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Michael Phillips http://24p.com/wordpress/ .1 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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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.