SAVE TIME and MONEY with this overlooked post process | TWO WAYS to manage media in DaVinci Resolve

[@RyanKao]

Wait this is insane. I’m mind blown I didn’t realize it could literally trim original media with no transcoding. Nice video my man…

[@DylColeman]

Thanks! It’s SUCH an underrated feature of Resolve that not a lot people seem to talk about. Glad you learned something! Really appreciate the watch 😊

[@BlaineWestropp1]

the fact that resolve lets you trim raw footage and keep it in its original form is amazing.

[@DylColeman]

It’s a game-changer dude. It trims raw cdng. Crazy. Thanks for watching btw. Love your content. You’re a big inspiration for me

[@mondotv4216]

Remember - this can only work on an intra-frame codec. If you have H264 or H265 LongGOP codecs it simply can't be done without re-encoding. That's because frames in those codecs depend on information in previous or later frames, so at least around the frame boundary you have to re-encode.

[@DylColeman]

@@mondotv4216 interesting. That may explain the odd errors you get using this method sometimes for certain files. Thanks for the info

[@creativeguyty]

are we saying I need to leave premiere pro? 😕@@DylColeman

[@BlaineWestropp1]

@@mondotv4216 good to know but those files are pretty small small to begin with. Where’s its truly amazing is massive 2TB/hour arriraw and red footage. It works with arriraw and red raw and that is just amazing!

[@svenneidig7624]

Thank you. That was a very clear and useful tutorial. Everybody talks about LUTs etc, but archiving and organisation is important.

[@DylColeman]

It really is. Thanks for watching!

[@andyabajo]

This feature insane! I think you can boost the reach of this video by changing your thumbnail showing the before and after of the Project File size.

[@DylColeman]

Good idea

[@aldunne2001]

Really well done video. Hats off to future Dylan for the extra contribution. This is an incredibly important topic and one that is essentially uncovered in most of the Resolve KZbin content. I now have some media “housekeeping” to do, following this approach. You’ve earned a new sub!

[@DylColeman]

Thanks for watching and thanks so much for the sub! 🙏🏾 I’m honestly surprised this feature isn’t talked about more.

[@OELE.aerial]

Absolutely needed this video at this moment in my early video processing phase. Not really a glamourous topic but definitely an extremely important one, thank you!

[@DylColeman]

Nice! Really glad you found it useful! And I totally agree - not glamorous but hugely essential. I've been wanting to make a video about it for some time

[@joyoffilming9500]

Very helpful tutorial. I am using this method constantly with two more tricks: 1) I have additional timelines that carry the render versions that I want to keep - so, DR Media Management archives those render files, too into the project archive. 2) I do not leave the folder hierarchy counter at 0 - instead, I figured out at which folder hierarchy level my files reside. This avoids the creation of unnecessarily deep target hierarchies. Hope this helps a bit.

[@DylColeman]

Thanks so much for these tips! I'm going to try these out going forward

[@SteveSylvester23]

Been searching for a video about this for 2 days! Much appreciated Dylan. Explained very clearly that even I could understand and implement.

[@DylColeman]

Awesome! Glad the info was useful for you 😊

[@enduroacademy]

Wow! For me, as I am shooting enduro races, what makes me hundreds of gigs, this is golden! I was frustrated about not being able to just remove unused clips from DaVinci and also from the disc at the same time but this is just even better than that!

[@DylColeman]

Glad you found the info useful!

[@PursuitsHouseOfPost]

I didn't realize you have to REOPEN or IMPORT the MMged project. I've been tripping from all these "media offline" notifications. Have 7 REELs of a feature that looks great but is a nightmare trying to finish, rn, because I never was reopening/importing the drt's or checking "relink to new files". Saved. Liked. Subbed. Thanks man

[@DylColeman]

Sounds like a nightmare! Glad I could help in some way. Thanks for the sub

[@strawhatsam]

Thank you both present and future Dylan!!!

