{"id":101074,"date":"2018-04-16T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=101074"},"modified":"2018-04-26T13:50:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T18:50:35","slug":"add-sound-library-resolve-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/add-sound-library-resolve-15\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"the-new-sound-library-browser-in-davinci-resolve-15-makes-it-much-easier-to-find-that-perfect-audio-clip-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">The new Sound Library browser in DaVinci Resolve 15 makes it much easier to\u00a0find that perfect\u00a0audio\u00a0clip. Here&#8217;s what you need to know.<\/h2>\n<p>One of the many new features in DaVinci Resolve 15 is the new Sound Library browser. This gives you a searchable database of all your connected sound libraries,\u00a0accessible from the Edit and Fairlight pages.<\/p>\n<p>This makes finding and adding the perfect sound effect much easier than scrolling through folders, highlighting specific files, or trying to remember which &#8220;Whoosh&#8221; file is the best one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101081\" title=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 Sound Library\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-browser.png\" alt=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 Sound Library\" width=\"755\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-browser.png 595w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-browser.png?resize=300,45 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-browser.png?resize=277,42 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-browser.png?resize=359,54 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-browser.png?resize=543,82 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-browser.png?resize=560,85 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-browser.png?resize=150,23 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this\u00a0article, I&#8217;ll walk you through everything you need to know to get started with the Sound Library.<\/p>\n<p><em>(When\u00a0putting this post together, I encountered a problem with PostgreSQL (which we&#8217;ll get into). If you see &#8220;No Library Connected&#8221; when you open the Sound Library browser in DaVinci Resolve 15, you can skip the first section below.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To build\u00a0my sound effects library, I&#8217;ll be working with the 120 free sound effects that you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/120-free-sound-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">download from PremiumBeat.com right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PObGk3dQHXo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"setting-up-a-postgresql-database-in-davinci-resolve-15\">Setting up a PostgreSQL Database in DaVinci Resolve 15<\/h3>\n<p><i>(Update: The DaVinci Resolve 15 Beta 2 update\u00a0includes support for creating sound libraries using DaVinci Resolve disk databases, so the step outlined below is no longer necessary if you&#8217;re running the default disk database in Resolve 15 Beta 2 or higher.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101080\" title=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 PostgreSQL database\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-PostgreSQL-database-connected.png\" alt=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 PostgreSQL Database\" width=\"755\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-PostgreSQL-database-connected.png 557w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-PostgreSQL-database-connected.png?resize=300,106 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-PostgreSQL-database-connected.png?resize=277,98 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-PostgreSQL-database-connected.png?resize=359,127 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-PostgreSQL-database-connected.png?resize=543,192 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-PostgreSQL-database-connected.png?resize=150,53 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a single user on a standalone system, chances are you&#8217;ll be using a Disk database (the default) to save your projects, settings, and grades in DaVinci Resolve. In order to get the Sound Library to work, you&#8217;ll need to add a PostgreSQL database to store the sound effects. (You can\u00a0run both databases\u00a0on your system.)<\/p>\n<p><em>(If you don&#8217;t know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2hXM8OFrVlw\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">the differences between disk databases and PostgreSQL databases<\/a>, watch this video tutorial by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learncolorgrading.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Alex of LearningColorGrading.com<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If, like me, you&#8217;ve never used a PostgreSQL database in Resolve, you may not even have PostgreSQL installed on your system \u2014 or you might have an old version of it.<\/p>\n<p>You can check\u00a0your version of PostgreSQL on a Mac by going to\u00a0<em>Mac HD &gt; Library &gt; PostgreSQL<\/em>. I have 8.4, which is incompatible with Resolve 15, and likely from an old version of Resolve Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the readme that ships with DaVinci Resolve\u00a0says that you&#8217;re supposed to update your version of PostgreSQL <em>before<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>you update your OS (which I also recently did):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Upgrading Your PostgreSQL Database Server on Mac<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Until DaVinci Resolve 12.5.2, the Mac installer used to ship with PostgreSQL version 8.4.2. Starting from macOS Sierra 10.12, PostgreSQL version 8.4 is no longer supported.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you intend to upgrade to the latest OS, you will need to upgrade your PostgreSQL database server to version 9.5.4 prior to upgrading macOS. Once your PostgreSQL installation has been upgraded and your data has been ported, you can then proceed with your macOS upgrade.