Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 167)

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If you’re cherry-picking individual grades from one session to paste into shots in another, you can copy
grades one at a time.
To copy one source grade to one target clip:
• Click a thumbnail in the Source session timeline (on top) to copy from, then click a
thumbnail in the Target session timeline (on the bottom), and click Paste.
You can also simultaneously copy the grades of entire scenes of clips from one session to another. For
example, if you’re copying grades from an originally graded session to a re-edited version of the same
program, you can copy every grade from a 10-clip scene in the Source session to the same 10 clips in
the Target session which have been pushed back later in the timeline.
To copy a group of source grades to a group of target clips:
1. Choose a continuous range of Source clips by doing one of the following:
• Click the first clip in the range, and then Shift-click the last clip in the range.
• Enter the clip number of the first clip in the left “Copy Range” field, and then enter
the clip number of the last clip in the right field.
• Click a clip, and then click First to select every clip from that one to the first clip in
the session.
• Click a clip, and then click Last to select every clip from that one to the last clip in
the session.
2. Choose a continuous range of Target clips by using the same procedures as in the
previous step, but using the “Paste Range” controls.
IMPORTANT: You must select the same number of Target clips as you did Source clips
for the Paste button to become enabled.
3. When you’ve made your selections, click Paste.
The grade settings from the source clips are pasted to the destination clips, in order. In
other words, if you copy from clips 27, 28, and 29 to clips 4, 5, and 6, then grade 27 is
copied to shot 4, grade 28 is copied to shot 5, and grade 29 is copied to shot 6.
Importing CDL Data Using ColorTrace™
The ColorTrace™ CDL command lets you import ASC CDL file formats from other applications into
DaVinci Resolve.
There are three supported file formats:
CMX EDL: An EDL with comments referring to CCC/CDL XML files, or even
Slope, Offset, and Power (SOP) data within the comment area.
CCC and CDL XML: A file format that contains various color correction looks, and
even references.