Use this workflow to transcode or convert Blackmagic Cinema DMG, XAVC, XAVC s, and XAVC HD footage shot with the Sony A7s,

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and A7r, Sony FDR-AX100 and other prosumer cameras

Launch Resolve Application
Click the "New Project" button in the lower left corner to create a new project
Title the project – click Create
Double click the project to load it
Set your Video I/O Go to DaVinci Resolve>Preferences
Choose the Video I/O and GPU Choose Intensity Shuttle Thunderbolt if available.
Or Choose Intensity Extreme depending what suite or lab you are using
Note these features are only available in CMB 4.112 Graduate Hallway, CMB 4.120 Undergraduate Edit Suite and CMB 1st floor suites. If you are not in these rooms you will not see the Intensity devices as a choice for input and output to the exturnal monitor. Your preferences will look like this.
Change the Control Panels to the Tangent Devices Wave or AVID Artist Color if one is connected. If not then choose None. Click Save to apply changes
Unfortunately you have to restart Davinci to load the preferences.
Quit the program and choose to save then reopen using the steps above.
Set up some Project Settings. Click on the Project Settings Icon in the lower right corner of the screen
Go to "Autosave" and turn it on saving every 10 min
Click on Capture and Playback and choose> Video Capture and Playback HD 1080PsF 23.976
Click on Master Project Settings > Change the Timeline Resolution>playback frame rate to 23.976 Change Playback frame rate to 23.976 Video Monitoring choose HD 1080PsF 23.976 Choose Save to apply these preferences
Now load your media into the media pool> Navigate to the folder containing the media and select Add Folder to Media Pool
Create a Timeline Go to Edit Tab
Go to >File>New Timeline
Name it
Select all the files in the Media Pool that you want to use
Add a LUT to them or not. To add a LUT right click on the clip or clips.
Note if you are transcoding A7s footage and want it to have that film look the best LUT to use is the 3D LUT > Arri > Arri Alexa LogC to Rec709
Drag to timeline or choose to right click and >Insert Selected Clips to Timeline
The go to the Deliver tab
Choose to Render the Entire Timeline
Click on Render Settings> and use the slider to navigate to the AVID AAF tab
Click on Browse to select the hard drive and folder you want to render to
Navigate to the hard drive and you can choose to Add a new folder if needed
Name your new folder and click OK
Make sure you select the newly created folder and click OK
Choose Video Format MXF OP-Atom *Codec DNxHD 1080p 36 8-bit if you are doing a offline or proxy version of the media.*
If you don't want to return to resolve and do an "Online and or Conform" then choose a codec that you can deliver for screening and distribution. Choose Video Format MXF OP-Atom Codec DNxHD 1080p 220/185/175 10-bit
Click on the Audio tab Check the box for "Export Audio" if you want to export Audio Do NOT choose "Same As Source" for the Channels drop down. (your audio will come out as static) Make sure to choose 2 for the Channels drop down. Codec = Linear PCM Channels = 2 Bit Depth = 16 Tracks = One per channel (if your audio still comes out as static, try changing the bit depth to 24)
Click on Add to Render Queue
Choose to Start Render once the Job has been added to the Render Queue
Job has completed. The files need to be added to AVID MediFiles Folder Quit Resolve>Save the project. Make a backup of the project and save it for the final color correction and conform. See this workflow for making a backup. DaVinci Resolve - How to Save a Copy of a Project and Relink to Media on a Different Hard Drive

In Finder on the Mac Copy or Move the .mxf files to the AVID MediaFiles>MXF>1 folder This is so AVID can see the files when the .aaf file is imported.
TO COPY FILES OVER TO SHARED STORAGE LIKE EditShare or AVID ISIS Servers use this workflow	AVID - ISIS 5500 Server - Media Management
Once the files are copied over Launch AVID
Make a new AVID Project or use an Existing one
Make a New Bin
Title the new bin "My XAVC Transcoded Footage"
Go to >File>Import
Navigate to the .aaf file in the Resolve exported media folder and select it.
The clips and the timeline will import into AVID. They should be linked to the transcoded media. Edit the files in AVID developing a picture locked sequence that you can then export out of AVID back into Resolve. See this wiki for AVID .AAF export to Resolve. Option #1 AVID - Relink How to Camera Originals Then Convert and Export to an AAF and QuickTime for To Davinci Resolve Option #2 AVID – Relinking to Native files for .aaf and QuickTime export to Davinci Resolve