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We have provided apps to simplify upgrading your PostgreSQL version on your Mac. The apps along with instructions can be found in the \/Library\/Application Support\/Blackmagic Design\/DaVinci Resolve\/Upgrade PostgreSQL folder.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Starting from DaVinci Resolve 12.5.3, new installations will include PostgreSQL version 9.5.4.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, after backing up your existing PostgreSQL database (and assuming no other apps on your system are relying on PostgreSQL), you need to completely uninstall and then reinstall it at version 9.5, which is compatible with DaVinci Resolve 15.<\/p>\n<p>After much searching, I found <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.blackmagicdesign.com\/viewtopic.php?t=37603#p348781\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">these uninstall instructions from Dwaine Maggart on the Blackmagic Design forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"installing-postgresql-9-5-for-davinci-resolve\">Installing PostgreSQL 9.5 for DaVinci Resolve<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101078\" title=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 Install PostgreSQL\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Install-postgreSQL-95-on-mac-for-Resolve.png\" alt=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 Install PostgreSQL\" width=\"755\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Install-postgreSQL-95-on-mac-for-Resolve.png 622w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Install-postgreSQL-95-on-mac-for-Resolve.png?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Install-postgreSQL-95-on-mac-for-Resolve.png?resize=277,197 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Install-postgreSQL-95-on-mac-for-Resolve.png?resize=359,256 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Install-postgreSQL-95-on-mac-for-Resolve.png?resize=543,387 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Install-postgreSQL-95-on-mac-for-Resolve.png?resize=560,399 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Install-postgreSQL-95-on-mac-for-Resolve.png?resize=150,107 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can choose to install PostgreSQL Server on your Mac\u00a0during the installation process for Resolve 15. Just click on the Customize button, and then check the box for PostgreSQL Server in the next window.<\/p>\n<p>Now, when you open DaVinci Resolve 15, you\u00a0can create a PostgreSQL database (you would have previously gotten an error message with &#8220;no\/incompatible version installed.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101084\" title=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 New Database\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/creating-progresql-database-in-davinci-resolve-1024x788.png\" alt=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 New Database\" width=\"755\" height=\"581\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you first launch DaVinci Resolve 15 (or\u00a0if Resolve is already open), click on the little House icon in the bottom right-hand corner, open the &#8220;Databases&#8221; sidebar by clicking on the icon in the yellow box (pictured above). Then click on &#8220;New Database.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the dialogue box, select the &#8220;Create&#8221; tab. Choose PostgreSQL, and then give the new database a name, like &#8220;soundfx.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s best\u00a0to leave all the others at their defaults \u2014 especially the location (which defaults to the local host, which is your computer) unless you want to store it on a shared server others can access (which is largely the point of PostgreSQL databases!).<\/p>\n<p>Now, when you open Resolve and go to the Sound Library, you should see &#8220;No Library Connected&#8221; rather than &#8220;No PostgreSQL database connected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101086\" title=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 No Library\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-sound-library-connected-in-davinci-resolve-15.png\" alt=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 No Library\" width=\"755\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-sound-library-connected-in-davinci-resolve-15.png 427w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-sound-library-connected-in-davinci-resolve-15.png?resize=300,160 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-sound-library-connected-in-davinci-resolve-15.png?resize=277,148 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-sound-library-connected-in-davinci-resolve-15.png?resize=359,192 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/No-sound-library-connected-in-davinci-resolve-15.png?resize=150,80 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After all that, we&#8217;re\u00a0finally ready to begin.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"using-the-sound-library-in-davinci-resolve-15\">Using\u00a0the Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101091\" title=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 Sound Library\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Successful-library-scan.png\" alt=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 Sound Library\" width=\"755\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Successful-library-scan.png 470w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Successful-library-scan.png?resize=300,136 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Successful-library-scan.png?resize=277,126 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Successful-library-scan.png?resize=359,163 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Successful-library-scan.png?resize=150,68 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Sound Library works by scanning a folder (and its sub folders) for sound files and then building a searchable catalogue of those files, stored in the PostgresSQL database of your choice.<\/p>\n<p>As each PostgreSQL database can store its own catalogue of scanned files, it seems to make sense to make one library in one PostgresSQL database\u00a0that stores them all for easy searching. However,\u00a0if you have thousands of files, it&#8217;s possible that the database might get unwieldy.