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The Bin list at the left shows a hierarchical list of bins used for organizing your media, which is also used to organize your timelines. By default, the Media Pool consists of a single bin, named “Master,” but you can add more bins as necessary to organize timelines and clips by right-clicking anywhere in the empty area of the Media Pool and choosing Add Bin. You can rename any custom bin by double-clicking on its name and typing a new one, or by right-clicking a bin’s name and choosing Rename Bin. The Bin list can be hidden or shown via the button at the upper left-hand corner of the Edit page toolbar.
The browser area to the right shows the contents of the currently selected folder. Every timeline you create, and every AAF, XML, or EDL file you import, appears here. You can create or import as many timelines as you need within a single project.
As in the Media page, the Media Pool can be displayed in either Metadata, Icon, or List view. In List view, you can sort the contents by any one of a subset of the total metadata that’s available in the Metadata Editor of the Media page. Of particular interest to editors are columns for Name, Reel Name, different timecode streams, Description, Comments, Keyword, Shot, Scene, Take, Angle, Circled, Start KeyKode, Flags, Usage, Resolution, and Frames Per Second.
For more information on using the myriad features of the Media Pool, see Chapter 18, “Adding and Organizing Media with the Media Pool.” In the sections that follow, some key features of the Media Pool are summarized for your convenience.
Importing Media Into the Media Pool on the Edit Page
While adding clips to the Media Pool in the Media page provides the most organizational flexibility and features, if you find yourself in the Edit, Cut, Fusion, Color, or Fairlight page and you need to quickly import a few clips for immediate use, you can do so in a couple of different ways.
1 Select one or more clips in the Finder.
2 Drag those clips into the Media Pool of DaVinci Resolve or to a bin in the Bin list. Those clips are added to the Media Pool of your project.
1 With the Edit page open, right-click anywhere in the Media Pool, and choose Import Media.
2 Use the Import dialog to select one or more clips to import, and click Open. Those clips are added to the Media Pool of your project.
For more information on using the myriad features of the Media Pool, see Chapter 18, “Adding and Organizing Media with the Media Pool.” Below, some key features of the Media Pool are summarized for your convenience.
Bins, Power Bins, and Smart Bins
There are actually three kinds of bins in the Media Pool, and each appears in its own section of the Bin list. The Power Bin and Smart Bin areas of the Bin list can be shown or hidden by selecting/deselecting in the Media Pool option menu Show Smart Bins, and Show Power Bins. Here are the differences between the different kinds of bins: