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NOTE: When using this feature, the very first project backup that’s saved for a given
day may be a bit slow, but all subsequent backups should be unnoticeable.
Editing
The settings in this panel affect new timeline settings, editorial default values, trim behaviors,
timeline UI appearance, and frame interpolation settings.
New Timeline Settings
These settings define the presets that populate the New Timeline Options window whenever
you create a new timeline.
 Start Timecode: You can change the Start Timecode if a specific start time is required.
 No. of Video Tracks: Enter how many video tracks you want to have. You can also drag
within this field to adjust the number of video tracks with a virtual slider.
 No. of Audio Tracks: Enter how many audio tracks you want to have. You can also drag
within this field to adjust the number of audio tracks with a virtual slider.
 Audio Track Type: Choose the channel mapping you want the new audio tracks to use.
Automatic Smart Bins
These settings let DaVinci Resolve automatically create Smart Bins whenever clips with relevant
metadata appear in the Media Pool, or whenever such metadata is added to clips that are
already in the Media Pool. You can choose which Smart Bins are automatically created via a
series of checkboxes.
General Settings
These settings define the timing of resolve-generated effects and editing operations.
 Standard generator duration: Defines the default duration of generators you edit into
the Timeline, in Seconds or Frames. The default value is 5 seconds.
 Standard transition duration: Defines the duration of transitions, in Seconds or Frames,
that you add to an edit point in DaVinci Resolve. The default value is 1 second.
 Standard still duration: Defines the duration of stills that you import such as TIFF,
PNGand other supported graphic file formats, in Seconds or Frames. The default value
is 5seconds.
 Pre-roll time: Determines how much of the Timeline before the current position of the
playhead to play when using the Play Around command.
 Post-roll time: Determines how much of the Timeline after the current position of the
playhead to play when using the Play Around command.
 Default handles length: The value used when creating a timeline with handles.
Thedefault is one second worth of frames.
 Default fast nudge length: The number of frames that are nudged when you use the
Shift-Comma (,) and Shift-Period (.) keyboard shortcuts.
 Pre-playhead shadow length: The number of frames in the Timeline prior to the
playhead covered by the Playhead Shadow, if enabled by choosing View > Show
Playhead Shadow.
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