Why I NEVER Edit in 4k - My Davinci Resolve Workflow

[@MrAlexTech]

Thinking outside the box and evolving my game! First 5 mins are great, i feel the video ran out of steam a little towards the end so i'll adapt my scripts in the future. The goal is super tight, funny but informative vids. I'm still planning to do my No-BS vids as well, these are just fun to make and hopefully good for the KZbin Gods 😆 Hope you enjoy it!

[@RobertoPhoto]

Love them! Please do keep doing them, as they are not only entertaining but informative as well.

[@JoeBlac]

Had a great Matthew Holness vibe to some of the lines. "I've got an absolute beast of a PC which eats 4K for breakfast." You heard of Mercian Studios? Well I went down there the first day it opened, right, and I edited a couple of clips. I full-screen previewed. The bloke that runs the thing came over and said, "Oi, no professionals." I took my glasses off and said, "I'm not a professional." He said, "You're not a professional?" I said, "No." He said, "Well you should be. If I was you I'd enter the Academy Awards. And if you edit like that you'd probably be the best in the country." I said, "I'm not interested. I'm getting loads of positive comments on KZbin."

[@sgnoogle]

I can definitely feel all the effort in the first editing part and then the "pain" in the second part. Still, great job! Focusing on entertaining in the first part is definitely the best choice

[@MrAlexTech]

Yeah in hindsight, two separate super tight 5 min vids would probably have worked better. What's the saying, mistakes are just little learning experiences?! 😁

[@JoeBlac]

@@MrAlexTech you're just A/B testing, right? ;) don't feel the need to please people, sure fire way to turn it into a chore. You got your audience from doing what you're doing, so you're doing something right.

[@CaseyFaris]

This was brilliant. Great job as always bro.

[@MrAlexTech]

Heeyyy. Thanks Casey dude ☺️☺️

[@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision]

Casey has helped me a lot. Bumped into his vids in 2021 and finally I can do smething in resolve.

[@Leprutz]

I kinda felt sorry of the portrayel of the low end computer. Poor old dude looked so cutsie and nice.

[@MrAlexTech]

@@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision Yeaah Casey is a hero 🙂 He should be immortalised as an action figure or something.

[@MrAlexTech]

@@Leprutz 😆 Don't worry, he'll soon be retired and allowed to put his feet up!

[@MrAlexTech]

NOTE: The template file is just a template. When you click it, it creates a new project with that timeline within. You can just hit save to save the project. The template file WILL NOT be overwritten. Meaning the template file is always there, ready to be clicked when you want to start a new project and it can be located anywhere on your PC 🙂

[@seanmartinss87mmorpgchanne96]

I was wondering about this thanks .

[@TheGuigotz]

How to create one?

[@JohnLe]

If i edit off of a external SSD, can i or will the program save hte project on the external ssd?

[@studioplanetesilhouette]

Cool ! That was my question ! Thanks😊

[@csharbrough]

Howdy from TEXAS! Do I need to create a copy of the same timeliine template for each Project Library that I want to open it into? Seems like it opens in the library that I was in when I created it. Of course, I can save it and then copy it to the desired lilbrary. Is that the best idea? Or, is it better to create multiples templates?

[@RexxReviews]

100% This guys. I always import my 4k into a 1080p timeline and then once I'm done editing bump it to 4k before rendering it out. Great Info for folks that didn't know !!!

[@ZeddGaming]

This is by far my favorite "MrAlexTeck" video ever. You've outdone yourself my friend.

[@creatorcology]

This is far and away the best visual example and metaphor for the differences between 1080p and 4K resolution ever created. Excellent job, very creative. Needs more views.

[@TheExploringBiker]

9:44 That template tip is a game changer for me, I have a standard start and effects I use on each video. Being able to start with them in place is amazing. Thanks Alex

[@Graham_Rule]

Settling down to watch this with my carpet slippers and a nice blanket to keep me warm I realised that it wasn't just me running slowly but for some reason my laptop was playing back at only 480p. Time for a nice cup of cocoa and an early night I think. Thanks for the video. Some useful stuff in this - especially as the latest upgrade to Davinci Resolve has decided that it doesn't like my laptop's built in Intel graphics any more.

