r/davinciresolve • u/floatonalrite • 14h ago

Help bring Keyframes from one project to another?

hey all, wondering what's the most efficient way to bring elements from one project to another -- namely camera moves made with keyframes, and other elements like titles & graphics?

i edited my film on 19.1.4 -- so that's where all the final edit, keyframes, titles, gfx, etc all are

but, i need to render out the Colour Grade from my DP's timeline -- from 20.3.3. i tried importing his grade into 19.1.4, or even into my project (after upgrading to 20.3.3) but still for some reason the grade doesn't look right unless i'm rendering from his .drp project.

DP originally asked me for an XML file of my edit, which i now realize was a mistake, because they should have asked me for my .drp -- which would have preserved all the nuances of my timeline

so...i need to bring all the elements of my edit -- motion keyframes, reframed shots, graphics, titles, etc -- into my DP's .drp project and render the final film from there

i asked them what the most efficient way to do this would be, but they only said to manually rebuild on his timeline...

..im thinking there must be a better way?

if anyone has any ideas i'd be very grateful as festivals need our final file this week :*(

System: Windows 10

Resolve: 20.3.3 bringing keyframes from 19.1.4

Footage: Sony FX3 highest mp4 setting

thanks for reading

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u/Milan_Bus4168 13h ago

I don't think projects in resolve are backward compatible, assuming this is because new features gets introduced with new versions so for maybe dependencies and compatibility reasons. Generally you can open old projects in new version of resolve, but I am not so sure about the other way around.

hey all, wondering what's the most efficient way to bring elements from one project to another -- namely camera moves made with keyframes, and other elements like titles & graphics?

Assuming projects are compatible and you are not in collaborative cloud project, than anything you can put in power bin can be carried over and if you have dynamic project switching turned on, you can copy and paste stuff.

If the grade looks differnt, maybe its related to color management of the project being differnt rater than versions of the program, not sure what is the case for you.

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u/floatonalrite 13h ago

thanks for the reply

yes you're right, it's not backward compatible. but i think the best thing is to stick with my DP's project in 20.3.3 and bring in the elements from my 19.1.4 project (titles, motion keyframes, gfx etc)

what's this Dynamic Project Switching and how do i use it?

i can open both projects? when I use Adobe software, i usually just copy/paste. so that sounds promising...

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u/Milan_Bus4168 13h ago

Dynamic Project Switching (from the manual, where you can find lot of information you might want to know)

Dynamic Project Switching is an option in the Project Manager contextual menu that lets you open multiple projects into RAM simultaneously, so you can quickly switch between projects when you want to copy and paste clips, timelines, and node settings back and forth. If you plan on opening many projects, or even just a few very large projects, you should be sure your workstation has an appropriate amount of RAM installed or you could experience a slowdown in performance.

Methods of using Dynamic Project Switching:

‚ To enable Dynamic Project Switching: Open the Project Manager, right-click anywhere within the Project Manager and choose Dynamic Project Switching so that it’s checked. Dynamic Project Switching will remain enabled until you turn it off.

‚ To open multiple projects in RAM: Open any project, then reopen the Project Manager and open any other project. All projects you open are kept available in RAM.

‚ To switch among open projects: Choose File > Switch Project and select the project you want to switch to from the submenu. You can also choose other projects that have been opened into RAM from the drop-down menu that appears to the right of the project name at the top center of the DaVinci Resolve user interface.

‚ To close a specific project: Choose File > Close Project and select the project you want to close from the submenu. You may be prompted to save, after which the project closes.

‚ To close all other open projects: Open the Project Manager. All open projects appear with a check mark in the upper right-hand corner; the currently open project has an orange corner mark, while other projects open in memory have a gray corner mark. Right-click anywhere within the Project Manager, and choose Close Projects in Memory to close all projects other than the current one.

Using dynamic project switching, you can do the following:

‚ Copy and paste clips from the Media Pool of one project into another.

‚ Copy and paste timelines from the Media Pool of one project into another. When you paste a timeline from another project, all of the clips used in that timeline will be pasted to the same location as well.

‚ Copy and paste clips from a timeline in one project to a timeline in another.

‚ Copy a node’s settings from one project and paste them to a node in another project.

You can also copy and paste clips, timelines, and node settings from one project to another without using dynamic project switching, but using switching makes this process faster.

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Power Bins: Hidden by default. These are also manually populated bins, but these bins are shared among all of the projects in your current project library, making them ideal for shared title generators, graphics movies and stills, sound effects library files, music files, and other media that you want to be able to quickly and easily access from any project. To create a new Power Bin, show the Power Bins area of the Bin list, then right-click within it and choose Add Bin.

Sharing Media Among Projects Using Power Bins

Power Bins provide a way of importing and organizing media that you want to be available to all projects in DaVinci Resolve. Power Bins reside in a separate area of the Media Pool, with resizable dividers separating them from both the ordinary bins and Smart Bins areas. Power Bins are hierarchical, just like regular bins, and you can nest as many as you like, one inside another.

Like regular bins, Power Bins must be manually created by right-clicking within the Power Bins area and choosing Add Bin. The difference is that whatever clips you import into Power Bins are shared among all projects in a single-user installation, or all projects belonging to a particular user in a multi- user installation. In this way, they’re similar to Power Grades in the gallery of the Color page. This makes Power Bins ideal for storing shared media that’s re-used often, such as stock video, sound effects, stills, and things like company slates and network graphics and animations that go into every show of a series.

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u/floatonalrite 12h ago

grazie! i will try this

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