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DaVinci Resolve · Rendering and delivery

How to export ProRes in DaVinci Resolve

Updated 5 stepsFor DaVinci Resolve

The short answer

On the Deliver page, choose Custom Export, set Format to QuickTime and Codec to a ProRes flavor such as Apple ProRes 422 HQ, then click Add to Render Queue and Render All.

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5 steps

In DaVinci Resolve

  1. 01Open Custom Export
  2. 02Set QuickTime
  3. 03Pick the ProRes flavor
  4. 04Match the timeline
  5. 05Render

  1. 01

    Open Custom Export

    On the Deliver page, choose Custom Export, or the ProRes preset if your version lists one.

  2. 02

    Set QuickTime

    Under Video, set Format to QuickTime.

  3. 03

    Pick the ProRes flavor

    Set Codec to Apple ProRes 422 HQ for a master, ProRes 422 or LT for smaller files, or ProRes 4444 if you need an alpha channel.

  4. 04

    Match the timeline

    Keep Resolution and Frame rate the same as the timeline.

  5. 05

    Render

    Click Add to Render Queue, then Render All.

Good to know

Before you start

Note 1
ProRes encoding on Windows and Linux depends on your Resolve version. If ProRes isn't in the codec list, deliver DNxHR in a QuickTime or MXF file instead.

Eddie AI

Do it in Eddie

The Eddie desktop app can render ProRes 4444.

A desktop ProRes 4444 render costs 300 credits; a desktop MP4 costs 10. For a Resolve finish, export the timeline to Resolve instead and master ProRes from the Deliver page.

Back to Resolve

Open the edit, click Export and choose Resolve. The default is a Resolve project (.drp) that opens with the timeline built; behind the arrow is a Resolve FCPXML you bring into the project you have open with File > Import > Timeline. In the desktop app, Send to DaVinci Resolve builds the timeline in the Resolve you have running, through Eddie's script (Workspace > Scripts > Eddie AI AE).

If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media: relink to those in the Media Pool with Relink Selected Clips, not to the camera originals.

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From the help center

FAQ

Questions

Which ProRes should I deliver?
ProRes 422 HQ is the usual master unless the client asks for something else.
Why is my ProRes file so big?
ProRes is lightly compressed by design, so files run to gigabytes per minute at HD and above. Use H.264 for sharing.

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