User Manual

About Supported Opacity, Position,
Scale, and Rotation Settings
When importing XML project files from Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro, or legacy Final Cut Pro 7,
DaVinci Resolve supports the import of Opacity, Position, Scale, and Rotation settings. Imported
Composite and Transform settings for any given clip appear in the Inspector of the Edit page, or
in the Edit Sizing mode of the Sizing palette in the Color page. If these settings have been
keyframed, the animation will appear in DaVinci Resolve.
When importing AAF files from Media Composer or Symphony, DaVinci Resolve supports the
import of Opacity, Resize, and 3D Warp effects, which are converted into Pan, Tilt, Zoom, and
Rotate settings in DaVinci Resolve, located in the Edit page Inspector or the Edit Sizing mode of
the Sizing palette in the Color page.
About Flip and Flop Support
When importing AAF project files from Media Composer or Symphony, Flip, Flop, and Flip-Flop
effects are converted into the equivalent horizontal and vertical Flip toggles in DaVinci Resolve,
located in the Edit page Inspector or the Edit Sizing mode of the Sizing palette in the
Color page.
Pitch and Yaw
When importing AAF files from Media Composer or Symphony, DaVinci Resolve supports the
import of Pitch and Yaw 3D Warp effects, which are converted into equivalent Pitch and Yaw
settings in DaVinci Resolve, located in the Edit page Inspector or the Edit Sizing mode of the
Sizing palette in the Color page.
About “Ken Burns Effect” and Dynamic Zoom
If you import a project from Final Cut Pro X with clips that use the Ken Burns effect for creating
pan and scan animation, then the Dynamic Zoom parameters (found in the Edit page Inspector
when a clip is selected) for each affected clip will be populated with an equivalent
animated effect.
About Speed Effects
DaVinci Resolve supports the import of speed effects from different applications, but different
project formats have different speed effect support.
 EDL: DaVinci Resolve only supports the import of linear speed effects when
importingEDLs.
 XML: DaVinci Resolve supports the import of both linear and variable speed effects
when importing XML project files from Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro 7, and Final Cut
Pro X. As of DaVinci Resolve version 11.1, XML from Final Cut Pro X can also provide
information about whether frame blending or optical flow is used, as well as information
about the Bezier curve transitions of speed effects.
 AAF: DaVinci Resolve supports the import of both linear and variable speed
effects when importing AAF files from Media Composer or Symphony that use
Timewarpeffects.
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