My 2021 Color Grading Desk Setup | DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel First Impressions

[@initialfocus]

yes.....I am fully aware of the irony at 4:17 where I apparently missed a clip and didn't color grade it 😂 Cut me some slack, I finished this edit at 5am!

[@BibleProphecyMadeClear]

Bro im eating up this vid! Thank you.

[@initialfocus]

Thanks for watching! Appreciate it very much! 🙏🏼

[@qapturenlfilms]

Haha, hadn't noticed until you pointed it out in the comments.

[@vidiot9000]

Yeah great job thanks for sharing this!

[@BenConley]

So impressive that you’re not only working full-time but also producing all this amazing content too. Very helpful thank you!

[@initialfocus]

I am very lucky that I get to do this full time! Thanks for watching! 🙌🏼

[@michaelisrael3210]

I just got the mini panel. I upgraded from the micro panel. I can’t wait for my new reference monitor to arrive.

[@HikingWithCooper]

Video suggestion: Connecting to 5.1 bookshelf speakers, particularly from a laptop.

[@StefanNitzsche]

It took me a while to understand that a “bu’in” actually is a button 🎉🤣

[@corey1022]

Glad to hear you got the Quasi FCM course. I took advantage of his 40% off special for black Friday, I'm a few modules in and so far it's pretty great!

[@initialfocus]

Worth every penny! I don’t recommend many courses since most can be junk but his is one I 100% recommend people check out.

[@legendjxli1266]

I hope I am in the right spot here. I'm editing mostly Videos for KZbin and overall Social Media, but as time develops I find myself starting to make higher level videos and starting commercials. Up until now I used FCPX, and it is perfect for easy videos and fast edits, but I find myself hating the magnetic timeline from time to time and want to switch to DaVinci. I now want to go all in and force myself to use it at the beginning because I don't want to see me go back to FCPX every time... As I want to start grading the videos better than previously (I do not have much experience and knowledge in colograding). As I like the editors keyboard really because of the jog wheel it has I am thinking of getting one of these two combinations 1: Blackmagic Editors Keyboard and Blackmagic Mini Panel or 2: Blackmagic Speed Editor and Blackmagic Micro Panel or I mix things up as Michael has it, and get myself the Mini Panel and the Speed Editor and place the Keyboard under the Mini Panel. Note here, I have special shortcuts currently that I use for FCPX that I prbly would copy to DaVinci (Q - trim back, W - cut, E - trim forward, etc.) Also I don't want to get started without one of all of these as I see myself buying one of the things in the future and it would be a waste of money to get only the license now and then buy a hardware where the license is in it... The thing I can't decide: do I need the Mini Panel or is the Micro enough? Do I need the Editors Keyboard or do I just use a normal smallformat keyboard and the speed editor? I would really appreciate if someone could share their thoughts or experiences!!!! Thanks!

[@TwaynePereira]

Are you using a Decklink card for the clean feed into a breakout box for the clean feed?

[@andynonimuss6298]

Audio Pro Suggestion: Replace those speakers with the new Adam Audio A7V and put them on stands behind your desk. For a solid stand that is height adjustable, get the K&M 26720. For an audio interface the suggestion is a Focusrite Scarlett or Clarett+.

[@ILaxative]

Super nice setup!! Quick question, I have that same countertop desk in my cart but dont know which legs to get lol.. what do you suggest?

[@ltlt-gz2ic]

Good video glad you like the panel! My work got one a few months ago well both speed editor and the panel in our editing room along with the Mac pro sad to say I have never used it. Guess like give it a shot.

[@soundbreaker2485]

If you really don’t like the speakers that much presonus has some cheap options that are good

[@sauce.unlocked]

Hey fluance has some decent speakers tho.

[@nehanichikahuak]

model or link for the table pls. ..? 😊

[@ramiaiki]

could you please put the link of your desk ?

[@sajalmondal6742]

Great setup 👍

[@initialfocus]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@JonAdamsMinistries]

Man blippi ftw.

[@initialfocus]

100%! A lot of stupid kid shows out there but I’m in full support of Blippi lol

[@JonAdamsMinistries]

@@initialfocus Steven John for president dude.

[@soundp7521]

Great video!! how do you get the clean feed from the mac, do you use any ultrastudio from blackmagic?

[@mohammadhamzaalam]

how did u connect the ultrafine to get clean feed? Is it through ultrastudio or is it directly hooked up to the mac pro? Does Davinci lets you do clean feed on macs now? Lovely setup by the way! Simple yet absolutely effective! :D

[@ELEVATIONFilms]

i have my sw271 plugged in to my TS3+ dongle on the mac and DVR allows me to clean feed to it. Although I m not sure that this is the "cleanest" way to do it.

[@ITrashMeister]

What color walls do you have?

[@slangdoll]

Fluance speakers are awesome for music. I keep them in my chill room, Yamaha reference monitors on my desk though :) Anyway, that’s a great setup!! I just got an ikea desk… it’s 31.5x63. Not something you can share a turkey dinner on like your desk haha. I haven’t decided on the micro or the mini panel yet, I think I’ll know once I get my new desk built and put my video monitor on it :)

[@blackicestudios]

Get yourself a pair of Genelec 8020’s best in the business.

[@Glaskruka]

Hey! Super clean looking suite, I’m just wondering why you are using a LG ultrafine for your mastering display? P3 is more of a projection color space, can a ultrafine hit rec709 properly? I don’t know if I were doing a commercial for broadcast I would be kinda scared judging it on a ultrafine.

[@initialfocus]

I’ll be 100%. I don’t know haha. For me it was the best monitor I could afford. My backlight on my LG 31MU97-B has been fading so it’s quite dark and colors have been thrown off. I wanted something above 4K and HDR capable so it was the best option at the time so I use it as my clean feed. I never work in broadcast though and when I export I check multiple devices for color consistency.

[@CinemaSteve]

@@initialfocus that’s where something like a color calibrator comes in. I had the same issues with my LG so I bought a calibrite and it solved my issues. Made my rec 709 footage look good and accurate and it exported well to phones.

[@luisotero5354]

P3 is WAY bigger gamut than Rec.709. So, grading on a P3, and monitoring on a Rec.709 is extremely useful.

[@AldyWaani]

Yeah that’s what i thought. None of these type of ‘setup’ really bother about color precision / workflow. I would invest AJA Kona 4 and EZIO monitor at least and go for SDI environment instead of buying those fancy keyboard and controllers. Such a waste to have 10-bit footage

[@kamilzag5948]

Great info

[@OmniVisionElite]

nice cheese grater!

[@practical_theory]

I saw some dust on the panels in the video and automatically blew on my screen 🤣

[@a2roland]

Thank You

[@KineticAirRgV]

Ty, I feel your pain!

[@leoquesto9183]

Fun fact: "fun fact" has been canceled.

[@jenibang2625]

someone punched you in the eye...

[@farmersuiticles]

I came to check out the mini panel. Slightly annoying that you spend half the video plugging other products but I guess you've got bills to pay.

[@PTech_Inc.]

Am i the first ?

[@initialfocus]

Looks like it!