Workflow question - WS to Avid via Redcine X/Davinci to 1080p

[Michael Dalton]

Hi Everyone.

I'm just debating what aspect to shoot a new project on. I really want to shot all my stuff at 5k WS. One because it looks really nice in a wide aspect (Africa) and two because some of it may end up in features. I also want to save a bit of card space/ or shoot a lower compression. My final delivery for now is 1080p.

I'm editing in Avid, and colour correcting in Davinci. At some point I'll do a centre cut for 1080p. Does anyone have a proven workflow for this that they want to share?

Thanks

[Marc Wielage]

I'm editing in Avid, and colour correcting in Davinci. At some point I'll do a centre cut for 1080p. Does anyone have a proven workflow for this that they want to share?

I would not do a center-cut, assuming you're framing for 2.40. You still careful, diligent, artistic pan/scan for full-frame 16x9 delivery. Sometimes, this specific decisions to avoid cutting off somebody's nose or missing an important detail on an extreme edge of the frame.

[Michael Dalton]

but deter cut where? Do you do this in RCX? I wanted to edit in a 1080p proxy and colour from a 4k r3d and the get it back into avid. Centre cutting a 1080p film masked for 2:40:1 is a bad idea.

[Matt Ryan]

In Resolve, set output blanking to 2:40:1, and in the render window select 1920x1080p as the resolution and render it out. You will then have a 1080p 2:40:1 video....

you dont really want to center cut/mask until the very last step in case you need to reframe, stabilize, etc...

[Patrick Tresch]

I shoot 2:1 for 2.40 aspect ratio. A little more data but you Get look around and the ease to do a 1:1.85 for à 16/9 mater. If you can frame for both.

Pat