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Step 1Ingest Media and Add/Edit Metadata
It’s not necessary to have a project file exported from an NLE to start working in
DaVinci Resolve. Using the Media Storage browser on the Media page, you can access any
volume that’s currently available to the system, and import any compatible media format into the
Media Pool.
Media Storage browser with scrubbable clip thumbnails
The Media Pool is DaVinci Resolve’s internal database of available media for the currently open
project. If you like, clips in the Media Pool can be organized into multiple bins. Once media has
been added to the Media Pool, you can access a variety of descriptive metadata using the
Metadata Editor, adding descriptions, notes, scene and take information, flags, day and date
information, program and episode information, and so on. This data can populate metadata tags
when exporting ALE lists to move the metadata to a compatible NLE.
For more information on ingesting media in the Media page, see Chapter 11, “Adding and
Organizing Media with the Media Pool.
The Media Pool
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