The imported media will now be available in the Media Pool, which contains all of the media that you bring into the project. In almost all cases, you’ll want to do this by clicking Change. If you haven’t adjusted the default project settings, then you’ll likely see a frame rate mismatch warning, asking if you’d like to adjust your project’s timeline settings to match the incoming media’s frame rate. Once selected, drag the clips on top of your bin to import them. Use the keyboard shortcut ⌘a (or ctrl+a) to select all video clips in a folder, or click and drag to select specific clips. Resolve can handle larger bins, but spot checking and fixing issues become more a hassle when dealing with a large amount of clips at once.īack in the Media Storage Browser, navigate to the video footage you’d like to import. You can choose to organize your footage however you want, but I strongly suggest syncing in small batches, no more than a single shoot day at a time. I’ll name mine Day 1, since I’ll be syncing footage from the first day of a short film shoot. To add a new bin, right click anywhere in the gray space in the Bin List and select Add Bin from the context menu, or use the keyboard shortcut shift+⌘+N (or shift+ctrl+N on Windows)Ī new bin will be added under the Master category. To keep my media organized, I like to add new bins for each shoot day of the project I’m working on before importing, labeled simply as Day 1, Day 2, etc. In the top left corner, you’ll see the Media Storage Browser, which lists all the available hard drives you have connected to your computer, and allows you to browse to locate your footage.īelow that, you’ll see the Bin List area, with a default Master bin. If it’s not already selected by default, click the Media tab to begin importing media. The Resolve interface is organized into five different tabs, which you can switch between in the menu bar at the bottom of the screen: Media, Edit, Color, Fairlight (new with the release of DaVinci Resolve 14), and Deliver. Name your project when prompted and hit Create.ĭouble click your new project to launch it. Launch Resolve and choose New Project from the project window. We’ll be working with the first one – the free version – which is powerful enough for almost all syncing situations.ĭaVinci Resolve 14 (in public beta) is currently the most recent version and is referenced in this article. Two options will be available for download: DaVinci Resolve and DaVinci Resolve Studio.
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Just this month, Blackmagic unveiled a major update to the software that includes tons of new features, improvements, and a drastically lower price point for the paid version.
As a feature film editor, I teach this method to my assistants and have used it flawlessly on countless projects.Įven if you’re not familiar with the software, you’ll likely feel comfortable pretty quickly, as Resolve moves closer and closer to resembling a full-fledged NLE with every new release. It allows me to import edit-ready files into my NLE and get right to work – no labeling or manually matching audio and video files required.
Resolve is both easy to learn and is the fastest way to churn out synced dailies on a deadline. No other program gives you three methods of syncing while also allowing for easily baked in LUTs and color correction, trimming, and transcoding, all in one. I’ve found Resolve to not just rival, but surpass, paid programs like PluralEyes in both speed and flexibility. Why Sync in DaVinci Resolve?įirst and foremost, it’s free! And extremely powerful.
We’ll cover batch auto-syncing by both waveform and timecode, how to make adjustments to your synced clips, and manual syncing. In this article, you’ll learn how to seamlessly integrate Resolve into your post-production workflow, allowing you to quickly and easily sync video to audio recorded on a separate device. On longer projects, syncing individual clips quickly becomes both tedious and a big waste of time and money.ĭaVinci Resolve has come packaged with expert batch-syncing capabilities for years – you can sync an entire day’s worth of footage with a single click. And while many editors have taken advantage of the software, many more still think of it as a complicated, high-end color correction tool. Avid, Premiere Pro, FCP X – none of them allows for batch syncing without caveats. If there’s one thing NLEs get wrong, it’s syncing.