Sun Jun 20, 2021 2:51 pm
All NLEs be they for video or audio just reference the original files they never actually alter them in any way. All you are doing when editing in a timeline is telling the software to play clip X from this point to this point and so on. That information is added to an event list. When you trim or delete a clip or clips you are merely changing the playback start and end points and the list gets updated. The same thing happens when you color grade or add effects. When you play the timeline the list is being used to play the selected parts of the clips.
Resolve Studio 19.0b1 build 20
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