The EASIEST WAY to Collaborate - DaVinci Resolve Multi-User Guide

2 creative minds are better than 1, so learn how to install, set up and work with DaVinci Resolve Project Server to enable the collaboration features of DaVinci Resolve. Learn about bin locking, PostgreSQL databases, sharing footage, and all the best practices for working in a shared DaVinci Resolve project. You can even learn how to delete an old PostgreSQL database with another free application called pgAdmin 4. The best part of it all is that it's FREE! All the software and this in-depth tutorial. Enjoy!
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00:00 How to Enable Collaboration in Resolve
01:42 DaVinci Resolve Project Server
04:41 Network Setup - Ethernet Bridge
07:20 Resolve Setup Tips
07:58 Proxies
09:50 DaVinci Resolve Collaboration Features
10:21 DaVinci Resolve Bin Locking
12:01 Refresh Changes
13:29 Delete PostgreSQL Database
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[@IceCreamEntertainment]

Dude thanks for this. My brother and I are beginning our edit of a full feature film. I will be doing the main cut and he will be doing color, sound and temp score simultaneously. After following this tutorial we have everything set up and we will blast through this edit. Thank you. It's been a dearth of content in previous years when it came to Resolve. Glad someone is stepping up because this platform needs to be used far and wide.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

That sounds amazing. I'm excited for you guys and its so much more fun when you both can jump in together in post. Thanks for the encouragement.

[@martinclay7557]

Back after 3 weeks, puts out a video worth Ten weeks. Thanks Chadwick 👍

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks Martin :) - I think illness is finally out of our house, so you should be getting weekly content again. (just not normally quite this long or dense) Cheers!

[@PimWesselsTube]

Once again, great video. Very helpful. Thank you!

[@RVKevin]

This walk through is Amazing Chadwick. It will be fun to try this setup. Good to see you man 🙂

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks Kevin, great to hear from you as always.

[@ozzythemighty2767]

That was a champion video. Were going to need a deep dive on this one. :)

[@wearethefirehouse]

My dude you’re a lifesaver. Been struggle-bussin on this with my NAS forever.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Awesome, best of luck!

[@plrpilot]

Awesome video. It's incredible to see just how much info you can pack into one. I'm having to pause the video to take notes. :-). Keep it up!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gil6878]

Very clear and to the point. Thank you!!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks for watching!

[@GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

I love how much info you can condense into your videos 🤘. Brilliant man 🙏🤘

[@CreativeVideoTips]

I appreciate that. Thanks Gary.

[@GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

@@CreativeVideoTips Thank YOU sir 😁🙏🏻

[@briancorrell]

Thanks for putting the links at the bottom and plugging everything you sell first

[@JesalandSonia]

​ @CreativeVideoTips Found your channel through this video and subscribed! Cool to see from your other comment that you are planning a new guide for the updated version, Looking forward to it! In the meanwhile we are enjoying your other guides!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

00:00 How to Enable Collaboration in Resolve 01:42 DaVinci Resolve Project Server 04:41 Network Setup - Ethernet Bridge 07:20 Resolve Setup Tips 07:58 Proxies 09:50 DaVinci Resolve Collaboration Features 10:21 DaVinci Resolve Bin Locking 12:01 Refresh Changes 13:29 Delete PostgreSQL Database Database Tutorial - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqSuqJSAqbZ5d5I Proxy Tutorial - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYi9Y2uohN5gedE www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/collaboration www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/ www.pgadmin.org/download/pgadmin-4-macos/

[@nashanbarrett7065]

Do you need an ethernet cord in order to connect to another person's computer

[@turbospamer]

Thank you, Chadwick, for your useful tips about davinci. You have a gift to explain complex things easily. I want to share with you info. There is a shortcut for duplicate timeline. Type in keyboard shortcuts "duplicate item". And you can duplicate anything in your media bin, just select and press shortcut.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Holy cow, you have to be kidding me! I've seen this command and swore it didn't do timelines. I was totally wrong. I just set mine up to option + d and it works great. This is the best thing of the week! Thanks!

[@BEERNBBQBYLARRY]

Excellent tutorial. I wish this existed when I set up my Davinci PostgreSQL DB. There was so little information on this topic.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks Larry, me too! haha It's one of those things once you know, you know - but can seem intimidating at first.

[@moemerhi460]

Liked and subscribed. Good video!!

