These Editing Tips Will Save You HOURS in Resolve
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- čas přidán 21. 12. 2022
- In this video we're talking about 2 editing tricks that can and will save you hours when working in DaVinci Resolve. Editing is a huge part of filmmaking so finding a way to speed up your workflow easily can make the process a lot more enjoyable and that's what these tips are for.
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Holy smokes. I have edited about 120 videos in Resolve now, using Blade, select, delete/backspace, ripple, slide blahblahblah and after seeing this and simply using 1,2,3,4 -- I now demand 300 hours of my life back from The Universe. I didn't even realize there was a built-in Pro Tools template. I'm such a noob. Thank you George, I do not say this lightly, you just changed my life ❣
Thank you for the kind comment, I doubt I'd go as far as to take credit for "changing your life" 😁But I am very happy to hear I could at least help you in some way
I will now be adopting this method. I've been using Davinci for about a year now, and understand the importance of an organized workflow... but have still neglected it, and now I'm at the part where everything is messy lol.
The stacked timelines thing is huge for me, so I appreciate it! :)
Thanks George
Stacked timelines! 🤯Had no idea about that. The second tip is the one I always try to teach people once they are comfortable with the idea of cutting and trimming because it saves so much time! Great video George!
Thank you, I'm happy you liked it. And yeah, that second one is definitely my favorite all time tip for cutting footage 😁
To the second one, add "selection follows playhead" and will be even faster
3:11 if you would set „Start To Playhead“ to „Q“, „Split Clip“ to „W“ and „End to Playhead“ to „E“ yo can get the same result just even faster without the unnecessary selecting the clip with the mouse and then deleting the selected parts. Just hit „W“ where you want to split the clip, move forward to the point where you want everything to be deleted until the last cut and hit „E“ - way faster! :)
a question, but theres like 3 options for start to playhead, resize, ripple and roll. So what do you select, or you do the 3 of them?
I kind of just put the keybind to the ripple settings and it´s golden. It takes so much less time, with your recommendation. Thank you amigo!
@@benjaminjacome your guess was right - it‘s the ripple section! It really is that simple but it speeds up the workflow so much! You’re welcome!:)
100%, the w and e bindings save me so much time. I have split clip mapped to s too. Those bindings alone have saved me probably more than a full days worth of editing time alone just this year alone.
was about to comment this with s insted of w
but same same bro
I would keep making videos on Resolve brother. This video is crushing the algorithm because it’s quick, to the point and you are easy to listen to and learn from. Regardless, you will be monetized in no time and likely off this video alone seeing as it’s done 22k view in 9 days💪💯🙏🔥This video really helped me a lot! Thank you brother 🙏 Liked & Subbed!
Hey, awesome tips, especcialy for the fast cutting.
For a large No of clips, I would even recommend a tip 0 before your tip No 1 which emulates what is done on large film production sets every night with the 'diaries' (the many clips being shot during the day). There is even a SW for this type of work, Assimilate Scratch - but we can emulate it a bit with Davinvi Resolve:
Create a new timeline and then go to the cut page, select the bin with your clips (you may have more than one bin with clips for larger projects), and take advantage of the viewing mode called 'Source Tape'. This will make all clips of a bin being showed in the view window as if it was one large clip - and you can navigate ('scratch') through them as if it was one clip.
Then take advantage of the playback keys on your keyboard for 'scratching' through all the clips:
- 'j' = backwards
- 'k' = stop
- 'l' = forward
Pressing 'j' or 'l' multiple times will speed up playback for backward or forward.
To select the part you feel good to go into the timeline just mark the beginning by pressing 'i' (= in) and 'o' (= out), then select via the mouse either smart insert or append insert to bring the selected part into the timeline - this works even over clip boundaries.
After this initial 'Scratch', your tips are awesome to speed up things from there - will give it a try asap.
Thanks for this EXCELLENT tip
Thank you
priceless, thank you so much.
Genuine, straight to the point and no annoying acting. Appreciate this.
