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Exporting Timeline Markers to EDL
If you keep notes about a project within the notes field of Timeline markers, found in the Timeline ruler, then it’s possible to export those notes as an EDL.
1 Right-click that timeline in the Media Pool, and choose Timelines > Export > Timeline Markers to EDL.
2 Choose a location and export format from the Export Edit Index dialog, and click Save. Each Timeline marker is listed in the resulting EDL, with any notes included along with a duration, where applicable.
Exporting to CDL
DaVinci Resolve can export and import basic grading data to and from other applications via a Color Decision List (CDL). CDLs are an industry-standard file format originally developed by the American Society of Cinematographers’ technology committee. DaVinci Resolve supports the 1.2 CDL standard that defines the slope, offset, and power for each of the red, green, and blue channels, as well as the overall saturation of each clip in a program.
CDL files are formatted similarly to EDLs, with SOP (Slope/Offset/Power), and SAT (Saturation) values embedded as metadata in much the same way as comments are in a more typical EDL.
020 001 V C 03:02:49:13 03:02:53:00 01:01:28:11 01:01:31:22
*ASC_SOP (1.109563 1.717648 0.866061)(-0.238880 -0.390357 0.353743)
(0.672948 1.384022 0.889876)
*ASC_SAT 1.000000
Because the CDL definition of a grade is so narrow, projects you’re planning to export to other applications via a CDL must be constrained to only those operations the CDL mathematically defines. Here are some things to keep in mind:
— Only primary corrections in the first node of each clip are exported.
— Restrict yourself to using the Lift/Gamma/Gain, Offset, and Saturation controls.
— Keyframes are never exported. If keyframes are present in a grade, only the parameter values at the first frame of the clip are used.
— The track grade and group grades are completely ignored.
— If there is an HSL Qualifier or a Power Window in the first node, it is ignored and the corrections in that node are exported as if it were a primary correction.