Documentation

How Konformista works

The whole handoff — from dropping a .prproj on the Hub to bringing the graded shots back into Premiere. Condensed from the user manual; each topic has its own page.

What Konformista does

Konformista rebuilds your Premiere Pro edit inside DaVinci Resolve — with transforms, retimes, transitions and audio routing intact — and packages it so it drops straight onto the Resolve timeline. When the grade is finished, it brings the graded shots back into Premiere.

It fixes the two things that usually break a Premiere → Resolve handoff:

  1. The conform. Premiere hands off through FCP 7-era XML or Avid-oriented AAF — speed ramps get lost, nests and multicam break, mismatched-resolution shots land punched-in, audio routing scrambles, mixed frame rates drift. Konformista reads the native project and rebuilds from a precise model, so the timeline that lands in Resolve matches the edit you cut.
  2. The handoff. Instead of shipping terabytes of camera originals, it can package only the frames your edit uses and reconstruct online media on the other side.
What it is not

Not a transcoder — it doesn't re-encode your masters. Not a grade translator — it reports grade intent, it doesn't recreate a look. Not a replacement for human QC — it makes review faster. Everything runs locally; your project and media never leave your machine.

The workflow at a glance

A few ideas run through the whole app. Once they click, the rest is just screens that do what their labels say.

The conform

Rebuilding your edit in another application so it matches frame-for-frame — same cuts, timing and transforms. Konformista conforms your Premiere sequence into Resolve.

Severity

Every clip that carries risk arrives flagged by severity, color-coded so you can triage at a glance. You'll see the same six colors in the analysis, on the clips in Resolve, and in the Review window. See the full catalog →

The docs, topic by topic

Concepts

The .konform package — The single file the handoff travels in — and how it compares to a plain XML export.

Build the conform

The Project Hub & setup — The Hub, the drop bar, projects and timelines, media search folders, and the reference video.

Analyzing a sequence — The preflight: every clip checked against what Resolve can reproduce, before anything ships.

Preflight warnings — The full catalog — six severities, what each flag means, what to do in Resolve.

Exporting & sending — Send straight to Resolve, or export a portable package — and what rides along.

Trimmed media — Ship only the frames the edit uses — formats, handles, and when to skip it.

At the Resolve end

Importing with Konformer — Opening the package at the Resolve end — free app, one click on Studio.

The Review window — The flagged-clip checklist during the grade, with playhead navigation and CSV sign-off.

VFX pull & returns — Plates for a vendor, a shot list their tracking system reads, and returns placed back on the timeline.

The return trip — Four steps from the grade delivery to a graded .prproj open in Premiere.

Time & billing

Time tracking & invoicing — The idle-aware timer, the time ledger, rates and budgets, and invoices in five formats.

Reference

System requirements — Platforms, Resolve Studio vs Free, and the Premiere version story.

Troubleshooting — Resolve not connected, the missing Tools palette, and other quick answers.

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