I enjoy editing more than I imagined. How you all grasp all the details on all the raw footage is beyond me. Organizing all your thoughts and keeping notes in your head is mind blowing in itself.
What I do...is simply record fewer attempts, giving me fewer choices when I bring the SD cards home to edit. tHanks for the videos!
To be honest, I think using the cut page saves a lot of time as it's meant for quick editing. In the Cut page you can watch all the fotage without creating a new timeline, and you can easily trim and change clips position without needing any other timeline as reference.
The last shortcuts were a nice tip tho :)
The cut page is a lifesaver, true.👍
i edit in the cut page lol
I agree. Instead of using multiple timelines he could just sort his clips into bins and you the cut page to add segments to his timeline.
@@marshallwhitley82 to be fair bins are a bit slow for something like that unless theres a better way to do it than sorting by flags.
I think watching this for me it makes sense coming FCPX to see all the final footage in one place and my timeline i’m working from where as correct me if i’m wrong but everything that happens in the cut page affects the edit page so its nothing like a separate timeline.
I was actually already doing the second half, but the first tip there could really make my life easier. Since starting CZcams in 2020 I have been all self taught and this year my resolution to myself was to learn better editing habits. Currently I dump all of my clips into the media pool, mark in/out in the clip monitor and pull down to a single time line. I find that I also often miss key moments of content or a flow because I am not watching everything at once. Watching how you take advantage of multiple timelines is going to change my entire process. I cannot even begin to think about how much time you have saved me going forward.
Gonna help you speed up tip #2. Place your playhead at a cut point - COMMAND+B will make a cut, play footage to where the cut ends a COMMAND+SHIFT+ BRACKET(the key next to the letter P) This does exactly what your tip does but you don't have to remap keys and you don't have to select the clip to delete the unwanted part, it's done auto-magically.
Well technically you don't need to remap the keys at all. That's kind of why I mentioned the part about setting them all up so I can use them with just one hand (and less buttons). The time saving part is exactly not needing to use both hands or reach across opposite ends of the keyboard 😅
@@georgekamenov_ I don't think you understnd why hectorinmotions version is faster. its has nothing to do with the remaping. I think you should give it a try...
I completely understand what he means. What he's saying, you can essentially do in the exact same way with my setup, except instead of using the default key combos he wrote down (which are slower than clicking just one button) I'd just have to click 1 to make a cut then move forward and click 2 to use the "start to playhead" function, effectively making it so I don't have to make 2 cuts, select and then ripple delete. With the way I've set everything up, to do what he's telling me to do I just click "1", move the playhead and click "2". And I'm fully aware of that, sometimes I do it that way. But the reason I gave the tip the way I did was because I felt like it gives me most control and works best for me that way. Of course, if anyone has a way they feel works better for them that's absolutely fine as well 🙂
gonna help you speed up tip # 2
Instead of making a cut then scrolling making another cut then selecting and ripple deleting, DO THIS!!!!!
map DELETE SELCTED to a prefered key
map RIPPLE DELET to a prefered key
now when viewing you clip, just use in and out (I and O keys) to select unwanted footage.
use RIPPLE DELETE to cut and join the two clips
or
use DELETE SELCETED to cut and leave a gap the size of the deleted clip. (good for visualizing if you want to add BROLL after, so there is some space)
ENJOY my friend
Can't you just use the blade then select clip and do shift and backspace?
Was just looking for the equivalent to the premiere Q/W shortcuts, and you cleared that up and gave me the stacked timeline tip in addition. Much appreciated.
The tutorials that teach the basics of video production are great, but tips like these are the real game changers! :D Thanks for sharing your "secrets" George!
No problem! Glad you found it useful!
Man, the stacked timelines feels like it is going to be huge for me. Stuff moving around on a single timeline as I edit is super annoying, but now I can edit without worrying too much about the order and then neatly place it to the second timeline when I'm happy with it! I'll definitely hotkey cut, start to play head and end to play head. Thanks so much for the info!
how do i make different timelines?
