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DaVinci Resolve has high-fidelity conversion of variable-speed speed effect data from other
applications, accomplished by creating one speed keyframe per frame for each affected clip.
However, you may see small variations between the resulting speed effect in DaVinci Resolve
and an offline reference movie exported from the original NLE if you haven’t set the Retime
Process setting to the same type of speed interpolation that the original NLE was using.
In other words, if you created a Timewarp speed effect in Media Composer that uses
FluidMotion to create smooth slow motion effects, then you’ll want to make sure to change
either the project-wide or clip-specific Retime Process setting to Optical Flow so that the speed
effects in DaVinci Resolve best match those in Media Composer. For more information on
speed effects in DaVinci Resolve, see Chapter 42, “Speed Effects.”
About Nested Sequences and Compound Clips
DaVinci Resolve supports the import of compound clips from Final Cut Pro X and of nested
sequences from legacy Final Cut Pro 7. Both appear within DaVinci Resolve as compound clips,
in both the Timeline and the Media Pool. Compound clips with mixed frame rates are
supported, as well as multi-cam and A/V synchronized clips from Final Cut Pro X, which are
represented in DaVinci Resolve as compound clips. For more information about creating and
using compound clips in DaVinci Resolve, see the “Compound Clips” section of Chapter 33,
“Take Selectors, Compound Clips, and Nested Timelines.”
About Supported Composite Modes
When importing XML project files from Final Cut Pro 7, Premiere Pro, and Final Cut Pro X,
DaVinci Resolve supports the import of eight different composite modes. When importing
AAFfiles from Media Composer, the Overlay composite mode is supported when the source
AAF file has a Superimpose effect applied to it.
FCP 7/X XML AAF
Add Yes No
Subtract Yes No
Difference Yes No
Multiply Yes No
Screen Yes No
Overlay Yes Yes
Lighten Yes No
Hardlight Yes No
Softlight Yes No
Darken Yes No
Supported composite modes with imported XML and AAF
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