Why SOLO Editors should be using Blackmagic CLOUD!

[@JoeOberster]

This is also a great way to support Blackmagic Design!

[@continuousable]

For solo editing I don't see any benefit from the cloud when I still have to use an external drive for the media. So I could just store the project library on this device as well and don't need internet connection for sync.

[@dovim157]

So if you speak to Davinci resolve, technical support, they will tell you it is critical that you store the database files locally on an internal hard drive because if it is on a external hard drive and it disconnects while editing a project, and you can corrupt the entire library and lose everything

[@LaughingParrotProductions]

@@dovim157 And they are right.

[@justoch]

Or even better: have media and database in a local drive with a real-time bidirectional sync to the external SSD, so it is always updated when you unplug it. And do the same setup on the other computers.

[@StreetPhilosophyTV]

I am planning on using blackmagic cloud to backup my projects in case my computer is stolen or if there is a fire etc.

[@hamradiowithkevin]

I had not thought about using cloud as a single editor. You are always thinking. Thank you for sharing the great idea.

[@dr.gregoryf.maassen2637]

Our workflow editing documentaries while traveling: Having a 18 TB hard disk full with footage is not unusual. We have a portable NAS with the footage while we travel. When editing a segment of the documentary while traveling, we copy relevant footage from the NAS to the SSD on the laptop (4 TB). We edit a segment and save it to the local database in DR on the laptop. After saving the project, which we do frequently during the day as new versions, we also export the project file to Dropbox. When we are back in the home studio, we import the project files from Dropbox into DR on the main computer in the studio. This is for a one person, non collaboration, situation and works well. Regardless of the solution you use, always export the project timeline or the project to Dropbox or other service, even if you use DR's Cloud. Having the footage in the cloud, not using proxies, is not useful. It takes too long to download 1TB or so. You will need to bring footage on harddisks when you travel.

[@justingutwein7439]

Been doing this for a few months as single editor. Makes editing on the go so easy!

[@PulseStarLike]

Or, if you're using an SSD anyway, you may as well just export the project file as well (which is just good practice after each editing session too). Takes 5 seconds, and saves $5 a month that could go towards the studio version or the next camera upgrade. And you don't need the internet! If you want the peace of mind with the project files being in the cloud, just click and drag them into the free Dropbox storage as it's ample for that. Personally, that's my choice. But whatever workflow gets your work done is the best one for you!

[@vivekjoshi115]

could you please explain how could I go about doing that on a Mac? Thank you

[@cpsbench]

@@vivekjoshi115 while opening resolve, you will project manager you can right click on the project you want to export and click export for exporting only project and if want the file s in the project click export project archive, if you do that you will have a folder with that project name on it. You copy that use it on different machines, for opening it click .dra file, thats it but you wound have live save option that blackmagic cloud gives ✌

[@PulseStarLike]

@@vivekjoshi115 CP's bench got it. You can also right-click in the project manager and select import to add the exported project into the new device's database. Just to clarify: Yes, you wouldn't have a live save to the cloud, but you'll still have the live save to your hard drive.

[@dovim157]

I would recommend synchronizing the da Vinci resolve database folder with dropbox using dropbox backup.

[@dovim157]

And by the way, just letting everyone know exporting, a project file is not like on a premiere pro, who actually have to export a new project file each time you make some changes

[@TequilaPrincessMx]

Maybe in the future, when I have more than 1 computer to work on, this might come in handy, for now it was just a nice to know is possible kinda thing, cause I have all my projects backed up in an external drive, interesting tho!

[@OurVoicesOurLives]

I may consider signing up once DaVinci for iPad launches.

[@RezaMehr]

Dude! Always you are the one who makes the nest Davinci Videos! Very clear and very nice! Thanks man!

