Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 152)

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Force Conform
If you have a problem with a session such that an unconformed clip simply won’t automatically conform
to any clip in the Media Pool, even if you know the clip is there, you can use the Force Conform command
to force a clip in the session to conform to a clip of your choosing in the Media Pool.
To force conform an unconformed clip to another clip in the Media Pool:
1. Select a clip in the Media Pool.
2. Right-click an unconformed clip in the Timeline, and choose Force Conform from the
contextual menu.
The selected clip in the Timeline is conformed to the clip you selected in the Media
Pool in one of two ways:
• If the selected clip in the Media Pool has matching timecode and reel metadata, then
the new clip is perfectly conformed as originally specified by the original EDL/AAF/
XML project data.
• If the Media Pool clip does not have timecode that matches the selected clip in the
Timeline, then the new clip is conformed such that the first frame of the Media Pool
clip is aligned with the first frame of the reconformed clip in the session, and
occupies the same duration.
If you right-click that clip again, you’ll see that the box next to the Force Conform menu item is checked,
showing you that the clip has been force conformed to media that it wasn’t originally a match for.
Important: The clip you select in the Media Pool must be equal in length or longer then the clip you
select in the session for Force Reconform to work.
Working with Transitions
DaVinci Resolve supports a variety of different transitions besides the traditional cross-dissolve, allowing
for greater flexibility when finishing creative edits. The following are transition types that are supported
within Resolve:
Default
Center Wipe
Clock Wipe
Edge Wipe
Venetian Blind Wipe
Additive Dissolve
Cross Dissolve
Dip to Color Dissolve
Cross Iris