[@DylColeman]

Thank you from the both of us 😊

[@KirkTheHow-ToGuy]

Extremely helpful. Been trying to figure out how to manage these davinci resolve files for about a month now and I have lost many projects in the process so this is beyond useful two thumbs up.

[@DylColeman]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Dstick1Spearfishing]

Cheers for the insights, Stay safe, have fun! 👍👌

[@DylColeman]

You’re very welcome!

[@LeeHarris]

kudos for teaching and learning at the same time, excellent video

[@DylColeman]

Appreciate that 🙏🏾 happy to share the journey!

[@digwillhachi]

this is amazing. How did i never know this ! this is so essential.

[@AmeliaHeldt]

Wow!! I’m a premiere user but I had no idea this feature even existed! Have been looking for something like this for ages. Thanks!

[@DylColeman]

You’re welcome! I’m a former Premiere user myself. Still use it from time to time 🙂

[@nelsondecarvalhoplus]

Resolve is by far the best NLE on the market. Thanks for the vid.

[@DylColeman]

I tend to agree! Thanks for watching

[@maxeff]

Lots of really great info, but thanks to future Dylan for popping up and showing us an easier way!

[@DylColeman]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@Aarius247]

Thanks Dylan for such an original and helpful video

[@DylColeman]

You're very welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@willcarter7079]

Oh wow! I had no idea Resolve could do that. Add that to the list of reasons why I love Resolve. I'm going to have to try this.

[@DylColeman]

I’ve been using Resolve for a few years now and I’m still things that amaze me. Love it!

[@Cheecken]

Last time I backed an entire project up I ended up having a 600GB archive, which I will surely go back on later and grab some clips out of, but for the future I will use this method you found! Also, many thanks for explaining what frame handles are, such a useful feature!

[@nonexistent1233]

The Thumbnail is subpar for the Quality of this video!!! Expectations surpassed. Thanks!!! I keep coming back to this vid

[@DylColeman]

Thanks..? 😂 Really appreciate the watch and glad it was helpful

[@DaneBrammage]

Really great explanation of the media management page.

[@DylColeman]

Thank you!

[@DutchDiederik]

Dude, fantastic. You really know your stuff. Thanks for this.

[@DylColeman]

You’re welcome my friend

[@adamjosephgoodman5205]

Thank you for that!!! I was looking for something like this for a long time!

[@DylColeman]

You’re welcome!

[@olaroyseland]

Wow! This is amazing! I had no idea that was even an option! Thank you so much!

[@DylColeman]

You’re welcome!

[@LukeAntunes]

Definitely a great tip! I have heard of this feature but have never used it - maybe I'll have to now.

[@DylColeman]

Glad you found it helpful. Definitely a neat function if it suits your needs 🙂

[@bignorthernbear]

Thanks! I been looking for a way to do this but didnt know the search terms to find the answer being the newbie that I am.

[@DylColeman]

So glad you found this video useful! Thanks for the support and the watch 🙏🏾

[@bignorthernbear]

@@DylColeman If you take suggestions looking for an easy way in DaVinci we can put the audio equalizer on screen for that podcast look, everything I have found is quite complicated and assumes a certain comfort level with fusion.

[@JapanSnowPhotographer]

Huge help!!!! I was thinking there has to be away for this. Dont like hoarding all the unused footage 🤙Now ill be set for this winter trip. Cheers for this video

[@DylColeman]

Yes! That’s what I like to hear 🙂 Glad the video was helpful

[@Stick3x]

Exactly what I needed my brotha. Subscribed.

[@DylColeman]

Thanks! Glad you found it helpful!

[@jaykellett7693]

No need to save powergrades or export stills if you want to do the first method. Right click timeline in bin, Timelines, ColorTrace, ColorTrace from timeline. Navigate to timeline with previous grades, Copy and Exit. Very handy when you get sent an updated cut from an editor!

[@DylColeman]

Thank you so much for this! I’m by no means a Resolve expert, so I love learning new things like this. This is huge!

