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Relinking Clips to Media Files on Disk ����������������������������������������������������������� 1096 Using “Change Source Folder” to Relink Clips ������������������������������������������� 1097 Using the “Reconform From Bins” Command�������������������������������������������� 1097 Using Reconform From Media Storage��������������������������������������������������������� 1101 Understanding, Fixing, and Using Reel Conflicts ������������������������������������ 1104 Using Clip Conflicts as a Conform Tool ������������������������������������������������������������ 1105 Resolving Clip Conflicts ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1105 Re-editing Media Directly to the Timeline �������������������������������������������������� 1106 How Grades Are Linked to Multiple Timelines ������������������������������������������ 1107
Conforming and Relinking Media
DaVinci Resolve provides a wealth of tools to help you deal with managing the relationship between clips in the Media Pool and clips in timelines, and with the links between each clip and its corresponding media file on disk. You can use these tools to manage different project workflows, or to deal with problems that can occur when importing project files in any format from a variety of sources.
This section describes every method available in DaVinci Resolve for conforming clips and relinking media. More information on the clip metadata that’s used to determine the correspondences between clips and media is found later in this chapter.
Conforming and Relinking During Project Import
When you import an AAF or XML file, you have the ability to relink the clips that are imported into the Media Pool to the corresponding source media files on disk as part of the process. As an automatic result, the imported timeline is conformed to the clips in the Media Pool, and you end up with a Media Pool full of clips, and an arrangement of those clips in the imported timeline. Because it all usually happens at the same time, it’s easy to confuse the distinction between a timeline’s relationship to the clips in the Media Pool, and each clip’s relationship to their corresponding source media file on disk.
The workflow for importing an EDL makes this process more explicit, since you must first import all of the clips you need into the Media Pool, making sure that they have the correct reel names and timecode. This creates the link between the Media Pool clips and the source media on disk. You then
import the EDL in a second step, which creates a timeline that attempts to reconform itself to the clips in the Media Pool using reel name and timecode information.
Conforming and Relinking Existing Timelines and Clips
There are many reasons why you might want to reconform or relink media long after you’ve started editing or grading a project, so DaVinci Resolve provides additional tools to facilitate these workflows as well. For example, you may have started a project using placeholder VFX or stock footage clips, but you later need to replace these with final versions of the same shots. Or, you may have decided to edit a project using transcoded versions of the camera raw media files you were given, only to
The Difference Between Conforming and Relinking
While these two terms are often used synonymously, conforming typically refers to the process of matching clips in a timeline to the appropriate source clips in the Media Pool, while relinking typically refers to the process of matching a source clip in the Media Pool to its corresponding media file on disk. This is a recent change necessitated by an expansion of relinking and reconforming options, so the author offers his apologies if this usage is not always consistent.
The Difference Between Conforming and Relinking
While these two terms are often used synonymously, conforming typically refers to the process of matching clips in a timeline to the appropriate source clips in the Media Pool, while relinking typically refers to the process of matching a source clip in the Media Pool to its corresponding media file on disk. This is a recent change necessitated by an expansion of relinking and reconforming options, so the author offers his apologies if this usage is not always consistent.
The Difference Between Conforming and Relinking
While these two terms are often used synonymously, conforming typically refers to the process of matching clips in a timeline to the appropriate source clips in the Media Pool, while relinking typically refers to the process of matching a source clip in the Media Pool to its corresponding media file on disk. This is a recent change necessitated by an expansion of relinking and reconforming options, so the author offers his apologies if this usage is not always consistent.