I ended up not having a ton of success when I tried it. I'd recommend @ the creator of the video @@junoglrr9119
Great tips!! I'm fairly new to editing and I've been doing all my editing in one timeline, stacking the footage similar to how you've broken yours into multiple timelines, but that gets so messy and confusing sometimes! Can't wait to try your tips!
This is so good! I've been trying to think of ways to speed up my workflow, and you delivered multiple tips in a concise and professional video. I appreciate that!
I was almost going to stop using resolve due to the torture that is having to swap between razor and pointer (A & B) slowing everything down and being less than 100% accurate thank you so much for making this video showing the one thing I desperately needed to keep going with this program. The cut to start and end was just a bonus. I’m legit keen on getting back to work. 🎉
I really like the stacked timeline idea. Up until recently my motorcycle travel videos have not be that complex. However, recently I have been using multiple time lines for editing drone footage and some effects before bringing that into my main timeline. This will make incorporating that footage into my main timeline much easier. Thanks form Ontario Canada 👍🇨🇦
These are great tips! I always dread cutting clips short & want to get to the fun part with transitions so those shortcuts will definitely be up there on my to-do list of modifications I need to do moving forward. The multiple timeline clips are excellent as well, I usually just play all the individual clips & drag them onto my working timeline, I wasnt even aware that you could have multiple going at the same time haha. Thanks for making this video, you potentially have saved me about a gallon of coffee & part of my sanity. Cheers!
Thanks for this, George! I watched this a while back and learned about the 1 2 3 and 4 shortcuts as well as stacked timelines, but I just revisited this and added the stuff about organizing timelines and going through footage to my "arsenal." Much appreciated!
The stacked timelines was gold!
For weddings edits I create multiple timelines but never knew you could stack timelines so I can reuse color graded clips!
Awesome man 🙌
Really glad you found it useful! 😊
If you have different local or remote "Grade Versions" that you made, they also work between timelines in case you need to apply a grade to new clips.
It's always very interesting to see how different people edit. You can learn a lot from different editing workflows and work out your own style of doing things efficiently
Exactly, it's one of the best ways of learning anything in the creative space!
BROOO the start and end to playhead is gonna be so helpful!! The amount of time I spend scrolling and cutting is crazy and now I'll just be able to click a button! Thanks!
Definitely sticking around. Keep them coming George. Thank you for making the effort to show these tips.
Great tips - I haven't seen anyone else explain the multi-timeline workflow before so that was pretty interesting. Those edit bindings are a nice super-set of what I have so much appreciated! You have a new subscriber 😀
Very glad I could help. Thank you for the kind words as well!
great tips! I think you could go even faster using the cut page. it does ripple cuts automagically and also lets you drop snips of clips right down where your playhead is. im sure you have messed with it but you can essentially move back and forth from edit to cut page and provably increase your output time a lot. im a novice at davinci but ive seen myself speed things up with the cut page
Yeah, the first tip could be just summarized in "Go to the cut page" because everything is purposely made for that
@@HamedEmine Exactly my thoughts too. So many people neglect the Cut Page, it's great for assembling a rough edit. 2nd tip is definitely a time saver though.
This is so much easier than using the modifiers and the [ keys, and it's faster than my previous Final Cut Pro method of switching between the blade and the ripple tool. Your combo of 1 and 2 keys alone is going to save me huge time (I do forward cuts much more often than backwards ones). Thanks much .
amazing video. something people really seem to overlook when staying motivated is workflow and this helps a ton. thank you
I'm aware of the second one and I have mine set to "QWE" (while also switching between selection and trim modes "A & T")... and thanx for that stacked timelines tip, it's very nice.. I'm used to copying and pasting between tabs, but will definitely incorporate this trick.. thanx :)
Hey, no worries man! Super happy you found at least part of this vid helpful 😊
Index
Use stacked timelines - 0:44
Split Clip & Ripple Delete Key Bindings - 2:33
Start/End to Playhead Key Bindings - 3:49
Thank you so much - it is so simple and helpful at the same time. I'm totally a keyboard guy and absolutely missed the option to customize the shortcuts. I'm current getting into FPV flying and video editing is more a needed step than my passion. Now with numbers 1-4 half the work is done.