[@JOAOAUGUSTODIASABREU]

You deserve one million likes just for sharing this detailed, helpful solution (I was not awareat all). This changes my media storage life soooo easy. Thank you so much!

[@DylColeman]

I appreciate the compliment 🙏🏾 Glad the video helped to make improvements in your workflow!

[@shadedshotsphotography]

Thanks Dylan, I was wondering if trimming RAW footage is possible. And it is! I subscribed cause this tip is a game changer.

[@DylColeman]

Thanks so much for the sub! Glad I was able to help 😊

[@HuFilms]

Wow, very interesting, I'm gonna try this one. Great video dude 👏

[@DylColeman]

Thanks!

[@ozielmelendez]

Brother let me tell you the algorithm just show me your video and man! You are a truly educated person and you explanation is so well made! I absolutely subscribe to your channel and even wanna make the switch from PP… Cheers for your channel

[@DylColeman]

Wow, man. Thank you so much! Appreciate the praise and glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching 🙏🏾

[@ivandj707]

Thank you, very well explained and very useful.

[@DylColeman]

You’re welcome!

[@TheThaiLife]

That is great info and really interesting, great video and thank you for sharing your entire Resolve process.

[@DylColeman]

You’re very welcome! Thanks for watching 🙂

[@dwylhq874]

Excellent overview of media management in Davinci Reaolve. Thanks! Subbed. 👌

[@DylColeman]

Thank you!

[@aujcreates]

I might have to come back to this one lol. I’m a complete beginner and it was kind of hard to follow. But incredibly valuable info. New subbie!

[@DylColeman]

Thanks! Yeah, I talk fast. It's the only way i know how lol

[@andyntimbane7567]

Love this tut! Thanks a mil Dylan.

[@DylColeman]

You're very welcome!

[@SeeingTony]

So needed this! Thank you good sir!

[@DylColeman]

You’re welcome!

[@WadeHartley]

High quality content, file sizes are money!

[@DylColeman]

Thanks!

[@brookssherman135]

Thank you. Ive been waiting on a video like this

[@DylColeman]

You’re welcome!

[@oldman8277]

I so needed this! Subscribed

[@DylColeman]

Thanks!

[@loicwirth_]

Thank you so much, this is life changing. You're explanation was pefect, thanks

[@DylColeman]

You’re welcome! Wow, what a great compliment 😊 Really glad the video was helpful for you. Thanks for watching!

[@BenDurham]

Definitely going to look into doing this this winter! Thanks for such a detailed tutorial 🍻

[@DylColeman]

You’re welcome! Glad you found the video informative. Thanks for watching 🙏🏾

[@obscurity_films]

I've got to get my life together and start media managing so I'm not having to drive hard drives so much. This was brilliant and gave me hope.

[@DylColeman]

I’m so glad! Really happy you found it helpful!

[@AndrewLXiong]

That's genius...thanks for sharing

[@keith-knittel]

Will be doing this for my Selects! Switched to resolve a few months ago and finally feel comfortable with it. Love to still find features like this too

[@DylColeman]

Nice! Welcome to the fam lol!

[@humphreybrondy]

I WAS SEARCHING TO DO THIS ! THANK YOU !

[@Sustainavore]

dude, this is amazing. Thank you for delivering! Usually, I watch these videos and know the vast majority of the contact, but this truly fix is a major headache for me. And I thought of another workflow utilizing it that may be helpful (at least for me): Going through b roll first, and cutting for all good B-Roll, regardless of whether I wind up using it in the final piece, and then run the media management process on all of the b roll before continuing on to the main timeline. I often need to use the b roll i didn't use on the particular project for another project or many others down the line. I suppose I could just throw all these onto the main timeline at the end and run media management and achieve a similar thing, but I'd prefer to have them on separate timelines. Probably 6 of one, half dozen of the other in terms of workflow though 🤷‍♂️. Unless you've got a better idea! Subbed! You're delivering content well above your follower count. Looking forward to seeing what else you come out with!

