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DaVinci Resolve · Import, export and hand-off

How to move a DaVinci Resolve timeline to Premiere Pro

Updated 5 stepsFor DaVinci Resolve

The short answer

Select the timeline in the Media Pool, choose File > Export > Timeline (Shift+Cmd+O on Mac, Shift+Ctrl+O on Windows) and save it as FCP 7 XML. In Premiere Pro, choose File > Import, pick the .xml, and the sequence appears in its own bin.

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5 steps

In DaVinci Resolve

  1. 01Simplify the timeline
  2. 02Select it
  3. 03Export FCP 7 XML
  4. 04Import into Premiere
  5. 05Relink if needed

  1. 01

    Simplify the timeline

    Duplicate the timeline and flatten multicam clips, decompose compound clips and remove Fusion effects, which Premiere can't read.

  2. 02

    Select it

    Click the timeline in the Media Pool so it is the active timeline.

  3. 03

    Export FCP 7 XML

    Choose File > Export > Timeline, set the file type to FCP 7 XML (.xml), name it and click Save.

  4. 04

    Import into Premiere

    In Premiere Pro, choose File > Import and select the .xml. The sequence and its clips appear in a new bin.

  5. 05

    Relink if needed

    If clips are offline, select them, right-click and choose Link Media, and point Premiere at the files.

Good to know

Before you start

Note 1
Grades don't carry in the XML. To keep the look, render graded clips from the Deliver page as individual clips and conform those in Premiere.
Note 2
Resolve titles, Fusion compositions and most effects arrive missing or as placeholders.

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If the cut starts in Eddie, export it to each editor rather than converting one to the other.

Eddie exports the same edit as a Premiere project (.prproj) or Premiere XML, and as a Resolve project (.drp) or Resolve FCPXML. The .prproj keeps bins, crops, clip gains, the audio channel layout and multicam. Each timeline export costs 100 credits.

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One Eddie edit exported as a Premiere project, a Final Cut timeline and a Resolve project, with MP4, SRT and CSV files beside them.

From the help center

FAQ

Questions

Can Premiere Pro open a .drp file?
No. A .drp only opens in DaVinci Resolve. Export the timeline as FCP 7 XML for Premiere.
Will my color grade come through to Premiere?
Not in the XML. Render the graded clips from Resolve and relink to those, or bake the grade into a full render.

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