

In the 30 minute tutorial above Scott compares his keywording technique to that of FCPX and how to use both keywords and markers in DaVinci Resolve to create his work-around keywording technique. Scott Simmons from Pro Video Coalition demonstrates a work-around way to get pretty close to ‘FCPX-style-range-based keywords’ in DaVinci Resolve. If you’ve not used the Lightbox before then this image from Vashi Visuals gives you a good illustration of what that looks like for the brilliant film Traffic. I use that so much that i have a soft-key mapped to Lightbox + screen, and another one mapped to Lightbox +screen + color tools displayed, again for tweaking outliers. great way to start a day – looking at the big picture I typically start a client session with the Lightbox up on screen, after i’ve done the base pass, and have a sense where the issues might lie…. There are also some important ‘be careful if you…’ comments. Some of the tips include feeding the Lightbox to a second monitor via SDI or using it to create grading groups to help navigate a timeline with greater speed.

In this thread on Lift Gamma Gain several colorists discuss some time-saving productivity tips including using the Lightbox to speed through grades, or as an efficient way to start a client session.
