How to Send a Premiere Timeline to Resolve & Fix XML Issues

[@JimRobinson-colors]

Well, I think this is your best episode yet. I watched the first bit and was thinking "Where is the offline reference footage". You have raised the bar so high, that us mere mortals will have to work a lot harder to come anywhere near your tutorials. My only advice ( and you knew this was coming ) is that for the work I have done in the past, rarely do I have to do the whole thing like you have done here. But I do understand that a lot of people will be doing just that. In a lot of cases, I have had ametaur editors that have done the Premiere part of this puzzle and I have had to make screencasts and type out what I needed on their end. So my advice is to take this video and cut a version for your subs to link to Premiere editors, showing what is required to make things easier. They might not watch a whole end to end video if they aren't interested in the steps in Resolve. But I know that it would have been a great resource for me in the past to link to a video ( like yours ) showing the steps that you have here to get the prep that would make the whole thing smoother from the get go. I had to do the same with Final Cut Pro as well. It seemed that the xml from FCP had media offline because the xml had absolute paths to all the media. It was the way the client had it set up. Luckily I have FCP and figured it out on my end - Then as I mentioned with the Premiere hobbyist export, I had to do a step by step for FCP as well. Anyway, this video is really well thought out and executed. I envy your abilities in presentation of the information. Another great job. Now take a break for a few days and relax. -Cheers.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Jim. OK, good point re. a short version of what to do in Premiere for Resolve. Thanks for that. I'll look into it. Thanks for kind words....I spend most of the time planning the content and order and best way to deliver the message - recording it from there is pretty straight forward. Regards take a break...would be nice but back in a client attend grade tomorrow. The shop is busy! Cheers again Jim.

[@DarrenMostyn]

So 'Adobe Premiere Pro Editors' facebook page took down my post..are you an admin on that group? Just trying to help Adobe users get it right. I never said Premiere was bad, its a workflow thing ? Can you help?

[@DarrenMostyn]

I have complained publicly on the channel....denying people free access to a solution is crazy!

[@JimRobinson-colors]

@@DarrenMostyn I am not an admin there but the guy who runs it is an editor here in Vancouver and is a good friend. I 'll PM him.

[@DarrenMostyn]

@@JimRobinson-colors thanks! no self promotion (ah, OK , i do ask for a subscribe...but for two days work, not a lot to ask!).

[@svenhegenmusic]

small addition to the offline reference. Once imported and linked with the timeline you can hit Ctrl + W to toggle the reference in the timeline viewer. By default it's set to a horizontal wipe, but it's always great to check resizes, dissolves and retime effects in difference mode. Note that video compression (of the ref file) will have a subtile effect on that, but in gerenal you can guarantee the best results by checking in difference mode. also a side note on ref files. Sometimes with certain codecs or mismatches, the timecode can get mixed up, therefore timeline and ref file won't be in sync. To fix this, go to your ref files Clip Attributes and fix the clip timecode.

[@saifaranya5836]

No tutorial on this topic went that deep until today. You are a true master of tutorials.

[@barrybebenek8691]

I use Resolve in my job everyday, and the XML importing is what I’m learning right now. This video is priceless to me. Thank you. 🇨🇦👍🏼

[@uwewrobel8576]

Darren! You saved my life. I had always problems with resized clips from Premiere in DaVinci. You are my hero! Thanx a lot and greetings from Munich, Germany

[@thesickdirector]

This is by far the best tutor on XML I've watch on KZbin

[@KeeanaKee]

So helpful!!! Thank you so much 😊

[@anandnimbark7262]

It's truly astounding how easy the internet makes learning these days. Thanks for the tutorial, my guy.

[@DarrenMostyn]

My pleasure!

[@yanduraphotography]

Best Colourist on KZbin hands down! This helps a ton. I primarily work in Premiere and wanted more flexibility in grading.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@darlingtonjonesimagery9247]

The importing reference was golden!

[@fahadmirza9370]

Awesome video Darren, I don't think anyone has explained this long overdue topic in such a detail, hope you decide to make a masterclass someday so we could learn even more and you could directly benefit as well

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you Fahad. Please subscribe to my exclusive email list which I know will benefit you in the future, I can't say much more than that! All the best, darren. ** bit.ly/2RrjvpN

[@Zakria_Khan]

This is a life saving video for many editors. Thank-you so much sir, definitely subscribing and referring this channel to my friends.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you for subscribing and recommending me to your friends - that is really appreciated! Enjoy the channel....more coming soon!

