

That enables you to find the exact frame that you want to edit without spending lots time playing the clip back and forth. To do that, you can hit Control + B or Control + \ and that will split the video clip right on the playhead. There are times that you may want to split clips into individual frames. If you hit M again, you will be able to add some information in an editor window that will pop up. If you have come to a point in your video where you need to note something about the scene, you can just hit M and Resolve 14 will add a marker at that point in the time line. You can use it to shift between multiple camera clips without deleting any of them as you do your editing. It also allows you to work with multiple videos, where one video is on top of the other. To do that, select a clip, hit D to Disable it or hit D again to enable it. Another shortcut is to hold down the Alt key, then clicking on a clip to drag it upwards so that you can duplicate it.Įnabling and disabling multiple clips allows you to save a clip that you don’t want to use for the moment, but you still want to save it for later use. That saves your mouse some mileage, and really speeds things up. Just use A for the arrow, B for the Blade and T for the Trim-Tool. It’s also worth noting that you can easily switch the tools by using the letters. You can also hold down the Alt Key and then roll your mouse wheel back and forth, that will zoom in and out to the play head. You don’t have to jerk it back and forth using by clicking on the + or – menu buttons with your mouse. That will get you to a particular point on the video timeline.

Having said that, let us get started by looking at the simple shortcuts provided by seasoned colorist and Resolve expert Casey Faris in the video below.įirst off, if you want to zoom in and out of the video timeline, you just hold down the CTRL Key and hit the + Key or – Key. The good news is that these are easy to implement, therefore your learning curve won’t be very steep.

So, if you want to up the ante by taking your video editing workflow with the platform to the next level, here are ten essential keyboard shortcuts that might help you in your endeavor to achieve that goal much more quickly and effortlessly than expected.īest of all, these shortcuts will not only speed up your video editing workflow but also should help you to get plenty of time off your busy schedule. No matter how efficient and productive your video editing workflow is, odds are there is still some room for further optimization, especially if you’ve just made the switch to video editing in DaVinci Resolve 14.
