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Master Project Settings generally will want your timeline resolution at 1920 x 1080 but if you have 2K footage and want to scale up then choose 2048 x 1080 or 2048 x 1024
4K Red files are 4480 x 1920 but check the raw .r3d file
Choose either the DaVinci YRGB or the DaVinci ACES color science. For Red Footage you may see more detail in ACES.Image Removed

To Bring into Resolve – Launch Resolve Application

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Click On New Project

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Title the project – click Create

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Double click the project to load it

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Set your Video I/O 
Go to DaVinci Resolve>Preferences
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This step is for computer setup and output to a Calibrated MONITOR if you don't have a monitor connected you should move to a station in CMB 4.120 or the Grad Hall CMB 4.112

Choose the Video I/O and GPU Choose Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt 

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Choose the Video I/O and GPU Choose Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt

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Audio I/O choose Desktop Video

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Or Choose Intensity Extreme depending what suite or lab you are using


Audio I/O choose Desktop Video

Change the Control Panels to the Tangent Devices Wave or AVID Artist Color if one is connected

Click Save to apply changes

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Audio I/O choose Desktop Video

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Unfortunately you have to restart Davinci to load the preferences.

Quit the program and choose to save then reopen using the steps above.

Set up some Project Settings. Click on the Project Settings Icon in the lower right corner of the screen

Go to "Autosave" and turn it on saving every 10 min

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Click on Capture and Playback and choose>

Video Capture and Playback HD 1080PsF 23.976

Click on Save

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Click on Master Project Settings > Change the Timeline Resolution>playback frame rate to 23.976

Change Playback frame rate to 23.976

 

Video Monitoring choose HD 1080PsF 23.976

 

 

Choose Save to apply these preferences

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LITE/FREE version of Resolve Click on Master Project Settings >

Set Timeline Format

Timeline Resolution for the LITE/FREE version of Resolve

3840 x 2160 Ultra HD




Video Monitoring

Video Format UHD 2160 23.976


Choose Save to apply these preferences

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4K Settings!!

Project Settings>Master Project Settings

Timeline Format

Timeline resolution - Choose 4096 x 2160 DCI

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Video Monitoring -

Video Format - Choose 4K 2160p 23.976




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2K Settings!!

Project Settings>Master Project Settings

Timeline Format

Timeline resolution - Choose 2048 x 1152 2K 16:9

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Video Monitoring -

Video Format - Choose 2K 1080p 23.976


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Next click on Color Management


Color science - DaVinci YRGB

Timeline Color Space Set to Rec709 Gamma 2.4

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Click "Save" to apply the settings

Close the Preferences window

Click on the "Edit" tab at the bottom of the screen on the "navigation" bar

>File>Import AAF, EDL, XML

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>File>Import>Timeline... find the .aaf

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Select the .aaf to import

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Keep the default settings if you would like to guide Resolve to the files to bring into the media pool.

 


See later in this document for adding media prior to importing into Resolve.

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Select Yes

Search for the folder containing the .mxf

Navigate to the folder and click OK

Second option is to add the media to the resolve project first  - Go to Media Tab in Resolve

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Load your media into the media pool>
Navigate to the folder containing the media and right click the folder select Add Folder to and SubFolders into Media Pool

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>File>Import AAF, EDL, XML

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File>Import>Timeline

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Select the .aaf to import

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If you already added your files to the Media Pool then choose to deselect:
Automatically set project settings and
Automatically import source clips into media pool

Hopefully you will link all the media with out a problem if you have difficulty talk to a proctor and have them

Call help desk or come to CMA 3.104

These were the errors we got in our test but it's usually a title or something not needed > See this Title It's offline and that is okay.

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The Next Steps will Explain how to import the Reference QuickTime into the Resolve Project 




Resolve – Click on Media Tab >

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>Go the

Media Storage


>navigate to the folder containing the quicktime and select it

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Right Click the QuickTime >Add as Offline Reference Clip

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Go to the Edit tab

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Go to your Media Pool


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Locate the Timeline in your Media Pool


It will have a "timeline" icon in the lower left corner as shown here

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Right click on the timeline and 


>Choose Timelines

>Link Offline Reference Clip

 
>Choose the QuickTime that you exported

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Go back to the timeline


On the source side select the


>Offline choice in the Dropdown

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Go to the source window in conform view and choose to display the "Offline" by selecting the checkerboard icon. 


This should show the reference "ganged" up with the timeline.


If you click the Up and Down arrows you will navigate the timeline and the reference clip will follow exact picture match. 

See this wiki for Resolve Media Management for delivery

Davinci Resolve - Media Manage Timeline - Trimmed Export Workflow

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