[@BigBritchesProductions]

Great stuff, as always, Chadwick! I had a struggle for a bit. My Mac would see the SSD, but wouldn't connect. Then I realized it was formatted ExFat for sharing with another videographer who uses a PC. I am copying files off of it now and will reformat the drive. I'm assuming that will solve the issue. Thank you for yet another great video.

[@techjoint9163]

This is such an informative and well put together tutorial. Bravo!!! Have you run into any issues with collaberating between PC and Mac based systems before?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks so much for watching! In all transparency, I haven't worked between platforms so I can't say from experience. However, it should all work fine. Things to watch for would be codec support (prores on a pc), and how you mount shared storage. SMB is good.

[@MarkSmith-pe4rd]

A schematic map or diagram of the cloud collar configuration would be great. your synopsis is quick and I think it glosses over some details of the set up.

[@BensTechLab]

Great video. 👍 I was basically doing the research to make my own video on the subject and found yours. 😂

[@CallMeHarris]

Thank you Chadwick!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

You bet!

[@peterhouaiss]

Amazing! Thank you :)

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any questions.

[@rogerregor2489]

Thank you man!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thank you Roger!

[@mikeo55555]

Holy carp! I thought I had you on double speed - so much info, so powerful, so FREE! Thanks for putting this together. (it looks like yr using a different keyboard than the Logitech you have listed - could you do a segment on how you chose that particular mechanical keyboard and whether it does or does not complement the speed editor with its nice chunky keys?)

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Hi Michael! Thanks so much for watching, I had a lot of info to give on this one and it’s my pleasure. Hopefully you’ll be able to use a tip or two from it even if you don’t use the collaboration features. And Yes! The keyboard is brand new, I literally just got it as a birthday gift a week ago but love it so far. It’s a keychron C2. I’ll find a moment to chat about it in an upcoming video once I have banged on it for a little longer.

[@JakeBaconDigital]

Getting through this video now, but bro this is becoming the best Resolve channel for sure. Also, if you ever do a video of you colorgrading your youtube shots I wouldn't be opposed :) lol Also what are you using for your titles and seeing how you do those gradient titles would be sweet too.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Jake, you're the best. Thank you for that encouragement. I honestly don't do much for grading the tutorial content itself, sometimes just touch of extra contrast and saturation but I'm sure at some point this year I'll do some color page tips. There's a lot of information out there already on Resolve color it's down my list of important things to share. My titles are all over the place at the moment as I'm learning Fusion. Most of what you see is actually apple Keynote slides with default presets, exported as a video file (at least the chapter markers usually are). I know, not too exciting but efficient. Cheers.

[@leoquesto9183]

Hi Chadwick, this is excellent. In 2023, is this still the best path, do you think, when one of the editor is editing proxies on an iPad Pro and the main system (server) is an iMac? This has been very helpful.

[@Oliver_Atkinson]

Nice!

[@tomatoskitchen]

Hi @CreativeVideoTips Thanks for doing this video. Will this setup still work if we're from 2 different countries?

[@alex.muntean]

Thanks! I am definitely not new to Resolve, but this seems a little convoluted. 🥴

[@reywalterzamora151]

Hello. We found it very useful for our workflow. We followed this tutorial and we've been using this for a couple of months. Now we are planning to transfer the host to another computer. We created a new project server and exported a new RESOLVEDBKEY file but the file did not work for the other computers which are also connected to the same network and all have the same version of Davinci Resolve. The file only works on the computer where the key was created. What could possibly be the problem? Does this have something to do with the firewall etc. or anything else? Thank you in advance!

[@milescrossman8994]

This is very cool, is this possible with my Neighbor on a shared wifi network where we both have copies of the footage? That way the .drp file is the only thing technically being ‘shared’.

[@jonatansecka7836]

Thx🚀

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks for watching!

[@STONJAUS_FILMS]

I wish the edit tab was also simultaneously collaborative like writing on Google Docs; the workaround so far has been to work on separate timelines and combine the work later on the main timeline. I don't understand or trust the "compare timelines" feature just yet. I would rather just copy and paste between timelines once a scene or section is ready. Having been able to color grade at the same time has been nuts... I usually do exposure and contrast while my partner does color. and wow... yesterday we even rendered two different deliverables at the same time from different machines. It has sped up some jobs so much... I'm loving this feature... Except this morning, my TrueNAS server broke, and I lost all my proxies for a big project. * NOT davinci's fault. On another note, I've been having big problems with the new AI noise reduction.. cannot drag clips over the timeline because it throws an error. The timeline freezes, and you can't even press CMD + Z .... what?!! the safest way has been to turn on automatic version history. and don't mess with the AI filter until they finish coding it properly. Thanks a lot for the tutorial, whatch it several times.

