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Finally, we see the reel name that is embedded within the clip name of the material.
— Pattern: */Reel%R_*
— File path: /vol0/MyMovie/Scans/Reel004B_[1000-2000].dpx
— Reel name: 004B
This example shows a method for extracting the reel name from the file name of the clip. Again, starting at the right the two pattern characters “_*” match any series of characters up to the first underscore character. In this case it will pick up the file extension (.dpx) and the frame number portion of the file name. Next, the “/Reel%R” characters indicate the reel name is the characters between the “/Reel” and _ character. The * at the beginning of the pattern will match a file path any number of directories deep in front of the file name.
Conform Missing Clips by Importing Their Source Media
If you have a timeline with one or more missing clips, that means that the relationship between that clip in the timeline and the Media Pool has been lost because there is no corresponding clip in the Media Pool. If you decide to manually import clips into the Media Pool that correspond to missing clips, the “Automatically conform missing clips added to Media Pool” checkbox in the General Options panel of the Project Settings determines what happens. Please note, the “Auto conform clips with media added into Media Pool” setting must be disabled if you use collaborative workflow.
As long as the “Auto conform clips with media added into Media Pool” setting is enabled in the General Options panel of the Project Settings, DaVinci Resolve automatically updates the conformed relationship between clips that you add to the Media Pool and missing clips in the various timelines of your project. DaVinci Resolve also updates the conform relationship of all other timeline clips that have Conform Lock Enabled turned off at this time as well. All of this is done at the time you import the clips.
However, if “Auto conform clips with media added into Media Pool” is turned off when you import additional clips into the Media Pool, then DaVinci Resolve will not attempt to reconform anything automatically, instead relying on you to reconform offline or missing clips manually using one of the many methods of manual reconforming that are available such as Reconform From Bins or Conform Lock With Media Pool Clip.
For more information about manually adding clips to the Media Pool, see Chapter 18, “Adding and Organizing Media with the Media Pool.”