Using Davinci Resolve to create proxy files for PP

Creating proxies for editorial Premiere Pro Workflow in Detail 

Step 1. Make Sure your footage is backed up to NAEXIS during and after production 

Background: Although Premiere Pro has an established Proxy Workflow using DaVinci Resolve allows for more flexibility. You. can also use Color Management which means you get a technically correct image.

 

Setting Up the Project

Background: At this point in the process it makes sense to setup a project at 1080P as that will match your proxy editing resolution. During the edit you can setup masking for 2.35 aspect ratio if that is what you are delivering.

 

For a 25fps film use these Timeline Settings dependent on the framerate of your film

 

To setup colour management follow this link. ***Resolve Colour Science Explained 


Save the project File>Save and name it.


Importing Footage

 

When creating proxies for editorial it makes sense to create them on a daily basis, setting up a timeline for each day / card.

 

Note: The Reel Name column is empty. For the process of tracking footage between AMC and PP to work that column needs to have the same name as the file.



Note: The Reel Name column is empty. For the process of tracking footage that column needs to have the same name as the file.

 

3. Select Settings > General > Conform Options

4. Select Assist using reel names from the:

Choose either Embedding in Source Clip or

Source clip file name

 

You are looking for something like this in the Reel Name column.



Creating an Export Timeline

 

Select the clips you want to export and select Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips...

Name the Timeline… for example Day 1 Card 1

 

Preparing the Timeline for export - colour management

You now have the opportunity to enable Resolve Colour management. To do this you need to know the colour space of the camera used to shoot the film.


***Resolve Colour Science Explained 


Or you can apply a LUT provided by the camera manufacturer. 


You can also do you own custom grade for editorial.




Exporting proxies for Premiere Pro Editorial 

Goto the Deliver Page

 

Use the following settings

 

Video Tab


Notes

We are exporting individual clips with matching file name and source timecode 

Notes






Audio Tab

If your clips have audio that you will used in the edit enable Export Audio, otherwise it can be disabled 








File Tab

Notes

Make sure Source Name is enabled 



Setting up the Render Queue

 

Click Add to Render Queue.

 

You can now add multiple timelines to the render queue making sure you create now folders for each Day / Card.

 

 

After you have added all your timelines you can go ahead and select them all in the Queue and click Start Render.