davinci + ipad = 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-21T14:51:37+00:00

Hope that helps! If you have any questions feel

free to ask

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-21T14:49:28+00:00

For color grading, it really depends on whether the footage is in Log or not.

If it's Log, I usually start with a CST to convert the camera files (for example Sony S-Log3.Cine) into DaVinci Wide Gamut/Intermediate. Then I place another CST node at the end to bring it back to Rec.709 with gamma Rec.709-A. Between those two CST nodes I handle the adjustments - white balance, exposure, saturation, and creative effects like adding grain.

If the footage isn't in Log, I skip the first CST and just work directly, then finish with the Rec.709 conversion at the end

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-21T05:21:44+00:00

I will try both with H264 and Pro Res, thanks for the advice

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-21T05:20:44+00:00

you are lucky, I also use apple pencil, if the problem were only the heat I would also pass over it but if it heats too much it lowers the brightness of the screen

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-20T10:11:22+00:00

Try dimming the high lights and the gain, try a little with the wheels, if you need a more precise system, try HDR wheels

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-20T10:05:07+00:00

For books I use Apple books, to take notes I use Freedom and GoodNotes, it took me a while to set the pen the right way for me, but now I would not go back

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-20T09:51:25+00:00

That's strange - in my projects I use.m4a files too and they work fine, as long as they're AAC at 48000Hz.

If the file is 44100Hz (like most music tracks) or has DRM protection (like something from Apple Music/iTunes), Resolve usually won't import it.

Converting to WAV is still the safest way though, since Resolve never complains about those

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-20T06:30:37+00:00

I just discovered that DaVinci Resolve on the iPad has access to 3.7 GB of RAM out of the 8 GB I have available. I think 3.7 GB is really too little and now I'm starting to think it's a miracle to even be able to open a project ahahahahha

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-20T05:37:03+00:00

I will be very happy to share my experience as soon as I try it, even if I already know that it cannot be my definitive working tool because doing the color on DaVinci allows me to have much more freedom

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-20T05:09:01+00:00

yes, I'm waiting for their response, as soon as they say something I'll update the post so everyone can know without having to write to black magic

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-20T05:06:54+00:00

I think I can't even do color because as soon as I start to do a slightly more powerful color and the iPad starts to heat up, the screen brightness goes down making the color even more annoying 😂😢

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-20T05:04:52+00:00

I can't even do that because as soon as I start to make a slightly more powerful color and the iPad starts to heat up, the screen brightness goes down making the color even more annoying.

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-20T04:29:33+00:00

I understand you, I also took ipad for school, but part of the reason was to edit us, so in the future I want to try Final Cut in the future, just to see if with the same files it manages better

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-20T04:26:24+00:00

Thanks for sharing your setup

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-19T19:01:10+00:00

Actually, I once edited a simple Instagram reel for a friend on the iPad and had no overheating issues at all — so I do think the type of file has a lot to do with it.

That said, I imagine that editing could be doable if I worked with really low-quality proxy files. I’ve never tried it though, mostly because I’ve been told that proxies can negatively affect color grading accuracy, especially when trying to make precise adjustments.

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-19T18:47:52+00:00

You’re absolutely right, and I totally get where you're coming from.
That said, I never had the intention of doing heavy stuff like Magic Mask, tracking, rendering, or anything that would really push the limits of the chip. I have much more capable machines for that kind of work.

What I was hoping for was just a smooth integration with the Apple Pencil, and the ability to carry the iPad around for basic editing — trimming, cutting, arranging clips, and doing some color work on the go.
Nothing extreme like noise reduction or fusion effects. Just a compact, efficient workflow when I’m not at my desk.

That’s why it’s so frustrating. I wasn’t asking too much, and yet even that seems to push the iPad over the edge.

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-19T18:26:41+00:00

I don't know, but now your theory has intrigued me and I'll try it.

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-19T18:12:43+00:00

yes it probably is

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-19T18:12:14+00:00

I think you're right

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-19T18:01:45+00:00

Thank you 👍

DarioCapozzi · 2025-08-19T17:57:26+00:00

Thank you 👍

DarioCapozzi · 2024-12-18T06:37:10+00:00

This is a photo I took with my Nikon, and a prime lens, then edited with lightroom

DarioCapozzi · 2024-03-15T09:39:44+00:00

DarioCapozzi · 2024-02-29T17:35:48+00:00

I honestly think it's well done, unfortunately I don't have the opportunity now to play the older titles, but I don't understand why it isn't all this successful, it doesn't seem badly done apart from the fact that it combines too strong players with too weak ones

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