netflix now " recommands " gear and software...

karma17 wrote on 12/13/2018, 5:55 PM

Well, I guess it will be our little secret if we use something else. I've never heard anyone question the editing suite used to cut a film. Can you imagine someone saying, "Hey...stop the film. Stop the film. Was this not edited in Resolve?" For me, it's almost the difference between cars. Yes, some have more features than others, but ultimately, they all get you to the destination. TBH, it really is a question of preference and which one gets the job done.

EricLNZ wrote on 12/13/2018, 7:13 PM

Vegas is not on the list...😕

Neither is FCP?

Kinvermark wrote on 12/13/2018, 7:27 PM

or EDIUS. It's a silly list IMHO.

Former user wrote on 12/13/2018, 10:42 PM

Yeah, it is silly. Not sure what the point was.

klt wrote on 12/14/2018, 2:16 AM

...and Netflix is not on my list. So we are both fine 😀

karma17 wrote on 12/14/2018, 4:15 AM

I should clarify how I would get around this since I HATE editing in Resolve. I shoot with an FS7 already and always record XAVC Intra. What I would do is edit the entire project in the joy that is Vegas Pro, and if I needed to render out in IMF Kakadu or we can call it Kaka for short, then I would render out of Vegas at highest quality at 32 bit in XAVC in the .mxf wrapper, which would require no recompression or significant degradation in quality. Then I could import in Resolve and waltz into Netflix and render the whole thing out in Resolve and everyone would be happy.

Personally, I think Netflix is in bed with Resolve and notice that in Resolve under IMF, there is actually a Netflix render setting, so that should tell you something right there. Probably more political than anything else, but the rules are the rules, I guess. And all the spoils go to the King. But also with Amazon Prime, you can now make your own films and bypass Netflix all together.

Marco. wrote on 12/14/2018, 4:20 AM

If no recompression is used for the output then the project's bit setting is overridden/ignored. No need to set it to 32 bit floating point.

Dexcon wrote on 12/14/2018, 6:32 AM

@Mindmatter

" recommands "

Very creative … I love it.

Turd wrote on 12/14/2018, 10:08 AM

Resolve is certainly well represented on the list!

Why do you suppose VP doesn't make the cut? The reason for not accepting something that's cut on a consumer or prosumer editor is absolutely understandable and salutable, but neither is a category in which VP falls. I really don't want to think it's because there's pillow-talk going on, but if that's reality, then so be it.

I like @karma17's suggestion to edit in VP, then final output in Resolve. Would the free version work?

Mindmatter wrote on 12/14/2018, 11:59 AM

I certainly don't see the point either, except that it's basically endorsement / advertising. I just find it disappointing that it reinforces certain clichés about what's supposed to be more "professional" than others, Reminds me of the time people kept stating that "the professional standard" was macs and FCP.

I for one am on the Vegas side, although it occasionally drives me nuts when it starts to behave weirdly without any reason...but one look at Premiere or FCP and I had seen enough to like Vegas even more.

zdogg wrote on 12/14/2018, 12:48 PM

It may have to do with them buying the content, and then being free to edit -- per their contracted agreements (which I am not privy to,but theoretically) -- in whichever way that they would want, and per their own standard editors.