Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 139)

CHAPTER CONFORM
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Once you’ve graded a program, you may find it necessary to send it to another application for finishing.
DaVinci Resolve lets you export individual sessions as EDLs or XML files, for sending to an NLE or
finishing application along with its accompanying rendered media.
Rendering Media to Accompany Exported Projects
To send a graded project to another application, you need to render it first using the Render window,
available from the Session menu when you’re in the Color page.
There are numerous options in the Render window for selecting which clips are rendered, and controlling
how they’re named, whether they’re exported as individual clips (Source mode) or as one long flattened
file (Target mode), where they’re written to, etcetera.
For purposes of sending a session and its rendered media to another application, you need to render
a session in Source mode. In this mode, Reel Name and Timecode metadata for each rendered clip are
cloned from the original media, making it possible maintain the correspondence between project and
media. Furthermore, if you’re exporting XML to send back to Final Cut Pro, a “Final Cut Pro Compatibility”
checkbox automatically chooses all the optimal settings for rendering media that will smoothly relink to
the accompanying XML file.
For detailed information about using the Render window, the Render chapter.
Creating a Session With Handles
If you need to render media with handles before exporting a session to another application, you first
need to create a duplicate version of the graded session, or the Master Session, in the Conform page.
Handles are useful if you’re recording a session to tape and need pre-roll time. They’re also good for
handing a graded project and its media back to an editor for continued re-editing in their NLE of choice.
Exporting Sessions
The Render window lets you render some or all of the clips in your graded project for export.