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Tips for Editing DNxHD .MXF files in Davinci Resolve

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Avid DNxHD, which stands for "Digital Nonlinear Extensible High Definition", is a lossy high-definition video post-production codec engineered for multi-generation compositing with reduced storage and bandwidth requirements. It is an implementation of SMPTE VC-3 standard. DNxHD codec was developed by Avid Technology, Inc. For users of Hyperdeck Shuttle 2, Blackmagic camcorder, etc, mostly possibly they get compressed DNxHD MXF video files. While this video files are not native supported by many media players, or nonlinear editing programs. Well, this article will focuses on the smooth workflow of importing and editing DNxHD MXF video files with Davinci Resolve.

For your knowledge, Avid's ability to track media is excellent, and this ability is partly responsible for it's pseudo proprietary format - the Avid flavor of the MXF wrapper (a tweaked Op-Atom MXF, in case you were wondering). But it is MXF wrapper that prevents most video editing software from being able to edit the Avid MXF media and Davinci Resolve is no exception. After careful researches, we finally found out the best workaround to make DNxHD MXF files editable with Davinci Resolve is to transcode DNxHD MXF to DaVinci Resolve supported video formats such as QuickTime (*mov), ProRes (*mov), DNxHD (*mov) first.

Based on our multiple testing, we just find Brorsoft MXF Converter is a great choice! With it, users can effortlessly transcode DNxHD MXF files for smoothly editing in DaVinci Resolve 9/10/11/12 with fast speed while keeping its excellent quality. What's more, it can generates more optimal editing formats/codecs for you to use in different NLE apps, such as Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas Pro, Pinnacle Studio, Windows Movie Maker and more. For Mac users, please get MXF Converter for Mac. Below is how. Just take a look at the brief guide below.

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How to convert and import DNxHD MXF files to Davinci Resolve

Step 1: Install and launch the DNxHD MXF to Davinci Resolve converter. Click the Add button to import your DNxHD MXF videos to the program. Checking the "Merge into one file" box allows you to merge several videos into one file.

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Step 2: Click the format bar and move mouse cursor "Avid Media Composer". Here we recommend the "Avid DNxHD 1080p (*.mov)" as the best video format.

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Tip You can click "Settings" button to adjust the resolution, bitrate, etc. Just customize the parameters to meet your need.

Step 3: Finally, simply hit the big Convert button to start converting DNxHD MXF to DaVinci Resolve 9/10/11/12 friendly video formats.

Within several minutes, you can find the converted file on your computer by clicking the "Open" button. And then you can import the converted files to 9/10/11/12 easily.

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