Now that you’ve finished your edit, you’ll need to prepare your timeline for the transition to color. It might seem complicated at first, but sending projects from Premiere Pro to Resolve (and vice-versa) is actually pretty straight forward. Once you understand the various methods (EDL, XML, and AAF) for completing a Premiere Pro to Resolve roundtrip, you’ll be able to take full advantage of two of the most powerful editing and color grading tools on the market.

Thankfully, both applications support a large variety of file types and formats, which makes for a very complementary experience.

While the Premiere Pro Lumetri Color panel allows for some speedy color grading and automatic adjustments, many teams benefit from using Resolve’s in-depth color grading tools alongside an Adobe Premiere Pro video editing workflow. Even though Adobe and Blackmagic are actively battling it out in a war for our timelines, using the two applications together opens up an entirely new world of possibility. Premiere Pro and Blackmagic Resolve both offer incredibly powerful standalone features.

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