?

Whenever I have to take a project from one system to another, I generally embed all the stills and do a quick comparison to make sure the color has come with the session. It's extremely rare (more like never) that they don't come across.

Hey Marc! Thanks for your reply. I did an "Export with Stills & LUTs," and that brought over all of the color correction for me! Thank you so much for your suggestion. As far as the DRP export, I will look into the settings to see if I was doing something wrong. Thanks again, and God bless!

Nick

What u want is standard so ur doing something incorrectly
Post a link to your drp, and the graded drp, I’ll look at it

Hi Peter! Thank you for your reply. I tried a few different listed suggestions on this thread and was able to fix my problem! I appreciate your time and consideration. Have a great day!

Nick