[@captainglutenfree]

Have to comeback to this one later… I’m hooked

[@TheGeekyHippie]

I'm planning on getting this feature to work on my KZbin videos with the partners I have on my two channels. I will be the host, so I assume when it comes to rendering, all the media files need to be on my computer. What I am unsure of, is can the other users add media files to the project from their machine? Will I be able to edit and tweak those clips before/without downloading those media files to my machine? Will my partners need to download the media files I have on my computer to edit the video? Or will they be able to see it all thru the cloud as if the files were on their machine? Basically, does _everyone_ need to have the media files, or just the host/person who will be rendering the video? Thanks for all that you do, your tutorials have been very educational, and your presets are pretty awesome too! Thank you in advance for your response. Cheers!

[@teeboxmedia]

Whenever Alex puts out a video, I drop everything that I'm doing to watch what cool shit he letting us know. So very clear and concise with his videos.

[@ppulkkinen5308]

Thanks for the video. Maybe I missed the point, but if you have media in an external SSD, why don't you have the library stored to same SSD - no added value of BM cloud in that case? Editing is a hobby for me and I do that at downstairs (a beefy PC) and upstairs (M1 MBA). It would be nice to access projects and media from both machines. I have considered purchasing the cloud pod without BM cloud. I could upload proxies from downstairs PC and use them upstairs when I use MBA to edit.

[@dovim157]

Absolutely NOT !!! if you speak to da Vinci resolve, technical support they will tell you that it’s crucial that you store the database on an internal hard drive, because if it is on an external hard drive, and it by accident gets unplugged, while editing can corrupt the entire database, and you can lose everything

[@Ranteessa]

For media I store all my media files over Google Drive that automatically syncs files over my devices. As a smalltime KZbinr still able to keep all content with 2TB subscription, but in some point need to think about other options for archiving or go with larger subscription.

[@haroldmorganTulsa]

Also, would you do a tutorial about how to setup Google Drive? I have watched a half dozen tutorials and nobody says anything about it.

[@computerhacking101]

You could use syncthing to transfer your files between computers but the catch is they both have to be online at the same time. I do have a couple of videos on my channel to show you how but it is very easy to do.

[@dovim157]

Fantastic video thanks so so much! I use Dropbox backup to sync my DaVinci resolve database folders with Dropbox and I figured it’s probably safe, but this sounds a whole lot better!

[@GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

Super-helpful as always, Alex. I would have never thought of using the cloud...until now 😁🤟 Cheers, Alex 🙏🏻

[@petermainwaringsx]

Not a feature I can see me using, but as ever an informative and entertaining watch. Thank you.

[@DougDavis]

If I have to keep my files with me on hand anyway it makes more sense to just export your project file to your HDD. I could see this being awesome if I could edit anywhere at anytime without a hard drive and just by using the cloud or if i'm hiring an editor who doesn't live near me.

[@ljmproductions1]

Just got a new computer (desktop) and may be going on the road editing at some point with my laptop, so this may come in handy for keeping my workflow seamless between. Thanks! Side note, I appreciate having you as a resource for us Windows users; it's not all that different over on Mac, but so many of the Resolve videos out there are Mac users, so it's refreshing to see familiar things :)

[@Ryzza5]

Niche benefit for you which is great but I'm not paying to synchronise a few MB. I'd rather use OneDrive or see if I can use my own cloud. I'm not a frequent user though and only have the one PC for editing anyway.

[@NeilSnapePhotography]

I started using a cloud project recently. The editor who put the project online, renamed folders, thius my local copy of the same files would not easily update links or not at all. So it is not usable with offline media, and I am not sure if the mdeia pool is local host if remote editing can be done without say a NAS network server.

[@glengreenman3921]

Is there a limit on how often or how many times you can invite/disinvite others to access your library? This sounds like it may be a cool opportunity to allow your viewers to work with you on a tutorial project, performing practice exercises and receiving feedback as part of the training.

[@ryanreedgibson]

I use an activation/key dongle between my machines. I hope they don't move the program to the cloud. It's part of the reason why I don't use Premier anymore.

[@Super8Rescue]

No thanks. I edit to external hard drives. Uploading 27gb to a cloud ? That's a typical image sequence for me. If your files are not uploaded, as you point out, then there is no point as a single user uploading just the project file to a cloud. Why pay for cloud when you still have to have a hard drive to take your files? As a Solo editor, pointless exercise. If a hard drive fails you are still stuffed as your media files are not in the cloud just the project file.

