How to back-up your DaVinci Resolve 16 projects?

Do you know that you can save your DaVinci Resolve 16 projects to your external hard drive? This will not only allow you to save storage on your computer but also have a backup of your project.

Saving your projects on your computer can take a lot of space. If like me, every time that you edit a video, your memory gets full. Then this post is for you!

1. Go to DaVinci Resolve 16

First, connect your external hard drive, and once you are done open the software. This is what you will see on your screen.

2. Click on New Database

Then, you will have to look at the bottom left corner of the screen. There is a button named “New Database“. Click on it.

3. Create New Database

In order to create a New Database click on “create“.

4. Connect your external hard drive

To connect your external hard drive click on “location“. Then, “create“.

5. Create New project

Now you can create a new project on DaVinci Resolve 16 and it will directly be saved in your external hard drive.

Step-by-step tutorial

In this video, I teach you how to save your projects to your external hard drive step-by-step. This is a tutorial for beginners.

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