From the course: Learning DaVinci Resolve 16

Using the exercise files - DaVinci Resolve Tutorial

From the course: Learning DaVinci Resolve 16

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Using the exercise files

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- [Instructor] If you have access to the exercise files, then this movie will help you understand what I've provided to you. After you download the file, you're going to unzip it. It opens into this exercise files folder. I've just placed it here on my desktop. You can put it wherever you want. Just remember, throughout this training, whenever I come back and reference these exercise files, you're going to dig for them wherever you placed them. Inside this folder are three more folders. We've got projects media, script, and XML. Let's start at the top. In projects media, I've got two folders and a DRP, or DaVinci Resolve Project file. Starting with the folders, the first one is the End Resolve projects. What I've done is from time to time saved off the instates of one of my movies and provided it to you for import so you can examine it or continue from my precise settings. These are exported out as DaVinci Resolve Projects. They do not include media because the file pads to the media on my computer is different then yours. When you import these DRPs into DaVinci Resolve, you're going to need to relink the footage. We'll be looking at relinking in a moment. This OAC spot conform DRA. This is a particular kind of DaVinci Resolve export. It's a DaVinci Resolve archive or dot DRA. A Resolve archive exports not just the DaVinci Resolve project file, dot DRP, but Resolve has also collected and gathered for me all the media used in that project. A DRP is created. The media is gathered and placed into a common folder that ends in the extension dot DRA. So, if I step into the dot DRA, we see a DRP and a media files folder. If I step into that folder, here's all of our media assets we use in this training: audio consolidate, graphics, music, screen shot consolidated, video transcoded, and VO. This is about one point nine gigs in total file size. The important thing to realize is that a DRA is nothing but a folder and what happens when you restore a DRA. Not only does the project get restored, the media files are also relinked. It's kind of a nifty trick. Basically, I'm delivering this media to you inside a DRA. When you restore any other Resolve project file I provided, you will need to relink to the media inside this DRA folder. Inside the script folder, I've provided you two scripts. These are here for your reference if you decide to recreate the 30 second commercial on your own. Finally, I've given you an XML's folder. Now there's a Read Me in here. And the Read Me basically says, "This folder is empty and yes, that's on purpose." It's self-explanatory. As a reminder, these demo files are licensed to you for use only with this course. It's not licensed for uploading to video sharing sites, for commercial purposes, or for redistribution.

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