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 Mixed frame rate format: (Only available prior to importing media into a project) This
drop-down menu lets you choose the method used to conform mixed frame rates for
rendering and playback. Which option you choose dictates the accuracy with which
retimed clips in DaVinci Resolve match the same clips that were retimed in other editing
applications when you import those timelines into DaVinci Resolve via XML or AAF. This
drop-down menu also appears in the Load AAF or XML dialogs.
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If you’re editing from scratch in DaVinci Resolve: You should leave this setting set
to“Resolve.”
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When importing timelines via XML from Apple software: Choose the “Final Cut Pro
7” or “Final Cut Pro X” methods of conform.
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When importing timelines via XML or AAF from Premiere Pro, Media Composer,
Smoke, or other NLEs: You should choose “Resolve.”
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When none is selected: DaVinci Resolve conforms and processes all clips in the
Timeline to play at the frame rate that’s selected in the “Timeline frame rate” drop-
down menu. For example, 23.98, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94 and 60 fps clips will all play at
24 fps if that’s what “Timeline frame rate” is set to in the Master Project Settings, and
clips will play slower or faster accordingly.
How clips in mixed frame rate timelines are rendered out depends on whether the Render
Settings are set to render individual source clips or one single clip. When you render the
Timeline as individual source clips, all clips are rendered individually at their original frame rate.
If you select “single clip,” all clips are converted to the “Timeline frame rate” frame rate and
rendered as a single media file.
Color
These settings affect clip versions and timeline interactions when working in the Color page.
 Automatically label gallery stills using: When enabled, DaVinci Resolve automatically
generates labels for all gallery stills you take based on the following controls:
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Naming drop-down: Lets you choose what name to use for new stills.
Options include: Clip Name, Clip Version Name, Source Timecode, Timeline
Timecode, Timeline Name, Display LUT Name, Custom Label Using Tags (using
metadata variables).
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Append still number on export checkbox: When enabled, each new still has an
appended still number. Where the number appears depends on the following
radiobuttons.
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As Suffix/As Prefix buttons: Lets you choose to place still numbers at the end of
anauto generated gallery label or at the beginning.
 Luminance mixer defaults to zero: Selecting this option sets the Y channel of the
YRGB parameters for all grades to zero. This is required to be able to export a
compliant ASC-CDL, and will impact all grades that use the Lum Mix control.
 Use legacy Log grading ranges and curve: DaVinci Resolve 12.5 introduced a
modification to the Log grading controls that provides smoother, more pleasing results
using the same controls. To maintain backward compatibility with older projects, a
“Use legacy Log grading ranges and curve” checkbox in the Color panel of the Project
Settings lets you switch your project between the older Log control behavior and the
newer one. Older projects that are opened in DaVinci Resolve have this checkbox
turned on by default, while new projects have this turned off by default.
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