MixingLight - Tips for matching an imported timeline in DaVinci Resolve

https://mixinglight.com/color-grading-tutorials/tips-for-conforming-imported-timelines-davinci-resolve/

It’s a common workflow to be provided with a rendered ‘guide clip’ (offline reference movie) approved by the editor. Usually, the editor exports a .xml or .aaf to be imported into DaVinci Resolve that reconstructs the timeline. But things almost always go wrong when the editor’s software platform differs from your software.

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