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— Media Pool bin name: The reel name is obtained from the name of the bin in the Media Pool that encloses that clip. For example, in a stereoscopic workflow you might want to export offline stereo media with the “Left” and “Right” bin names in which they’re organized as reel names. Another example would be organizing VFX being incrementally processed in individually named bins, such as “VFX_Tuesday_10-12.”
— Embedding in Source clip file: Useful for file formats where the reel name is embedded within the media file itself. CinemaDNG and other digital cinema cameras, QuickTime files created by Final Cut Pro, and DPX frame files are formats that can contain reel name header data.
— Source clip filename: If there is no defined reel number, often it’s easy to just use the Source clip filename.
— User Defined: This option is only available when you manually alter the reel name for one or more selected clips in the Media Pool using the Clip Attributes dialog. Choosing User Defined lets you type any string of text you like to use as the reel name.
Update Timecode from Audio – LTC
Some cameras do not offer the ability to sync to an external timecode source. Their recorded timecode may be time of day or free run timecode, but it would not be frame accurately synced to other cameras, the dual system audio recorder or the digital slate. This makes multi-cam or dual sound system syncing a time consuming manual operation.
DaVinci Resolve offers a solution to this problem if, by connecting an externally generated timecode to the camera audio input, the video that’s recorded by the camera has a timecode reference recorded on the audio track during the shoot.
Select this clip, or clips, in the media pool, then right-click on one of the highlighted clips and select “Update timecode from audio - LTC.” DaVinci Resolve automatically and instantly updates the clip timecode using the LTC it finds on the audio tracks. You can now use the clips as though they were synced on set.
Changing Clip Thumbnails in the Media Pool
When the Media Pool is in Thumbnail mode, each clip is represented by a small image that defaults to the first frame of that clip. You can scrub the thumbnail of any clip to view its contents using the pointer after hovering over it for a moment. However, when you’re done scrubbing, moving the pointer away from any clip returns its thumbnail to the first frame of media, which may or may not be representative of its contents. You can change this, if you like.
1 Move the pointer over a clip you want to customize the thumbnail of.
2 Hover for a moment, then scrub to a representative frame.
3 Right-click that clip, and choose Set Poster Frame, or press Command-P.
— Right-click a clip, and choose Clear Poster Frame, or press Option-P.