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— Project formats can be converted to other formats: Using DaVinci’s Export commands, compatible project formats can be converted from one format to another. For example, an imported EDL can be output as Final Cut Pro X XML. For that matter, Final Cut Pro 7 XML can be imported and then exported as Final Cut X XML. Or, an AAF file from Media Composer can be imported and then exported as a Final Cut Pro XML file to be opened in any NLE or finishing application compatible with that format, such as Premiere Pro or Smoke.
Do one of the following:
1 To export the current Timeline, choose File > Export AAF, XML, or press Shift-Command-O.
— Open the Edit page, right-click the Timeline you want to export in the Media Pool, and choose Timelines > Export > AAF/XML.
— When the Export XML dialog appears, type a name for the file and choose a location for the exported XML file, then click Save.
2 An XML version of that timeline is saved, complete with references to the graded media you rendered, and is ready for import into an NLE or finishing application.
More About Exporting to AAF
When you export to AAF, there are actually two options that are available to you, depending on whether you made editorial changes to the Timeline in the Edit page:
— If you didn’t make any editing changes to the Timeline you imported: You can choose
File > Export AAF, XML, and choose “AAF Files” from the Format drop-down menu. This exports all audio and effects using data from the original AAF file that was exported from Media Composer, regardless of whether or not they’re supported in DaVinci Resolve. When you export an unedited AAF, DaVinci Resolve uses the Avid AAF file that you originally imported to create an updated one; make sure it’s still in the same location as it was when you first imported it into DaVinci Resolve.
— If you made editing changes to the Timeline you imported, or you’re exporting a project that wasn’t AAF to begin with: Then you need to right-click the Timeline you want to export in the Media Pool and choose Timelines > Export > Generate New AAF. This option creates a brand new AAF file, but audio and effects that are not supported in DaVinci Resolve in an AAF import are discarded.
Exporting an EDL
DaVinci Resolve is also capable of exporting EDLs that can be reimported into other applications. For more information about EDL workflows, see Chapter 24, “Ingesting From Tape.” see Chapter 56, “Conforming and Relinking Clips.” and Chapter 60, “Conforming EDL Files.”