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 Current Frame Timecode: Lets you assign a new time for the timecode at the currently
viewed frame of the clip.
 Slate Timecode: In situations where source media comes from a shoot where a
timecode slate was used during the shoot, then you can assign the slate timecode as
a second timecode track that can be used for various operations, without changing the
primary timecode of the clip, which may already be in use for program sync.
To set appropriate Slate timecode, select a clip in the Media Pool with a visible
timecode slate, and move the playhead to a frame where the timecode in the slate is
clearly readable. Then, open the Timecode panel of the Clip Attributes window, and
type the timecode value you see in the image into the Slate Timecode field.
 Offset Source Timecode: If an entire set of clips has timecode that’s merely offset, you
can correct the timecode offset for as many selected clips as you like.
Reel Name Attributes
The “Assist using Reel Names” checkbox in the General Options panel of the Project Settings is
an extremely important setting for controlling how the conform process works. By default it’s
turned off, and Reel Names are left blank. This is fine for conform workflows where all you need
is the file path or file name and source timecode to successfully identify which media files
correspond to what clips. However, if you need more information than that to reconform the
clips in your project, you can turn on the “Assist using Reel Names” checkbox to enable
DaVinci Resolve to use one of four different methods to automatically define reel names for
every clip in the Media Pool.
Using the Clip Attributes dialog, you also have the option of manually defining how one or more
selected clips in the Media Pool have their Reel Names defined. This is useful when there are
certain clips in a project that need to use a different method of reel name extraction, or
manually entered reel names. Once you’ve used Clip Attributes to change the reel names of
clips, those clips no longer automatically update when you change the “Assist using Reel
Names” options in the Project Settings.
You must first turn on “Assist using Reel Names” in the General Options of the Project Settings,
and choose a Reel Assist setting, for the reel name attributes in the Clip Attributes window to
be editable.
The Reel Name panel of the Clip Attributes Window
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