[@DylColeman]

Appreciate the praise and the sub, my friend 🙏🏾 also really glad you learned something to help problem-solve and improve your process. Thanks for watching!

[@YounusYousuf]

incredibly important topic man 👍

[@DylColeman]

Agreed!

[@PostcardsFromJapan]

This is some really useful info that I haven't seen on other channels. Thanks for explaining this thoroughly!

[@DylColeman]

My pleasure!

[@AkashSatheesh]

This is great. Need this function in FCPX

[@jefffuhr2393]

Simply... THANK YOU!

[@DylColeman]

You’re welcome!

[@JonathanCalkins]

I had no idea. Great work!

[@DylColeman]

Thanks!

[@_Oregon_Sunday_Drives_360]

Presented with military/surgical precision, subscribed.

[@DylColeman]

Glad you like my style! Thanks for the sub 🙏🏾

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

This is awesome brother!

[@DylColeman]

Thanks, buddy! Didn't expect this one to be so well received. People need to know about media management more than i thought!

[@temporaleffects]

Thanks for doing a video on this! I was in the process of trying to figure this out. I also appreciate your video on slimRAW. That's been a lifesaver in terms of storage for the fp.

[@DylColeman]

You’re very welcome! I’m glad this and other videos have proved helpful for you. Thanks for watching!

[@michaelbobarev]

Very, very, very … many thanks ! 🔥🔥🔥🎥😁😋

[@DylColeman]

You’re very very very welcome 🙂

[@chordnificent]

amazing video man, new subb your content is soooo detailed and educational

[@DylColeman]

Thank you! Really glad you’re enjoying the content and fining it useful. Thanks for the sub!

[@bigbaddabil]

Awesome tips mate, cheers from down under!

[@DylColeman]

Hey there! Glad you found the video useful

[@bonz_bonalenna]

Thankyou very much ‘ 👏🏼 watching from BOTSWANA 🇧🇼

[@DylColeman]

You’re very welcome!

[@WasabiNoise]

Amazing! I love how you also learned something new while doing the video, as a KZbinr I know that feeling haha "now what do I do? Do I start again or do I show my mistake in the video?". I will be using this for sure but I'm a hoarder, it's really difficult for me to delete stuff haha. So I suppose I will be storing this somewhere safe, while keeping non-essential originals somewhere else where I can decide to delete them if I want to in the future.

[@DylColeman]

I love that you know that struggle. I SHOULD have included the part where I literally stopped talking and had an “oh sh*t…” moment where I realized that there was a better way lol. Always more fun to see a person’s journey rather than the end result imo. Really glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching!

[@WasabiNoise]

@@DylColeman I think you are right, otherwise it would be just another tutorial, but I felt the struggle haha... Good job! I'll keep that in mind too for my videos.

[@SeanHuangRealEstate]

This is very helpful. Thank you sir!

[@DylColeman]

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching

[@wmpx34]

Nice video. I use PR but some of your ideas still helped

[@DylColeman]

Great to hear! I'm a PR user as well and I've used that program's media manager a lot in the past as well

[@MarioCastillion]

Heeeeeey Dylan...I've missed you, man. Great to have you back and thanks for this video.

[@DylColeman]

Thank you 🙏🏾 And you're very welcome. I hope you were able to learn something from it

[@JoeCastellon]

You are a Godsend! This is such an amazing thing to learn. I love Davinci even more now 🤩

[@DylColeman]

Awesome! Glad I could help 😊

[@seanmartinflix]

Thank you ! Grate stuff.

[@Sonicorchestra]

Thanks, this solves my fp dng file bloatathon! Trimming raw files, yay!

[@DylColeman]

Yes! Especially good for us Sigma fp users.

[@BenGoshawk]

This was very helpful! Thanks

[@DylColeman]

You’re very welcome 😊

[@danymalsound]

This is brilliant! Cheers!

[@DylColeman]

Thank you!

[@BlaineWestropp1]

also, if you delete all timelines besides the one you want (duplicate your project first), you will be able to copy, trim, and relink to the copied and trimmed files. this will keep your grades.

