using davinci resolve’s scene detection with avid media...
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Using DaVinci Resolve’s Scene Detection with Avid Media Composer A long time feature request in Media Composer is the ability to use scene detection on a clip that represents an edited program. Typically, these may be brought back in for further tweaking, but need to be “notched” to know where each scene begins and ends. If you no longer have the project, or the EDL from the original edit, you can use DaVinci Resolve’s excellent scene detection functionality and export an AAF back into Avid Media Composer. In this example, my source is a complete reel from a feature film. It is 00:19:50:00 in duration. The following are the high level steps using Resolve, as always, refer to the User Guide for more details.
1. In Resolve, create a project with the proper settings that match your source material. Also make sure the conform options are properly set. If using AMA use “Filename” for the REEL ID. Right-‐click the clip to be used and select “Scene Cut Detection” from the menu:
This will open the Scene Cut Detection for the next steps.
2. Click START and the detection process will begin. When completed, the right hand side will show the number of events detected. The window will look like:
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Click “Add to MediaPool” at the bottom right and each event will show up in the MediaPool:
3. Now click on the Conform tab. A new sequence/timeline will be created from these events. Click the + Button in the Timelines Pane and name the sequence as you desire.
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4. Right-‐click the newly named timeline and from Export, select “Generate New AAF”:
Save to your preferred destination.
5. In Media Composer, create a project that matches the frame rate of the source, and import the AAF into a bin. It will automatically create both the events and the timeline as created by Resolve’s Scene Cut Detection:
The timeline will now show all the events, but have no media associated with it.
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6. Now import or AMA link to the original clip used for the scene detection. For ease of selection, move the clip and the sequence to its own bin. With both the source clip and the sequence highlighted, right-‐click on the sequence and select Relink. Settings should look like the following. Be sure to properly set “Source” and “Target” paying attention to it being “Tape Name or Source File Name”:
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7. Click OK and the bin will now have an additional sequence with “Relinked.xx” appended to the name:
8. Load the Relinked sequence into the timeline and you now have a fully notched timeline with media. In this example, there were 409 events detected. The entire process, including detections took about 5 minutes to do.