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INDEXWhat systems are you using to grade your films?
10 years, 6 months ago - Lee 'Wozy' Warren
I'd be interested to hear who uses what and what they like or dislike about their chosen platform.
Me - I used Quantel Pablo for high end grades for about 3 years when I was at Shepperton, but also used Avid DS and most recently Davinci Resolve.
Also, do you use a specialist grader or just get your editor to make adjustments or just do it yourself?
Thanks in advance.
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10 years, 6 months ago - Lee 'Wozy' Warren
I totally agree Paddy. It makes perfect sense to use a grader on the grade and not the editor or filmmaker. I never grade or edit my own projects. But when I was in post, I obviously posted a lot of other peoples work.
Response from 10 years, 6 months ago - Lee 'Wozy' Warren SHOW
10 years, 5 months ago - Peter Harris
I used After Effects for my feature, I did it myself and it took a year (whilst working a full time job). I'm not a grader, I'm jack of all trades ;-) I couldn't afford to pay a master (the pay off of a passion project vs commercial project).
Response from 10 years, 5 months ago - Peter Harris SHOW
10 years, 5 months ago - Ben Hole
I use resolve, I'm an editor by trade but being able to produce decent looks for your work is all part of the package these days.
Response from 10 years, 5 months ago - Ben Hole SHOW
10 years, 6 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
I don't have a preferred platform, but certainly factor a professional grade in as a cost of making a film. I think an editor should be looking at pace and story more than fiddling around with hues, and indeed jacks of all trades are masters of none.
Response from 10 years, 6 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin SHOW
10 years, 5 months ago - Thomas Caminada
Personnaly I Use the Davinci Resolve and most of people I know are also using this software.
Response from 10 years, 5 months ago - Thomas Caminada SHOW
10 years, 5 months ago - Gary Askham
At the higher end I'd say the majority of people are still using Baselight. But for the price you currently can't beat Resolve. I have a Resolve setup with a Sony PVM-A250 monitor and a Tangent Wave panel. Along with the Mac Pro and RAID storage it all came to less than £10,000. That is crazy compared to what a comparable grading setup would have cost just 5 years ago. And the workflow and final results and not too dissimilar to what you'd get on a Baselight costing 10 times what I paid.
Response from 10 years, 5 months ago - Gary Askham SHOW