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Project Management
The Project Manager provides an in-application interface for creating, renaming, and deleting projects.
Many of these commands exist within the contextual menu that appears when you right-click the
background of the Project Manager.
Methods of project management:
– To create a new project: Double-click the Default Project icon, or click the New Project button
at the bottom of the window. A new project is created, and DaVinci Resolve opens up the Media
page. Once a project is open, you can alter its project settings by clicking the gear icon.
– To open a previously saved project: Double-click any Project icon, or Item if you’re in List view.
You can also select a project and click the Open button.
– To open a project in Read-Only Mode: Right-click a Project icon or Item, and choose Open in
Read Only Mode. This lets you open a project without danger of altering it. If you make changes,
you can use the Save As command to save a new copy of the project with a new name.
– To rename a project: Right-click a Project icon or Item, choose Rename, and type a new name in
the dialog that appears, clicking OK when you’re finished.
– To load project settings from another project to the currently open project: Right-click a
Project icon or Item (other than the currently open project), and choose “Load Project Settings to
Current Project.” This lets you change a project’s settings prior to opening it in cases where the
project settings are causing some kind of problem that prevents you from opening the project.
– To update the thumbnails of a project in the Project Manager: Right-click any project, and
choose “Update Thumbnails.”
– To delete a project: Select one or more projects, then either press the Backspace key, or right-
click one of the selected projects and choose Delete. Click OK when a dialog asks you to confirm
the operation.
NOTE: You cannot move or delete the currently open or loaded project.
Importing DaVinci Resolve Projects (.DRP Files)
DaVinci Resolve projects are saved with the file extension .drp and enable you to exchange files with
other DaVinci Resolve users. If you double-click a DaVinci Resolve .drp file in the Windows or macOS
file system, this will automatically open DaVinci Resolve, import that project into the Project Manager
regardless of what kind of database you’re using, and open that project so that you’re ready to work.
Importing and Exporting Projects in Disk Databases
If you’re using Disk Databases to manage your projects, you can copy and import projects using the
project folders in the file manager of either macOS or Windows. This method does not work for
DaVinci Resolve on Linux.
Moving projects from one disk database into another using macOS or Windows:
1 Locate the disk database directory in which the project you want to copy is stored. If you don’t
know where the designated disk database directory is, you can open DaVinci Resolve and check
the directory path for the current disk database in the Databases sidebar.
2 Copy the project folder from the source workstation to the designated disk database directory
on the destination workstation. If you don’t know where the designated disk database directory
is, you can open DaVinci Resolve on the workstation you’re copying the project to and check the
directory path for the current disk database in the Databases sidebar.
3 Once you’ve copied the project folder into the correct location, you’ll need to quit and reopen
DaVinci Resolve. Afterwards, the imported project should appear in the ProjectManager.
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