3 Simple Ways to Transfer a Davinci Resolve Project To Another Computer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2024
- If you need to transfer a Davinci Resolve project to another computer, then in this Davinci Resolve 18 tutorial, I'll show you exactly how to do that in 3 simple but different ways.
The critical question is, what is your intended purpose when you export a Davinci Resolve project file to move it to another computer? Do you need the media to be included or not? Are you looking to collaborate with someone else? Do you need to work on proxy media?
Together we'll dive into answering all these questions so that the next time you need to move or transfer a Davinci Resolve project to another computer, you know exactly how to do it!
Stay tuned to the end to find out my favourite method of moving projects between workstations or when I need to move the project to a laptop to edit "on the go".
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Export and Import Projects
02:52 - BONUS TIP: Export Timelines and Bins ONLY
05:28 - Let me answer your questions!
06:14 - Using Project Archives
09:31 - Using Cloud Projects and Collaboration
12:20 - My Favourite Option?
12:33 - Final Thoughts
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So what is your favourite method for moving Davinci Resolve projects between different computers and workstations? Mine is shown at the end of the video, but I don't think it will be too long before we are all really able to make use of remote and cloud opportunities. If you enjoyed this video, you might like to take a look at this one too - th-cam.com/video/tvVfEXM_AbI/w-d-xo.html
Edit: I probably had a bad day when I wrote this. Stand-up guy, great content.
@@BlameBarky I promise I genuinely forgot to make it clear but I did pop up a graphic on screen to explain which my favourite option was. If I implied differently then I apologise. Certainly never my intention to be sneaky or mislead. Appreciate you taking the time to watch the video and leave a comment with your thoughts.
@@AlexCameron-Depiqd I appreciate the follow up! I was probably just in a mood that day and felt out off by it. Your content is great. Gonna change that original comment ;)
@@BlameBarky Honestly, no need. I appreciate your candour and your feedback. My best!
@@AlexCameron-Depiqd @Alex Cameron - Depiqd Hi Alex, We miss your videos. Perfect pace and as a certified trainer the right knowledge. Great that Davinci Resolve is now erupting everywhere, even with the big boys. I have the choice for very expensive software with all separate programs, and those never of yourself are never understood. You'll be too busy, but hopefull, we'll see you here again soon. And rather rested than on the way to a burnout. Greetings from me and my colleagues 🙋🏻♂️
BTW, we hardly ever get around to posting videos on TH-cam. We also hope to come up with many reviews of our equipment soon, but we are still very busy learning as much as possible about Davinci Resolve Studio. Video editing has never been so beautiful and such a challenge. 🏆
I just bought a new workstation and am in the process of transferring everything. This has been the most clearest, to the point tutorial I've seen! thank you for this!
Always super concise and informative. Thank you
Much appreciated! Thank you for this break down.
Thank you thank you thank you!!! The archive project tip helped me big time moving from one computer to another.
Super Helpful! I was looking for details on how to move a project from Local to Blackmagic Cloud and this video explained it perfectly! Thank you very much!
I'm going to say thank you because you have solved my problem. I literally just got off the phone with Davinci Resolve Studio support and the guy who talked to me told me that none of this was actually possible and that I was tethered to the system I started editing with. I told him I didn't think that was right and he assured me it was.
He told me that there must be a translation error because their company is Australian and not American. I'm like, don't they write/speak English in Australia?
He even told me that I could not use the cloud the way I wanted, which is what you just covered. This is my second and LAST time calling them. I'll just go to TH-cam University for my questions moving forward. I really like Davinci Resolve Studio but their support is subpar.
Again, thank you for resolving my issue in less time than it took me to type all this.
Really clear and useful thanks.
Excellent tutorial, thank you.
Great, this is what I was looking for, thanks
Absolute Life Saver !
Thanks for the tip
Out of every tutorial that I watched, you gave me clarity on this. Thank you!
Great to hear! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and then share your thoughts with me.
this was a lifesaver, thank you
The archive process seems to be the best solution for my workflow. Thanks for explaining this.
Thanks so much :)
Thanks - that was very clear
Thank you so much
Wow, this is perfect. Very concise delivery, thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank-you for a fantastic guide to this requirement, really well presented and a great explanation. I’m sending a .drp file, but I’m going to consider getting cloud for joint working!
It worked. Thank you :)
thanks for this, it always eluded me
This is very useful. Thank you very much🙏🙏🙏.
thank youu so much, saved me so much time!
very cool. appreciate it!
Oh Joy, of man's Davinci. That worked grand. Cheers!