[@BruceMoyle]

Smashed it again. The offline reference is killer tip.

[@KAMAUUWORLD]

What if you already edited the whole video on scale to frame size and now when you switch to set, the wholllle thing is off?

[@pitmanfilms3007]

I am new to transferring a project into Da Vinci - most users can confirm it is no easy transition. Thanks for such a clear video which is informative and also tackles the common issues that the software often bring up.

[@DarrenMostyn]

I have a new one coming next few days which should help you transition even more! Keep a look out

[@ratabrother7]

This is by far de best content in KZbin 'bout Resolve, thanks a lot

[@seah2487]

Man thank you for this videos, you are helping me with my college works, im studying Audiovisual Communication for making videos, movies, or anything, thank you so much dude!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Great to hear! Good luck with your studies!!

[@WarriorArtsIndonesia]

Absolute gold! As you said around 5 mins in, you do put a lot of work into them, that much is extremely evident. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you Darren, really appreciate it.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you. Yes I put a lot of work into these. That is why I cant put them out once or twice a week. Appreciate your patience and glad you enjoy them. Darren.

[@Sheriffovic]

This is so nice feeling to find an industry level trainings thank you!

[@whousefilms]

Excellent stuff Darren!

[@jeremycastillo3401]

Loved that you just dragged the ref file into the viewer, I was doing the longer way by attaching it in the media page. Thanks for the tip!!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Casual drop of a tip really....I usually do it your way because have been doing it like that for 12 years now! I'll pretend it was a cool way though! #alwayslearning

[@ericlalicata]

6:46 UHD is four times the size of HD, not twice the size. Also, choosing "Set to frame size" only works if you are keeping the timeline resolution the same in Premiere and Resolve. HD in this instance. If you are doing an offline edit at 1920x1080 with the intention of importing an XML for a UHD 4k timeline in Resolve (very common practice in the film industry) use "Scale to Frame Size" This more closely mimics the background scaling that Davinci Resolve does. So the edit sizing translates correctly.

[@stevegeorge7773]

First time viewer and this was informative. Thank you! And, I thumbed.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Appreciated Steve

[@ravenshoemedia4842]

Really useful video. I am looking forward to seeing future tutorials on bringing a colour-graded file back into the original Premiere pre-export file and re-applying all the graphics and titles that weren’t graded.

[@drgieslerkitzbühel]

Is there such a video out already? Would love to see it as well

[@nikhilnikz7886]

know your basics course is just what I needed. Taking it a day at a ti so I can fully grasp the core of soft.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hi Nikhill. Try this episode too. Good luck, Darren. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5avYoeAmdaJiLs

[@WonderFilm]

This was PERFECT! Found all the questions I had with the xml. Cheers.

[@harrisonneville2629]

Thank you. I've been finding solutions to work with multiple resolution footages for quite awhile while importing projects from Premiere to Resolve.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad I could help!

[@arthurbell4614]

Just to restate - this was the best. We now have a repeatable, trustable workflow that absolutely works - scales, etc etc from proxies or original raws - Premiere to Resolve. One slight change for us - we needed to move Resolve to CENTER CROP NO RESIZE to have proper scaling on the Resolve timeline. Thank you. Thank you. Darren i hope to see you @ NAB to shake your hand and buy you a drink.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you Arthur. If I get to NAB would be fab! No plans just yet. IBC, yes.

[@anantsinghal9489]

This is mindblowingly useful for editors at all levels. Thanks a lot 🙌🏽

[@DarrenMostyn]

Happy to help, thanks Anant

[@kenbarnessalisheye546]

Excellent as usual!! It might be useful to remind us that the sequence you want to export from Premiere must be selected in the media bin, not just with an open timeline in the edit area. Also curious about how nested clips might come across if you've had experience there. Thanks again!

[@DarrenMostyn]

resolve xml cant read nested in detail. This is limitation of XML not Resolve.

[@samuelboatengyt]

This video saved me so much. When working with different people that use different editing programs. Really awesome job

[@AustinPageofficial]

dude just found your channel and you are the freaking best!! Side note - really would love a color management tutorial or series of tutorials that are in-depth from beginning to end. Other people have tried, but you seem to have a good feel for how much detail to get into. It's easy to underestimate just how confusing the topic is.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Austin. There are some color management tutorials on my channel already but im sure more will come. Glad you enjoying the content.

