(To load the backup, click Project Manager (house icon) → R click the project → Project Backup (will create a new copy, after loading, open that new copy)

Find project location and create folder to group project:

Project Manager, click Show/Hide Database → click Info icon

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Then R click on the info box of the project → Open file location (or reveal in Finder)

Optional:

Create folder, drag wanted project in folder → to go back to previous page, double click on Projects/GF folder:

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If want to move the project out of folder, R click → Cut → Paste outside the folder

Open 2 projects at the same time (to copy and pastes files between them) :

In Project manager, R click the project → Dynamic Project Switching →

Open another project in Project Manager

File → Switch Project, OR just click the top arrow in the middle of interface:

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Now can Copy and paste the files/timeline among different project

Create new Database transfer to new machine:

Project Manager → New Database (bottom left), select new location (name the folder same as the new database name) → copy and paste needed projects to new data base

R click on the database, can disconnect the database

To reconnect it → select the connect button, will ask u rename the database → select location (choose the database previously created)

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When bring a database to new machine or upgrade new Resolve version, before that:

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Backup the database, and after transfer, restore the database

(file format looks like this:)

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Save a new name → create a new folder to where want the restored database to be (do it before clicking restore), choose that folder → Create → Restore

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Move and backup project by exporting:

First, move metadata (exclude footages)

File → Export Project

Reminder: (don’t just double click the exported resolve file, coz any revise on this export project, changes will only be inside the imported project, which needs to be export again)

Correct way: In Project Manager, R click → Import Project, choose the exported project (a new project will be shown) → Select that new project and make revise

If need to include footage to export:

Project Manager → Export Project Archive → choose the saved location → untick render cache, but tick Media File and/or Proxy media

In the new machine → Project manager → R click → Restore Project Archive → Select the folder → rename the project

Working with Offline Reference Clips

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1CYwYaTf30&ab_channel=Lowepost⁠

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Select the reference clip in Media Storage column → R click → Add as offline Reference clip

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R click on the timeline wanted to edit with this reference video → Link offline reference clip

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In Preview window, change from Source to Offline

Copy and paste graded nodes:

1- After graded source clip, go to next target clip, press =

2- Select multiple target clips (hold shift) → R click → Apply Grade, OR on Gallery Still, R click → Apply Grade

3- R clic on source clip → Display Node Graph (new graph open) → Drag the wanted node from new graph to target clip node graph

4- Select source clip → Color (top bar) → Memories → Save Memory A → Go to target clip → Memories → Load Memory A

Copy Graded note to another project by Color Trace setup:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiVuxFR7dS0&t=364s&ab_channel=thaiphotos⁠

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOgM10eMxU&t=142s&ab_channel=ColourMeInPost⁠

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R click on targeted timeline wanted to use → Color Trace Timeline

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A box will pop up, select the source timeline wanted to copy from, that timeline will align to the current timeline for comparsion →

If choose Automatic, source clips showed with green box mean davinci analyze the clip match well with the targeted clip; if blue box, mean not sure but can try.

If choose manual, choose the matching clips by ourselves

Click Done or Copy Graded and exit

Syn Audio Options:

1. In Edit mode, select video/audio files, right click-> Auto Sync Audio (Based on Waveform)

2. In Edit mode, drag selected video/audio files in timeline. Select the clips in timeline, right click-> Auto Align Clips

3. In Cut mode, select video/audio files, click "Sync Clip" button (two looping arrows)-> Choose Sync by: Audio (2nd icon)->click Sync->Save Sync

Then after drag the synced clip in timeline, unlink the video and audio file->Right click on unlinked audio track-> Switch MultiCam Clip Angle

Colour Grade method 1 (Mainly by Serial Nodes):

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXCUuDFJ_-M&list=PLUKpuY3Cg0CHlmwEhfUlB7bg73awwxq46&index=17&ab_channel=WaqasQazi⁠

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-First, choose the Hero Frame in the shot, add new nodes as:

Node 1 (Contrast): Boost Contrast, reduce Pivot

Node 2 (Primary color): Reduce Lift, boost Gamma, boost Gain; Set Saturation to 100; change Temp, Tint values (if color temperature looks too cool/warm)

Node 3 (HSL): Click Curve icon to "Hue vs Sat" (further fine tone color temperature blue/yellow); to "Hue vs Hue & "Hue vs Lum"->tune down blue color (if want a bluer sky in the frame, give higher dynamic range of blue sky)

Node 4 (glow fx): add fx "Glow"-> Drag "Shine Threshold" & "Spread" to 0-> Composite Type to Softlight; Global Blend reduce to 0.6

Go Qualifer (dropper icon), change Luminance value about "H.Soft" to 20, "High" to 60;

Node 5 (optional, Film Grain Fx)

2 Settings Before You Start Coloring

(To deactivate Resolve features of preventing the pixels self-recovery or over/underexposed:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wz5DpL0OfM&ab_channel=LearnColorGrading⁠

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In Project Setting→ General Options→ Color:

1.Untick “Use S-curve for Contrast” → Let the pixels in Scopes go beyond the bar at top and bottom, when increasing the Contrast dramatically. (Purpose: to make the dark area purely black);

Then recover the highlight (due to overexposed after boosting contrast) manually, by clicking Primaries Wheels, change to “Log”, reduce Highlight values.

2. Tick “Luminance mixer default to zero”→ Let us adjust each of the primary bar (i.e. Red, Blue or Green bar) independently.

Can also be set in clicking Primaries Wheel, change to Primaries Bars→ Lum Mix (Below Offset bars / next to Hue)

Remarks: Only work when the Saturation is set as 50

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