You just saved me 4 days xD Thank's man!
Great video Alex! Very well explained. Thanks!
Really glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for watching!
Nice video. Funny what you did with the outro -- leaving out the favorite. ;) :P
thank you such a good tutorial
Fantastic - clear, concise and really well presented. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this - it's appreciated.
You're very welcome! Thank you for taking the time out to watch and then share your feedback! 👍🏻
Thank you for this video it help with my wedding film that I am editing, was having difficulty send the project to sound mixer but your video helped.
Thank you!
Cheers!
I appreciate you!!!!
This is a nice explanation, I’d love to see the video on how you deal with sharing media remotely though as that’s a real pain point for me! Hopefully you’re on with that 😊
Thank you for your help so far!
I’m having issues with the cloud as well. I have both computers with the same media and even tried using drop box. But I’m constantly dealing with no media found on both of the computers. Even the original computer that started all the editing is not finding the files anymore. It’s very frustrating
So helpful. God bless
thank you
This is a great tutorial that works just fine on v17 as well. Idk why this is not more clear, like maybe appearing in the deliver tab or just using less obtuse language, because it makes it extremely difficult to transfer projects.
thank you sir
thank Alex
All the method are essential for different reasons. They all will come handy at some point
Sir, you are a LIFE SAVER. And what an elegant, clean and fast way to move projects! Thank you!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
PS: My favourite by far is the "Project Archive" option; export it all to a USB drive in a single folder (that way I can still access individual files if necessary), and I can take my project anywhere. Brilliant!
great video! archive seems very useful
Glad you think so! Totally agree about Project Archive too. It’s an great feature to have available! Appreciate you taking the time to watch the video!
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I found that when I first started the process I changed the drive to my icloud on my mac and that corrected the issue of having to relink any media. Hope that helps others if needed.
Thanks for this video! my favorite is the DBA ... I am actually going to try it now so not sure really yet if it is my favorite lol. God bless!
Thanks for watching and commenting. How did it go?
Project archive is awesome. When I used to try and transfer files and media when working with premiere inevitably I would miss something if I was in a rush and something would be "media offline". I didn't know you can export bins or timelines. Neat.
Totally agree with you. It’s very neat and tidy! Thanks for watching
Thanks Alex; Thalex :)
The bin method is the best for me
Thank you for the fantastic explanation. I appreciate it if you answer this question: When I export the library, none of the transformations in the inspector tab, under the Video setting, transferred with the exported file. Is there any solution for that? Thank you
THIS IS VERY USEFUL, I recently was working on a project my pc failed on me, lost all my progress and had to start over, and guess what, the pc is going for service tomo, so this time imma archive it! tysm! you just got a like!
Glad it helped! Thanks so much for your like! Hugely appreciated
Thank you
You're welcome
At work we have a NAS/Synology w/10gb connection that we store and edit from. If one were to want to work remotely then I would assume creating a project archive would allow that opportunity to do so by creating and storing that media onto your laptops hard drive. But, when you return to the office with edits made to the archived project, how would you toss it back to so to work from the server again? Thanks!!
tnx
Another great and well explained video! Question: is your DR course updated with version 18? thanks!
Hi Gabriel, thank you! To answer your question, yes all the courses will be updated automatically to address changes in version 18 free of charge. The upcoming courses will all be accurate as they launch. The Beginners Course only requires a few small updates and these will be made in due course.
So I just got my Mac mini m1 16gig 1tb ssd. This my 1st time on Mac, should I work off of a ssd external hard drive or the Mac mini itself? Also can I send power bins as well? Because I set up power bins on my old lap and I didn't want to redo everything again.
Thanks for the detailed explanation of project sharing. Could you please provide information on network sharing. I have setup the DaVinci Project Server on a Windows 11 Pro PC which is on a local network. I would like to access the database on a separate desktop and laptop on the network but it just will not work. A tutorial on this would me and hundreds like me. Thanks
Hi Alex hope your well ive just purchased a Davinici Resolve editor keyboard and was looking for any in depth training videos is this something you could help me with ? Many thanks
The Cloud clip from Trolls at 9:35 lol
EXCELLENT video... two questions. When sharing in the cloud, does the recipient also have to pay for the cloud service? And... do you have a video explaining how to set up and use bins? I tried to make a bin for each scene in a short but had trouble bringing all the scenes together on a timeline for export.
No, doesn't have to pay. Only the creator of the project library in the cloud has to pay, not the people that you give access to the lib.
How do you get that circle around your cursor?
