Post-Production

Hi Cole, I tried Resolve 14 for few projects, and it's really impressive, speed, audio editor, I love Davinci Resolve. But due to several big bugs i had to go back on 12,5 and maybe i will wait for final version. And maybe not. :D With included audio editor Resolve starting be my first choise of NLE. I worked with premiere, but premiere is creepy in last updates...

Right. I have touched bases with premiere. I am not a huge fan of it but if I was to ever work on a project using premiere I could handle it. That's exactly what I had to do was go back to 12.5 I hope the final version is nearing completion.

Hi guys, yesterday was released 14.7 update. Just want to say, that I am mainly editing in Davinci from 14.5 update and I can say, now is Davinci pretty stable with really good performance. I love it! Most of previous bugs was solved and eliminated.

So can a low end laptop run Resolve 14.7 now?

I dont think so Cole. Minimum system requirements are the same as in previous versions. But you can try it..

Hi Alfonsina, i worked on upwork in past. I think it's best freelancing service on web. You can try some work for video editing companies like http://proeditors.com/ but there is not so much money for that videos i think around 25$ for 1 short video. Expanding is always hard work so I wish you success and good luck in your journey. ;)

How much hiss are you talking about? If you're hearing it a perceptible level compared to your dialogue, something may be wrong with the equipment or the way the audio was recorded. You can eliminate mild hiss and background hums pretty easily with filters in most sound programs, but at the expense of some of your range.
I'd check the equipment and try to isolate the problem before recording with it again.

Hey Danny! David is right, and another question to ask yourself is what type of "hiss" is it. All rooms are going to have their own room tones and sonic characteristics when recording--even "silent" ones. The hiss you are referring to could be just that, especially if it's throughout the whole scene and only that one in particular. However, if it's overbearing compared to the dialogue, inconsistent, or you know for sure it shouldn't be there, then that might signal either some interference with the equipment or poor gain/sound level adjustments when recording.

If you'd like, you can send me a few samples of the scene and I can take a look for you, free of charge. I have some audio noise removal software if need-be.

Let me know!

Hi Matt, the xml is not a perfect way for editing in cross platform. Actualy, serious editing cant be done across these platforms. The best way could be for you purchase fcpx if it will be longterm client. Most easiest way. And yes, that updates are killing these softwares... :-/

Hey Jakub, thanks for the response! Yeah, I agree it's definitely not the best process. We went ahead and bought fcpx, but it's still a problem to get such projects through our color and mix workflows. We always eventually get it all worked out it just takes twice as long.

Yes, its not good work, you need to find optimal system for this jobs. The best way is, if you, or your team are working on projects from start to end. Or maybe give a try to Davinci Resolve, they have support for xml from fcpx but again i think there will be no compatibility with effects, titles, transitions etc.. but its great soft for coloring and now 14 version also for editing and audio editing (but its still just beta, so there are some bugs) Personaly I left Premiere half a year ago, and editing just in davinci. But its harder as in premiere due to effects, plugins etc.

Switch to Resolve- got audio, color and edit all in one and free- or buy the full version and get remote viewing and note making abilities for less than $400

I have been fighting for 2 years with Adobe because of all the changes which kill the current workflow. Lost fonts after updates which have to be bought and brought back into Adobe. I started with them in 1982 or 3 and still fighting. I also have Vegas 14, Davinci etc.

Thanks jakub! I might stick with YouTube more than sound cloud, and have them embedded on a website. A lot of what I'm doing is visual oriented, as it's sound design rather than music, mainly.

aha, yes so in this case the youtube is the best way for you. send me something from your work, i am curious. ;)

Not exactly what you'd call a pretty link, but here's an example of some sound design I did, as well as a music edit for a trailer. I'm doing all of this while in school, so the examples are given to us by our instructors.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4PxcYsEYpUzejIwXzF6bnRYd2M

Or you can embed your YouTube links on your website. It's a bit more professional that way.

I use Vimeo for my reel. Then, get a Wordpress type account (free) and use that as the portfolio presentation. Link the Vimeo video to the Wordpress. Anyone think that's a bad idea?

We used AudioBlocks for sound effects in our recent short. Hired a composer outright. There are some very good ones on here.

Hi there, I saw your post where you were looking for specific sounds for your project. I'm a sound designer with a massive collection of sound's within my toolbox & when I don't have something & I don't have the time to record it myself I go to Sound Snap. They have a wide variety of sounds & they're properly labeled & their site is a breeze to navigate as well. I believe you can purchase one sound, multiple sounds at a discount rate & or become a monthly subscriber which gives you access to their entire library. Hope this helps. https://www.soundsnap.com Peace, Dean Robaina 754-244-1007 D5MediaGroup@att www.D5MediaGroup.com

Thank you @DeanRobaina ! Just what I need!

You can always hire a composer / sound designer / mixer that delivers the whole soundtrack with a professional (mastering) touch.

For sounds is good database on freesound.org but good soundguy could make great job for you. it depends on project type.

You answered your own question. If Mac and Win are the two main OS in the world, who are you going to turn to for support when the application has an issue? What do perceive as the primary advantage?

no no, i'm just interested, if anybody here is using linux for professional post-production.

Used Ubuntu once and it kept crashing... stopped using

Yes, i tried it two weeks ago. But it goes with several bugs and crashes. Not good for real work. :)

Most of the time stereo is good enough to use for SFX, Foley, Ambient buzz tracks, etc and in post you can go from mono and artificially create 5.1 digitally. However it depends on what you are shooting and how much time you have in post. Dialog in my opinion is probably more important since its something you usually cant recreate afterwards unless you plan to ADR and re-record all the dialog in post. It is especially important to get dialog down clean and separated ie: each speaking person/actor on their own channel (not muxed into stereo if there are more than 2 persons) - this is also dependent on a few things, if you have lapel mics on each person or if you have multiple boom operators. On all my mix work I probably spend more time on cleaning dialog than anything else.

But to summaries if it was one person talking to camera (documentary type shoot) you would be fine with stereo SFX, stereo Ambience, stereo Foley (all managed and recorded separately) and finally a separate mono dialog channel.

Grant Katzin Sir, thank you so much for a detailed explanation! I appreciate you taking the time to share your expertise!