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Guides: from Premiere to Resolve

Edit in Premiere Pro, grade and export in DaVinci Resolve: the questions that come up most, with the manual method, no tool required, then what GRADEFLOW does.

From Premiere Pro to DaVinci Resolve: the XML method step by step

The starting point: export the sequence as XML, import it into Resolve, and what to check after the import.

XML or AAF: sending a Premiere Pro sequence to DaVinci Resolve

Which format to export for grading, how to prepare the sequence, import it into Resolve and check the conform with a reference movie.

Offline media, timecode and frame rate

Red clips, wrong media, a one-frame offset, 23.976 read as 24: the most common causes and how to relink the media.

Effects, speed, titles and audio: what gets lost

Speed ramps, nested sequences, adjustment layers, MOGRTs, After Effects and audio: what an XML doesn't carry, and how to prepare it.

The edit changed after grading

ColorTrace, remote grades, replacing only what changed: bringing in a revised edit without regrading.

Other pages

What GRADEFLOW sends, and what it doesn't, is detailed on the Features page. Questions about Premiere and Resolve versions, the license and the trial are in Help.