If I want to use an SSD to edit videos, is it possible to just archive the project into the SSD then restore into the SSD? Then use that SSD to work on the video in separate computers alternately.
Now I know how it works, I'm going to start exporting projects with proxy to my NAS each time I close Davinci on my desktop in case I need to edit on the go.
Hello. I have received a project file which was exported with the latest free version of Davinci Resolve. I am unable to import the project file with my Studio version 18.1.2. First I thought maybe the different version is the issue, but the projectfile itself is only 80kb which seems to be not a normal size it's too small it should be 1+ MB. Do you have any idea what could be the issue? Thanks a lot.
Thanks. But after using export/ import and copying all the media files onto an SSD and putting them on the new pc. Even after I re import all the media, I still have a whole screen that says media offline, for everything. Any ideas?
Hey there. Thank you so much for your helpful video. Somehow another problem appeared..I exported from a different pc the project and the project archive (including media and proxy files) now when i opened davinci on a different pc and imported the project archive it shows me only the proxies. So everytime when i want to turn off the proxies to actually see what i am doing it just shows me "media offline". Now i am a bit lost how to relink it with the source media... i also tried to do it with "relinking media" but it did it only for some clips and not for all. I would be happy about an answer. Thank you.
hi! are the color grades, zooms etc included if I only export the timeline?
Hi, I have the project .drp and all of the media footagr on an exturnal fast SSD drive. However, on moving between PC's I have to relink the files every time I move onto a new PC. Do I have to format the SSD, make an Achcive, then copy the media back on again, or can i just put the Project and proxies on the SSD, as the media is already there? Confused. 🙂
sorry, i know this video is 11 months old, so if I export a project archive (and then as you say, you want to work on it while on the road).... so your main-at home computer is where you generally edit. now I want to do a bit of work while on vacation to a project, i export from main pc, to my laptop. now i make all my edits. so when i get home and want to look it over, and use the processing power of my home computer, what do i need to export back to main pc to get all the edits from an already open project? do i just need to export the saved file from the project library back to main pc?
When archiving, are the media files copied in whole or only the parts used in the project. Also, I’ve been told creating a project on an external hard drive will cause performance issues. Is that correct?
Is it possible to send a Usable DR P file From DR19.0 back to a DR18.5 Machine? i.e. How do I copy the clips and put them into 18.5 from 19.0?
any way to change the data so the drp file opens and works in 18.5 I CHANGED NOTHING IN 19.0?
If I copy a project from the local database to the cloud one, I assume I would need to delete the local one as changes made in the cloud version will not be moved across to the local one?
Very good. I do have one issue:
I have managed to transfer my files and open them on my other computer, but, the files seem to not be found on my new computer. In other words, my project loads, but all my videos, images, and audio recordings show as "Media Offline[.]" I did also transfer these files to my new computer, under the same name, but I still have no luck. Interestingly enough, when I manually add one of the "missing" files onto my timeline, the file does show correctly. Do you know if any fix to this? I tried restarting my Davinci Resolve (I have version 18.5), but I also had no luck with that. Thank you in advance.
I should clarify: when I upload a "missing" file onto my timeline, it just loads normally, as in if I, say, cut it previously, I'd have to cut it again (I hope that makes sense). Otherwise, I could just upload all my files onto the timeline and call it a day.
I often move my projects between disks on my PC. When I just move to another disk and try to open it on davinci, it says "project library is not connected" and there's no way to reconect it. At least i didn't figured it out yet. So now I have to export this project file first, move everything and then open the project again. It's really the only way to do it?
I’m wondering if this workflow has changed when sending a project, timeline or archive to an iPad running Davinci?
Help! I need the next video you mentioned haha I cannot figure out how to have the media and have my collaborators work in the cloud.... the red triangle error thing appears if they are not plugged into the drive. Isn't this the purpose of the cloud? That we shouldn't have to do that. Pleeeeease help
Great video! One thing to stress is that when you export then import a project you're making a snapshot of the project and any further work done will be within your respective databases (libraries) and that export you made won't be updated. That trips people up sometimes!
Hi Jamie, you're absolutely right. Exporting the project is a snapshot of the project and not a continuous, dynamically linked project. Thanks for your insight and sharing that with everyone.
This is where you need to use BMD cloud.
Good tips. but you missed to include how to make the clips active in resolve after you import the project. All clips show offline
But when you make changes in project after exporting project file, those changes are not saved in that project file ( like it is saves automatically in Premiere Pro) . What's the solution to that?