[@ericmacey8961]

Thank you so , so very much for this detailed explanation. You've saved me hours of troubleshooting and exporting and reimporting and adjusting sizing manually. Cheers

[@woodencanoepictures]

Great video! The issue I’m having with the xml from the colorist is that half of the clips start at the wrong frame. His colorgraded files are also being exported at those same wrong frames. Do you have any tips, or a video you can point me to that might have a solution to that problem? TIA!

[@musictvlk3309]

Worked! What an absolute genius mad lad! Was so easy

[@linwilde]

13:45 was exactly what I needed, thank you!

[@OutwardElementStudio]

Really well done video. Answered all my questions. **NOTE** If you change a clips time via right click and 'reverse time' it will NOT carry over correctly. For these clips I baked individually, then did XML

[@hectormalotru]

Thanks for this Darren. This is exactly what I needed. It will save me so much conforming time !!!

[@martialartsgreatness]

Absolutely love your work!!! Thanks so much for creating such amazing tutorials to help make me a better editor!

[@305kubrick]

Having so many problems between my premiere and Davinci xml workflow. This video was VERY helpful!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it helped!

[@TimetoTalkwithYevgen]

Thank you for sharing lesson beginners bound! Excellent!

[@alex.mcintosh]

Great tutorial, Darren. Thanks!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Aerolk98]

Awesome videos Darren keep them coming!

[@movimat]

Excelent tutorial !!!!!

[@manuelsweingarten]

Hey Darren thanks for your work! At first i thought i know anything about conforming but then you came across with the handy “set to frame size” premiere button😅 lovely . Keep up the good work

[@alyshabaker-diaz153]

This is brilliant thank you so much! Instant follower for your channel!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hi Alysha. Thank you for subscribing. Enjoy my channel! Darren

[@kahiraw]

This is such a premium tutorial. Thank you so much.

[@agudal8503]

Beautifull explanation, It's the first time that I see this explained deep and usefull. Thanks

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you liked it

[@JDMediaTV]

This is the best tutorial for premiere import to davinci i have found on youtube thanks for sharing this information

[@DarrenMostyn]

You re very welcome. all based on real use scenarios when I have to conform and grade other peoples Premiere projects.

[@smepable]

Thanks I struggled with XML in the past, now I can give it another try!

[@BarranteMotion]

@Darren - Was a great tutorial to look back on and reference. Great solution for dealing with the frame size issues. I was wondering if you could shed some light on how do you handle a sequence like this, with different frame rates? And, just to add - some of these frame rate issues aren't the issue but rather the Speed changes that have been made on a clip. For example, taking a 60FPS clip and making it play back 200% (or twice as fast), to effectively get the clips to play closer to realtime. I'm doing this often enough that I am hoping there is a magic bullet solution. Otherwise it looks like half of the grading for this project will be done more on an individual level, vs importing a whole timeline. Thanks!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Frame rates are not so much of an issue. Just note that ramped speed will struggle to match and so you could 'bake' your clip in Premiere first

[@BarranteMotion]

@@DarrenMostyn Appreciate the suggestion, thanks!

[@girishkumar5926]

Omg thank you! This was an extremely useful and simple tutorial. I'm not sure if I would have been able to install without it

[@jessetebay]

Seriously awesome stuff. I've learned so much thanks to your videos!! Keep it up!! :)

[@darrengriffiths5499]

Fantastic video Darren! I'm about to start making the move from Quantel Rio to Resolve and I really need all the metadata to come over from Premiere. The Quantel Rio had no problem seeing SMPTE transition and Position and Scale etc through an AAF. But I now need the same to happen through Resolve. The AAF route didn't seem to work, so I will try the XML option after seeing your video! Thanks again!

[@DarrenMostyn]

XML will work within limits of course. No warp stabiliser etc. Good Luck - you’ll be fine.

[@danielketchelos]

Exactly what I needed, thanks for this in-depth explanation!

