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You also have the option of using the directories and subdirectories that organize media in your file system as bins in the Media Pool, so that you can preserve the original organization of your media.
1 Use the Media Storage panel to find the directory containing the files you need to import.
2 Do one of the following:
3 Right-click the directory and choose “Add Folder and SubFolders into Media Pool (Create Bins)”
4 Drag the folder you want to import from the Media Storage panel to the Bin list of the Media Pool to add that folder, and all subfolders within, as a new bin in the Bin list.
Import Hierarchically Organized Nests of Empty Directories
You can also import a nested series of directories and subdirectories that constitutes a default bin structure you’d like to bring into projects, even if those directories are empty, by dragging them from your file system into the Media Pool Bin list of a project. The result is a hierarchically nested series of bins that mimics the structure of the directories you imported. This is useful if you want to use such a series of directories as a preset bin structure for new projects.
Import Hierarchically Organized Nests of Empty Directories
You can also import a nested series of directories and subdirectories that constitutes a default bin structure you’d like to bring into projects, even if those directories are empty, by dragging them from your file system into the Media Pool Bin list of a project. The result is a hierarchically nested series of bins that mimics the structure of the directories you imported. This is useful if you want to use such a series of directories as a preset bin structure for new projects.
Import Hierarchically Organized Nests of Empty Directories
You can also import a nested series of directories and subdirectories that constitutes a default bin structure you’d like to bring into projects, even if those directories are empty, by dragging them from your file system into the Media Pool Bin list of a project. The result is a hierarchically nested series of bins that mimics the structure of the directories you imported. This is useful if you want to use such a series of directories as a preset bin structure for new projects.
A folder appears in the Media Pool with the same name as the folder you dragged in. All clips and all subdirectories appear within, nested hierarchically in the Media Pool as they were in the file system.
Adding Subclips From the Media Storage Panel
If you’re browsing long source clips in the Media Storage panel, but you only want to import a small segment of a much longer clip into the Media Pool, you can create subclips directly from the Media Storage panel.
1 Single-click any clip in the Media Storage panel to open it into the Viewer in order to create a subclip without needing to first import that clip into the Media Pool.
2 Set In and Out points in the Source Viewer to define the section you want to turn into a subclip.
3 Do one of the following:
— Right-click the jog bar and choose Make Subclip from the contextual menu
— Drag the clip from the Viewer to the Media Pool to add it as a subclip
Adding Individual Frames From Image Sequences
If you’re working with image sequences, or with sequentially numbered image files from any source, DaVinci Resolve automatically presents them as clips in the Media Storage panel. This is good if that’s what they are, but there are instances where sets of photos, of which each frame is in actuality a separate media file, are also sequentially numbered. For this reason, you can import individual frames, rather than entire image sequences.