[@Dmitriy.0]

Thanks! Super useful. Quick question - is there a way to tell if a given clip already has a corresponding proxy (or optimized media) file already generated for it?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Yes, in the media page, media pool, you can turn on the column for proxy and proxy path. If you see a result there then it has a file linked behind the scenes. It will say the resolution and the file path in those 2 columns. If it doesn't and you know one exists (like one created in camera) you can right click to link to the proxy file as well.

[@Drew4REnMTB]

hello, thanks for video and your time. i'm just starting out and not sure how far itll go but fun so far. i'm just working from a laptop and desktop (switchign between the 2 as i export and upload to youtube) and having trouble managing files already, lol. do i need a server or can i just share my desktop (it stays on almost all the time) and just work in that or should i just set up a server just in case one of my 3 kids decides to join in on the fun too? Currently just editing my kids basketball games but like most other people we have collected 10-15 years of 3 kids photos and videos; so thinking to use davinci to organize or make them into some meaningful type movies. thanks for feedback!! :)

[@retlwiz]

Possibly a dumb question here, but I occasionally collaborate with another editor in a different part of the same city. We can easily have physical copies of the same rushes, but is it possible for us to collaborate on a project in Resolve without buying expensive cloud drives, etc? What I see here is people in the same room connecting their computers physically, which is not what I need right now.

[@visionstudios6864]

Hey thank you for this helpful tutorial, but we still have one problem. We tried to cut and grade at the same time on different computers with different ssds(with the same files on it) but Davinci is rather losing my footage on the timeline or the other one on the other computer. So Resolve just mount one ssd and not both, but why. Do you have a fix for this?

[@reginaldworthington7558]

Hey Chadwick, great channel. I’ve been binging a few of your vids on Davinci and find them extremely helpful. Just wondering on this one - I see you just produced it in Feb of this year - is it all a moot point now that BM has released their cloud features in DR-18? Is there still a workflow that would require this even with that cloud option?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Hey thanks so much for watching. Yes this was before the beta was released however it’s still a way to work within a local network with shared storage. However in most cases I would point people toward the new cloud database. Have you seen my video posted this week on cloud collaboration? Anyways it’s still a valid option. But it will be much less necessary.

[@reginaldworthington7558]

@@CreativeVideoTips wow, that was fas! Thanks. I am based in Bali Indonesia and am in the process of setting up for a docu-series here called Rough Gem. Could use some extended advice on how to best go about post workflow using a variety of freelancers from around the globe if you are into some outside consulting. Is there a way we could chat about how that might look?

[@reginaldworthington7558]

@@CreativeVideoTips sorry, yes, I believe that was the first vid I watched from you which led me down this rabbit hole for the past few hours! :)

[@guyjinpop]

could you perhaps do one for R18? I upgraded from R17 to R18.6.3 like wise to project server 18.5. now we cannot to the database anymore it doesn't recognise connection even with a resolve key sent from the project server on other workstations Any help ?

[@robainscough]

Thanks for the video ... might need an update. My Project Server doesn't have any of the icons at the top and immediately prompt to create a server name ... I can't set icons for project libraries (I believe you call them databases). No "Disk" option, no "PostgreSQL" option, nada? Maybe because I'm on Windows and Resolve 18.6.4? Oh well, thanks for the video but it seems this is not relevant to Resolve V18.6.4.

[@mateusz.habdank.wojewodzki]

Does this still work with Davinci Resolve 18.6? I could not finde the Davinci Resolve Project Server.

[@alaaabouchakra]

can I collaborate with another editor on the same network, but each one of us has its own copy of the material I am trying with a test project but when I link media from my computer, they go offline on theirs and vice versa

[@NickMissiaen]

So the thing is.. I have to go to a client soon but i want to edit locally on my macbook for the highest speeds possible. How would i go about copying the project at the end of the day to their server? They could also ask me to edit directly from their server. Is it best practice to just make a database on their server then? They're used to the premiere pro workflow where they put every project in a specific location on the server with all media in folders next to it. I'm just trying to wrap my head around how i have to do this, because the database workflow is so different. If anyone could help me or give me options on how to do this the most efficient i would highly appreciate it. Thanks you Chadwick for your great video's, love your channel!

