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This Mixed frame rate format pop-up menu is also found in the Load AAF and Load XML
dialogs. DaVinci Resolve automatically chooses a setting from the “Mixed frame rate format
pop-up menu that corresponds to the project file you’re importing, but in some cases you can
override this setting if necessary. For projects sent from Final Cut Pro, you can choose either
“Final Cut Pro 7” or “Final Cut Pro X” to match the type of project you’re importing. On the other
hand, you should choose “Resolve” for projects imported from Premiere Pro, Smoke, Media
Composer, or other NLEs.
When “Mixed frame rate format” is set to anything but None, DaVinci Resolve conforms and
processes all clips in the Timeline to play at the project’s frame rate. For example, 23.98, 29.97,
30, 50, 59.94, and 60 fps clips will all play at 24 fps if that’s what “Timeline frame rate” is set to
in the Master Project Settings. Clips with different source frame rates will be retimed to match
the Timeline conform frame rate.
The Retime process that’s used to render clips with differing frame rates can be changed for
individual clips via the Retime Process parameter in the Edit page Inspector, or it can be
changed project-wide using the Retime Process parameter found in the Frame Interpolation
panel of the Master Project Settings. For more information on how each of the three available
options work, see the “Frame Interpolation” section of Chapter 3, “System and User
Preferences.
If you choose “None,” then clips with frame rates that aren’t equal to the Timeline frame rate will
ignore their original frame rate and will play at the Timeline rate, resulting in either faster or
slower motion, depending on the difference between the original and Timeline frame rates.
NOTE: Because DPX files often either lack or have incorrect frame rate information in
the header data, you may need to select None when conforming a project using image
sequences to make sure your media is not incorrectly interpreted.
How clips in mixed frame rate timelines are rendered depends on whether the Render Settings
are set to render individual source clips or one single clip. When you render the Timeline as
”Individual Source Clips,” then all clips are rendered individually at their original frame rate. If
you select ”Single Clip,” then all clips are converted to the “Timeline frame rate” frame rate
setting, and rendered as a single media file.
Importing Effects when
ConformingEdits
DaVinci Resolve is capable of translating a subset of the effects exported within XML, AAF, and
EDL project files into their DaVinci Resolve equivalents. The following chart illustrates which
effects are supported, and for which project import formats.
Unsupported effects are neither imported nor displayed in DaVinci Resolve. However, the
majority of unsupported effects are preserved internally, and are reinserted into exported XML
or AAF files so that those effects will reappear in your NLE once the project is reimported.
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