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If you selected a local version, all unused local versions will be deleted, but remote
versions will be left alone. Similarly, if you selected a remote version, all unused remote
versions will be deleted, but local versions will be left alone.
To eliminate all other local and remote versions except for the current version:
1 Choose the version you want a clip to use.
2 Right-click the thumbnail of the clip you want to eliminate extra versions from, and
choose Delete All Versions from the contextual menu.
Regardless of whether you selected a local or remote version, all other local and
remote versions not in use will be deleted.
Rendering Versions
When the time comes to render your clips in the Deliver page, each clip’s currently selected
version will be rendered. If you need to render a different version for a given clip, you can either
make sure it’s selected in the Color Page timeline before you open the Deliver page, or use the
Versions submenu in the Color mode of the Deliver page Thumbnail timeline. This contextual
menu also provides access to the Stereo 3D commands, the Edit PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio)
command, and a command for updating the Render Window Timeline thumbnails to reflect any
changes you’ve made in case they haven’t updated automatically.
Additionally, the Commercial Workflow output option, located in the Deliver page, provides a
method of rendering multiple versions for each clip when outputting your project in Source
Order (as individual media files). There are two additional options in the Version submenus of
each clip in the Thumbnail timeline contextual menu that let you control which versions are
rendered when you use Commercial Workflow.
 Render Disabled: Turning this option on excludes that version from being rendered
when Commercial Workflow is enabled.
 Enable Flat Pass: Turning this option on forces the selected version to render with the
grade turned off, essentially outputting the original media.
For more information on rendering versions using the Commercial Workflow option, see
Chapter 166, “Rendering Media.”
Copying Grades
There are various methods you can use to copy grades from one clip to another. Which is
appropriate to your need depends on your style of working with DaVinci Resolve.
Protecting Adjustments with the Copy Grade Options
Before going into the myriad of ways that grades can be copied from one clip to another, you
should know of a series of options, available from the contextual menu of the Gallery (right-click
anywhere in the gray area of the Gallery), that let you carefully specify grading, sizing, and
stereo data to be preserved when overwriting grades in clips you’re copying to. There are
three options:
 Copy Grade: Preserve number of nodes: Lets you choose 0–10 nodes to be protected
when applying a grade. When set to 1, the first node of the copied grade is ignored,
but all other nodes are copied. When set to 5, the first five nodes of a copied grade
are ignored, as long as there are at least five nodes in the grade of the clip you’re
copying to. This option is useful for colorists who routinely use the first few nodes
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