DR - Roundtripping (PrP - Davinci)

Duplicate your current sequence file - call it ToDavinci_yymmdd.

In the ToDavinci Sequence remove and/or change the following:

Remove the Audio Tracks
Remove Title Clips or any other Overlay
Remove all colour filters
Remove all clips with speed changes (slow motion). These must be made into stand alone QT clips (Render it out and re-import) before they can be sent to DaVinci.
Move all video clips to Track 1 - you want a SINGLE track of video.

This will enable better processing in DaVinci.

Ensure all your media is located in your Isilon folder.

In your FTV Isilonserver folder, make a new folder called ToDavinci.

In Premiere, ensure the ToDavinci sequence is selected in the Sequence Panel (you can also select the active sequence from the Timeline).

Go to File > Export > Final Cut Pro XML

Label the XML file appropriately, and save it to the ToDavinci folder created earlier.

Click Save.

If you did not remove or change some of previously mentioned files, you will get this message after saving.

Open this file to find out what has not been translated for Davinci, and amend accordingly.

Open Davinci

In the Project Manager window, select the Untitled Project icon.

Click 'Open'.

In DaVinci Resolve, click File > Save Project.

Label your project appropriately.

Click 'Save'.

In DaVinci Resolve, click File > Import AAF, EDL, XML...

In the 'Select a file to import' pop-up window, navigate to the XML file you saved earlier.

Select it.

Click 'Open'.

Ensure that the 'Set Timeline Resolution' field matches your edit resolution.

Click 'OK'

Your DaVinci Resolve Edit window will populate with your media. This may take some time.

Next, click the 'Color' tab at the bottom of the DaVinci Resolve window to move into the color correction part of the application.