Newbie here. I am trying to import a video file to practice editing it does not show up in the folder in which I saved it. I shot about 6-minutes on an iPhone 12. It was shot 4K at 24FPS. It is saved to a folder on my hard drive. When I try to import it into resolve the folder appears empty. It is not. Not sure what I am doing wrong.
You tell Davinci where your source files are (they are then listed in the Media Pool).
You don't edit the files. You tell Davinci what changes and modification your are going to make to the file as it pertains to your project...Davinci keeps track. Then, when you render output, your file is used as a source but never edited.
bcnjrealtor wrote:When I try to import it into resolve the folder appears empty.
Here's the test to do.
Go to the Media page, and in the upper left use the Media Storage panel to navigate to the media. If it shows up, you can right click and add to the bins.
If the media doesn't show up, it's because Resolve can't use it. (And this part won't change by using Studio.)
My Biases:
You NEED training. You NEED a desktop. You NEED a calibrated (non-computer) display.
That terminology is what caused the OP to be confused. You are used to it...so it seems right to you.
When you are 'importing' to Resolve, you are just giving Resolve a reference to the media. That really isn't importing. Unless you change the definition of import.
Neither do I think that's his issue, so I was asking about the obvious. Out of the box any recent iPhone is shooting HEVC, but it can be set for compatibility, aka AVC.
Now that the cat #19 is out of the bag, test it as much as you can and use the subforum.
Studio 18.6.6, MacOS 13.6.6, 2017 iMac, 32 GB, Radeon Pro 580 MacBook M1 Pro, 16 GPU cores, 32 GB RAM and iPhone 15 Pro Speed Editor, UltraStudio Monitor 3G