When your edit is ready to move into production color grading, sound design, or final delivery, Selects connects natively to your NLE. Your edit structure transfers so you continue where Selects left off.
Click the [Handoff] dropdown in the top bar to see your export options.
If your project has more than one draft, a draft picker dialog appears before the export settings open. Select the drafts you want to include, then continue.
Native NLE project exports
1. Adobe Premiere
Exports a .prproj file. Open it directly in Premiere with all clips, tracks, cuts, and markers intact as a native sequence. No XML parsing or manual reconstruction.
Premiere handoff options
When you select [Adobe Premiere] from the [Handoff] dropdown, a dialog opens with these settings:
Premiere version: Select which version of Premiere you are exporting for.
Nest multi-cam: When on, multi-cam clips are nested as sequences in the Premiere project.
Include muted audio tracks: When on, muted audio tracks are included in the export.
Include captions: When on, captions are included in the exported sequence.
Include topic titles: Choose how topic titles appear in Premiere:
[As markers]: Topic titles are added as markers on the sequence.
[As captions]: Topic titles are added as caption text.
[None]: Topic titles are not included.
Add space between topics: Add a gap between topics in the exported sequence. Select a specific timeline from the dropdown to apply spacing to that timeline only.
Click [Handoff] to export.
When the export is complete, a Handoff is ready dialog appears. Click [Open folder] to reveal the file in Finder or File Explorer.
Exporting a multi-cam sequence
When your project has two or more camera angles, there are two things to know before you export: how your camera tracks are structured in the exported file, and which timeline to work with in Premiere.
Control how camera tracks appear
Before exporting, check the [Nest multi-cam] toggle in the handoff settings. Selects remembers your last saved settings, so it may be on or off depending on your previous export. When on, all camera angles are nested into a single sequence. When off, each camera appears as a separate track so you can switch between angles freely in Premiere.
Choose which timeline to work with in Premiere
When you hand off to Premiere, the entire Selects project transfers as a .prproj file. All sequences are included. In Premiere, you will find them organized in folders:
Topic stringout folder: Contains two sequences. "Topic stringout" is your footage cut into sub-topics, with topic and subtopic labels applied based on your export settings, and the selected camera angle active. "Full timeline for Topic str" is your original footage, unedited, cut and labeled by topic only, with all camera tracks visible.
Draft 1, Draft 2, ... folders: Contains "Draft 1" (your edited sequence) and "Full timeline for Draft 1" (your original footage with the Draft 1 clips highlighted in color).
A-roll folder: Contains your raw clips, synced audio tracks, and the synced sequence.
Open whichever sequence you want to continue editing.
2. Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro Handoff exports an FCPXML file. When the export finishes, a Handoff is ready dialog appears. To import it into Final Cut Pro:
Open Final Cut Pro.
Go to File > Import > XML.
Select the XML file just created.
3. DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve Handoff exports a .zip file containing an XML timeline. When the export finishes, a Handoff is ready dialog appears. To import it into DaVinci Resolve:
Unzip the file.
Open DaVinci Resolve.
Go to File > Import > Timeline.
Select the XML file just created.
If a "Clip cannot be found" error occurs:
Go to Resolve Preferences > Add Media storage location.
Add access to the folder or drive where your footage is stored.
Try again.
What transfers to your NLE
Clip references point to your original local files, so your NLE finds media exactly where it lives. Edit points, track layout, markers, speaker labels, and clip color labels all transfer. Your original files are never modified. After export, open the project file in your NLE and continue with color grading, sound design, effects, and final delivery.
Export transcript
Select the timeline you want to export. This can be the Topic Stringout or any other draft.
Open the [Handoff] dropdown and choose [Export transcript].
Choose your export settings.
Click [Export].
Export video
Select the timeline you want to export. This can be the Topic Stringout or any other draft.
Open the [Handoff] dropdown and choose [Export video].
Choose your resolution: HD or FHD.
Click [Export].
FAQs
Do overlays transfer when I export from Selects?
Do overlays transfer when I export from Selects?
No, overlays added in Selects do not transfer to your NLE project. Overlays are Selects-specific and are not included in the exported file.
My RED proxy clips show "Media Offline" in DaVinci Resolve after exporting from Selects. What's going on?
My RED proxy clips show "Media Offline" in DaVinci Resolve after exporting from Selects. What's going on?
This isn't a Selects issue. It's a quirk in how DaVinci Resolve handles folder names.
What's happening
DaVinci Resolve looks at the folder your proxy files are stored in. If that folder name ends in .RDC, Resolve assumes it's a RED camera RAW folder and starts looking for .R3D files instead of your actual .mov proxies. Since those .R3D files don't exist, you get Media Offline.
Selects is exporting the correct file path. Resolve is overriding it based on the folder name alone.
How to fix it
Rename the parent folder to remove .RDC from the end.
Before: …/filename.RDC/filename_proxies.mov
After: …/filename/filename_proxies.mov
Then re-import the footage in Selects, sync, and export to DaVinci Resolve. Your clips will link up normally.
Why do my other camera proxies work fine?
Cameras like the Canon R5C store proxies in folders without the .RDC extension, so Resolve doesn't misidentify them. The issue only happens when the folder name ends in .RDC.