[@SebLukaTech]

3:13 Many thanks Alex, awesome points noted, BUT HEY?! why do you have your slippers on the bench?

[@cmqjapan]

This explanation was masterful. Describing the difference between your computer having to edit 4k as opposed to 1080p as having to color in different sizes of paper was so easy for me to understand. Then, your narration had such helpful footage and editing. You shot your computer having to consume 4k. You showed your footage stuttering when you talked about missed frames. I am impressed by the work you put in to bolster the explanations you gave. I would be interested in seeing a tutorial/video on your process. What steps do you go through when creating such a story? Do you first make an outline with supporting points (or supporting visuals)? Do you make storyboards and revise them as you go? Do you write out your script, use bullet points, or just wing it the first time through? Anyway. Good video.

[@joshtim101010]

Great education here MrAlexTech - i liked the 11:50 setting the templatefile. And 13:00 the Adjustment Clip ..Color adjuster selecting the Luts. Simply save as a Time Line File on the Desk top ...Good Job.

[@MondayCoffeexAppfire]

So timeline or project resolution has some major downsides beyond what you explained. I used to edit in 1080p and change to 4k for export. However, if you want for example to smart mask an object/person and you do it in 1080, as soon as you switch to 4k the mask tracking gets cancelled and you have to do it again. The render in place also for mp4 takes the timeline resolution so you’d have rendered 1080p footage inside your timeline when exporting 4k. My solution: run Optimize Media for the footage in the media pool that will make it play back real time.

[@Rotorhead-FPV]

This is the way

[@aristotle_4532]

If you proxy to a low 4k bitrate, you can get multicamera editing on an intel or apple igpu, in other words fast decoding, but you get 4k calculations beyond that. Some apps optimize some functions to save some of that processing. If you do the editing in lower resolution, you save processing, but decoding is at full resoaultion. You can do both but all processing must be scalable to the final revolution. Some processing gets better results when it has higher resolution and higher bitrate input. If you do drama that only needs cuts, you can proxy and work at lower resolution without a problem. You can edit film in dv format as was standard in the past. Fast performance is critical for real editing, with rhythm and actors performing. Effects can wait. If you do advanced processing you can optimize nothing. In some cases you need to go lossless or uncompressed to achieve a complex workflow. Low bitrate 4k proxy is easy on hardware acceleration and perfectly compatible but not ideal for processing. If you replace it, some things should be recalculated. There is no perfect solution. It depends on what one wants to achievw. The latest hardware is certainly not enough, even for simple full resolution workflows.

[@Lymaouu]

@@aristotle_4532 do you know what's best for motion graphics or vfx. I'm currently practicing while working on 4K footage so I always make proxy files so playback is barely manageable for my lower-mid range laptop. My current issue is whenever change the timeline resolution back to 4K everything shifts out of place and it gets harder to fix since I'm going back to 4K

[@aristotle_4532]

@@Lymaouu Try full luma resolution 4k 420 sampled 8 bit color at a low bitrate and a codec supported by the hardware.

[@brianadams8178]

newbie here.......your approach to 1080 is pure logic and I appreciate your simple explanations.......

[@thesud7]

the presentation alone was worth watching this. i love when education and humor come together

[@Pdogpaz]

That pre made timeliness is genius and will save me hours over multiple projects, thank you Alex🙏👍.

[@TechnoViel]

+1 on this. Need to check out the full video on it, this seems to have loads of potential!

[@dest8637]

I am just starting with Davinci a week ago, tired of the bugs and slow editing methods in my previous software... Davinci Resolve is an amazing piece of software and your vids provide for so many great tips to get to know the program and already reducing workflow with great instructions like this video. Thx so much!! keep up the great work please

[@bootlebadboy]

These are the best Davinci Resolve videos on this platform. Thankyou.

[@dynamicrangeproductions]

th fact that i new how this works but still watched it because of the method of explaining and charisma, I watched it, you sir have gotten I new sub

[@ToKiniAndy]

You just keep getting better at this! I literally was wondering about this yesterday, as I’ve just upgraded to a camera that can film in 4K, and my timelines were automatically starting at 1080p. And that whole template project thing was a bit mind blowing. Love it.

