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Collaborative Marker, Flag, and Clip Color Support
Collaborative workflow supports the modification of markers, flags, clip metadata, and clip color from the Color page. Additionally, FrameIO comment markers are supported by collaborative workflow.
Read Only Mode
Users can load collaborative projects in Read Only Mode.
Collaborative Support for HDR
Starting with DaVinci Resolve 16, there is support for Dolby Vision and HDR10+ in collaborative workflows.
Requirements for Collaboration
In order to use collaborative workflow:
— All users must be working on a project that’s been saved either in the Blackmagic Cloud, or on a properly configured remote project library server. This remote project library server can be on one of the actively used DaVinci Resolve workstations, or it can be another computer on your network that simply hosts shared projects, but it should be on a computer that is never shut down or put to sleep, to prevent projects suddenly becoming unavailable.
— All machines participating in a collaborative workflow must be networked. They can be on the same local area network (LAN), but you can also connect computers on different subnets.
— Shared projects should ideally use media on some type of fast storage area network (SAN), with each collaborator connected to that SAN so that every workstation that’s connected to the project being collaborated on has direct access to the same media. In a pinch, shared volumes over a network will work, but proper SANs will provide significant performance benefits. Facilities using multiple computer platforms (macOS, Windows, and Linux) together can use the Mapped Mount option of the Media Storage Locations list, found in the DaVinci Resolve System Preferences, to facilitate cross platform drive connection.
— Alternatively, all workstations can be connected via the internet to the same cloud storage folder with the proper Path Mapping set up in the Project Settings.
For more information on setting up a project library server, see Chapter 194, “Managing Project Libraries and Project Servers.”
Enabling Multiple User Collaboration
Enabling Multiple User collaboration mode on a project is required to use the collaboration toolset.
1 Open DaVinci Resolve on a computer that’s connected to a remote project library or Blackmagic Cloud server.