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Duplicate Clips are Considered
Separate Sources
Another thing that’s good to understand is that in DaVinci Resolve, duplicate clips are
considered to be completely separate from the original Media Pool or Timeline clips you
duplicated them from. For example, if you import five clips into Media Pool Bin 1, then edit them
into a timeline, and then drag the five clips you edited into Media Pool Bin 2, the clips in Bin 1
are not intrinsically linked to the clips in Bin 2.
This means, if you select the clips you originally imported in Bin 1 and choose Unlink Selected
Clips, the instances of those clips that you edited into the timeline will also be unlinked, but the
duplicate clips you created when you dragged the timeline clips into Bin 2 are
completelyunaffected.
Summary of Methods for Conforming
and Relinking
As a result of timelines and clips being managed separately, there are several ways you can
reconform clips in a timeline to clips in the Media Pool, and clips in general to a project’s
corresponding source media on disk. Which methods will be most valuable depend entirely on
the workflow you’re using.
 Conforming clips during XML and AAF import: When you import a project via AAF or
XML, you’re given the option of using the embedded file paths in the AAF or XML file to
import all referenced media into the Media Pool for automatic reconforming to the clips
in the imported timeline. If the media has been moved so that the file paths are invalid,
then you’ll be asked to find the location of the media as part of the import process. You
also have the option to ignore the AAF or XML file’s embedded file paths and instead
import another set of media files in a different location (and perhaps in a different media
format altogether) that have the same file names and timecode as the clips in the AAF
or XML file you’re importing.
 Importing clips before importing an EDL, AAF, or XML: In EDL workflows, you must
import the media an EDL will be conformed to into the Media Pool before you import
the EDL. However, you can do this for AAF and XML import workflows as well. When
you import clips into the Media Pool before importing an AAF or XML, DaVinci Resolve
is able to automatically reconform the clips in the imported timeline to those in the
Media Pool first, before next looking for media on disk for clips that could not be found
in the Media Pool. This behavior depends on what options you’ve selected in the
Import AAF/EDL/XML dialog.
 Conform missing clips by importing their source media into the Media Pool: As long
as the “Automatically conform missing clips added to Media Pool” setting is enabled in
the General Options panel of the Project Settings, DaVinci Resolve automatically tries
to update the conformed relationship between clips you’re adding to the Media Pool
and any missing clips in the various timelines of your project. This behavior is triggered
whenever you add clips to the Media Pool by importing clips, copying and pasting,
or creating duplicates of clips. For example, if a timeline clip is missing because there
is no corresponding clip in the Media Pool, the simple act of importing a clip with a
matching file name and timecode into the Media Pool will automatically reconform the
missing timeline clip without you needing to do anything else. Please note, the “Auto
conform clips with media added into Media Pool” setting must be disabled if you use
collaborative workflow.
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