4K Post Production Workflow - AVID, Premiere and Davinci Resolve

  • Project Creation 

Davinci Resolve - Create Project and Media Proxies

Davinci Resolve Project Setup - Creating Proxies

AVID Create a 4K Project and How To Link and Transcode for offline editing

Adobe Premiere Create a 4K Project and How to Make Proxies for offline editing

  • Import audio files into project using the >File>Import commands.  

Workflow on how to Import Audio into AVID

Premiere - How to Import Audio

Resolve see the Autosync Wiki in step 4

3. Subclip each slated take of the video clips and audio clips. Subclip in point is on the slate before clap and out point is at the end of the take.
See Worksheet Subclip Audio In AVID

See Worksheet Subclip Audio in Adobe Premiere

4. "Autosync" (AVID) to create Synced dailies of audio and video
See worksheet AVID - Syncing Video and Audio using Mark In Points and AutoSync

Davinci Resolve

Davinci Resolve - How To Auto Sync Audio From Double System Recordings

Sync Audio in AVID using Matching Timecode

AVID - Syncing Video and Audio With Matching Timecode

Sync Audio in AVID using Waveform Analysis 

AVID - Using Audio Waveforms to Sync Double System Audio

Adobe Premiere - Sync Audio in Adobe Premiere

5. Check each synced clip to ensure sync

6. Edit your footage in the timeline until you are absolutely to the point were you are picture locked. Do not spend time making titles or credits because they will need to be redone in the online. Just make place holders at exact durations the titles will be.  Note that end credits can be estimated.  Your sound mixer can leave the end credit sound and music so you can fade out when you have the final credits.

7. Prepare to sound mix. If your class has been assigned a sound mix - Not all classes get a sound mix.  If not getting a sound mix skip to step 13 for color correction steps

Schedule a time with Susanne Kraft to do a sound mix if you haven't already.

8. Export an .aaf AND Quicktime file for sound editor (not the mixer) to use in ProTools.  
See worksheets

 AVID - How to Export .aaf and Quicktime to ProTools

Adobe Premiere - How to Export .aaf and QuickTime to ProTools 

AND if the .aaf workflow does not work try the - Adobe Premiere - How to Export .omf and QuickTime to ProTools

Davinci Resolve Export Audio as .aaf

DaVinci Resolve - Prep and Export .AAF and QuickTime Movie to ProTools

9. Open the .aaf and QuickTime in ProTools Creating a Project  

Check the sync of the ProTools audio tracks with imported DnXHD 23.98 1920 x 1080 Quicktime and begin sound editing

10. Sound Editor will edit the sound in ProTools until you all lock sound design.

11. Make a copy of the ProTools session to take to sound mixer to do your final mix.
How to make a copy of the ProTools session  

Once session is saved as a copy place that folder on the temp_transfer server or hard drive

12. Create a Roughly Mixed Version to post to Vimeo (Optional)

How to make a HD Vimeo File

Mix your session with the assigned Post-Production Sound Mixer and they will give you a stereo and a 5.1 surround mix sound file that will be added into the online session and joined with the video.

13. Color correct the video clips.  Don't move or do any tweaking on video clips in the online sequence because you could slip sync. 

AVID -  How to Use Color Correction Tools in AVID

AVID -  How to Prep AVID Project and Export to DaVinci Resolve

AVID -  How to Open AVID exported .aaf into a DaVinci Resolve Project

AVID -  How to "Roundtrip" files exported from DaVinci Resolve back into AVID

Adobe Premiere - How to Color Correct 4K F5 Slog Footage in Premiere 

Adobe Premiere - How to Export .XML file and project into Davinci Resolve

Adobe Premiere - How to "Roundtrip" files exported from Davinci Resolve back into Adobe Premiere

Davinci Resolve - Davinci Resolve - Self Contained QuickTime ProRes Export

14. Import Surround Mix into project sequence.  - If you got a sound mix if you did not skip this step

Premiere -  https://utexas.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/comm/pages/33424937/Adobe+Premiere+Pro+-+How+to+Make+a+2K+or+4K+-+5.1+QuickTime+using+your+Surround+Sound+Mix+-+Use+for+DCP+Screening

AVID - Import 5.1 Sound Mix and Export For Screenings

Davinci Resolve - Davinci Resolve - Surround Sound Audio Import and Export

Davinci Resolve - Alt Option -  Davinci Resolve - How to Import Surround Sound Mix and Export Surround File

15. Captioning Requirement for RTF Screening Deliverables. - All screening files must include captions.  See these wikis for captioning workflows and assistance.

Captioning Workflows

16. How to create project deliverables

End of Semester Screenings - Stereo Workflow - How to prepare and export a HD Stereo File

Screening Deliverables - RTF End of Semester Screenings Preparation Workflows - This wiki will explain how to prep and export a STEREO HD file.

End of Semester Screenings - Surround Workflow - How to prepare and export a Surround Sound 5.1 audio Export


Create DCP for End of Semester Screenings and Film Festivals

Blackmagic Davinci Resolve STUDIO - How to Make a DCP

16. Backup Media to LTO tape (Recommended) - you can back up 11 TB to one tape for about 70 dollars and has a 10 year shelf life

Email or talk to susanne.kraft@austin.utexas.edu