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Tame Your Video Chaos: Master Smart Bins in Davinci Resolve

  Tame Your Video Chaos: Master Smart Bins in Davinci Resolve Are you drowning in a sea of clips? Is your media pool looking more like a cluttered closet than an organized workspace? Fear not, young video editor! There's a superhero tool waiting to save your sanity: Smart Bins. Imagine a magical sorting hat for your video clips. That's essentially what Smart Bins are in Davinci Resolve. These nifty little features automatically filter your footage, making it a breeze to find exactly what you need. Let's dive in and discover how to harness their power. What are Smart Bins? Think of Smart Bins as automated file folders for your videos and audio. They sort your media based on specific criteria, like whether a clip has been used, its audio type (dialogue, music, effects), or even its frame rate. This means less time hunting through endless thumbnails and more time unleashing your creativity. Getting Started with Smart Bins First things first, make sure Smart Bi...
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Script for Clip Colors based on Properties

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Problem: Identifying clips with different properties, based on Resolution, Frame Rate & Clip Name on the same Timeline. Solution: Create a script that changes the clip color based on these properties. The first hurdle in solving this problem is to learn the scripting language LUA, Oh! Wait, I know how to copy and paste. Therefore I can search the internet and find my solution. I did find 100’s of solutions for Adobe After Effects but only 1 for Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve. I would need to adapt the code for my use case but it was close enough. I opened up the DaVinci Resolve documentation, luckily this is easy to find as it is located within Resolve itself. Help > Documentation > Developer > Scripting Overview -------- As with Blackmagic Design Fusion scripts, user scripts written in Lua and Python programming languages are supported. By default, scripts can be invoked from the Console window in the Fusion page, or via the command line. This permission can be changed in ...
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