User Manual

Project Notes
Each DaVinci Resolve project now provides access to Project Notes, which is a simple “scratch
pad” for keeping track of text notes associated with each project. These notes can be accessed
using the File > Project Notes command, and there’s also a Project Notes command in the
contextual menu for project icons in the Project Manager, which makes these notes accessible
to everyone who’s connected to that database.
Dynamic Project Switching
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.
Switching among open projects using the Project Title
drop-down at the top of the DaVinci Resolve UI
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.
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