In this video i'm going to show you the best way to do a clean install of DaVinci Resolve this is
perfect for those of us upgrading to the newest latest version of resolve like the major updates
or if you just need to troubleshoot and fix some bugs it actually fixed the multicam playback issue
that i was having this week i'm going to take you step by step on how to back up your projects,
luts, keyboard shortcuts, fusion templates, and fairlight presets and i'll also point
out the specific folders that you're going to want to trash and are not removed with
the uninstaller. All so that you can get back to cutting your masterpiece in no time
start by backing up your keyboard shortcuts by going up to the davinci resolve menu keyboard
customization and click the three dot menu to choose your export preset for your custom keyboard
layout let's save all these different backups in the same folder so it's going to be easy to reload
after doing a clean install so i'll create a new folder on the desktop and i'll call it
resolve backup files hit create and then save this is a special text file that can be re-imported
with the same three dot menu using the import preset command next i like to back up all the
luts on the computer and a fast way to find them is to open up the project settings with
a little cog wheel on the lower right go to color management and then down to the lookup table box
to click on open lut folder this is folder one of three that you really
need to know about it's in your system library application support folder for blackmagic design
on a mac and you can turn on the helpful breadcrumb trail in the finder up under view
show path bar these are actually clickable links that can help you navigate folders a little bit
faster anyways to back up the lut files we're going to go old school with edit copy on the lut
folder and then navigate to your backup folder and edit paste item here's the trick to quickly
find where your fusion templates live open the fusion page and then click on the effects tab
and then click on the templates folder now you can click on the three dot menu to choose show folder
because we already turned on our path bar in that last step you can see where this location is at
we're actually inside the specific user library folder and not the system-wide folder the drfx
files and the settings files are what's important here so to back these up old school let's navigate
back a little bit differently command click the template header name and choose the fusion folder
quick side note here is if you store your disk databases in the default location this is where
they're kept and i'm going to show you the best way to back those up in just a few seconds now
click the templates folder to select it go to edit copy and then back to the backup folder edit paste
fairlight presets live in the third folder that you need to know and i don't know of a
way of taking you directly to this folder from within resolve so this gives me another chance
to show you one more finder pro tip about the user library folder on a mac even if you've never saved
a fairlight preset before which by the way they're super handy if you film with a similar audio setup
this library trick is really a good one with finder open click the drop down to the go menu
and then choose home this is the user home folder we need to get into that user library folder and
by default the mac os has always hidden this folder you're not going to see it in this list
now there's a trick to see it by holding down the option key when you click to the go
drop down menu and you're going to get access but that's only a temporary view instead what i like
to do from that home folder is click view show view options and then you can check the box for
show library folder now this folder is always going to be visible on your macintosh
it's pretty useful right now let's head into the preference folder to grab those
fairlight presets just click on library then preferences blackmagic design davinci resolve
and you're there this is the third out of three settings folders that you really need
to know besides the actual app folder inside of applications simply go into fairlight and select
the presets folder manually copy then go back to your backup folder and you guessed it edit paste
those last four steps were important because they contain certain files that are not part of the
disk database that stores all of your projects thankfully there's a very simple backup button
from the project manager to create a portable database backup that's going to be simple to
restore after installing the latest version of davinci resolve open the project manager with
the home button in the lower right click on the show database button in the upper left if they're
hidden and back up the currently selected database by just clicking this up arrow backup button
choose your backup folder click save and back up yes this could take a few minutes if you have tons
of projects it'll create a disk db file that's extremely valuable since it has all your projects
in it and it's easy to back up to a cloud service i do this on the first of every month using icloud
now rinse and repeat for each database if you have several like me and you're done with backups
before you run the uninstaller if you're running resolve studio the paid version
this is a good moment to a make sure you have and know your license key if you're not using a dongle
then b deactivate the current license under the help drop down menu and choose deactivate license
it's going to warn you about knowing that serial number so now you've been double warned
click deactivate and quit resolve now head to your application folder for davinci resolve and run the
straightforward uninstall resolve application that comes with every install of resolve
so now that the app went by by it's time to clean out these three supporting settings folders to the
trash user library preferences blackmagic design right click to move to trash then user library
application support blackmagic design right click to move to trash and finally the system macintosh
hd library application support blackmagic design davinci resolve right click and move to trash
and then finish the uninstallation by rebooting download the latest version of davinci resolve
from blackmagicdesign.com support click the davinci resolve box and then you can choose
the paid studio version or the free version with links to each operating system from there after
downloading the app just double-click the zip file to open it up and then load the disk image
with the installer double-click that install icon and let it run add your activation serial key if
you're using the paid version and you have a fresh install to restore your old database make sure you
show databases and then click the downward restore database button click on your diskdb file to open
it and here's your opportunity to rename it and save it into a more accessible folder location
this process basically takes the backup bundled file and unwraps it like new
into your designated location i store mine inside of documents and inside of a folder
i created called blackmagic design inside of here i created a folder for each of my databases
to stay organized so choose a name without spaces to point it to a location with browse
create it and restore and now because we're moving up to version 18 we actually also need to upgrade
the project library so just click the upgrade project library button upgrade and you're done
now import your keyboard shortcuts into the keyboard customization window
and then close davinci resolve to copy and paste those other three folders back into place for your
luts your fusion templates and fairlight presets and you're back in business because you did a
proper database restore you should still have all your project presets your power bins and power
grades available you might just need to tweak some preferences and export presets to your liking i am
so excited about this newest version of davinci resolve but i really need your help to know what
are you most interested in learning about with all these great tools that we have at our fingertips
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