[@GoapprStudios]

Can Blackmagic cloud use network stored media so computers that are on that network see all projects from the cloud ? Yes we ran a test and it works great ! Your video opened ours eyes Thank You

[@dovim157]

My biggest question is what happens if you have a lot of plug-ins, affects, titles, Luts that are all loaded on your PC? When you go to another computer, that doesn’t have them loaded what will happen?

[@3azmeo]

this is an interesting topic but what about the project server ? as in im hosting the library instead of the cloud .... having more than one computer i can make one of them as the server and host the library also when im done editing off the other computer i make the server render it .... remote render for paid version only but the library i can host my own instead of cloud since only me gonna use it

[@oneeyedphotographer]

The first time I installed daVinci Resolve, it also installed PostgreSQL. It didn't on my new laptop, but if it does still worked with PostgreSQL, then it wouldn't be hard to set up and use your own cloud. I would, for dispersed machines, also set up a private VPN, perhaps using OpenVPN.

[@TheR5]

I just signed up for the $5/month last night so I can work on my projects on my Mac Ultra and my macbook Pro when I'm on the road. Thanks for the video, I was trying to figure out the media part, I'll go the external SSD route as well.

[@PeteMEHO]

This may comer in handy when it launches on the iPad.

[@theflatnoodle]

How does this work with power bins? Do these sync through the cloud as well? I understand you'd have to have the media files somewhere accessible if it were SFX etc. but what if it were effects or titles saved to a bin, do they get shared between computers via the library as well?

[@JamieFenn]

Im just swinging by and noticed jamietestcloud XD

[@pplusbthrust]

Sounds like a reasonable idea.

[@WalkingDrivingFlyingLasVegas]

Perfect! I was just wondering, this morning, since I don't need to, nor want collaboration, what would be the advantages, if any, of signing up for the Blackmagic Cloud? You answerd that question in spades. Thanks for a well done explanation with screenshots, etc. It's greatly appreciated. From Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

[@colinhoward2200]

I think it is awesome for solo editing - it allows me to edit while I am away on my iPad with and SSD, then come back home and complete the edit on my more MacBook when I come back. Also allows me to cull a lot of clips before I come back - I just delete the ones I haven't used. Just what I needed - makes FCPX for iPad look a bit lame :D

[@crookedfilms4190]

So I synced a project from my client's pc and after editing on my pc entirely I wanted to render it out for my client but it says the files are offline. It only renders when I open the project in client's pc. Need help.

[@harryvanlamoen8195]

can you store the data , videos on shared google drive so that anyone in de cloud project can access it?

[@Pallidus_Rider]

Makes me wonder about using an Azure or AWS VM for DaVinci Resolve

[@holdmedear]

what about all the assets + music used? How would you sync that to the cloud?

[@macjonte]

Why would you have the project somewhere else than with the media in the project folder?

[@sotonin]

What i'm worried about is working from a cloud version full time, but forgetting to export cloud and import back into local before i travel or go somewhere without internet... Basically projects getting out of sync. Is this a concern does this happen? I think i'm just going to continue working locally and then at certain points i will export to the cloud as a backup only. Seems like the safest way to do it.

[@jrl__alessandro9127]

So, if I work on my PC windows, there shouldn't be problems in transferring the project to my probably future m3 pro right?

[@MrAlexTech]

Nope, I jump between windows and Mac all the time 👍

[@jrl__alessandro9127]

@@MrAlexTech ok thanks

[@Cubicle23]

How are proxies handled, if they are on one pc the second is going to bark about it. Do you have to set proxies to the SSD as well?

[@ObiBinGinObi]

so everything "edited" or in the "timeline" would be saved in cloud uploaded project but not the items in media pool so collaborations would be made more annoying by adding this instead of using the cloud storage you have to use separate for media pool items?

