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Requirements for Collaboration
In order to use collaborative workflow:
All users must be using the paid Studio version of DaVinci Resolve.
All users must be working on a project that’s been saved on a properly configured
Remote Database Server. This Remote Database Server can be on one of the actively
used DaVinci Resolve workstations, or it can be another computer on your network that
simply hosts shared projects, but it should be on a computer that is never shut down or
put to sleep, to prevent projects suddenly becoming unavailable.
All machines participating in a collaborative workflow must be networked. They can be
on the same local area network (LAN), but you can also connect computers on different
subnets.
Shared projects should ideally use media on some type of fast storage area network
(SAN), with each collaborator connected to that SAN so that every workstation that’s
connected to the project being collaborated on has direct access to the same media.
In a pinch, shared volumes over a network will work, but proper SANs will provide
significant performance benefits. Facilities using multiple computer platforms (macOS,
Windows, and Linux) together can use the Mapped Mount option of the Media Storage
Locations list, found in the DaVinci Resolve System Preferences, to facilitate cross
platform drive connection.
For more information on setting up a Database Server, see Chapter 177, “Managing Databases
and Project Servers.”
Enabling Project Collaboration
Starting with DaVinci Resolve 14, the process of initiating a collaborative workflow has been
vastly simplified over previous versions.
To open a project and initiate a collaborative workflow:
1 Open DaVinci Resolve on a computer that’s connected to a Remote Database Server.
2 Open any project on the remote database DaVinci Resolve is connected to using the
Project Manager.
3 When the project is open, choose File > Enable Collaboration.
Once collaboration is enabled, two additional buttons appear at the lower right-hand
corner of the DaVinci Resolve interface, next to the Project Manager and Project
Setting buttons. These are the Collaboration Chat and Collaboration buttons.
The Collaboration Chat button (far left) and
the Collaboration button (second from left)
NOTE: When you enable collaboration, the “Auto conform missing clips as media is
added to Media Pool” option in the General Options panel of the Project Settings is
automatically disabled, as it interferes with collaborative workflow. Also, Live Save is
automatically turned on in the Auto Save panel of the User Preferences, to ensure that
all collaborators’ work is saved regularly to avoid conflicts between collaborators.
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