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Yea. I edit in HD myself and render in 4K. The playback is smoother without proxies. (EDIT: I actually set my project to 1080P. Then when I'm ready to render, I change the project to 4K. Playback is dramatically smoother when I do this.) (EDIT #2: I like your Timeline Template thingie. I think I will set that up as well.)

[@SilverVoxMusic]

You just keep getting better, love the creative teaching style you have

[@robforbes123]

Happy to add to the accolades. I like and learn from all your tutorials but this one is the best so far. Thanks for your continued sharing of knowledge and inspiration.

[@8344jk]

Extremely informative. One of your best vlogs !

[@Vladi_mir_M]

Thanks! I did not know I can change timeline resoution after I started editing

[@rlabrune]

You just got my "Do Right Dude" award. If you're going to to do it - do it right. Looks like you have a new subscriber!

[@lawtownonline]

Holy Cow Alex, Lots of great information there. One of your best!

[@artofadventureproductions7630]

Great stuff. Thanks. Provides a no-nonsense approach to dealing with 4k footage, editing it in a 1080p timeline, then exporting it as 4k, while retaining effects, transition etc.

[@Barnyz]

I already knew most of this info but the cool and entertaining way you explained it made me totally enjoy watching this. Great video 👍👍👍

[@gabuchancreates9813]

MrAlexTech, keep doing you man. I found you through Casey's channel, same way I found Patrick Stirling and others, you all have something unique to offer. I find your videos very helpful, coming from Premiere I'm still not that comfortable in the nodes page and your easy workflow tips and just amazing stuff I can do in the edit page, along with everything else teaches me so much. So please know you are helping a lot of people and your way of teaching is brilliant and much appreciated. One thing I love about all you guys is collaboration not competition, between all of you, you guys make a complete Resolve full teaching team on every aspect I could think of and even stuff I couldn't imagine. Can't wait for Resolvecon 2022. This video really helped me out, even though I don't have a 4k camera, it helped me to learn how to make templates and pros and cons of various proxy options and to better understand how my system works on resolution, very good analogy used. I always watch one of your videos, one of Casey's and one of Patrick's everyday, although after Resolvecon I'll probably have a lot of tutorials to learn. I am learning something new every day, don't ever change friend, your videos are perfect, enjoyable and very helpful for me to understand! Thank you very much!!!! You guys are the Fellowship of Resolve, One NLE to Rule Them All!

[@AugustArrow]

lovely comment.. (:

[@nutsachey]

i already did this but the examples made me understand everything more, amazing job great vid

[@SoCS]

brilliant video! Loved the extra effort you put in !

[@arthurthedane9204]

Amazingly helpful king Alex. I am a 2021 newbie to davinci resolve & was aware of this, but worried that I might spend hours/days editing my video & then not getting it back to 4k. Once again many thanks.

[@MrAlexTech]

Hey no problem at all. If you're worried and want to test it, try a small scale test 🙂 create a 1080p timeline, do some of what you'd 'usually' do and then change to 4k and export. Make sure it all works okay and then you'll know if the workflow fits your needs 🙂👍

[@BerndKistenmacher]

Hi Alex, I had the same problem like Arthur. Now what happens, if I keep my timeline on 1080P and I go to the Deliver page and render with 4K resolution? Is it necessary to change the timeline resolution to 4K before rendering? I don't understannd where all this is connected? Your timeline tip is "just" for editing faster?

[@hchattaway]

Awesome tip! never knew about templates!

[@kyleheilig255]

Loved the b roll on this one, nice work.

[@MrAlexTech]

Thanks Kyle 👍🙂

[@robertlewisvideo]

Awesome !!!! I now know how to setup a template to put on my desktop. Thanks

[@anselmcs595]

You could've just explained all that talking head style all the way. It would've been fine. But You didn't. You put on a show and made us all happy. And smarter. Here's to You!

[@gaetanobruno5889]

simply amazing. thanks so much for sharing this. i just dont have enough space to work with proxies and this will help me a lot.

[@xtAqHNpFg]

Like your explanations and examples and the topic. Came handy. Thanx.

