Automatic Naming Using Metadata Variables in DaVinci Resolve

January 24, 2024

Luke Ross explores DaVinci Resolve's 'Metadata Variables'. Learn how to generate still, burn-in, and render setting names - automagically.


Handy tips for automating tedious tasks

DaVinci Resolve’s Media page, bins, and metadata panel offer many easy-to-use tools for project organization. But did you know that you can take groups of information from one metadata field and automatically send it elsewhere in Resolve? In this Insight, we’ll cover three ways to get these metadata variables working for you and speed up your workflow.

Getting started with Metadata Variables

The three use cases in this Insight will be:

  • Automatically generating a label for stills in the Gallery
  • Adding dynamic keywords in the Data Burn palette
  • Creating a dynamic render preset in the Render tab.

Note: Utilizing a metadata variable that references an empty metadata field will render no characters, so be cautious and always double-check that the metadata variables have worked as expected.

Key takeaways from this Insight

By the end of this Insight, you should understand how to:

  • Enable automatic labeling of stills in the Gallery using metadata variables
  • Create a custom text field in the Data Burn palette using metadata variables
  • Create a powerful, dynamic render preset using metadata variables
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In this example, ‘Project Name’ is a metadata variable that will automatically update to the current Project Name.

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