[@DylColeman]

Ahhhh nice. Yet another option. Thanks for the tip 🙏🏾

[@BlaineWestropp1]

@@DylColeman its weird that you can't do that without deleting the other timelines first. it seems like a bug!

[@shairfair]

I think with one of the more recent releases PR will let you save the original raw clips while doing media management. We use it a lot at work when we get hardrivers from other production companies. Though the trade off is that it won't keep any of your file structures and just throws it all into a folder with no organiziation.

[@DylColeman]

Good to know! Bummer about the folder structure, but something is better than nothing for sure

[@PicturingArt]

I just had to give a quick comment and let you know how much I giggled at you are cute hard drives 😂

[@Sammy213]

this is all useful and sound advice but I want to point out the awesome cat in the background.

[@DylColeman]

Haha! Good eye 😼Gary appreciates the attention. I won’t tell him though…it’ll go to his head

[@tambao9]

This is a good solution for me as a "Always Hungry for a Harddisk" videographer. :D

[@rickclise.creative]

Excellent tutorial Dylan! What's your process for archiving finished projects? Do you create a .dra from the Media Management project to make it more portable? Re this tutorial - great to know about the limitations of using the Timeline(s) option for Media Management - sounds like Project MM is more comprehensive. Thanks!

[@DylColeman]

I don’t have a process for archiving really. I just save the folder with the media managed assets and the project stays in the local database with a special designation. I’m guessing the .dra allows you to take the project with you so you don’t have to depend on having access to your regular database to open it back up?

[@DomFix]

I've been using export archive and that's even better in my opinion but didn't know about that trim thing so I have to test it too 👍🏻

[@DylColeman]

Interesting! I’ve never heard of export archive. Tell me more.

[@DomFix]

@@DylColeman you can find it under home icon at your projects. Simply rmb on it and choose export archive. It save .dra file like a zip with all data in it. So you can transfer it as you wish with all media and settings by just import it in other dr. Good thing to do before is to remove unused media from project or even to do that cut save thing you do, simply optimize it before you export.

[@DylColeman]

@@DomFix Nice. Will definitely have to try that out. Thanks for the tip 🙏🏾

[@frank2067]

This is so smart!

[@DylColeman]

Thanks!

[@jayespinal]

Phenomenal video Dylan, thank you for sharing this. I do all my editing Adobe but your video does make it look at DaVinci Resolve more seriously. 🎉

[@DylColeman]

Thank you! I’m a huge Premiere fan as well. I still use Adobe for graphics (AE) and I love editing photos with it (Lightroom Classic). There a few things I miss from Premiere, but I highly recommend giving DaVinci a shot.

[@jayespinal]

@@DylColeman thanks, will do.

[@Handcraftedcc]

Loved this! Would love to see more tips on how to organize your projects, footage etc. Also did not know you could do groups. Need to learn about that now!

[@DylColeman]

Noted! Would love to provide more insight into my processes. Glad to know it would useful for some. Stay tuned!

This is great! But I do wonder if you don't preserve the file structure, if the newly created DRT file would be updated with the new source files location. I will be trying this. Great stuff

[@DylColeman]

I think it definitely will with the entire-project method. I think it should work fine with the timeline method as well when you open the .drt file, but personally I always prefer a little bit of organization instead of every type of asset in one place

[@xVMastodonVx]

Amazing video! Instant sub.

[@DylColeman]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏾

[@wearetrackclub]

Great content, Dylan! Nice job putting this together, this is really helpful stuff! 👏

[@DylColeman]

Thanks! I do put a lot of work into these. Thanks for watching 🙏🏾

[@BartoszRogowski]

I have to say, that's a great video! I was recently wondering what should my strategy be with managin all the individual clips. I didn't want to just delete old stuff, but keeping it all is also not an option. This looks like a very intentional way of organizing media. I think it will help me with my hoarding tendencies. Cheers!

[@DylColeman]

Fellow hoarders unite! 😂

[@Apoucado]

Instant Follow!

