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Mistika & Pre-Conformed EDLs


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Conforms from an NLE are always a mixed bag. We wish they would be painless and 100% accurate, but they rarely are.

One interesting technique that exists in Resolve is called Pre-Conformed EDLs. You export the timeline from the NLE as a render, and you export an EDL of the timeline. In Resolve it's imported as a pre-conformed EDL (separate function) and instead of linking to the original media, it uses the single render from the NLE and replicates all the cuts as they existed. Of course the relationship to the original media is lost, but everything is in individual clips with cross fades, etc. and can be colored.

Such a function doesn't exist in Mistika. But in experimenting with it, I may have found a way fo easily doing the same in Mistika.

Import and load the timeline render as a single long clip. Then import the EDL and de-select the 'link to media'. It will create a set of unlinked clips in the timeline, mirroring the edit in the NLE. Now move that EDL import right above the long NLE render and run the 'split conform' macro, then delete the EDL import. Now the original import reflects the original timeline. It doesn't require the use of scene detect, and it can bring over transitions that are EDL compliant.

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On 8/25/2019 at 7:31 PM, jan1 said:

Import and load the timeline render as a single long clip. Then import the EDL and de-select the 'link to media'. It will create a set of unlinked clips in the timeline, mirroring the edit in the NLE. Now move that EDL import right above the long NLE render and run the 'split conform' macro, then delete the EDL import. Now the original import reflects the original timeline. It doesn't require the use of scene detect, and it can bring over transitions that are EDL compliant.

Such a creative way to use the Split Conform macro and great technique that can save a lot of time! Thanks a lot for sharing!

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