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Premiere XML
Selects the appropriate settings for projects that were sent from Premiere Pro to
DaVinci Resolve using XML. This is meant for situations when you’re rendering media intended
for a return trip to Premiere Pro. Renders Individual Clips, the “Codec” setting on macOS
defaults to Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), Output Size defaults to the current Timeline Resolution (as
set in the Master Settings panel of the Project Settings), and Use Unique Filenames is
turned on.
When you choose this preset, an XML of the rendered timeline is automatically exported along
with the media, with path names that reflect the rendered clips.
Avid AAF
Selects the appropriate settings for projects that were sent from Avid Media Composer or
Symphony to DaVinci Resolve using AAF. This setting is NOT for exporting to Pro Tools. This is
meant for situations when you’re rendering media intended for a return trip to Media Composer
(by exporting an AAF file from the Edit page). The “Codec” setting defaults to DNxHR 444 12 bit,
Output Size defaults to the current Timeline Resolution (as set in the Master Settings panel of
the Project Settings), and Render Clip with Unique Filename is turned on.
When you choose this preset, an AAF of the timeline is automatically exported along with the
media, with path names that reflect the rendered clips.
Pro Tools
As of DaVinci Resolve version 16, Pro Tools export has been dramatically improved. This preset
presents the appropriate options for exporting a specifically formatted AAF project file, linked
audio files, and a linked reference video file to Pro Tools, or any application capable of
importing a Pro Tools formatted AAF file.
When exporting using the Pro Tools preset, you must use the AAF file that’s automatically
created and written to the target location, because it’s formatted specially for Pro Tools and it
contains path names reflecting the rendered clips. Do not export an AAF using the File > Export
AAF/XML command, as this will not provide the correct exchange file for Pro Tools, and it won’t
work correctly.
When you use the Pro Tools preset, DaVinci Resolve outputs the following:
1 What you choose in the Codec drop-down menu of the Audio panel dictates whether
you export the audio from the Timeline as a collection of files that link to a separate
AAF, or an AAF with audio file embedded within as a single deliverable.
Choose Linear PCM to export individual files linked to a separate
AAF interchange file
Choose Embedded in AAF to export an AAF with embedded Broadcast WAV
audio files within it as a single deliverable
Whether you export separate files or a single embedded AAF deliverable, each of the
audio clips in the current Timeline are exported as individual files. Each exported file
contains every audio channel from the source media, regardless of channels that have
been been muted in the audio panel of Clip Attributes. This means no matter how the
video editor organized the channels of audio in the Timeline, you’ll always deliver every
channel of each audio clip to whomever is doing your audio postproduction.
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