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Basic Methods for Adding Media in the Media Page
There are several ways of adding clips to the Media Pool.
1 Use the Media Storage panel to find a media file to import.
2 If you have multiple bins available in the Bin list, choose the bin you want to add the incoming media to.
3 Do one of the following:
— Shift-click or Command-click multiple files, then right-click one of the selected files and choose “Add into Media Pool.”
— Drag a clip from the Media Storage panel browser to the Media Pool or to a specific bin in the Bin list.
4 If a dialog appears asking if you want to change your project to match the criteria, click “Change” to alter the project’s settings, or click “Don’t Change” to continue importing the media while leaving the project at its previous frame rate. Once clips have been imported into the Media Pool, the frame rate cannot be changed again, so choose carefully.
You also have the option of dragging media directly from the file system of supported platforms into the Media Pool.
1 Select one or more clips in your File System.
2 Drag those clips into the Media Pool of DaVinci Resolve or to a specific bin in the Bin list. Those clips are added to the Media Pool of your project.
If you need to add the contents of all directories and subdirectories to the Media Pool as a flat group of media, that’s easily accomplished. A good example of this is when you’re importing camera original media from a cloned file structure, in which clips are organized into subdirectories that are many levels deep. DaVinci Resolve can easily import all of these clips and put them all into the same bin.
1 Use the Media Storage panel to find and select one or more directories containing media files you need to import.
2 If you have multiple bins available in the Bin list, select the specific bin you want to add the incoming media to.
3 Do one of the following:
— Right-click the selected directory or directories in the Media Storage panel, and choose “Add Folder into Media Pool” to add only clips from the selected directory. Subdirectories are ignored.
— Right-click the directory in the Media Storage panel, and choose “Add Folder and SubFolders into Media Pool” to add clips from the selected directory and those from all subdirectories within.
— Drag one or more selected directories you want from the Media Storage panel’s browser area to the browser area of the Media Pool to add its contents, and the contents of all subdirectories within, to the currently selected bin in the Bin list.