User Manual

What Are the Project Settings?
The Project Settings window contains all project-specific parameters that are saved along with
that project. These include essential project properties such as the timeline format, video
monitoring settings, how to optimize media, and where to save cache files. It also includes
image scaling properties, color management settings, and many other properties that affect
projects in fundamental ways.
Opening and Editing Project Settings
All of these project-specific settings are easily accessed from anywhere in DaVinci Resolve by
clicking the gear button at the bottom right of the page bar.
Project Manager and Project Settings buttons
The Project Settings window opens in the middle of the screen.
Project Settings window
The Project Settings window is divided into a series of panels which can be selected from a
sidebar at the left. Each panel contains a collection of related settings that affects some
category of DaVinci Resolve functionality.
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