It's very entertaining watching your videos - you are a very likeable guy. Thank you!
Dude these are gold. this is my first time watching your videos and i stopped at 2:30 to thank you for making this.
Your workflow is the best i've ever seen and so simplified... applause!!!!
Be very careful with ripple deletes though. If you have effects and stuff layered, or you have a backing track you don’t want to cut, the ripple delete shifts EVERYTHING and will offset those things. Also, I’ve had several times where I’ll load a project I manually saved before closing, and it will have lost some of my progress. It’s only happened 2 times but it is frustrating
maybe compound clips could help. didn't try it yet
I agree but this is probably only for cutting, which should precede adding effects and other layers. Once you have the timeline you want, you can turn off ripple delete.
That's one thing that frustrated me when switching. But now i'm very happy with the ripple delete.
@@konsti8463 compound clips are amazing!
u can lock tracks too. but really all cuts should largely be made pre effects.
Using the source tape feature in the cut page is similar to putting all of your clips on the timeline. You can view everything quickly and tag you in and out points and drop it into your timeline for your selects. Might save one step.
Yep, was coming here to say the same thing. Cut Page is often misused to be a lite version of editor, but really what it's main function is to do exactly tip 1.
But when you tag in and out points you won't be able to use this hidden footage in the edit page. It really depends on what you are editing.
Thank you George! Such a great workflow! I really appreciate you taking the time to share this. Stacked timelines--- mind blown!
Thanks for sharing! Straight to the point and no excess talking 👏🏼
Wow... first tip is awesome. I've been slowly trying to get a multiple timeline workflow going. This is for sure going to be implemented.
Thank you George, I have never seen the timeline stacking method before. This is a really fast way to get through an edit. I appreciate you taking the time to share them, I will re adding this technique to my work flow.
This is incredible.
Im doing a videogame critique video and the dual timeline method is insane for selecting relevant footage without using the small media pool screen.
Thank you do much for this😊❤
The first of these is great and hugely clarifies the meaning and use of multiple timelines for me (come over from the much simpler LumaFusion). I'll be watching the second one a few more times to make sure I don't make a mess of everything! Many thanks. Subscribed
You have literally changed my life with the 1st tip . 2nd one will help those like me because i already have the speed editor and that tip is pretty much what the cut page is for. Thanks man
Thanks for sharing a part of your editing process with us all! Great tips
Super nice to see someone who had (what seems like) an exact same workflow in premiere as me. Great advice, gave me the most important advice I was looking for, thank you!
That stacked timeline tip will really come in handy for me. Thank you for the editing tips!
So helpful, thank you!
I wasn't previously aware of the start and end to playhead edits! I used to do this in Premiere and couldn't figure out the term for the shortcut in Resolve since I switched about 2.5 years ago. You have no idea how nice it is to have that functionality back! I did manage to figure out the cut point immediately though (Razor), which helped a little. I was previously creating two cut points and using an AutoHotkey that essentially ripple deletes clip at playhead. Now I can replace that with start to playhead in most cases, which is even faster than that and I can do this just as easily on Mac and Windows now! Subbed and keep it up! I use Q for Razor, W for Start to Playhead and E for End to Playhead and now I feel like I'm back at home again 2.5 years later!
Amazing tips! Going to try it right now! Thanks again
These simple tricks indeed saved me a lot of time. Thanks maaan, got subscribed
Thankyou George. Outstanding work .
Thank you for sharing your workflow tips.
Thank you brother!
Oh man am I glad the algorithm circled this video back to me!
I picked up on something I didn't before: You moved clips from your timeline back to the media pool, in the form of a new timeline! How did you do that?
This is exactly what I needed.
I didn't exactly. I had already set up 3 different timelines and just chose the clips that I wanted to use, copied them and pasted them into the timeline labeled "Selects". I think that's what you mean. It just looks like I dragged them into the media pool as a timeline because of how the video is edited but in reality I didn't actually select all of the lifted clips and put them in the media pool as a timeline, just clicked the "Selects" one where I had already moved them.
