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Example 3:
This example shows the reel name stored within the parent folder name two directory levels up.
 Pattern: */%R/%D/%D
 File path: /vol0/MyMovie/Scans/004B/134500-135000/Frame[1000-2000].dpx
 Reel name: 004B
This example is again similar to Example 1. The difference is that in Example 3, the reel name is
the directory name two levels above the clip. In Example 1, the reel name was in the directory
name only one level up.
Example 4:
Finally, we see the reel name that is embedded within the clip name of the material.
 Pattern: */Reel%R_*
 File path: /vol0/MyMovie/Scans/Reel004B_[1000-2000].dpx
 Reel name: 004B
This example shows a method for extracting the reel name from the file name of the clip. Again,
starting at the right the two pattern characters “_*” match any series of characters up to the first
underscore character. In this case it will pick up the file extension (.dpx) and the frame number
portion of the file name. Next, the “/Reel%R” characters indicate the reel name is the characters
between the “/Reel” and _ character. The * at the beginning of the pattern will match a file path
any number of directories deep in front of the file name.
Conform Missing Clips by Importing
Their Source Media
If you have a timeline with one or more missing clips, that means that the relationship between
that clip in the timeline and the Media Pool has been lost because there is no corresponding
clip in the Media Pool. If you decide to manually import clips into the Media Pool that
correspond to missing clips, the “Automatically conform missing clips added to Media Pool”
checkbox in the General Options panel of the Project Settings determines what happens.
Please note, the “Auto conform clips with media added into Media Pool” setting must be
disabled if you use collaborative workflow.
As long as the “Auto conform clips with media added into Media Pool” setting is enabled in the
General Options panel of the Project Settings, DaVinci Resolve automatically updates the
conformed relationship between clips that you add to the Media Pool and missing clips in the
various timelines of your project. DaVinci Resolve also updates the conform relationship of all
other timeline clips that have Conform Lock Enabled turned off at this time as well. All of this is
done at the time you import the clips.
However, if “Auto conform clips with media added into Media Pool” is turned off when you
import additional clips into the Media Pool, then DaVinci Resolve will not attempt to reconform
anything automatically, instead relying on you to reconform offline or missing clips manually
using one of the many methods of manual reconforming that are available such as Reconform
From Bins or Conform Lock With Media Pool Clip.
For more information about manually adding clips to the Media Pool, see Chapter 11, “Adding
and Organizing Media with the Media Pool.”
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