if the rumours are right this is what I want

something like this with full control for around $4000 would be nice

Hi Sascha

I'm in the market for a good panel to use with Resolve, I know the proper Resolve panel is the perfect choice, but I can't afford the price, I can't wait to see what NAB brings

I just sold my 2 year old tangent wave and was considering the Avid artist color instead, didn't like the feel of the knobs and levels controls, specially the rubber knobs for lift, gamma, gain that kept rubbing the surface when I used them, I kept adjusting their height but decided to move on.

I've spoken to a few Euphonix Mc Color users and they seem happy with the panel, I didn't know there were unreliability issues with the Eucon protocol, some simply map direct from within avid

I originally had my hopes up for the Element, but not sure if this will ever be supported, could you elaborate on the feel of the element, the feel and response of the trackballs, the transport controller, what software did you test it with.

I agree that BMD should come up with they own mid range panel, I can see them selling way more mid range panels rather than the $30,000, though the big facilities would still go for the bigger panel, they already do, I just don't see new big facilities popping up any more, instead disappearing, so moving forward a smaller more affordable panel is the way to go

The point I was trying to make is that the Avid Color and Control together can be a very powerful system with the right mapping and the ability to customize your own, and both units together cost under $4000

Hey Paul,

What's the source of that image? Are those new modules altogether or would be newly supported in Resolve? I'm hoping we see competing mid-range panels from Blackmagic, Avid and Tangent at NAB (all supported of course). BM's efforts have created a lot of new DaVinci users out there, but there hasn't been a full price range of panels to buy...

KC

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Ah, well if they do it I hope you get a nickel for each one sold!

KC

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Thanks for the info Peter! Would you be able to say if the 8.2 Beta will support only one of each of those element panels, or could we build bigger?

I agree that the low cost market has plenty of options, I personally was hoping to see a larger option in the 10K-20K range (from any company) but the Element will definitely be an appealing option, even better if it can handle multiple elements...

Cheers,

KC

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Peter : ok , But don't forget to work on a new big panel !!! like baselight or quantel (pen tablet on it etc...)

thanks

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Great news, thanks for the quick integration!!

Yeah hopefully support for multiple elements of one Panel :)

[Thomas Maier] "But can you please say something about the cp200 panels?
I remember a post some time ago you mentioned that they may be supported by Resolve... "

I'm going to say "not bloody likely" so that Peter can contradict me, vis a vis "Element".


jPo

You mean "Old Ben"? Ben Kenobi?

This is really nice, but we expect support for the cp 200. Please BM do it ;-)

cheers Marc