3 Simple Ways to Transfer a Davinci Resolve Project To Another Computer

If you need to transfer a Davinci Resolve project to another computer, then in this Davinci Resolve 18 tutorial, I'll show you exactly how to do that in 3 simple but different ways.

The critical question is, what is your intended purpose when you export a Davinci Resolve project file to move it to another computer? Do you need the media to be included or not? Are you looking to collaborate with someone else? Do you need to work on proxy media?

Together we'll dive into answering all these questions so that the next time you need to move or transfer a Davinci Resolve project to another computer, you know exactly how to do it!

Stay tuned to the end to find out my favourite method of moving projects between workstations or when I need to move the project to a laptop to edit "on the go".

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Export and Import Projects
02:52 - BONUS TIP: Export Timelines and Bins ONLY
05:28 - Let me answer your questions!
06:14 - Using Project Archives
09:31 - Using Cloud Projects and Collaboration
12:20 - My Favourite Option?
12:33 - Final Thoughts

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[LifeGameDesign]

I just bought a new workstation and am in the process of transferring everything. This has been the most clearest, to the point tutorial I've seen! thank you for this!

[wjhendrix]

I'm going to say thank you because you have solved my problem. I literally just got off the phone with Davinci Resolve Studio support and the guy who talked to me told me that none of this was actually possible and that I was tethered to the system I started editing with. I told him I didn't think that was right and he assured me it was.

He told me that there must be a translation error because their company is Australian and not American. I'm like, don't they write/speak English in Australia?

He even told me that I could not use the cloud the way I wanted, which is what you just covered. This is my second and LAST time calling them. I'll just go to YouTube University for my questions moving forward. I really like Davinci Resolve Studio but their support is subpar.

Again, thank you for resolving my issue in less time than it took me to type all this.

[zekesethwill]

Out of every tutorial that I watched, you gave me clarity on this. Thank you!

[MegaReaso]

Always super concise and informative. Thank you

[patrickduchene]

Thank you thank you thank you!!! The archive project tip helped me big time moving from one computer to another.

[ETSUBrown]

Much appreciated! Thank you for this break down.

[cadreamdrives]

Super Helpful! I was looking for details on how to move a project from Local to Blackmagic Cloud and this video explained it perfectly! Thank you very much!

[Critycal]

Great, this is what I was looking for, thanks

[erinhinkle_pathfinderchurc]

The archive process seems to be the best solution for my workflow. Thanks for explaining this.

[wbmsvdl]

Thank-you for a fantastic guide to this requirement, really well presented and a great explanation. I’m sending a .drp file, but I’m going to consider getting cloud for joint working!

[dannyfurness]

This is a nice explanation, I’d love to see the video on how you deal with sharing media remotely though as that’s a real pain point for me! Hopefully you’re on with that 😊
Thank you for your help so far!

[Straflight]

Wow, this is perfect. Very concise delivery, thanks.

[topdazzle]

Fantastic - clear, concise and really well presented. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this - it's appreciated.

[skyrider]

Nice video. Funny what you did with the outro -- leaving out the favorite. ;) :P

[TheKjlongtine]

At work we have a NAS/Synology w/10gb connection that we store and edit from. If one were to want to work remotely then I would assume creating a project archive would allow that opportunity to do so by creating and storing that media onto your laptops hard drive. But, when you return to the office with edits made to the archived project, how would you toss it back to so to work from the server again? Thanks!!

[Knutacious]

Oh Joy, of man's Davinci. That worked grand. Cheers!

[doug_EX]

Great video Alex! Very well explained. Thanks!

[aybee]

This is very useful. Thank you very much🙏🙏🙏.

[noorkaddoura]

thank youu so much, saved me so much time!

[rodrazvan]

Thank you for the fantastic explanation. I appreciate it if you answer this question: When I export the library, none of the transformations in the inspector tab, under the Video setting, transferred with the exported file. Is there any solution for that? Thank you