[@DylColeman]

Thanks!

[@Joshs_Journey]

awesome video, now my harddrives have room to breath again.

[@DylColeman]

Haha! I’m glad 💪🏾

[@TerenceKearns]

I like your editing style. Lots of information done quick. I don't have to put the video on 1.5 speed.

[@DylColeman]

Haha! Good to know that it's not too fast and undigestible

[@BunkerMountain]

Thank baby jeezus this a thing!

[@DylColeman]

Right?! Hope this video helped

[@larryestrada5418]

New subscriber here.Thanks in advance for the knowledge.

[@DylColeman]

You’re very welcome!

[@theindiefilmdude]

Just Awesome! I did notice though that even though it appeared to have saved your grades, it Didn't save the original Power Grade for the Color...... I'm assuming you'd be using this method for when you are closer to your Final Delivery and your color should be at it's final stages.

[@V-adventurous]

Great video thanks

[@DylColeman]

Thank you!

[@celestepalm6949]

Method #2 sounds wonderful & I'm still trying to get the process to sink into my brain. On the codec issue, I'm mainly using pre-existing video, not raw camera footage. Does that make a difference on whether using Timelines or Method 2 to edit is safer? I'm not spending a lot of time in the Color page on grades or more complicated lighting fx (yet) so wanted to be sure...thanks! * *new sub* *

[@DylColeman]

Hey there! Thanks for the sub. The type of footage that you're working doesn't really affect which method you would use, I just like Method 2 because it also saves all those stills and groupings on the Color page. If you're not doing a lot of Color then media managing by Timeline should work fine for you. That's the method I used for a while until I tried out the other way

[@Kelgorr]

Had an issues of this failing repeatedly. Making sure that Preserve hierarchy is set on anything other than 0 prevents it from failing but I'm now having issues that it just apparently misses files. I let it finish then removed some of the original files only to find that I now have loads of unlinked media if I open the project again. I checked the project folder created by the media manager and some files are missing, some are there but unlinked and others are fine. It is incredibly inconsistent which ones are there and missing. No specific characters in the name, file types or anything specific to point the finger at. If anyone has any ideas I'm all ears. Hoping it's an error on my part since that's far easier to fix.

[@AndriSoren]

Experiencing exactly the same issues, no matter what combination of options I try.

[@CesarAugustoTejada]

For version 18.5.1 I think I read that they added the ability to retain the groups when using the timeline option in the media management.

[@DylColeman]

Ooo that would be great! I’ll have to check it out

[@akhtarnadeem621]

Very Very Nice !

[@DylColeman]

Thanks!

[@tiedtkeio]

This is incredibly useful information, thank you Dylan! +1 subscriber 🙏

[@DylColeman]

Yes! Really glad you found it useful. Thanks for the sub 🙏🏾

[@KAPhotography]

This is another great idea when saving some space for your drive. but when it comes to client files Exporting Project Archive is more flexible when it comes to changes base on what client needs. which also well organized with the complete footages and assets. meanwhile saving some drive space is not an option on that part. Thank you for this fruitful information.

[@DylColeman]

Absolutely. Great point. When people are paying you, archiving and retaining as much of the OG media as possible is key. For your average footage hoarder though (that’s me 🙂) with no REAL need to keep anything, minimizing drive utilization is a necessity, if only to ease the burden on my wallet 😂 thanks for watching!

[@alexander.starbuck]

Dylan, great, concise and informative video! However, I am a bit confused - what is the point in this? To have the original footage backed up somewhere (perhaps on an archive, slow, cheap drive?) while basicaly creating an entirely new project, with only used portions of source footage, to keep on a fast, "work horse" drive or RAID? Cheers! :)

[@DylColeman]

Hey there! In the way I use it, I delete the original footage completely. My goal is to free up space but still be able to resurrect great shots or some segments of Aroll for reuse in future projects. That being said, I often include a “selects” sequence along with the final edit sequence when I media manage to save some footage that I also like, but didn’t end up in the final piece.