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TIP: The “Add Folder...Based on EDLs” commands are useful for efficiently
adding just the media you need to the Media Pool in instances where there
might be many terabytes of unmanaged source media, most of which is unused.
3 Do one of the following:
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From any page, choose File > Import AAF, EDL, XML (Command-Shift-I).
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Right-click anywhere in the background of the Media Pool, and choose Timelines >
Import > AAF/EDL/XML.
A window appears prompting you to “Select a file to import.”
4 Navigate to the EDL file you want to use, select it, and click Open. The Load EDL
window appears.
5 Choose the options that are applicable to your particular project. All greyed out options
are not editable, either because they’re not applicable, or are not defined by the
Project Settings that are currently applied. The options you can set include:
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Source File: The file you selected in the previous step.
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Timeline name: The name of the Timeline you’re about to create. This defaults to the
name of the EDL file you selected, but you can change this if you like, for example, to
add the import date if this is a new version of the edit.
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Automatically set project settings checkbox: Turn this option on if you want to
overwrite the frame size setting in the Master Project Settings panel of the Project
Settings. You cannot overwrite the Timeline frame rate when importing an EDL.
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Set timeline resolution to: Two fields let you specify the width and height of
the frame size you want to work at in DaVinci Resolve. This defaults to your
Projectsettings, but can be overridden by turning on the “Automatically set project
settings”checkbox.
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EDL framerate: Choose the frame rate of the sequence that you exported as an
EDL. You can use this option to convert the EDL frame rate from 30 to 24 frames
per second if you set the Timeline frame rate to 24 fps and if the EDL frame rate is
set to 30 fps; this is useful when an offline edit is done at 30 fps with media using
3:2pulldown. Note that 25 fps to 24 fps conversion is not supported.
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Use drop frame timecode checkbox: Only enabled if the EDL frame rate pop-up
menu is set to 30 fps. Turn this on if your EDL uses drop-frame timecode.
6 When you’re finished choosing options, click OK.
The EDL is imported, a new timeline appears highlighted in the Media Pool, and its
corresponding sequence of clips appears in the Timeline Editor if you’re in the Edit
page. Clips that could not be linked to a corresponding file in the Media Pool appear
with a red thumbnail to indicate that they’re unconformed.
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