How To Import and Organize Footage | DaVinci Resolve 18 Tutorial

Welcome back to 8482 Media, today we're going over how to import and organize footage in Davinci Resolve. We go over: manager page, creating a new project, naming projects, the cut page, the media page, system storage locations, adding new locations, footage selection, footage importing, audio importing, how to access footage/audio, folder structure, creating new bins, selecting multiple folders, adding subfolders, changing frame rate, creating audio/media bins, merging clips into bins & more!

DaVinci Resolve is the world’s only solution that combines editing, color correction, visual effects, motion graphics and audio post production all in one software tool! Its elegant, modern interface is fast to learn and easy for new users, yet powerful for professionals. DaVinci Resolve lets you work faster and at a higher quality because you don’t have to learn multiple apps or switch software for different tasks. That means you can work with camera original quality images throughout the entire process. It’s like having your own post production studio in a single app! Best of all, by learning DaVinci Resolve, you’re learning how to use the exact same tools used by Hollywood professionals!

[FredCallahan]

None of my videos are showing up. Super confusing

[thehynesgroup]

I always have an editor to edit for me, but today I watch your video and I set up my bins and timeline. Thank you bro✌🏽

[rogerparsons]

Very easy to understand video, thanks!

[TajsJespersen]

Thank you so much, very helpful!
When in the process should I synch my audio?
I have some interviews that need to be synched up, and I would really like to have my files in the folders already synched. Is there a good way to do this?
In my project I have synched all my files, but I can't move them into the folders together with the new audio. Thanks!

[ronischuetz]

I'm new to Davinci and have been working wih FCP, where I created a folder usually on an external drive. The folder included the project settings file, all the footage as well as generated proxy files all together in the the same folder. As of now I have not found a solution for it with Davinci - any hint on what to search for? thanks

[prescillagcon]

Thank this is the only video that helped me import from my external HD

[VanStubbs]

Thank you so much, this helped a lot.

[kduceproductions]

Hey, I have a question. I'm pretty new to Davinci resolve and I'm wondering why every time I import from folder to Davinci my clips I shot that day get imported in the wrong order, as if I shot everything backwards and also when I import from master bin into my time line its like the timeline was imported backwards as well as if I shot the video I'm trying to edit from finish to the start, in that order. Is there a way where I can import and it shows up on the time line the same as it was shot from first clip to the last clip in that order. I don't see why this program will make you import clip by clip instead of highlighting the the clips I want to edit and dragging them into time line.

[wenexplosion]

I got a video I want to edit but it is not showing up in davinvi. I can see other files but not the video I want to edit. Does the type of file matter? is a WEBM file.

[Blackdath]

Thank you i felt really dumb after seeing this.

[TallyTalwarOfficial]

Why cant we drag and drop these bins to the timeline? Manually doing all the subfolders is so annoying.

[joseagonzalez]

What am I doing wrong? Do I need to convert my footage? Because all I am getting is media offline! Help I’m ready to hulk smash this computer!