[@yuraymarstewart]

Nice video! Can you use a NAS instead of a SSD for collaboration?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Absolutely. In fact I have run an 8 bay synology nas the past year and works great for the media.

[@WillGibbons]

Thanks for your videos! In my case, I'm on a PC, my editor on a mac. I'm in California. My editor, in Michigan. I set up a regular Disk Database on my google drive shared disk. My editor sees all updates I make to projects in the database, but of course each time one of us opens the project, we get the 'need to update database location' (or similar message). Essentially, we need to keep re-linking the media (even though it's also stored on the shared google drive) that we both have access to and locally synced on each machine. I understand the benefits of PostgresSQL, but in our case, I don't think we can get it working like you can on a local network. It seems like my current config is 99% perfect... if we didn't have to re-link media each time. Can you think of a way to fix the re-linking issue? Or is what I've experienced just a limitation of a Resolve database being saved on a cloud drive? (thanks in advance as it's been hard to find any info on this)

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Hi Will, thanks for your thoughtful comment. There are 2 approaches to this problem. But the one I would suggest you try, because it's so simple and is working for me right now. Version 18 has the new cloud libraries (I have a tutorial here on the channel about it). This is ideal for what you are doing and only costs $5 a month for one of you. Blackmagic will host the database for you (really it looks like its amazon, but through blackmagic cloud). There is also a new linking system built into version 18 that tracks local storage locations so you don't need to relink assets like you are now. It is still in beta, but is working for me. I'm a risk taker. I would of course make copies of your project locally in case the cloud goes down. The other way is far too involved to explain on a comment but would be to either host the database on an S3 cloud bucket, or one of you locally have it and open a VPN tunnel to each others computers. If you don't have a static IP for your work locations this gets messy fast.

[@WillGibbons]

@@CreativeVideoTips Fantastic! Thanks for the reply. I hadn't come across V18's cloud libraries yet and yes, that looks like it'll be the way to go here. My work isn't super critical since I'm not working on creating videos for clients or anything like that, so I can probably accept the risk that comes with working on beta software. Thanks again!

[@kaserwinn8824]

Quick question for a newbie here, would this work from a windows to mac?

[@photojoseph]

fantastic. I need to do this! Question; howe powerful does the server computer have to be? I would imagine not much of anything. Have you ever set this up on another platform that can run SQL, like a ReadyNAS NAS? I'm planning to build this so I can access my files from home over a VPN connection.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Not too powerful, or even that fast. A gig network is plenty. The speed should come from the file server with the media. If you can swing 10 gig e with a faster raid that would be ideal but there are always proxies. I haven’t use a Synology for this purpose but if I was shopping today I might go that route. You should make a video about the whole process so we can all learn more about it.

[@photojoseph]

@@CreativeVideoTips if I figure this out I totally will. I have a Netgear ReadyNAS which I think is capable of running the software. If not; fine, and old Mac mini should do it. I want to design a workflow where every single import in Resolve (media goes to local NVMe) gets proxy footage automatically generated and copied to the NAS, so I can VPN into my studio, open a project and be scrubbing through the proxy footage. Would have to be light weight footage but could always cache locally to the laptop if the internet connection isn’t sufficient. That’s my hope!!

[@photojoseph]

OK that was super easy to set up. It looks like my gigabit internet isn't happening any time soon, so I'll likely be copying proxy footage, but that's not that big of a deal. I've run some tests comparing Resolve's H265 vs H264, and H265 took slightly longer to encode, but is one third the file size. Unfortunately this ties up Resolve. I use KYNO, and did some tests in there, and can generate H.264 in half the time, with file sizes the same as Resolve's H.265, but effing Kyno screws up timecode from 60p footage so that's a non-starter, at least for now. I set the default durations for proxy media to be my server, so when generating it, it just automatically goes there. This is a remarkably simple workflow. I love it, thanks!

[@JasonTaylor-po5xc]

Have you noticed any issues with a mixed OS (Mac + Win) collaborators?

