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The upgrade warning in the Project Manager indicates that project library needs to be upgraded.
It’s generally a good idea to back up a project library prior to upgrading it, in case something goes wrong. In general, upgrading from a whole version release to the next whole version release of DaVinci Resolve usually requires an upgrade, while upgrading to a dot release of the same version may or may not. If the currently used project library requires an update, you’ll be told on application startup.
Click on a project library that needs updating, and select the Upgrade Project Library button. A dialog appears to confirm if you really want to upgrade that project library. Click Upgrade to proceed.
Network Project Libraries
Multiple DaVinci Resolve workstations can access the same project when you set up a Project Server that shares one or more network project libraries over a local network. Once you’ve set this up, there are two ways of using a shared project library.
Multiple Users Sharing Projects
The simplest case is for users to simply open up a project on the Project Server and work on it. Working this way, if you ever have to change rooms, or switch workstations, you can easily open that same project from any machine that’s connected to the server on the same network without needing to export and import it first. For example, an assistant could be working with a colorist to prepare files for the next reel by conforming shots, managing VFX replacements, doing dust busting repairs, and so on in an unsupervised editing suite anywhere in the building, before saving their work and closing the project so the colorist can immediately open that same project in the grading theater across the hall.
Another way of taking advantage of shared Project Servers is to split large projects into sections, so multiple artists can work in parallel on different pieces of the whole in different suites, handing them off when necessary. For example, a feature film may be split into reels, or a film can be separated from the trailer and electronic press kit projects that it shares media with. In this case, each project can be edited, mixed, and graded by different people accessing the Project Server.