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Making and managing metadata presets is simple.
To create a new metadata preset:
1 Open the Metadata panel of the User pane of the Preferences window, and click New.
2 Click the checkboxes of every metadata tag you want to include in this preset, or click
the checkbox of a group name on the list to include all metadata tags within it.
Every single metadata tag available in DaVinci Resolve appears within one of several
groups that appear as a list. To open any group to see its contents, move the pointer
over that group’s entry on the list, and click the Open button when it appears.
3 When you’re finished, click the Save button under Metadata Options.
4 Click the Save Button for the User Preferences.
To edit an existing metadata preset:
1 Select a preset from the list, and click Edit.
2 Turn checkboxes on and off to include or exclude whatever tags you need.
3 Click the Save button under Metadata Options.
4 Click the Save Button for the User Preferences.
To delete a metadata preset:
Select a preset from the list and click Delete.
Importing and Exporting
Media Pool Metadata
Once you’ve taken the trouble to add metadata to the clips in your project, DaVinci Resolve
makes it possible to export metadata from the Media Pool of one project for import into the
clips of another project, for instances where you need to move metadata around.
For example, a DIT might have entered a lot of metadata to the DaVinci Resolve project used
for generating dailies, but then an impatient editor might have created a separate project to
begin editing those dailies. Instead of requiring the editor to enter each clip’s metadata all over
again, you can export the metadata from the DIT’s project and import it into the editor’s new
project, automatically matching the relevant metadata to each corresponding clip.
To export Media Pool metadata:
1 Open a project containing Media Pool metadata you want to export.
2 Optionally, select which clips in the Media Pool you want to export metadata for.
3 Choose File > Export Metadata From > Media Pool to export metadata from every clip
in the Media Pool, or choose File > Export Metadata From > Selected Clips to only
export metadata from clips you selected in step 2.
4 When the Export Metadata dialog appears, enter a name and choose a location for the
file to be written, then click Save. All metadata is exported into a .csv file that can be
viewed and/or edited in any spreadsheet application.
If you open the resulting metadata .csv file, the first line is a header that lists what metadata is to
be found for each item listed in this document, and in what order. Only metadata fields that
have been populated for at least one clip are exported and listed in this header; unused
metadata fields in the Metadata Editor or Media Pool are ignored.
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