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Step 4Continue Editing, Grading, and
Finishing the Project
Edit the Timeline in the Edit page and grade each clip in the Color page as you would any other.
However, you should be aware that if you use the tools found in the Edit page to make any
editorial changes to the timeline you’ve imported, your export options will change later on:
If you don’t make editing changes: Then you have the option to have
DaVinci Resolve use the Avid AAF file that you originally imported to generate
an updated one. This preserves audio and all other unsupported effects from the
original AAF file, so that they reappear when you export a new AAF back to Media
Composer. If you use this option, you need to make sure the original AAF file you
import remains in the same location.
If you do make editing changes: Then you need to use the “Generate New AAF”
command to export an AAF of the re-edited Timeline from DaVinci Resolve back to
Media Composer. This newly generated AAF file will not include any effects that are
not supported by DaVinci Resolve.
Step 5Render Graded Media and Export a New AAF
1 When you’re ready to send a graded project back to Media Composer, select the
Timeline you graded and open the Deliver page.
2 Choose “Avid AAF” from the Presets at the top of the Render Settings to load its
settings.
Selecting the Avid AAF setup for round-trip
3 In the Format section, choose the MXF codec you want to render to.
4 In the File section, choose the appropriate file destination path for the rendered media.
The location you choose depends on whether Media Composer and DaVinci Resolve
are on the same computer or not.
If Media Composer and DaVinci Resolve are on the same computer: Create a
new folder within your Avid MediaFiles folder (Avid MediaFiles/MXF/) named with a
number. Make sure you choose a previously unused number.
If DaVinci Resolve is on a different computer using different storage: Select any
directory on the portable hard drive you’ll be using to bring the media back to the
Media Composer workstation from which it came.
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