DaVinci Resolve 18.1 Continues To Have A Bug 🪲 In Video Monitor Look Up Table

 When applying a LUT to the Video Monitor, it should only affect the output, in my case the SDI out from the UltraStudio Monitor 3G.

Unfortunately it also affects the Scopes in the Edit and Cut Pages even though No LUT Selected is selected in the preferences for the Scopes Look Up Table.

Bizarrely, and thankfully, the Scopes are not affected in the Color Page, at least that's where it's most important. 

SMPTE Bars looking correct on the Scopes

When No LUT selected for Video Monitoring

SMPTE Bars displayed incorrectly on the Scopes in the Edit and Cut Pages. Why?

In the Color Page at least the Scopes look correct.

Note the LUT applied to Monitoring only, not to Scopes.

That's a BUG 🪲 that's been plaguing Resolve version after version for long time:

https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=51358

https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?t=69732&p=389301

https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=159257&p=863595&hilit=Video+monitor+look+up+table#p863595

Why has this inconsistent behavior not been fixed by now BMD? 😡

Apple Pro Video Formats 2.2.4 Update

 With the release of Final Cut Pro 10.6.5, Apple is updating Pro Video Formats to version 2.2.4:

Why Is Google Bloating My Computer With 88GB Of Cache Files For Google Drive?

 Google stop using our computers as storage for your own use. I have 88GB of Google cache (crap) loaded on my boot drive. I do not sync my files to Google Drive, I'm Streaming only. 

Home/Library/Application Support/Google/DriveFS/bullshitnumber/content_cache

What content? What cache?

There is no reason for this cache to exist and grow so big. It's totally opaque. NO!

iZotope is Trashing Excellent Plug-ins, Just Cause They Can

 iZotope is discontinuing a bunch of plug-ins from Exponential Audio, a company iZotope acquired semi recently. Among the casualties are the wonderful Rs and Phoenix reverbs. Instead they are pushing for the bloated Neoverb, Stratus and Symphony plug-ins. Without any upgrade path for existing customers. Shame.

Other discarded apps from iZotope are Iris, Break Tweaker and Trash. I haven't used these as much I have to say. I guess iZotope don't care about these anymore. Do you feel old yet?

Apple Releases Final Cut Pro 10.6.5

 Oh my! The updates of FCP, Motion and Compressor are here!

FCP, Motion, Compressor, free updates.

FCP goodies

Compressor goodies. Darn! Some of them require MacOS Ventura.

Motion goodies

Nothing major, just bug fixes and acceleration. I'll take it!

Not A Day Passes Without 🤬 Premiere Crashing 🖕🖕🖕

 11:14am

11:35am

F&$K YOU PREMIERE!

Adobe Premiere Does Not Draw Waveforms Properly, Another Bug 🪳

The bugs 🐛 🪲 🪳 are crawling around with Premiere. This time it's in the form of finicky waveforms drawing... Or lack of shall I say...

Isn't this a wonderful behavior?

Good luck keeping your sanity with this kind of waveform drawing! Oh! By the way, as you see here, it will draw eventually after you playback or zoom-in/out, but next time you open the same file, the same empty sections reappear.

I always remember Premiere being shitty with waveform drawing, so it's not like this problem is brand new. Who cares? Just delete these pesky peak (.pek) files once in a while, what are you complaining about?

Who f$c^*ng cares!?? Not Adobe obviously! Good luck editing audio.

The bugs 🐛 🪲 🪳 are everywhere with Premiere!