User Manual

Organizing Media into Bins
You can easily organize clips into different bins in the Media Pool. For some workflows, this is
required, while with other workflows it’s purely optional.
Methods of working with bins in the Media Pool:
 To add a bin to the Media Pool: Right-click in the Bin list and choose Add Bin. To add a
bin inside another bin, right-click any bin and choose Add Bin.
 To move selected clips into a new bin: Select all the clips you want to put into a
new bin, then right-click one of the selected clips, and choose Create Bin With
Selected Clips.
 To rename a bin: Select the bin you want to rename, and then click its name a second
time to make it editable. With the bin name highlighted, type a new name and press
Return. Alternately, you can right-click a bin, choose Rename Bin, and then type a new
name and press Return.
 To add incoming clips to a specific bin in the Media Pool: Click a bin to select it, then
use any of the previously described methods to add media from the Media Storage
panel directly to that bin.
 To move media from one bin to another: Drag one or more selected clips from their
current location in the Media Pool into that bin. Multiple clips in the Media Pool can be
selected by Shift-clicking or Command-clicking them, or by dragging a bounding box
over a group of clips. You can also drag one bin into another one.
 To delete a bin: Select the bin you want to delete, and press the Backspace or Delete
key. Or, right-click a bin and choose Delete Bin. Deleting a bin with nested bins inside
of it results in that entire set of bins being deleted.
 To sort bins: Right-click on any bin Bin, and choose an option from the Sort By
submenu. You can choose from Name, Date Created, Date Modified, and User Sort.
 To reorganize bins manually: Right-click anywhere within the Bin list, and choose Sort
By > User Sort. Then, drag bins up or down in the Bin list to put them into the order you
want. An orange dividing line shows where dragged bins will be placed when you drop
them and helps you see when a bin you’re dragging will become nested within another
bin or not. The User Sort order is saved even when you change to another sort order,
and selecting User Sort again results in your custom sort order being recalled.
Sharing Media Among
Projects Using Power Bins
Power Bins provide a way of importing and organizing media that you want to be available to all
projects in DaVinci Resolve. Power Bins reside in a separate area of the Media Pool, with
resizable dividers separating them from both the ordinary bins and Smart Bins areas.
Power Bins are hierarchical, just like regular bins, and you can nest as many as you like, one
inside another.
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