

Other times you might be working on a super high-end project in ACES that requires a different process than what we’re about to outline.īut for many of us, this type of round-tripping between our editing bay and color suite is common. Sometimes you won’t need Resolve’s precise color tools, and Lumetri Color ( or just a LUT) will do the trick. It should go without saying that not every project is the same. We”ll highlight some of the top benefits, biggest hurdles, and key tips for this common workflow. In today’s article, we’ll look at the process for round-tripping from Premiere Pro to DaVinci Resolve. Using the unique strengths of Premiere and Resolve, you can work faster, deliver better results, and focus on creativity. This often means the software you cut in is not the software you use to grade. That usually means you should pick the fastest and most flexible software for any given task. The same goes for Resolve’s editing tools, which are quite capable, but don’t have the same pedigree that Premiere has built for itself over the past two decades.Īs a filmmaker, your primary goal should be to provide the highest quality product with the tools and time available. Of course, Premiere Pro has its own color tools, but grading in Resolve allows for more control and thus a higher quality product. While Resolve has carried the weight of digital color grading supremacy since back in the mid-2000s. You just need to understand how to make them play nice together.īetween the two, Premiere Pro is arguably the more powerful (and established) editing system. This complicated relationship is a good thing, as it opens up a plethora of technical and creative benefits to filmmakers. These powerful tools complement each other wonderfully but are constantly competing to steal each other’s lunch. Step 01 – from the tools menu of your editing software select the ripple edit tool (B on the keyboard for Premiere Pro or use the Dynamic Edit Tool for DaVinci Resolve).The relationship between Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve is complicated. The Quick Answer to Using the Ripple Edit Tool

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The ripple edit tool will do just that for you, save you time so you can be more creative. Here, at DigiProTips, it’s all about working smarter and not harder so that you have more time to be creative. There are, however, a few tips and tricks that if you learn them early on they can make a real difference to the speed with which you can edit. Learning to become a video editor becoming as efficient and proficient as possible seems like a steep learning curve.

When you first start learning video editing there are a handful of tools that can really help speed up your workflow- the ripple edit tool is one of them.
