Everybody loves little tricks to speed up their editing and post-production workflow, so here are some of the most useful keyboard shortcuts for working in DaVinci Resolve. These are the shortcuts that I use on every project. They have helped me to significantly speed up my editing (along with the Speed Editor) and deliver projects faster than before. Let us know below if there are any others you are missing from this list. Shift-Z – toggling the timeline zoom This is one of my most used shortcuts; I have even mapped this to a key on my Logitech MX Master 3X mouse (which also has a handy horizontal scroll wheel for moving through the timeline). Pressing Shift-Z will let you toggle the timeline zoom from the magnification you are at to a full timeline zoom and then back again. The full timeline zoom is especially helpful if you have a few clips parked at the end of the timeline that you may have forgotten about. These will show up in this zoom stage. The timeline zoomed in – Image credit: CineD The timeline zoomed out after pressing Shift-Z – Image credit: CineD Alt-Y – highlighting all clips after the playhead This one is great for inserting clips or whole sections into an already-existing edit. Just place your playhead where you want to insert and press Alt-Y. Automatically, all the clips after the playhead are selected and you can move them to the right to make space. Careful though: clips that...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 14 February, 2024