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Creating New Disk and PostgreSQL Databases
You can use Disk databases and PostgreSQL databases side by side for switching to the use of
one or the other, depending on your needs.
To create a new Disk database:
1 Click the button at the upper-left hand corner of the Projects window to open the
Databases sidebar.
2 Click the New Database button at the bottom of the sidebar.
3 When the New Database window appears, click the Create tab.
4 Leave Type set to Disk. The New Database window should look like the following
screenshot:
Creating a Disk database
5 In the remaining fields, do the following:
a Type a name for the new database into the Name field
b Click within the Location field and use the Filesystem navigation dialog to
choosewhere to put the directory that will contain all of the DaVinci Resolve
projectdirectories
6 Click Create, and the new disk database will appear in the Disk database section of the
Databases sidebar.
To create a new PostgreSQL database:
1 Click the button at the upper-left hand corner of the Projects window to open the
Databases sidebar.
2 Click the New Database button at the bottom of the sidebar.
3 When the New Database window appears, click the Create tab.
4 Change Type to PostgreSQL, and different options will appear at the bottom of the New
Database dialog. The New Database window should look like the following screenshot:
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