Davinci Resolve Export .aaf to AVID - Color Correction Round Trip opening Color Corrected Files into AVID Workflow

FIRST - YOU WILL NEED TO RENDER OUT YOUR FILES FROM DAVINCI RESOLVE - DO THESE STEPS:

The go to the Deliver tab
Choose to Render the Entire Timeline
Click on Render Settings> and use the slider to navigate to the AVID AAF tab
Click on Browse to select the hard drive and folder you want to render to
Navigate to the hard drive and you can choose to Add a new folder Name the export Then choose Save
Choose to Render at Source Resolution Choose the Codec DNxHR this is recommended if you choose 4:4:4 or higher If you choose to Use Constant Bit Rate the file size will be larger and better quality but will take longer
Click on Advanced Settings
At the bottom of the list look for frame handles Add 15 to 20 frames of handles
Click on the Audio tab Check the box for "Export Audio" if you want to export Audio but generally you will not export Audio
Click on Add to Render Queue
Choose to Render All
Job has completed. The files need to be added to AVID MediFiles Folder Quit Resolve>Save the project. Make a backup of the project and save it for the final color correction and conform. See this workflow for making a backup. DaVinci Resolve - How to Relink Offline Media from a Exported Project
*Put the Color Corrected files from Resolve into your AVID Project*. Open the exported Resolve files. There will be ONE .aaf file and several .mxf files. This example is short - most projects will have a lot more .mxf files.
AVID reads media from the Avid MediaFiles folder on the root level of the hard drive. The .mxf files exported from Davinci Resolve must be moved to this folder. See example below.
Copy or Move the .mxf files to the AVID MediaFiles>MXF>1 folder
If you are working off the Nexis Shared Storage Server it's different where you put the media. The .mxf files from Resolve must go into the following folder AVID MediaFiles > MXF > COMM-AXXXXX name of the computer you are working
Put the files exported out of Resolve into this folder
After the files are moved to the appropriate Avid MediaFiles >MXF> folder on the hard drive or the Shared Storage Server (Nexis) open the AVID Project or make a new one.

Launch AVIDMediaComposer
Open your project
Make sure your project window is open >Tools >Project
Make a New Bin
Title the new bin "Color Corrected Footage"
Go to >File>Input>Import Media
Navigate to the .aaf file in the Resolve exported media folder and select it. Choose Open

The file will come in and a timeline will be created along with some Master Clips in the AVID bin.

The media in the newly created timeline should automatically relink to the .mxf files exported from resolve.

If the files don't link double check the workflow explained in this document. Make sure you put the .mxf files in the right place so AVID will read them.
This last step will remove any previously applied LUTs and random color correction.

Select your timeline in your bin

Go to Clip and choose Refresh Sequence>All

If you have green DOTS or a "S" icon on the clips in your timeline

Read this wiki Frame Flex - Spacial or Green Dot Fix

AVID Media Composer - Frame Flex - Spacial or Green Dot Fix

FIRST - YOU WILL NEED TO RENDER OUT YOUR FILES FROM DAVINCI RESOLVE - DO THESE STEPS:

If you are working off the Nexis Shared Storage Server it's different where you put the media.