From the course: DaVinci Resolve Guru: Moving Timelines Between Editing Apps

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What is round-tripping and why do people take the extra time?

What is round-tripping and why do people take the extra time? - DaVinci Resolve Tutorial

From the course: DaVinci Resolve Guru: Moving Timelines Between Editing Apps

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What is round-tripping and why do people take the extra time?

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- When we talk about moving timelines between our editing software and our color correction software, and then back again, most of us simply call it round-tripping. In other words, like booking a round-trip airfare. Our timeline finishes in the same place it starts, which is our editing software. You can round-trip a shot between Avid and After Effects, or an entire timeline between Final Cut X and DaVinci Resolve. And you don't need to finish up in the same non-linear editor you started in. DaVinci Resolve is really, really good at moving timelines between editing systems. So you can edit and lock your picture in Final Cut X, send it to Resolve for color correction, and complete the round-trip by exporting out of Resolve into Avid Media Composer for final finishing and delivering. So, why Resolve? Well, think about every color correction filter and plug-in you have in your editing software. Now, imagine if every one of those tools was open full-time and instantly accessible the…

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