[@SouthpawAutoworks]

Thank you for this video. Extremely helpful.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@PLUGNPLAYMUSIC]

Thank you so much Darren, you are a life saver. keep up the good work 🤩 Good day to you 👊😇✌️

[@DarrenMostyn]

Appreciated

[@sacrallys]

Hi Darren, the Set of Frame Size doesn't seem to work well when you switch the timeline in Resolve from HD back to UHD, since it keeps all the UHD images with a 0.5 size in the inspector. How do you get around this? Do I have to resize everything manually to fit a UHD timeline? I tried all the scaling options but I always get a half size image in a UHD timeline...Scale to Frame size seems to work better if you're editing in HD but are aiming to finish in UHD. Any ideas?

[@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision]

helpful tutorial is there a way to export transitions and other effects to davinci?

[@feliperossi6050]

very well explained! another great video! thanks again

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you liked it Felipe

[@lottabecker]

great video, thanks! How is it with stabilization in premiere pro, is there a way to transfer that to resolve? :)

[@davidwoosley8151]

You are a life saver! Kudos to you! You rock!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks David, appreciated

[@irresistible7756]

Thank you Darren for this helpful informations. How can I re-import to Premiere Pro after grading?

[@DarrenMostyn]

Export the xml from Resolve and re-import to Premiere. Thats it!

[@irresistible7756]

@@DarrenMostyn Thank you so much

[@cr1648]

thank you Darren, awesome content!

[@danielharvard7688]

Can this be done in the other direction? So after your complex grade in Resolve, can you send the graded timeline back to Premiere for, say, some sound work to be done? Will your grade appear correctly in Premiere? Thanks for taking the time to make these excellent and very educational tutorials.

[@codymorgan4534]

SUPER HELPFUL!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH. Liked & subscribed.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks for the subscription. Really appreciated and welcome to the channel.

[@martialartsgreatness]

So awesome!!!!! Thank you Darren!

[@RicoStein_]

Thank you so much! Right now I am fighting with two issues. I want to get a 50 minute documentary ready for grading in resolve. Unfortunately all the 120fps clips are missing in Davinci and I cannot figure out why and how I can fix it. On top of that some in and out points of clips are off and compound clips coming out of premiere are also shown as missing. Can you help?

[@COREPREW]

Thank you very much for your help solving the problems fixing while importing xml in resolve.

[@mikehaod8134]

Thank you so much!!! It did work and took less than 5 minutes!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it helped!

[@TwaynePereira]

Oh man, that reference offline mode is brilliant! Thanks so much

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it helped Twayne - enjoy.

[@adamsterling4946]

+1 to this! I do not do complex or cross-platform work, but immediately saw how this feature -- one I have never explored -- could be very helpful! Thanks for the call out, and thanks to Darren for pointing it out!

[@camiLowkey]

thanks alot!! this video helped and you made it easy..thank you again

[@DarrenMostyn]

You're welcome Cami.

[@DamianStefanov]

Admirably good as every episode. It's just perfect balance of info, tempo and beautifully crafted. I have a question regarding this particular topic. I synced automatically audio and video in premiere 2018 using audio waveforms. Then edit it in premiere. When I export an xml to DaVinci and play it there the audio is mismatched by a lot. It sounds like it's the same amount of mismatch every time but really I didn't try to measure it. My workaround is exporting the audio tracks separately and putting them manually in Resolve. But you got me wondering is this a matter of settings?

[@amaliasepulveda7939]

Amazing. Thanks for making this video!

[@santosh_313]

Thank you Darren, helped me a lot. Love from KTM

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it helped!

[@AR-tl5ti]

you are a total Master!! Im gonna donate tnks

[@tahaaliadeem5272]

very useful yet informative! thanks a lot

[@ginotambis]

thank you for this, I was wondering tho, if your working on a proxy timeline, does it create issues when exporting XML to color grade on davinci?

[@Kini_Wolfgang]

I asked someone this question today and he says it fine but know the files in DaVinci won't won't proxies but the raw files so u might downsize them in DaVinci to color easily.

[@KickTheLadder]

Thank you, you saved me a few more hours. Liked and subbed.

[@DarrenMostyn]

So pleased to hear that. Glad I saved you time and probably some pain!! Thank you so much for the subscription...really means a lot and I count every single one as a new friend! Enjoy the channel. LIVE coming soon so keep an eye out or hit the bell thing. Thanks again. Darren

[@SnehithPamarathi]

Hi Darren, was waiting for this. Thank you. Also Ultra HD and 4K both are different resolutions ? :O

[@koushikbhattacharya832]

excellent tutorial...sir when i use normal slow motion on the clip in premiere pro its not properly translate...am i doing any mistake?

