User Manual

Project Save and Load
The Project Save and Load panel lets you control how projects are opened, and how
they’re saved.
Load Settings
The Load Settings preference lets you control a key aspect of project opening performance,
namely whether or not all timelines within a given project are loaded into memory at the time
of opening.
 Load all timelines when opening projects: To improve the performance of longer
projects with multiple timelines, the “Load all timelines when opening projects”
checkbox in the Project Save and Load panel of the User Preferences defaults to off.
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When this checkbox is off, opening a project only results in the last timeline you
worked on being opened into memory; all other timelines are not loaded intoRAM.
This speeds up the opening of large projects. However, you may experience brief
pauses when you open other timelines within that project, as each new timeline
must be loaded into RAM as you open it. If you open a particularly gigantic
timeline, a progress bar will appear letting you know how long it will take to load.
Anotheradvantage of this is the reduction of each project’s memory footprint,
which is particularly valuable when working among multiple projects using Dynamic
ProjectSwitching.
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If you turn this on, all timelines will be loaded into RAM, and you’ll experience no
pauses when opening timelines you haven’t opened already. However, projects with
many timelines may take longer to open and save.
Save Settings
DaVinci Resolve’s Auto Save feature can save you from the heartache of lost work resulting
from an unexpected problem. DaVinci Resolve 12.5 and later has significantly improved save
times, so using Auto Save is highly recommended to prevent the loss of work in the event you
have a problem.
 Live Save: A progressive, fast, always-on autosave mechanism that “saves as you go.”
When Live Save is enabled, all changes in the Cut, Edit, and Fairlight pages are saved
as you make them. All changes in the Fusion and Color pages are automatically saved
when you switch to another clip, and also periodically and invisibly in the background
while you work to ensure that your work is saved even if you haven’t switched clips in
a while.
 Project Backups: Turning on the Project Backups checkbox in the Project Save and
Load panel of the User Preferences enables DaVinci Resolve to save multiple backup
project files at periodic intervals, using a method that’s analogous to a GFS (grandfather
father son) backup scheme. This can be done regardless of whether or not Live Save is
turned on. Each project backup is a complete project file, excluding stills and LUTs.
Once you’ve enabled Project Backups for a long enough time, whatever saved project
backups have been created are retrievable in the Project Manager via the contextual
menu that appears when you right-click a project, by choosing Project Backups.
Opening a project backup does not overwrite the original project; project backups are
always opened as independent projects.
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