<\/p>\n<p>To actually add your sound files to a Library, just click on &#8220;Add Library,&#8221; and select the folder you want to scan. You&#8217;ll then see the\u00a0dialogue box (pictured above) detailing how many sound effects have been added to the Library.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101092\" title=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 Added Effects\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sound-library-interface.jpg\" alt=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 Added Effects\" width=\"755\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sound-library-interface.jpg 889w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sound-library-interface.jpg?resize=300,241 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sound-library-interface.jpg?resize=768,618 768w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sound-library-interface.jpg?resize=277,223 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sound-library-interface.jpg?resize=359,289 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sound-library-interface.jpg?resize=543,437 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sound-library-interface.jpg?resize=865,696 865w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sound-library-interface.jpg?resize=560,450 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sound-library-interface.jpg?resize=150,121 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve added some files to your library, the only way to find them is to search for the keywords in either the filename\u00a0or its metadata description. Hopefully, more searchable metadata fields will be\u00a0available in the future, such as artist, album, duration, etc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101093\" title=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 Media Information\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/VLC-metadata-editing.png\" alt=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 Media Information\" width=\"755\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/VLC-metadata-editing.png 516w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/VLC-metadata-editing.png?resize=300,293 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/VLC-metadata-editing.png?resize=277,271 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/VLC-metadata-editing.png?resize=359,351 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/VLC-metadata-editing.png?resize=150,147 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a test, I opened one of the sound effects in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/index.en-GB.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">VLC media player<\/a> to see if I could edit the metadata\u00a0so DaVinci Resolve would recognize the text &#8220;Scary Action Riser&#8221; in the Description tab. But it didn&#8217;t work for me. Hopefully, these improvements might come in later editions of the beta.<\/p>\n<p>To add more files to your catalogue or library, click on the three little dots\u00a0to the right of the Sound Library and press &#8220;Add Library&#8230;&#8221; and then select the target folder.<\/p>\n<p>To refresh the library, just reselect the same folder you&#8217;ve previously added, and any new items it finds will be added to the library as well.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"adding-sound-effects-to-the-timeline\">Adding Sound Effects to the Timeline<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101094\" title=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 Sound Effects Timeline\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-in-Fairlight-page.png\" alt=\"How to Add Sound Effects to a Sound Library in DaVinci Resolve 15 \u2014 Sound Effects Timeline\" width=\"755\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-in-Fairlight-page.png 982w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-in-Fairlight-page.png?resize=300,97 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-in-Fairlight-page.png?resize=768,248 768w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-in-Fairlight-page.png?resize=277,89 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-in-Fairlight-page.png?resize=359,116 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-in-Fairlight-page.png?resize=543,175 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-in-Fairlight-page.png?resize=865,279 865w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-in-Fairlight-page.png?resize=560,181 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Sound-Library-in-Fairlight-page.png?resize=150,48 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In both the Edit and Fairlight pages you can add any of the sound effects by dragging and dropping them into the timeline. It&#8217;s that easy.<\/p>\n<p>You can add In and Out points (shortcuts I and O) to set the range of the clip you want to edit in to your project. Within the Fairlight page, you also have a few more controls (pictured above), including setting a sync point marker, which allows you to set the\u00a0frame within the clip that will match to the playhead in the timeline when you audition it.<\/p>\n<p>To audition a clip,\u00a0select the track in the timeline that you want to paste the clip into, set the sync point marker (at the top of the riser) and press &#8220;Audition.&#8221; Resolve will temporarily paste the clip into the timeline with the sync frame at the position of the playhead. If you press &#8220;Cancel,&#8221; it will remove the clip \u2014 or leave it in place if you select &#8220;Confirm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"feature-requests\">Feature Requests<\/h4>\n<p>Other than adding more metadata fields to search and scan, it would be great if\u00a0you could sort the results by the metadata fields. This way\u00a0you could sort the results by the number of stars in your rating column or the duration of the file \u2014 and so on.<\/p>\n<p>I also experimented with taking files in the library offline. (I simply moved a file out of the folder it had been scanned into.) The result was that the entry in the database still existed, but no waveform appeared in the preview thumbnail. As soon as I added the file back into the folder, the waveform reappeared. Next, I&#8217;m hoping we see flags for offline files that need to be replaced.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Looking for more tips and tricks? 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