[@Wassimyouness]

i really need help. for a big project, i need someone to help me. but when i get the project back. no added transitions r there. or anything from the other user or my other pc

[@ozzythemighty2767]

Backing up projects on the cloud is actually a good idea. But $5, how many projects can i save? I still need a storage device such as a NAS for media. How does a collaborator access the media?

[@jmalmsten]

If they (BlackMagic) could implement some form of media cloud sync into this, I may be more interested to try it out. What I mean is that when I connect a camera SSD or flash card to a laptop with Resolve, I can in the app say "import to synced folder" and resolve will copy the files to local drive and begin syncing files with all computers I have this set up with. When it's done, it would have the work folder on local drives on both my laptop and my other computers. Still no media storage on the cloud, to keep things cheap. But still get the flexibility of multi computer editing and also the piece of mind of multiple site redundancies. Like the examples in the video here. If the laptop gets run over by a stray russian tank or something I can just give them a hand gesture and get hold of another laptop to continue editing vacation footage as the footage was safely replicated on another location. Maybe there are good free alternatives for these folder mirroring tasks. But I haven't really found one that works reliably and with sufficient automation, while not also trying to force me into costly cloud storage schemes.

[@exploring_thailand]

Like you, I'm British. The price is £6 per month. That's a 20% hike over the US price. I wonder how BM justify that. As others have mentioned, it seems simpler and cheaper to just save to an SSD and backup to a cloud service.

[@vivekjoshi115]

wow that's a great solution to the problem that I face as I work on my M1 MacBook which is faster and perform the edits on my desktop which is a comparatively slower iMac based on an Intel chip. This is a great way by the help of which I cam move all my projects to Blackmagic Cloud with my video clips/media generally stored on an external SSD. One thing that I would like to know is; will I need to relink these media files when I move from one machine to another. Thanks

[@larryFWD]

Great video Alex! when I opened my cloud, it didn't reflect my existing projects in my normal DR library and I'm puzzled. Mine shows a yellow Triangle exclamation caution symbol, stating "incompatible". Does it require updating to the latest version of DR ?

[@AnemosFPV]

Does this work in europe?

[@mirkozhou]

What if the external SSD got broken ? Does that mean all the media files would be gone ?

[@TheNeatwork]

I'm a simple man. I see Han, I click

[@charliesaigon]

I see this as an interesting solution for working between my desktop setup and the future iPad version. Just carry an SSD drive with the media files (backed up)

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Great video. I think it's a great way to safeguard the project while you're working on it. If after you're done with the project and happy with the edit - and have all your media on your own hard drive - you can then cancel the monthly on that project. That's how I would work with it.

[@tjdalyvideo]

Thank you Alex! Great video. Anyone aware of solutions to place SOURCE MEDIA in the cloud? Likely $$$ but I’m curious. That would be game changer. Thank you!

[@Tusa_Mamba]

Cloud Pod from Blackmagic

[@unlockthepicture]

Does the Blackmagic Cloud project server use the 2GB (free plan) storage or is that seperate?

[@martinsmallridge4025]

You can benefit from this approach but with your web-host if you have a PgSQL database facility on the server. There’s a post up on the blackmagic forum that shows how for Cpanel host. Also, you can use USBLDM to set specific drive letters for your external drive(s). Works really well for my own usage.

[@haroldmorganTulsa]

Question: I use two drives. One stores my media files, and a second drive holds music, stock video and other assets. How would I go about this if I only have one drive that the cloud can use? Thanks in advance!

[@iiiiiMILLYiiiii]

Off topic Alex is it better to leave media on a ssd and work from there rather than drag ot all to a pc hard drive ssd and work from the pc ssd ? Or does it make no difference?

[@crispb]

not really related to this video. but any recommendations for using Davinci Resolve for Stream overlays i.e. quality, file formats, conversions, animations, looping, transitions, etc.

[@brkncube]

I have a problem. Me and my friend want to co-edit a video, but the files dont exist for me. I tried creating a new folder that matched my friends but that didnt work and I tried syncing the files, but that also didnt work. Have any ideas anyone?