@georgekamenov_ OK... I was suspecting that might be it. Because I can't figure out how to take parts from a timeline. and set them away for later use. [Let's say there's a part of my audio in a video that I want to paste in, in a different part of the video... instead of clumsily cutting it out and dragging it (or several of them) towards a completely different part of the track, it would be nice to have a place to set it aside, from where I can just pull it back again later. Does that make sense?
THANK YOU!
Excellent help! Thank you for your generous kindness. I will look at other videos of yours.
These are some of the best tips I've found yet. Thanks! Gamechanger.
Super helpful!
Many thanks George!
Thanks a lot! this is so simple yet so great
Great stuff George! I love the stacked timeline tip.
Thank you!!
Legend. Stacked timelines! Definitely a game changer!
Thank you!
I love it. The timeline idea is super new to me and I hope to get value after I try it. Addresses my pain problem of failing to see all footage in a nice way.
Short and sweet. Love it.
Thanks for the tips man!
Soo good! Thanks!
This was SO HELPFUL, THANK YOU!!!
George thanks so much for the tutorial, I really found the timeline split a huge game changer! Also great tips on the ripple delete! Subbed!
Great tips! Keep up great work man 💪
omg, end to playhead! This is the one thing Ive been looking for since switching from premiere to DaVinci! I was wasting so much time this year with always having to clear the gaps. Now, no gaps anymore! Thank you!
The stacked timelines is lifesaver. Thanks!
Well done, thank you
This was helpful. Thank you.
Just learning how to edit in Resolve and these tips have been so incredibly helpful! Thanks so much for sharing. Excited to see more!
YESS great tips thanks
Thanks for the tutorial! I'll definitely try the stacked timeline workflow!
Thank you for the tips!! ❤❤
Wow that time line trick is awesome will definitely apply that
Thanks for the tips. 👍
Stacked timelines is a great tip! Thanks
Keep Creating more of these. Recently shifted to Davinci from Premiere Pro, had a hard time finding the shortcut names finally found it. Thanks a lot !!
Nice work, mate... very clear & helpful content with professional finishing. Keep it up!
im using davinci since 3 years and i havent thought of that, thanks for the tips, very usefull
so helpful thank you!!
I was about to buy the Black Magic Design Mini. I appreciate this George!
This was really helpful thank you for sharing
this is great thanks
Thanks George!
Awesome tips!!
Thanks, this looks like a useful tips!
Nice work, George! Thank you for sharing!
Great tutorial! 🥳
These tips are awesome and will greatly help me. The stacking timelines makes so much sense!
Happy to hear you found them helpful!
That second tip was really killer, George. Thanks for sharing.
No worries, happy you found it useful!
This is incredibly helpful! Thank you for the tips
Definitely going to be adding these tools to my workflow. Clear and concise vid, thank you sir😎
Thanks a lot, I'm just getting started on DR. This will make it snappy.
Pancake editing (one timeline on top of the other) saved me hundreds of hours in Premiere. Now that I am switching to DR, I am glad to see you can easily do the same as well.
Great video matey!! 😉
This video and the follow-up you just did are super helpful. Improving my workflow will absolutely save more time than most "tips" offered on YT. This video is 100x better than the typical explainer that focuses on the mechanics of how to use a specific feature or create a specific effect. IMO it's much more helpful to see content that approaches the topic first from the perspective of *why* one should do a particular something, then we can apply it to our own situations as appropriate.
Thanks for the kind words! I'm really glad you found my videos helpful. I agree, if I do more editing tutorials in the future I definitely want to try and make them more topic and discussion driven rather than just the standard "click here and there" approach. I feel like learning concepts and why something works the way it does is way more important than just learning to do it on auto pilot in one specific way every time. Of course the two go hand in hand but I want to keep trying to find a good balance 😁
Wow… thank you so much for these tips! And in a clear, concise delivery too! 👌
Very helpful. Thank you!