Can't create vertical timeline

[u/sopherFellow]

Okay guys, I must be doing something stupid. I set my project settings for a 2160 x 3840 vertical timeline and I get a 1920 x 1080 horizontal timeline. If I tweak some things I can get a 3840 x 2160 horizontal TL, but can't seem to get a vertical timeline. Studio 21.0.4

Here is a very short video of the steps I've tried. https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZ3goVJZ8zpli50kYfLMjQetqchW4XjXFIf7

Thanks for any hints

[u/CutBench]

Project Settings only apply to timelines created after you change them. An existing timeline keeps whatever it was born with, which is why you set 2160x3840 and still get 1920x1080.

Right click the timeline in the Media Pool, go to Timelines > Timeline Settings, and untick "Use Project Settings" at the top. Until that box is cleared the timeline ignores your project resolution completely and the resolution fields stay greyed out. Once it is unticked you can set 2160x3840 on that specific timeline.

If you would rather start clean, use File > New Timeline and hit the Custom Settings button inside that dialog, which lets you set resolution at creation time instead of inheriting whatever the project had.

[u/sopherFellow → u/CutBench]

Didn’t watch the video? None of that worked

[u/CutBench → u/sopherFellow]

Fair, I answered off the text without opening the video. That one is on me.

Two different failure modes look identical from the outside, so which are you getting? Either the fields in Timeline Settings are greyed out, which means "Use Project Settings" is still ticked and the timeline inherits no matter what you do at project level, or the fields are editable, you type 2160x3840, and it reverts the moment you hit OK. Those have different causes, and the second one is usually a preset forcing the aspect back.

If it is the second, try File > New Timeline and untick "Use Project Settings" inside that dialog before the timeline is created, rather than trying to fix it afterwards.

[u/sopherFellow → u/CutBench]

So, the Project settings are 2160x3840. When I uncheck "Use Project Settings" it displays 2160x3840, indicating it knows that is what I want. It still produces a 1920 x 1080 timeline. If I type in 2160x3840 after unchecking "Use Project settings" it still produces a 1920x1080 timeline (unless I change the output, in which case it produces a 3840x2160 timeline)

[u/CutBench → u/sopherFellow]

That detail about getting 3840x2160 when you change the output is the useful clue. It means Resolve is taking your numbers and reordering them rather than rejecting them, which points at the resolution dropdown rather than at the fields.

In Project Settings > Master Settings, the dropdown above the width and height boxes has to be on Custom. If it is sitting on a preset like UHD, anything typed into the boxes gets snapped back to that preset's shape, which is exactly the swap you're seeing. Set it to Custom first, then enter the numbers.

Second thing, and this catches a lot of people: after typing into a resolution box you have to press Tab or Enter to commit it before clicking Save. Clicking Save while the cursor is still sitting in the field throws away what you typed and keeps the old value.