Hi @TwoJaxSB, thanks so much for your comment. The answer is YES, you can set different output destinations as well as duplicating video files in a batch and setting different output file formats in the each one.

I use RawConverter on Mac, not sure if there is a Windows version. If I recall correcly it's quite a bit cheaper than Assim as well.

@@soocmedia I used that too on a MAC (that is the only reason I use my Mac). However, it is 80 bucks per camera and it doesn't do Panasonic S5. I then bring it back to Windows and Resolve. Raw Converter on Mac only converts to DNG. Player Pro does DNG and I can also convert any raw file to another color space as well. Slog3 to Arri and so forth while controlling the ISO and other raw stuff (with complete meta data) before transcribing to ProRes 444 (pretty much the same as raw in Resolve). I no longer need a MAC, or any Adobe product. It's the perfect workflow for me on Windows. I needed Adobe Premiere or a MAC before this. @ 300 buck it was an easy decision for me.

@@stevejones01 Thanks for the extra info and that’s great you managed to get to your ideal situation without the need for a Mac & Adobe:). Personally I just want it converted to DNG to be able to install into DaVinci, where I can do whatever I need with it:).

Thanks for watching and continuing the ongoing dialogue with your comment:). Btw, what do you use to transcode?

@@soocmedia im going crazy because of this problem. I have a s5 and tried raw convertor. The good thing about this, that indeed it gives the raw option of vlog/vgamut in davinci raw tab. With assimilate dng conversion we can only use blackmagic film. But here are the problems: With cinemadng in vlog color profile it gives slightly different image than a prores4444 file created with assimilate. It's similar but colors (greens) and contrast are slightly different. I don't know if this is because of how davinci debayers it? If i choose blackmagic film, then the picture is even more similar to the prores4444 file created with final cut. Its somewhere between the dng with vlog and the prores file. If i convert to cinema dng with assimilate it looks like blackmagic film with raw convertor but depending on the color management, it always gives different results and the worst thing is that when i generate optimized media, the image gets more saturation and contrast. I think theres something wrong with resolves handling of cinemadng. I think the best way to convert the prores raw files is finalcut doing a batch export. If someone doesn't have final cut, i think assimilate is the most easy one. But it costs 150euro. I will stick with raw convertor and generate optimized media in resolve. Though picture is not exactly the same as the final cut/assimilate created prores4444 files, it does not look wrong. All in all there is no perfect solution for this really painful problem. Anyway i enjoy your channel and didn't intend to be without respect to you. I just went through 2 nights testing everything and watched your video briefly thinking it might be a solution hehe.

@@azamat19 this has something to do with your monitor calibration anc output gamma, you have a gamma issue if i understoom correctly. quick fix is to output with the right color space transform

Pleasure and yes you are correct about the losing the RAW functionalities. It is quite incredible how much data is retained in the 4444 files, which do give quite a bit of playing around in post and as you say that supports the fact that films can sometimes be shot at such a codec, because it does give you some extra wiggle room later on. For maintaining RAW I use RawConverter, which I find is really great:).

@@soocmedia thanks, man! I might have to check out that raw converter

Hi, thanks for the comment. Oh wow I didn’t know the Ninja / Shogun can record DNG, I need to look into this, as it would be incredible if we could bypass the conversion stage. So, wow this is new info for me, I have both the Ninja V & a Shogun Connect, so let me check into this, thanks 🙏.

@soocmedia I was on the official site, and the info is for the new models. Not sure how it applies to older models.

Oooooooh I'm gonna have a look now:).@@undefwun2135

Mmm, I haven't found anything regarding DNG recording, where abouts did you see it?@@undefwun2135

@@soocmedia yeah my brain lied to me. it was Avid DNx. Which is just about as good as ProRes, with various levels of compression just like ProRes but its not DNG and its not raw. My bad.

Yes, it automatically output it to Rec 709. There is a section where you can input the colour space to Rec 709, Rec 2020, PQ, HLG, etc. Further, you can input camera log as well, but there is no option to input the gamma.

@@soocmedia thanks for the reply 🙏

this sucks, that's why no one is talking about it. you need to be in the apple eco system, it output rec 709, but I want to do hdr out of the raw files. rubbish solution. and you pay 50 quid

@@petrub27 Thanks for your comment Petru. Yea you are it is for those in the Apple ecosystem and when you need a quick get out of jail solution for getting RAW into program I use like DaVinci. What program do you use to convert video files and are you on Mac or PC?

Agreed on the 4444xq & compressor really is there to be used as a quick way to get a “near raw” quality video file into Resolve & especially if you have shot it correctly you shouldn’t need to adjust the ISO, etc very much. I do also use Raw Converter if I truly want to get “raw” inside DVR:).

Hi Jon, thanks for the comment and yea sure Compressor does have it's limitations. It's great if you just quickly need to convert a RAW file into something Davinci can use quickly and as long as you don't need to do much to it and using the Rec 709 colour space. When I'm going fully RAW I looked at Assimilate, but went with Raw Converter, as it's cheaper and does all I need it to.

Its not Raw so he wont have RAW features.

No, you do lose the RAW features. For that I use RAWConverter

Thanks man!

true. just that the offer is time limited. offer ends this Aug 31st 2023

Hi, thanks for the comment. Yes sure it’s correct that ProRes 4444 is not RAW. The main reason for the video, was that ideally you will have shot the video clips with the correct ISO levels, etc and so for a fast track route of getting your RAW files into DVR, Compressor sure is that ticket. Thanks again for your comment 🙏.

Hey Joe, I totally feel your pain. It is extremely frustrating on the whole RAW front and yea initially when I did the video I genuinely believed I found a way to circumvent the issue, but yea as you say at the moment there really isn't a way to do it and particularly because BMD have their own BRAW format and us using DVR, we have to really play their game frustratingly. So, in the end I have been using RAW Converter to maintain the RAWness which is a good work around and I use compression when I know my footage is on point SOOC and it doesn't require any ISO or kelvin adjustments. So yea, it's annoying indeed but the key to us surviving and succeeding at what we do is to see the obstacles in front of us and jump over them or dive under them, just don't forget your Indy hat on the other side :-).

Agreed, yea that's what I do when I need to keep things as "raw" as possible:). Thanks for the comment.

Sure, if you want to go full fat RAW, then as we've mentioned there are other options available. I'm looking at you RAW Converter & Assimilate:).

Yea it probably could have been shorter, but heyho it’s not:). Thanks for stopping by though.

Thanks for your contribution to the conversation.