Importing your Clips
To start editing your clips, you'll first need to import them into the media pool:
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Launch DaVinci Resolve. If this is the first time you've opened DaVinci Resolve, wait for
the Project Manager to appear.
Now click 'new project', enter a title for your project and click 'create'. Your new project
will open.
2
You'll now see the 'media' page with a 'media storage' browser at the top left. If you're
not on the media page, simply click the Media tab at the bottom. The 'media storage'
browser displays all your linked media folders from where you'll drag your clips and
drop them into the media pool.
3
If your clip folder doesn't appear in the library, you'll need to add it. This is easily done
by right clicking inside the 'media storage' browser area, clicking 'add new location',
then selecting a drive or folder path and clicking 'open'.
4
In the 'media storage' browser, click on your newly added clip folder. Now simply drag
your clips from your storage folder and drop them into the media pool underneath.
If the project settings are different to your clip settings, you'll be prompted to either
change the project settings to match your clips, or leave the settings as they are. To get
started quickly, click 'change'. Now your project settings match your clips.
To import your clips, simply drag them from the 'media storage' browser and drop
them into the media pool. You can also drag and drop files from your desktop
Saving Your Project
DaVinci Resolve features powerful options for saving your projects. First save your project by
choosing 'save project' from the file menu. Once you've saved your project once, 'live save',
a fast, on the go autosave mechanism, will save your changes as you make them.
For greater control over your project backups, open the Resolve preferences panel and click
the user tab. Select 'project save and load' from the side menu and turn on 'project backups'.
Here you can choose how often you will save versions of your project and how long you will
keep the backups for. You can also choose where to save your backups. This is great for when
you want to roll back to an earlier version of your project. For more detail on the auto save
options, refer to the DaVinci Resolve manual.
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