Sun Mar 05, 2023 6:43 am
- 1. Workspaces for different tabs
Problem:
Some workspaces are optimal for some tabs but not others, e.g. viewers may not display on colour accurate monitor. As a result, users have to trawl through three levels of menu items to change the current workspace every time they move between certain tabs. This takes a lot of time and can discourage users from swapping between tabs for quick changes.
Solution:
Allow users to choose a default workspace for each tab, or to remember the last workspace used for each tab, e.g., the Office Colour workspace for the Color tab, but the Office Edit workspace for the Edit tab.
NOTE: this is unique to Full Screen Timeline, and my issue could be resolved by simply displaying the full screen timeline on the secondary, not the primary display. But different workspaces for different tabs would increase customisation while not inhibiting performance.
2. Exclude Image Stabilisation when Applying Grade
Problem:
When copying a grade from one clip to another using 'Apply Grade' in the Color tab, image stabilisation data is also transferred by default. To prevent this, users must manually change the Color tab keyframe selection from "All" to "Color" every time they open Resolve.
Solution:
Allow users to choose a default Color tab keyframe selection. Alternatively, include the option to exclude image stabilisation from the Apply Grade feature.
3. Retain clip selection between tabs
Problem:
When moving from the Edit tab to the Color or Fusion tabs, the selected clip is no longer selected, and the top-most clip is selected instead. While this is useful when a single clip fills the frame, this drastically slows down editing when there are multiple clips overlayed, e.g. when there's titles, transparency, alpha channels, picture-in-picture, or collage.
Solution:
Retain clip selection when moving between tabs, or allow users to choose whether Resolve will either carry over a selection or automatically select the top-most clip when moving to the Color and Fusion tabs.
4. Speed ramping
Problem:
Speed ramping in DaVinci Resolve is clunky. Firstly, the retime curve defaults to Retime Frame rather than the more popular and easier to use Retime Speed. Secondly, adding speed points is slow, has no keyboard shortcut option, and does not allow for easing without manually adding easing to each point individually using the retime curve.
Solution:
Enable the range selector in the Edit tab, and allow users to change the speed of a selected range within a clip. Allow users to map a keyboard shortcut to add speed points, and add the ability to ease speed points using the retime controls. For bonus points, allow keyboard shortcuts for specific speeds, e.g., Cntrl+4 speeds a clip to 400%.
Speed ramping is easy in Final Cut Pro using the range selection tool
5. Overwriting source media
Problem:
Clips already in the Resolve timeline do not update when overwritten using another program. E.g., when you change an After Effects graphic and overwrite the existing media file during export, DaVinci Resolve will not register those changes or display the new file until you either delete the file from the Media Pool and reimport it or close Resolve and reopen it. Overwriting files is a common practice, and saves users from having to reimport files or reapply any edits or effects.
Solution:
Automatically register changes in imported media files, or allow users to manually check for changes in all media files, or in a specific media file.
NOTE: Other NLEs do not have this issue. Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, and After Effects all immediately
register and display changes in a project file that has been overwritten by external software.
6. Show duration of selection
Problem:
You cannot easily find out the duration of a group of clips, or part of a clip in Resolve.
Solution:
Include a duration marker somewhere around the timeline, or add this as an option. This could be either for in and out points, or preferably for all selected clips / the selected range.
Viewing the duration of a selection is easy using Final Cut Pro
Last edited by wajonespress on Mon Mar 06, 2023 1:20 am, edited 4 times in total.
Mac Studio (2022)
Apple M1 Max, 32GB RAM
Apple M1 Max, 32GB RAM
