DaVinci Resolve Guru: Moving Timelines Between Editing Apps

Understand the process of sharing timeline data between editing apps like Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro X, and Avid Media Composer, and DaVinci Resolve.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Moving Timelines: Basic Concepts

• What is round-tripping and why do people take the extra time?
• The two round-tripping workflows
• Why conforming is essential to round-tripping

2. Preparing Timelines for Import INTO DaVinci Resolve

• Analyzing camera originals
• Intro: Importing the editor's timeline
• Editor task: Simplify (and fix) the timeline!
• Editor task: 'Baking in' speed ramps and effects
• Editor task: Dealing with graphics, text and generators
• Editor task: Exporting a fully texted 'reference movie'
• Editor task: Exporting an XML/AAF from Premiere Pro, FCPX and Avid

3. Importing & Conforming Your Timeline INTO DaVinci Resolve

• Importing XMLs: Default settings
• Importing XMLs: 'Reel Assist' option 1
• Importing XMLs: 'Reel Assist' option 2
• Conforming 101: Fixing initial problems
• Conforming 101: Shot replacement
• Conforming 101: 'Force Conform' missing clips
• Optional: Consolidating to your drives

4. Final Steps & Alternative Workflows in the Conform Process

• Pre-rendering! Find (hidden) problems before they happen
• Using the 'Offline Reference Movie'
• Alternative conform: The flat file workflow
• Alternative conform: Rendering the flat file

5. Exporting Your Color Corrected Timelines FROM DaVinci Resolve

• Setting the render for the Handles workflow
• Exporting XMLs & AAFs out of DaVinci Resolve
• Checking your renders

Conclusion

• Next steps