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 Media Pool folder name: The reel name is obtained from the name of the bin in the
Media Pool that encloses that clip. For example, in a stereoscopic workflow you might
want to export offline stereo media with the “Left” and “Right” bin names in which
they’re organized as reel names. Another example would be organizing VFX being
incrementally processed in individually named bins, such as “VFX_Tuesday_10-12.”
 Embedding in Source clip file: Useful for file formats where the reel name is
embedded within the media file itself. Blackmagic RAW and other digital cinema
cameras, QuickTime files created by Final Cut Pro, and DPX frame files are formats that
can contain reel name header data.
 Source clip filename: If there is no defined reel number, often it’s easy to just use the
Source clip filename.
 User Defined: This option is only available when you manually alter the Reel Name for
one or more selected clips in the Media Pool using the Clip Attributes dialog. Choosing
User Defined lets you type any string of text you like to use as the reel name.
An additional checkbox is available, “Extract reel names from EDL comments,” which is primarily
useful for legacy workflows in which you conform an EDL exported from Final Cut Pro 7 to
camera original R3D media.
 Extract reel names from EDL comments: Some media file formats, such as R3D,
havereel names, obtained from the file names, that are longer than the eight
characters that are allowable in a standard EDL. This option allows DaVinci Resolve to
extract reel names from appropriately formatted EDL comments, such as those output
from FinalCut Pro 7.
Using the Pattern Field
If you’re using the Pattern option to extract the reel name from a clip’s source file pathname, you
have the option to create your own search pattern, enabling you to have DaVinci Resolve
extract the reel name in highly specific ways to accommodate more exotic workflows.
Extraction patterns are interpreted from right to left, deciphering each clip’s file path element by
element starting with the file name, and then considering each enclosing directory’s name to
the left. Each extraction pattern consists of a series of text characters and “wild card” operators
in unique combinations corresponding to the length and names used in the file path.
Here are a series of search characters that may be used.
Extraction Pattern Operators
?
Looks for matches of any single character. Add as many question marks as there are
characters you want to match. ?? matches two characters such as 02; ???? matches
four characters such as 0002.
*
A wildcard that creates matches for any sequence of zero or more characters.
%R
Specifies the reel name’s actual location. Reel names may contain any character, but
should not contain a directory separator (forward slash).
%_R
Extracts the reel name and strips out the R3D file name underscores found in EDLs
from Final Cut Pro 7 or earlier.
%D
Matches any directory name or file name. When this is the last operator in a pattern,
do not add a forward slash.
/
Used to separate any two operators
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