[@DZDesign16]

Hey, what Windows-Laptop do you use for DaVinci, maybe under 2.000 Euro?

[@rjeejacobjacob]

Not available in my region :(

[@NEWS5-JOURNAL]

You Van install the libraries/databases of Davinci Resolve also on the External SSD. And you cann Access it from any Computer the external SSD is connected to. So this Cloud Service is absolutly sensless for a Single Editor.

[@pixel83pl]

Good idea - magic cloud - i am using NAS files - not network - just database on mapped drive on NAS. - Please use deflicker for your back yellow light. It is so flickering. :)

[@jaylegs]

Love you! 💪🏼❤

[@sotonin]

You are wrong about it working both ways. you can NOT copy from local into the cloud. When you click on cloud it says switching to cloud database and a loading bar. then you don't have the option to paste. flip back over to copy again, flip back again and it shows loading bar again. It's not possible to past from local to cloud. You have to first export to a folder on your computer on local then switch to cloud and import.

[@MadanMeelan]

After 2 minutes of waiting the real content started

[@MichaelAddlesee]

Good to know, thanks. However I don't trust the cloud, been burnt in that respect before. Also I hate any form of subscription charges, it's a horrible business model. I always like to be in control of all my own data and take responsibility for backing up myself.

[@Life_of_John]

Left adobe cos of the sub services! Never gone back.

[@Coatsey007]

Jamie TestCloud, spooky Alex, why Jamie, that is my name. 🙂

[@realgouravverma]

I know video editing in davinci resolve. Do you have some extra work so that I can do it for you? I want to earn money online with my video editing skill but don't know how and where to start.

[@DigitalCreations2012]

I see very marginal benefit.... just take a thumb drive ( as another library backup ) and your SSD to your laptop and save yourself 5 bucks each month. My wallet cries everytime it's exposed to subscriptions.

[@Drewlinskii]

I’m currently using Dropbox to store my Work project files. Only big issue i had was the file location names on windows for both home/work PC; one was “/drew” and the other was “/drewl” (not a local account) so i had to create a new local account on windows to match them up. There was probably an easier way to do this but it’s free since you get about 2GB free on DB. You can probably do the same for Google Drive!

[@vivekjoshi115]

wow that's pretty impressive. Could you please share as to how can do the same on a Mac Please. Thank you

[@maxie_boi1029]

yeaas

[@kirasl7981]

First comment lol hi hi sir

[@ahsan.andrian]

useless braw. it only works great when you really are collaborating with at least one person. cloud project demands stable internet connection or else it'll get laggy. I also hop between desktop and laptop, and also tried the cloud project and it sucks. really. I found a much better way by locate my library in a folder that is auto synced with the cloud (mine use OneDrive) in my desktop and laptop. this way is much safer and cheaper. plus, you can also sync the cache folder if you want to.

[@romuresan]

Sorry, but this service is not really useful without a cloud rendering solution, especially if one is working SOLO.

[@SamuraiG]

For single user and as light as this is it should cost nothing

[@MrAlexTech]

How would that work?! Millions of people using it takes up space. Gonna pay the people to maintain it?! Or expect people to work for free? Genuinely interested.

[@SamuraiG]

really not getting it are you its fine for those who use it heavily nd no issue with charging for that but for a light way to save a project file it would cost them virtually nothing to do so its not always about money sometimes it is about creating good will. Next time think about that your millions bull is just that bull. Edit, oh one more thing I do not have the ability to save to my local computer as it was stolen and must use a library computer until I can afford to replace it so I also can not spare the 5$ even though it is not much. There are situations you should consider before being a jerk.@@MrAlexTech

[@simoz78]

Would be a bit useful if it was free for solo editors (cloud access from only devices registered on the same license) No way I'm giving 5 a month for this. Tell blackmagic to make it free for this use case

[@iiiiiMILLYiiiii]

Off topic Alex is it better to leave media on a ssd and work from there rather than drag ot all to a pc hard drive ssd and work from the pc ssd ? Or does it make no difference?

[@dovim157]

If you have a fast enough, SSD then it should not make any difference