Blackmagic Design DV/RESSTUD User Manual

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Lesson 16 Managing Media andDatabases

Working with the

DaVinciResolveDatabase

If you want to move or backup all of your projects and timelines, then you must do so within

the database. DaVinci Resolve must be open because projects and all their associated

bins, clips, and timelines are not independent files that you can find (andfreely manipulate)

on your hard drive. And while that may suggest a process that is more complicated than

you may be accustomed to, it brings a lot of benefits. Adatabase adds a level of

organization to your projects without you doing a thing. You don’t spend time keeping track

of projects and bins because they already exist in the database.

Also, because projects are kept in a database, they can be stored on a server that can

connect to multiple DaVinci Resolve workstations with the flexibility to access any project

on any computer or work collaboratively on any project.

Creating and Switching Databases

When you first open DaVinci Resolve, it automatically creates a disk database, so it is

largely transparent to you that a database is in use. In macOS, the database is stored inthe

Library folder; whereas in Windows, it is in the Program Data folder. Even though you know

where the database is stored, the first rule of databases is to not rename or modify any of

the folders or files in a database and certainly not to delete them!

In this exercise, you’ll learn the right way to switch between databases, create your own

database, and back up a database without ever altering it at the operating system level.

You’ll start by creating a new database.

1 In the upper-left corner of the Project manager, click the databases button to open

thelist of available databases.

Notice the Local database listed in the sidebar. It is the current default database

thatDaVinci Resolve created when you first started.

2 Click the New Database button to create a new database.

The New Database dialog gives you two options that are displayed as tabs at the

topofthe window. You can either Connect to an existing database that you have not

previously connected to, or Create a new database. Creating a new database can be

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