To save time in the class, I arrived before David to prepare the system in advance.

Both of these GUI monitors were fed by the GT120. They already owned the MacPro tower, a RAID5 disk array, the DreamColor monitor, and two 1920×1200 GUI monitors (the ideal recommendation according to Blackmagic), one for the actual DaVinci Resolve GUI, and one for the scopes. In addition, since STAFF HDTV/Alta Definición has an HP DreamColor monitor (whose DreamColor engine requires true progressive digital video as RGB, not as YUV) and the DeckLink HD Extreme 3D currently only offers digital YUV over HDMI, STAFF HDTV/Alta Definición also had to purchase a Blackmagic HDLink Pro 3D DisplayPort box (which I have previously covered under its original name, HDLink DisplayPort in my 2009 article DreamColor converter boxes for non-compliant systems).įinally, STAFF HDTV/Alta Definición chose the Wave control panel from Tangent Devices (shown above). Although not clearly explained on the Blackmagic website, fortunately David Catt informed me prior to the class that a separate GPU card is required for DaVinci Resolve’s GUI (graphical user interface), and of the two options recommended by Dave, STAFF HDTV/Alta Definición chose the GT120.

For live fullscreen preview on an HDTV monitor, Blackmagic specifies the use of the DeckLink HD Extreme 3D i/o card. The best GPU card recommended by Blackmagic for DaVinci Resolve as of NAB 2011 is the Quadro FX 4800. STAFF HDTV/Alta Definición already owned several MacPro towers, but we discovered that only the most recent one they had purchased in 2010 qualified to accept the best GPU (graphics processing unit) card recommended by Blackmagic. David Catt has agreed to join us on an upcoming episode of TecnoTur to discuss grading and the differences between different DaVinci Resolve configurations. This article explains the details of the system they purchased (hardware + software), installation and preparation, main points covered in the class, and the students. The client who recently purchased the new Mac-based DaVinci Resolve system is Julio Borrayo, president of STAFF HDTV/Alta Definición, which produces high-end TV commercials in Guatemala. David Catt taught 7 Guatemalans how to perform grading, including color correction and more using DaVinci Resolve. (Since then, DaVinci Systems was purchased in 2009 by Blackmagic Design). I just returned from the Republic of Guatemala in Central America, where I interpreted a class for David Catt, the original product manager at DaVinci Systems.

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