[@philipbreu3926]

What an awesome video. You got me subscribing. :D At the moment, we have two Computers (1x Mac studio and 1x Imac Pro 2017) Both of them do have a RAID System attached (no Server). We're copying files and have two independent databases. It's really annoying. This could be a great solution. What i'm wondering is, if it's only possible to connect two Computers, or even more? Sometimes, i need to attach a MacBook Pro if there are three people working. Does this work and is it possible to have 1 Computer come and go day by day? Also does it has any impact, if three Computers access files form one RAID System or in your case one SSD? They are normally made to be connected to only one Computer.

[@MKDJOJO]

Yes, it can be accessed anywhere on the network with 1 server, and can support up to 200 devices at the same time, which has been tested.

[@daslolo]

"media offline" resolve server doesn't include the media? solution?

[@brentmarch3602]

Hey man, weird question - where did you get the little rubber fasteners at 1:30 for your Mic and Cable? Im looking for some for the same setup. Thank you!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

oh those are just velcro straps - I think those came with that mic stand but you can use any velcro tie

[@exploringtobi]

When loading the key into the other pc it shows an error, telling me that it failed to connect to the database. And also "Please check log file for more details"... help please :(

[@winkytiki]

fantastic tutorial! Anyone out there know how to move a project from a local database to the PostgreSQL database ?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

You should be able to just copy (command C) in the project manager, and then paste (command V) in the other database - it might take a moment if its a big project

[@drumndirty]

Thank you for this video, Only thing is my DRPM software comes up looking much different. It does not have the icons in the top like yours so I can not advance to next phase. Any help would be great. Ive downloaded the 18 version

[@skylinejake]

I'm having the same issue and I'm not sure what to do now haha

[@whiteseahorse]

Thank you for the tutorial! Question: is it ok to turn off the computer that is being used as a server when no one is using Davinci?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks for watching. For sure if nobody needs access that is no issue. It's just obviously if another computer needs to see the database, the database computer needs to be on.

[@SpelVarld]

why does it say media offline when i add a video i use while collabing with him?

[@nashanbarrett7065]

I'm on Windows and I don't have the enable share button.

[@EasyyokeFilms]

Is it right to say the New Blackmagic cloud in Resolve 18 has made all the information in this video outdated?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Great question, but actually no, All of the collaboration stuff works exactly the same on the back half of this video. The main difference is that you don't have to use a PostgreSQL database anymore. You can simplify it with Blackmagic Cloud (and a $5 fee).

[@maurice_morales]

Is this collaboration workflow still possible in 18.6.2? The reason why I ask this is because of BMD pushing out their cloud workflow

[@CreativeVideoTips]

It absolutely is still possible. I set it up for companies regularly but can be done very easily with a mac and a free download. Works great.

[@Blackspotonascreen]

Hi so im using the new Davinci reolve 18.5 beta for this. Im testing out the sending of the key from my desktop, which i made the server, to my main pc becaus ei intend to send this to a couple of my friends for editing. For some reason, when I export the key, i can use the key perfectly fine on my davinci resolve on the desktop. but when i send the kep to my pc and then try to access it, it does not work it pulls up with the prompt "Cannot Connect to Network Project Library, Please check for correct credentials and if the server is online and allows client connections." I opened up both the keys from my pc and desktop and they are identical and I had the server running. I have no idea what I did wrong. Can someone help a brother out.

[@lokibot23]

Heyyyy have you figured it out cuz I need help

[@stowgood]

2:26 my project server does not have this option :(

[@jaxturdanerd6253]

Can’t find the link

[@lukekiker4159]

Do the computers that the project is being worked on have to be in the same location? Or could they be in completely different houses across town?

[@imynd-imynd]

Waiting for answer on this one as well. :)

[@mysticstudios7236]

Is this possible to set this up in a synology nas than a dediated computer?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Yes you certainly can. However it does require knowing how to setup a docker container or a hypervisor/vm and running the linux project server. I have found it pretty simple to run on an inexpensive mac mini with the mac installer.

[@mysticstudios7236]

🙏 Thank you@@CreativeVideoTips

[@michaeljamesmedia]

I cannot get past installation of the server app. When I click to open it it says "Postgres not running or incorrect password"

[@tazuki6558]

x2

[@ABM-mz5pb]

Can someone tell me why PostgreSQL is necessary for this kind of collaboration? How does it compare to the Blackmagic Cloud service released with Resolve 18? They seem to have the same functionality - in what situations would one use one or the other? Thanks

[@CreativeVideoTips]

This video was released before blackmagic cloud. Basically they are both the same with the exception that the database is either on your local network or in blackmagic cloud (which is actually amazon web services). The blackmagic cloud limitation is 10 users per project at once and you must have internet connection. The postgres shared database shown here needs to be on the same network, but you can go without internet.

