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DaVinci Resolve + OpenClip: AI Clip Selection Meets Professional Post-Production

OpenClip analyzes your long-form video to surface the most engaging clip-worthy moments, so you can bring only the best footage into DaVinci Resolve for world-class color grading and finishing.

DaVinci Resolve
Professional Video Editing & Color Grading

Prerequisites

  • An active OpenClip account (Starter, Pro, or Business plan)
  • DaVinci Resolve (free version or DaVinci Resolve Studio)
  • Long-form source video uploaded to OpenClip
  • Sufficient local storage for exported MP4 clips

Setup Steps

1

Upload Your Long-Form Video to OpenClip

Log into your OpenClip dashboard and upload your source video — whether it's a podcast, interview, webinar, or YouTube video. OpenClip will transcribe the audio and begin scoring segments for engagement and viral potential.

2

Review and Select Clip Candidates

OpenClip identifies 5–15 clip candidates per video, ranked by hook strength and narrative completeness. Browse the candidates and select the clips you want to develop further in DaVinci Resolve.

3

Export Clips from OpenClip

Export your selected clips as MP4 files. Choose 9:16 for vertical short-form content or 16:9 if you want maximum flexibility inside DaVinci Resolve's timeline. You can include or exclude OpenClip's AI captions at export time.

4

Create a New Project in DaVinci Resolve

Open DaVinci Resolve and create a new project. Set your timeline resolution to match the aspect ratio of your OpenClip exports — 1080x1920 for vertical clips or 1920x1080 for horizontal.

5

Import OpenClip Exports into the Media Pool

In the Media page, import your downloaded OpenClip MP4 files into the Media Pool. Drag them onto the timeline in the Edit page to begin your post-production workflow.

6

Color Grade, Mix Audio, and Finish

Use DaVinci Resolve's Color page for professional grading, the Fairlight page for audio polish, and the Edit page for any final trimming or title additions before rendering your finished clips.

Features

AI-Powered Moment Detection

OpenClip's AI transcript analysis identifies the highest-potential clips from your long-form video before you ever open DaVinci Resolve — eliminating the need to manually scrub hours of footage.

Automatic Speaker Tracking

OpenClip's AI-based face detection dynamically reframes the video to keep the active speaker centered. Import pre-cropped vertical clips into Resolve and skip manual repositioning.

Flexible Caption Options

Choose to export clips from OpenClip with word-level captions already applied, or export clean footage and leverage DaVinci Resolve's built-in subtitle tools for full typographic control.

Batch Clip Pipeline

Process multiple long-form videos in OpenClip simultaneously. Each video yields 5–15 clip candidates, giving editors a ready-made batch of high-potential footage to import into DaVinci Resolve projects.

Format Flexibility

Export from OpenClip in 9:16 vertical. Match your export to DaVinci Resolve's timeline settings for a seamless import with no resolution mismatches or unnecessary transcoding.

Faster Time to Publish

Combining OpenClip's automated clip identification with DaVinci Resolve's efficient rendering pipeline dramatically reduces the time from raw recording to published short-form content.

Frequently Asked Questions

OpenClip and DaVinci Resolve don't have a native plugin integration. The workflow is file-based: export your clips from OpenClip as MP4 files and import them into DaVinci Resolve's Media Pool just like any other video asset.

Yes. If you want full raw footage control in DaVinci Resolve, import the original source file and use OpenClip's detected timestamps as a reference to locate the segments worth editing. This gives you the highest quality source for color grading without any re-encoding from OpenClip's export.

Yes. DaVinci Resolve fully supports vertical timelines. When creating a new project, set the timeline resolution to 1080x1920 (or 4K vertical at 2160x3840) to match your OpenClip 9:16 exports and avoid any automatic reframing.

DaVinci Resolve's Cut page is designed to speed up the editing process once you have your footage. OpenClip solves the step before that — identifying which moments in a one-hour video are actually worth editing. OpenClip handles clip selection; DaVinci Resolve handles everything that comes after.

If you export from OpenClip with captions burned into the video, those captions become part of the image and will be affected by any color grading applied to the clip. If you plan to do significant color work in DaVinci Resolve, export your clips from OpenClip without captions and add them in Resolve's Subtitle track instead.

DaVinci Resolve's free version is extremely capable and fully sufficient for editing, color grading, and exporting short-form clips produced by OpenClip. DaVinci Resolve Studio adds features like noise reduction, certain advanced Fusion effects, and GPU-accelerated magic mask tools — useful for high-end finishing but not required for most short-form content workflows.

This workflow is ideal for professional video editors, colorists, and production agencies who receive long-form content (podcasts, interviews, conference recordings) and need to produce short-form clips efficiently. OpenClip handles the time-consuming clip identification stage while DaVinci Resolve handles the professional finishing that justifies premium production quality.

Let AI Find the Clips Worth Color Grading

Use OpenClip to instantly surface your top moments from any long-form video, then take them into DaVinci Resolve for the professional finishing they deserve.

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