Turning this checkbox off forces DaVinci Resolve to identify clips using file names when conforming XML and AAF projects. This setting must also be turned on if you want to choose different reel name extraction methods for individually selected clips using the Clip Attributes window. When this checkbox is turned on, DaVinci Resolve uses reel numbers when conforming clips to match any imported project. If this option is greyed out go to Project Settings > General Options > Conform Options and check the Assist using reel names from the: option. To speed up the process up, select all clips before you do this, so the option is enabled for every audio clip in the timeline. That way the metadata from the location footage should come across in the AAF Export.

Apparenty the Pro Tools preset will flatten all the video tracks on the timeline to one single video file, whereas the Avid preset will produce an AAF with all the video clips still on their respective tracks.Įmbedded Source Clip Metadata - Whilst we are in Clip Attributes we recommend that in the Clip Attributes window, select the Name tab and make sure that Embedded Source Clip Metadata is enabled. If you are exporting an AAF for use in Pro Tools you should not export an AAF using the File > Export AAF/XML command, as this will not provide the correct exchange file for Pro Tools, and it won’t work correctly. The Pro Tools Rendering preset has been designed to present the appropriate options for exporting a specifically formatted AAF project file, linked audio files, and a linked reference video file to Pro Tools, or any application capable of importing a Pro Tools formatted AAF file.īlackmagic Design makes it clear in the Resolve manual that when exporting using the Pro Tools preset, users must use the AAF file that’s automatically created and written to the target location because it’s formatted especially for Pro Tools and it contains path names reflecting the rendered clips. It seems that older versions of Resolve and/or other versions of Pro Tools can cause issues.

However, we have seen reports that when importing an AAF from Resolve, especially v17, you need to have a very recent version of Pro Tools. We understand that there were further improvements to the AAF Export workflow with the release of Resolve 17. With the release of DaVinci Resolve version 16, Blackmagic Design, the custodians of DaVinci Resolve state that the Pro Tools Export window “has been dramatically improved”.

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