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Switching to use remote versions, instead, puts you into a mode where clips using remote
versions that share the same media file are automatically linked together. This gives you a
convenient shortcut for grading your program, since a grade that’s applied to one linked clip is
automatically copied to every other clip it’s linked to, which can be convenient when grading a
series of headshots appearing throughout a program that come from the same interview take.
Another use of remote versions is when you’re importing a new edit of an already graded
timeline. Using remote versions, you can set your project up so that new incoming timelines are
automatically relinked to the previous timeline’s grades.
The only disadvantage to using remote versions is that when you find you need to make
individual adjustments to clips that are linked, it’s an extra step to either create another version,
or switch that clip to use a local version, in order to keep its adjustment separate. This will be
discussed in more detail later in this chapter.
Mixing Versions
Each clip is capable of having multiple local and remote versions at the same time; you get to
choose which to apply. Which type of versioning is best depends on the type of project you’re
working on, the way in which the media was shot, and how you like to work. The following
sections explain the differences in workflow.
Using Local Versions by Default
Since local versions are the default method of grading when you first create a new project
(unless you’ve edited your settings presets), you don’t need to do anything to enable this mode
at first. As the name implies, local versions are local to the Timeline in which they appear, so
local versions are not rippled to linked clips, and they’re not shared among different timelines.
This makes it easy to avoid accidentally having grades copied when you don’t want them to be,
but you lose the conveniences that automatic linking can provide.
However, you can always switch the clips in a timeline to use remote versions if you change
your mind, either individually, or all together.
Using Remote Versions to Enable Automatic Linking
Remote versions let all clips from the same source media file in the Media Pool share their
grades automatically, either within a single timeline, or across multiple timelines in the same
project. However, to enable the convenience of remote grades, you need to put
DaVinci Resolve into this mode of working using the Settings window.
To enable remote grades to be used:
Open the Project Settings, open the General Options panel, and turn off “Use local
version for new clips in timeline” in the Color section.
Turning this option off only affects clips that are added to Timelines from that point onward.
You can keep track of which clips use remote versions by the (R) that appears when you
double-click the area underneath the thumbnail to hide the codec name in the
Thumbnail timeline.
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