[@alanottley]

That was an astounding video, Alex! I learned a bunch and think your frame sipping section was quite clever! Thanks!

[@HybridLizard_com]

This video has everything: great tips, awesome editing and really well executed humour.

[@JustCuzRobotics]

Fantastic demonstrations, nice work!

[@smart_erklaert]

Oh boy, I love this video! It's funny and I learned a lot!! Thanks 👍

[@andrewcreating]

That preset workflow makes a huge difference- Thank you!

[@benjamin_lecomte]

Awesome tips, i'm from the production world for photographie and template are a huge saving of time for consistant production so i was looking for something that does the same but for video. Thx a lot :)

[@AprilClayton]

Even I could understand this concept from the creative way you explained it. Thank you.

[@eklectrikmusic]

Thanks. Gotta say that the last selection to export as "Timeline" is one of the issues I have with learning Resolve. Cryptic menus - hidden menus in the inspector... OY! I love the program - but boy it gets a bit quicksand-y in a hurry.

[@jsawchuk6520]

Very good, well explained! Something I will start using right away especially the setting up of the desktop shortcut…

[@Who.Said.Photography]

YOU'RE a GENIUS!!!! I've always had issues with 4K playback, This helped me immensely Whoot Whoot

[@RotarySMP]

Excellent. Thanks for making that.

[@aaphotofilm]

Amazing video Alex. As I said before I learnt so much from you. I hope one day you will do a tutorial on how you get 2 of yourself in one scene. In other words a duplicate version of yourself in one scene as you did. Its amazing

[@wvansluisveld3011]

I will give the timeliness proxy a go. Having the timeline resolution in 1080p and then changing it to 4K at the end didnt work for me as it messes up my fusion stuff in 3d and had to reposition all objects and cameras.

[@MarcoManzo]

That's what I thought.

[@Sirfunkymonkey]

Very creative, well done brother, you are onto something here

[@kristofeight9668]

Very helpful tips, thx for video

[@TechWeLove]

Thanks for mentioning the Playback Timeline Proxy Mode. I think I'll use quarter for most uses, and full res for green screen editing, then go back. ❤️

[@JimmyCruck]

This was really helpful thanks!

[@Eddy04tv]

Just brilliant. I think one of the things that have become dreadful in my KZbin Video creation process is how much time the editing process can take. Will definitely go back and prep my workflow. Create a Timeline preset, get a LUT and speed things up.

[@paulcain548]

One of the best explanations ever. Really creative and informative. Great, great job, Alex 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧

[@intrepidscotland8091]

Brilliant video, loved it.

[@mattbertapelle2122]

I've been bumping into this, trying to decide what works best -- thanks for getting it straight in my head

[@createdesign]

Great that Trick with the timline tamplate, thanks mate 👍👏

[@JoeCastellon]

Your killer workflow tip is exactly how I've been editing in FCP on my old MBP. I have a Mac Studio on the way and I've been bingeing your videos, because I'm VERY tempted to switch to Resolve. The more I learn the more I want to try it.

[@Mr_Kenneth]

Hi Alex, just getting into Resolve and many thanks for your timeline advice. Great video.

[@stephentalent]

Absolute gold yet again - thank you 🙏

[@Jacey2001]

Incredible video tutorial. Next level. I'm fairly new and still learning resolve.

[@InsideOut204]

Your tutorials rock! Thanks for sharing.

[@mrbluetone8977]

Excellent, thank you. Great content as always.

[@RoadReality]

What a great video! The FX, b roll, special bits [I love the new vs old computer one]. Also, very informative - I quickly figured out that even my gaming laptop wasn't happy with multicam 4k clips, so I converted the timeline to 1080, did my editing, and then set it back to 4k for export. Very easy on the computer and me.

[@KarelZweefvlieger]

What a great way to start a saturday morning!! Nice!!

[@herold94]

You make the absolutely best tutorials on Resolve. Thank you

[@lukasg6254]

Love this explanation! Thank you! This was awesome!

[@GrabLifeByTheGourlays]

Awesome Stuff! Just what I needed to hear as I'm kinda new to Davinci!