[@ABM-mz5pb]

@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks for the reply Chadwick, much appreciated

[@HoundDogMech]

A little way beyond the average DR UT User but I need something that lets me Instruct my granddaughter in another city/state. Any suggestions. Something where we both see her screen and I and her can use her mouse/keboard and or my mouse/keyboard to enforce the instruction.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Try TeamViewer. That should do the trick I think.

[@ZaoStrength]

So if my editor is in Egypt, will this allow us to work on the same project together?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Yes it can, but you will need a lot more information about opening firewall ports, possible hosting the server in the cloud and of course you will each need some copy of the footage locally. I can highly recommend you check out Johns Film channel on resolve collaboration if you would like to go deeper. He’s brilliant.

[@TheFedericogalli]

@@CreativeVideoTips thank you this is what I was wondering, if my editor is in another city, i’m the one with the files and eventually taking care of the coloring and exporting.. so maybe the editor can just need proxy and I don’t have to upload terabytes of footage I’m excited thank you for this ‘storm’ of information 🤣 I need to rewatch at 50% of speed lol

[@sufikhal]

i am planning on buying the full studio version. but just to confirm, can i use the same account on 2 computers and do a collaboration project edit at the same time? i understand that collaboration is possible but with same account does it work? both windows machines.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Yes that would work.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

If you are doing collaboration with the cloud you will set up 2 blackmagic ids. Only one has to pay $5. Or local collab is free.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Also note collaboration works with the free version.

[@sufikhal]

@@CreativeVideoTips thank you so much! appreciate the fast and quick replies!

[@veius5487]

I need some help, My friend who lives far away from me is editing a video and I want to try and figure out a way to collaborate easily. Ive been searching for easy ways to do it and we tried just sharing the files and importing it to my PC but I did not have the files he had supposedly and it turned into media offline. I dont know how to do this but is there a way to collaborate easily with a friend that is not in the same place as me and in a different address?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Absolutely Veius, I would like to refer you to this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJawpWqIe5WNjMU because they really simplified cloud collaboration in version 18 since I had put out this local collaboration video. Hope it helps and best of luck!

[@veius5487]

@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks for the tip! ill use this next time as we finished editing the game trailer and already published it will check this out the next time we do something like this.

[@harlequimnusic]

Hey ! When i instal Davinci Resolve Project Server, It ask me to create a password but now when i login it tell me that the password isn't correct and i can't change it. I tried to uninstal reinstal but it didn't work, any ideas ?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

try password - DaVinci - I think this is the default, it's either that or Davinci

[@quickpickle]

And here I thought the new resolve (18.1) was able to have multiple editors on the same network with each person having his footage on his pc and it work easily. But this is really complex buggy when I tried it. Me and my brother have 2 pc's and we want to work on projects together. We managed to connect and he can see when I do edits but he cant make any changes to the edit unless he links the files on his pc to the project, when he links the files my links break and I cant see the footage. Does the footage need to be on a network drive?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

there is a new path mapping option that "should" help this work better that is under project settings at the bottom. Aside from that, yes a network share is ideal in your situation. You can setup a network share from one of your computers with the OS, or use something like a cloud pod on your network. Then on the higher end you can use a dedicated NAS. They all work.

[@quickpickle]

I installed the project server on a mini pc but the interface doesnt look like what shows on the video there are no icons in the deader section and it only shows the project library i created. The only option on top is server users. I created a server user so i can use those credentials to connect but it wont let me. Do you know any recent video of how to set this up? I think davinci changed everything with the newer version of the project server.@@CreativeVideoTips

[@MonkeyDLuffy-cq2lo]

The computers must have the same version of resolve. this is a pain, and it's typically the pay.

[@NeilPho]

Great video. But it’s “premises”. “premise” means something else. It’s my pet peeve 🙃

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Ah thank you for that correction. I’m the same way when I see some write synch instead of sync.

[@NeilPho]

@@CreativeVideoTips I'm glad you understand. Thank you again for your excellent videos.

[@AlejandraDefault-yp9mp]

This options are outdated now

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Yes this is from an older version. I plan to do an updated video in the next month. The principles are the same.

[@TorqC69]

talk slower