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Export a VFX Shot List

The last step in the chain: turning a timeline that already has a frame counter track into a structured shot list, with work/scan handles, retime and reposition flags, and (optionally) a diff against a previous version.

Before you start

You need a timeline with a frame counter track already placed by Add Metadata — Shot List reads its shot boundaries and shot codes from that track's named clips, not from any spreadsheet. You'll also want EDLs exported for each plate track you want included (background and any foreground elements), from the exact same cut that's currently on the timeline.

Steps

  1. Export an EDL per relevant track from Resolve's Deliver page (or wherever you normally export EDLs), one for the background plate track and one for each foreground/element track you want broken out.
  2. Open Workspace → Scripts → Edit → 04 Shot List.
  3. Set Frame Counter Track to the track Add Metadata placed.
  4. For each plate track, browse to its matching EDL in the Track Configuration rows. Leave any track blank to exclude it. !!! warning Put your background plate on the lowest-numbered track you assign an EDL to — that track is always treated as the background (ScanBg) for editorial name and source timecode purposes. See Shot List for the full naming rule.
  5. Optionally set Sequence Name if you want to override the name Theia derives from each shot code.
  6. If you have a previous shot list export and want a frame-change diff, browse to it under Old Shot List.
  7. Set Work Handle and Scan Handle (defaults 8 and 24).
  8. Confirm Frame Rate matches the timeline.
  9. Set Output File, then click Go.

What you get

A two-sheet spreadsheet:

  • Shots — one row per shot, with cut order, editorial name, shot code, work/cut in-out, duration, retime flags, and (if you supplied an old shot list) a Change to Cut column.
  • Elements — one row per plate per shot, with source timecode/frames, scan handles, retime percentages, and any scale/reposition applied.

See Shot List for the full column reference, and the Change to Cut diff for exactly how frame changes are reported.

Re-running after a recut

Keep each export. When the cut changes, re-run Add Metadata's Frame Counter step against the updated timeline, then run Shot List again with the previous export set as Old Shot List — the Change to Cut column will flag exactly which shots moved and by how many frames, ready to send to vendors.