[@gcprost]

There is lot of valuable information to digest here. Thanks.

[@vonvyrus]

You earned yourself a sub. Love the .DRT thing. Keep at it!

[@MrAlexTech]

👍 Thank you

[@Digibeatle09]

Really excellent video - the video proceeds on the basis of Da Vinci Resolve being the editor one is using (and I do have that software). For smaller projects - and “quick and dirty” editing on a small laptop - I use Filmora’s Wondershare - by default, it prompts the user to use a proxy file (which it will create) each time a 4K clip is imported into the project. Note: some have “issues” with Filmora as regards the subscription options/billing/marketing methods it uses (and I’m only bringing viewers’ attention to this particular aspect of its software which, for beginners at any rate, seems very handy - Da Vinci Resolve is available in a free version - and viewers have to weigh up what’s best for them !)

[@candicecan1634]

This was such a great video! Love the timeline template too! Thanks so much :)

[@ihassan1001]

Love it... you are just as informative as you are entertaining.. thank you

[@alexmunteanu2596]

This is an amazing video man, awesome job!!! Keep up the good work!

[@ChaosMarine9118]

Just discovered your channel. Brilliant stuff and really getting me amped to jump into Davinci full time. Been using Premiere since 2013. The time has come...

[@TheAaronalden]

Yeah, so far I have been editing in a 1080 timeline and exporting to 4k. I definitely going to try the timeline proxy mode. Thanks!

[@Clickumentary]

I'm *definitely* going to give that template approach a go!

[@raymondkymsuttle]

Excellently simple explanation!

[@imagesbeyondtheice]

This was both very useful and very funny! Thanks for an awesome tip!

[@ononearts]

Very helpful, and with great analogies. Thank you!

[@martinrybar1432]

Alex great work as always and many thanks for sharing!

[@Visayan751]

Fantastic Alex such a huge time saver - many thanks indeed for posting this great info 👍 👍 👍

[@theslowfoodshow8939]

Excelente video my friend!! Specially your Oscar interpretations of a computer. RESOLVE SHOULD HAVE a keyboard shortcut to go from 1080 to 4k faster when you need to check an effect or a color correction. Also, 95% of the time we edit we use the UI with other windows, that means that even if you edit in 4k timeline you are actually seeing an 1080 rectangle inside your monitor. Thats the real reason that is pointless. Cheers !!!

[@seanmartinss87mmorpgchanne96]

Thank you for all your tutorials . What a world u have tot me so much . And thank for the keyboard shortcuts u put out they really helped.

[@tzgzz9245]

great tips thankyou

[@Makingthetransition]

Amazing tutorial! Thank you!!

[@Qwackers-video]

Brilliant, all set to go on my next video with my end slot already on the timeline.

[@BOOMVILLE-TV]

Every video of your makes it easier and easier. Thank you MUCH!

[@808-Stat3]

Awesome. Thanks bro. Really liked this . Enjoyed the explanation. plain and simple and fun to watch :) Aloha

[@MrAlexTech]

Thanks man ☺️👍

[@Akkigraphy]

Timeline template is exactly what I was looking for earlier. Thanks for covering this in the video... Cheers!

[@GreatYarmouthbeach]

Wow mate your teaching is first class and easy to follow thanks for this very handy video saved me time to have my coffe BIG THUMBS UP

[@Wistbacka]

If you reduce the timeline to 1080p (not proxy), doesn't that mean that during export it upscales 1080p to 4K instead of just using the native 4K material you have to begin with?

[@slashslash92]

Damn, nice video and editing. Keep going

[@janosberes4401]

Life saver tips! Thank you!

[@BrokerBasil]

This was awesome Alex and I can't wait to try. My editing (same nice but aging PC laptop - Asus i7 16 GB memory and internal/external SSDs) was fine with Canon G7X mark ii footage but then I "upgraded" to a Sony A6600 and I have horrible lag anytime I try to edit - reducing my control and increasing frustration. I had tried reducing resolution already but maybe this technique will somehow help more.

[@papapelatomtb]

Simply outstanding man !!!

[@FootstepsTyretracks]

That is such a great solution thank you, I have just set up my template 👍