Having come from Adobe products, this workflow has tripped me up a bit. I want to house all of the files for a Resolve edit within my project folder for a given project - not some database directory buried inside c:/userprofile/roaming/appdata/.... (windows). So two questions. 1 how do i do this and 2 be sure that as I continue working on these timelines, things dont get copied back in to the c:/ default database path.
Just noticed that in DVR 18.5 on Windows, if you export a project archive to a local folder then DVR creates links to the media files and doesn't copy them. I had to export the project archive to a separate computer over the network to get the files to copy and not link.
Great video. Are all these transfers possible if you copy from windows to apple? I will update my computer from Windows to Mac and would like to take my projects with me =)
Great question. Yes is the answer. Projects exports, Project archives and Cloud Libraries are all cross platform compatible. Thanks for watching!
Hello, my computer had to be reinstalled. I still have all the Davincie data, but I haven't been able to exprot my project. Is there still a way to save my project?
when I restore project archive davinci says "unable to import project " what can I do here? thank u
Recently I've been creating a new Project Library in the same file tree as the media that's been recorded by my ATEM Mini Extreme and having one project in there. As long as I copy all the files in that tree (or just move the external SSD) that Project Library can be linked on a new machine. Relinking the media and adjusting the clip location in the settings usually works nicely.
Interesting...so you record everything with the ATEM, which creates a project and ISO file for you. Then you create a new Project Library to open each of these projects in and have that Project Library live in the same folder the ATEM created so the whole package can easily be moved around. Have I got that right?
@@AlexCameron-Depiqd That's it.
Is it possible to install DaVinci Resolve to an external drive?
I can't get any of them to work on my computer, I export them to my hard drive but when I try to import it to my laptop's Davinci it said unable to import project
Why does it say "Can't upload file" whenever i try to open it on a new system (have used 2 different computers now).
I paid for it and when I go to select the project and click "copy to" the cloud is not an option I can click, the button is off, I can copy it to local and network but cloud is just gray and won't let me click, any help?
What if I want to switch my workstation and just move my entire settings and libary with me. So as if I never switched the pc?
Thanks, Alex! You are beautiful! But my favorit method connecting throu any cloud, if this cloud may be mounted like any more drive in directory my computer . I create project library folder in this drive, and share it. In my notebook repeat this process. When will these folders be synchronized, Both DaVicis - on desktop and notebook will open the same one project. In fact, my favorit method is you favorit method minus 7 pounds per month.)) Thanks any more))
I tried to Copy to Cloud but nothing showed in the Project Library box or choose folder, am I missing a step? I paid for one project….
Hey Alex thanks for the video! Quick Question. How can I send a DaVinci Project to another Video Editing Software like Premiere Pro or Final Cut.. is this possible?
Hey, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. It is possible via an XML or EDL but this can be a slightly tricky and not perfect process as some types of transitions, effects and unique properties will not translate between the different NLEs. Chapter 55 in the Reference User Manual has some good information on this.
@@AlexCameron-Depiqd thanks alot!
Hey, what if you can't open DaVinci Resolve altogether? My laptop's GPU died so I got a new laptop but I'm unable to transfer my projects due to DavinciResolve not being able to open with the intel integrated graphics. Probably will try to find any cache/appdata folders... if you want an update or have the same issue comment on this/like this so I can see it and write an update the solution
it missed my fusion file?
A lot of us are using iPhones as second cameras nowadays do you have a tutorial video on how to colour grade iPhone footage in Davinci resolve?
That’s a great idea and recommendation. Sure I can do that. Thanks for watching!
12:00 Did you ever produce this video? If the Project Library doesn't contain the media what does it actually have? Is it simply an alternative to sending the DRP file?
Thank you for the video. It didn’t quite explain what happens when you travel. Let’s call this remote editing. For example, editing on the airline home from a shoot. Over the pond there is no internet or it’s a very slow satellite based WiFi. This REALLY slows down the editing process or speed of the computer because of the WiFi or lack there of. Not to mention nothing is 100% saved which creates a big risk for loosing your enroute edits. In this case, is it best to store all of the data (video, audio and edits) on an external drive? Then you could just unplug the drive from one computer and plug into the other.
Formatting the hard drive would limit you to one operating system I think. Right? In other words you couldn’t do edits on an iPad (size and weight matters when traveling) with the external drive and just connect to a PC at home? Right? I don’t think that would work.
I'm currently making an explainer video with lots of title for my school project on my pc. But when I exported the project and tried to import it on my friend's pc, all the titles are gone and replaced by black bars. Anyone ever encountered this?