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The DaVinci Resolve Project Server Interface
The DaVinci Resolve Project Server interface greatly resembles the DaVinci Resolve Project
Manager with the Databases sidebar open. However, a toolbar at the top exposes all of the
database management tools that are available for creating and managing databases, including
controls for sharing databases and creating access keys that are essential for quickly and easily
creating and connecting to Project Servers.
The DaVinci Resolve Project Server window
This window has three main UI areas:
Databases list: Unlike the Databases sidebar in the Project Browser of DaVinci Resolve,
in which you can disconnect databases you no longer want to use, the Databases
list in the Project Server application shows every single DaVinci Resolve PostgreSQL
database on your machine. This makes it easy to find databases you’ve disconnected
that you want to reconnect.
Projects browser: Shows all projects and folders within the currently
selected database.
Toolbar: A toolbar at the top of the window shows you all of the functions that are
available for managing DaVinci Resolve databases on your workstation.
Enable Sharing: Selecting a database and clicking this button lets you turn the
workstation you’re on into a Project Server. When you select a database that’s
already shared, this button changes to Disconnect Database. This process is
described in greater detail in the next section.
New Database: Lets you create new databases without needing to open Resolve.
Optimize: Only available for PostgreSQL databases. Sometimes, databases in
DaVinci Resolve can become so large that the size affects performance. In these
cases you may need to optimize it to improve access speed by “vacuuming” the
database of unnecessary spaces and reindexing it. You can now also access the
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