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Multiple Compositing Artists Working Together
To prevent versioning issues, only one compositing artist can work on a particular clip at a
particular time in the Fusion page, and the first compositing artist to select a clip puts a lock on
that clip. Other collaborators looking at the Thumbnail timeline in the Fusion page will see a
small icon that shows it’s locked, letting them know they can’t make any changes to it until
whoever is working on that composition moves to another clip.
A small icon indicates that you’re locked
out because another compositing artist
is working on that clip
This means that multiple compositing artists can’t work on the same composition at the same
time. However, an assisting compositing artist can do preparatory work on one composition,
such as doing rotosocoping, paint, particle system design, or any other time-consuming task,
while a lead compositing artist works on another shot in the meantime. Once the assisting
compositor is done, they can select another clip to work on and use collaborative chat to let the
other compositor know they’re done and that clip is ready for more work.
In order to prevent half-finished work from being disseminated to other collaborators, a clip
that’s in the process of being worked on in the Fusion page isn’t updated for anyone else who’s
working on that same timeline until the compositing artist who’s working on it selects another
clip. Immediately upon being deselected, all changes are automatically checked in and made
available to all other collaborators, who see notification badges in the Fusion page and the Edit
page to alert them that changes are available and that they can refresh their timeline to see
the updates.
Editors and Colorists Working Together
Colorists and editors can work together very closely in DaVinci Resolve, as colorists can grade
the shots of a timeline that an editor is currently working on, even though that timeline and the
bin it’s in are locked to other editors.
From the colorist’s point of view, whenever the editor makes an alteration to the Timeline, a
badge appears at the upper right hand corner of the Color page Viewer to indicate that a
change has been made to the timeline being graded. Clicking this badge updates the timeline
the Colorist is working on.
In order to prevent half-finished work from being disseminated to the editor (or worse, being
seen by the client), clips that are in the process of being graded aren’t updated for other
collaborators that are looking at that timeline until the colorist who’s working on it “checks in”
their work by selecting another clip. So, from the editor’s point of view, whenever a colorist has
finished grading a clip and has selected another clip to grade, a series of badges appear in the
Edit page, one on the clip that’s been graded, one on the Timeline Viewer and one on the bin in
the Bin List that contains the Timeline. Clicking any of these badges updates the Timeline with
the latest grades.
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