Tracking DR Project Modifications

I've read the DR manual and don't see a video on this.

When I open DR, I can't see when the last date and time was that I modified the project like you can in Windows File Explorer (there you can see the date and time it was last modified.)

All I see in DR is a bunch of video clip frames wit a title below that frame. I'm trying to learn the best way to save a project as I go along. DR will not allow me to Save over the same project name like you can in a word processor. Ex. Oranges - I can make changes to the Orange project and keep saving it as Oranges.

In DR, I have to re-name the project a different name each time I add a Title, audio, video etc. so I end up with Oranges, Oranges-copy, Oranges-copy copy. etc.

Is my only option to rename the project each time with a number at the end? Ex. Oranges, then Oranges1, theoranges2, etc/

Thank you.

2 thoughts
- you can switch between thumbnail and text view, text view shows last opened
- i rename my projects every time i save a DRP, and that happens several times daily, so yea,
oranges _v01
oranges _v02
oranges _v03 on and on.
i have DRP's of v01 and v02 on a backup drive should i need to access them
and only v03 appears in the database

Hi Dermot,

How do I switch between or access Thumbnails or Details?

Ex. This is what I see when I open DR.



DR 16 opens to this smaller screen. In Libre Writer or Word when the 1st window opens to a smaller screen in the upper right corner there is a small, empty box which you click and it makes the whole screen display what you're looking at and not just a smaller screen on the desktop

Ex.

How do I make the DR screen fill the whole screen?

Thank you so very much for all your kind help.

I can't see when the last date and time was that I modified the project

Change to List view in Project Manager.

DR will not allow me to Save over the same project name like you can in a word processor.

Oh, dude. Stop now and do some training. The Beginner's Guide at the very least.

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... e/training

Well, Simon, after all he is eager to learn

Maybe this helps: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9i3x06004w0jp ... d.pdf?dl=0

I've read some of the DR manual and try to watch as many videos as possible but they don't seem to address some of my questions. For instance, when I first open DR I'm not sure how to reach List manager or what that looks like in DR. A graphic of what I should see would be very helpful. Thank you!

You should first see something like this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/827os14uugufa ... 8.png?dl=0
or this
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tso6nx27am7cm ... 5.png?dl=0

I've read some of the DR manual and try to watch as many videos as possible but they don't seem to address some of my questions.

That's not the best approach.

Stop all project related work. Take a break for a week. Go through the training books (better than the videos). Do the complete Beginner's Guide at least before you return to any project work. Then maybe continue on with the other training books as you work.

It's not List Manager, it's the list view of the Project Manager which is the first page that opens.

Project Manager Thumbnail View.jpg

Project Manager List View.jpg

I've read some of the DR manual and try to watch as many videos as possible but they don't seem to address some of my questions.

That's not the best approach.

Stop all project related work. Take a break for a week. Go through the training books (better than the videos). Do the complete Beginner's Guide at least before you return to any project work. Then maybe continue on with the other training books as you work.

Please take Jim's advice. You are asking very basic questions that are answered in the Resolve User Manual. Please read how things are supposed to work before posting.
As I mentioned in a PM; BMD forums are not really intended as a beginners training resource for new users.