Working in a big project with lots of footage? Here’s some tools to help you get organized.
DaVinci Resolve has a keyword metadata section where you can tag each clip in your media pool with one or more keywords.
If you’re working with a lot of B-Roll, you might want to use this to tag the footage with what’s in the shot.
Or you might use that to keep track of which shots take place in a certain location. It’s flexible, so tag keywords however you’d like.
Then you can use those keywords to create Smart Bins, so that you can have easy-to-access bins that are dynamically generated based on your keywords or any other metadata applied to your clips.
In this video from Learn Color Grading, you’ll learn about:
- Creating Bins
- Editing Metadata
- Adding Keywords
- Exploring Smart Bins
- Adding a new Smart Bin
- Filtering by Keywords

Gedaly is the Founder and Lead Educator of DVResolve.com and is Blackmagic Design Certified Master Trainer. He’s edited commercials for major brands and has done color & VFX for independent films. He consults on post-production workflow and creating online education. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor, a former marketing manager for large brands, and creates original film projects with his production company Razee.
Thank you for the info. I already use this. Why is there not automatic tagging for videos as for pictures (excire)?
Google is doing it, but only in the clouds? For the Namibias internet speed inutilisable.
Greetings, JPB