[@martinneely]

Hey Darren, Great video and content throughout. Thank you. But I wonder if you could help me. However having created my XML and importing in into Davinci, I have a lot of Media Offline problems. Most of these are adjustment layer files, as I used this to grade my project in PPro, and also graphics and credit reel. I'm assuming that I will have to re-grade all the clips and also add the graphics etc, in Davinci ?

[@joeymorelli2511]

Love this Darren. Cheers :)

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thaknsk joey!

[@workingTchr]

It would have been nice to see the whole round trip: premiere to davinci and then back to premiere. And, if that weren't enough, a peek at the XML file itself to see what's going on a little under the hood.

[@pabstacodewabs]

Would you rather first do a rough cut and grade in DaVinci and then export to Premiere for all sorts of edits and After Effects comps, etc? or edit fully in Premiere and leave the color grading for the last step in DaVinci Resolve? Please elaborate. I feel like, in order to grade no speed ramps, AE comps, transitions, etc are a must so that DaVinci can work fine, and maybe starting in DaVInci and finishing in Premiere is a more logical workflow? Not sure why grading is usually the last step....

[@skottmellins4584]

Excellent and so precious tutorial … thank you so much

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Skott

[@agborobedagbor9979]

Fantastic episode. Love it😍😍

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it worked for you. Thank you,

[@DonClipsVisuals]

hello good luck with your work ! whichever model you use a mouse or graphic tablet Write the model plase ? thank you darren

[@free80four]

Thanks for the video. It helped tremendously. My only issue is that the audio is not heard on the timeline. Ok in the media but no sound coming through on the timeline. Is there a fix for this? I went from Davinci 19.1 to 18.6.6. XML export to import. Audio worked fine in 19.1

[@svenfilms7037]

Life saver. Life Saver. Thank you so much !

[@DatoAliffAlex]

Im working with Sony clips, if I had mixture of frame rate i.e 25/50/100 in a single timeline, Resolve cant located the media despite choosing the right folder

[@DarrenMostyn]

I have mixed frame rates in this episode. No problem. The 50fps footage has been converted to 25 in Premiere > modify clip.

[@kevinvelasco1244]

Thank you thank you thank you!! You’re a life saver.🙌

[@DarrenMostyn]

You’re welcome Kevin. Appreciated.

[@rajurockzzz3234]

Learned alot thank you very much for this tutorial dude..love from India

[@DarrenMostyn]

My pleasure raju. love back from Brighton.

[@hunter8980]

Congratulations Darren!!!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you.

[@phixpowerbook]

Loving the glasses, Darren.

[@DarrenMostyn]

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[@fatbernie1234]

Thanks a lot!! How do you keep your offline window open when the inspector is on? It´s driving me crazy.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Not sure what the problem is..? can you elaborate..?

[@fatbernie1234]

@@DarrenMostyn yeah. In your workspace, you have the settings of the inspector visible and at the same time you can see the offline video. In my case, when i open the inspector settings, the window of the offline get close and i can only see the timeline video. I can switch between them whith Q, but i would like to see them at the same time when i change the inspector settings.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Might be resolution of your desktop. I have a large screen. Hope that helps.

[@vaskowedfilms]

Great video thanks! One question - In premiere pro I made some audio mastering in the audio layout, I applyed few effects (like multiband compressor etc.) on whole layers but not specificly each clip. When I transformed timeline to davinci these effects are missing - is there some way how to bring them to davinci as well? I think the easiest way would be to export whole audio as one waw but I am courious if there is some hack :D Thank you

[@danielsbaltais6970]

Great as always! Long time ago when i was on Premier I knew about "set to frame size" but forgot about it. Recently i had a lot of XML work with all that reframming, oh man it was pain in a... Where are you bin half year ago!))) But better later then newer. Thank you!

[@zakariaabed3593]

Finally the video i was waiting for

[@andrewmccracken6301]

I can hear colorists/assistants applauding around the world. This is a MUST SEE for Pr editors. Well done. Of course, the easiest way is to edit in Resolve. (sorry, couldn’t resist) Next up: Multicam and nested clips conform??