00:00 - DaVinci Resolve 17 Cut Page Tips 00:33 - Select Right or Left of the Playhead to Copy Clips 01:41 - Ripple Overwrite in the Cut Page of Resolve 17 03:12 - Audio Trim View in the Cut Page 04:57 - Fast Review in the Cut Page of Resolve 06:15 - Preset Clip Duration on Multiple Clips in Resolve 07:18 - Boring Detector (Analyze timeline edits) 10:11 - Source Tape Explained in the Cut Page of DaVinci Resolve 12:09 - Source Tape Speed Editor Bonus Tip
🙏 you are too kind! Thank you. Please let me know if you need help on a specific thing. You won’t be the only one and I bet I’ll learn something new in the process too. Cheers!
Bought one of these in early December 2022 unopened new from a post color house for $125. Finally opened it a year later, been using it for almost a month and find the long USB-C cable it came with was the most useful tool so far
Binge watched most of the speed editor tutorials you have, I'd be more than happy to pay for a course on udemy. Consider putting all of your content you've made on there. There's more than enough value in the course.
That’s so cool to hear they’ve been helpful! Thank you for the suggestion, but I think at least for this year I’m going to just put all the best tips I can out for free here on this channel. If you ever fee the urge to help support the channel - click through any affiliate link in my descriptions to Amazon. You don’t even need to purchase those specific items - anytime you start your shopping from one of those links helps.
you have asked people what they would like to see. I would like to see a video on davinchi resolve 17 studio , media offline issue. I know if you move your project files they will go offline. I am talking about a video on how to fix it if your media has gone offline and you have not moved any project files. You are just sitting there on the cut page reviewing your video and magically your files go offline and you havent even moved anything to cause this to happen. Your vids are great love them.
Thanks for watching Gordon and the suggested topic. It sounds a little like a bug that you are describing. Has this been a common thing you've noticed? I will definitely do a video on relinking in different ways and situations though! That's a good idea.
I realize it's "all about the source tape" but IF I'm scrubbing with the source clip view, is there a keyboard shortcut to "select next clip?" Awesome video and I appreciate everything you're doing with this channel.
Hi Chadwick, thank you for the fantastic Speed Editor videos. Could you please advise on the following. I have very little experience with Davinci and speed editor (jut about 5hrs.) 1. When would you recommend to sync the audio? 2. On a Cut page how to put a second video on a top of the first one with Speed editor? (The keyboard puts the end of second video to the play head and not the Beginning) Sorry if this doesn’t make sense. Thank you
Hi there, thanks for watching. I always sync the audio right after importing it in the media page. The simplest way is to select the audio and video clips, right click and auto sync by waveforms. You can also sync be in points or timecode, but if you have good audio on track 1, waveforms makes it simple. You want to use the place on top button - it's in the upper left section of buttons
Man that would be a great way to work - But no you can't. There is no way to import footage with the speed editor. Thanks for being a part of the channel!
Hey Chad could you do a tutorial on how to set up the bluetooth on the speed editor? Are there any settings in Davinci Resolve 17 that need to be turned on? Thanks! Paul
Any tips for quickly combining GoPro footage? I use multicam a lot and there are two additional cameras for alternate angles that are Hero 8’s. Thanks and Well done!
Hey thanks - probably the most useful thing would be to make sure your time and date matches on each camera. These can be off a lot and and be a pain. If it’s in a location that you can add audio timecode with a tentacle sync or ambient lokit that would be really useful but not practical all the time to jam your tc.
Hi Chadwick, I'm working with the speed editor as well in the cut page. Do you know how you can move a clip on a second track? If I hold the move button it will select all clips below that track as well. Also I do a lot of music videos (with one camera) so really curious how I'm going to setup my "sync" workflow for that in the cut page. Great video and thanks in advance!
Mornin Protails. Congrats on getting your speed editor! Once a clip is on the timeline, my understanding is to move it to another track you will need to use your mouse or keyboard to bump it up or down. The move function with the speed editor is only to rearrange the order from start to end of the timeline. However if you disable the orange target selector box by the track name that is a powerful indicator that tells resolve the hierarchy of your selection. If it’s orange it is the target. So if you deselect v1 you can edit straight down to v2. You can also use other commands like place on top without using the orange button. However, I have another video on my channel all about multicam sync. I think it can help a lot to learn the sync bin. For your workflow will really depend how it is shot. If you don’t have a jammed tc that comes from the cameras I would try to get a slate to mark in points because the waveform sync is not 💯 in the sync bin yet (imho). Cheers 🍻
Thank you for this great video. I would love it if you could show how to enlarge the audio waveforms without the speed editor. How do you use the Close up feature in the cut page and control the placement of the zoom close up if it does not look the way you want the zoom to look. I am having such a hard time finding how to do this.
Hi Gayle, thanks for watching. To enlarge the waveforms this only happens during a trim. Make sure the button is turned on in the left side of the timeline and when you drag the end of a clip on the bottom timeline it should be filled with waveforms during the trim. To adjust the placement of a close up without the speed editor open the transform settings under the viewer and adjust the y position there.
@@CreativeVideoTips I tried adjusting the Y position in the Dynamic Zoom setting but after the end of the clip that was placed in the Timeline 2 from clicking the Close Up button, the next frames were all in a weird location. This is Free version 16. Do you think this was a bug they fixed in v17 or in the Studio version? Also when I am using my mouse and click in the upper timeline on the Cut page, when I release the mouse the playhead stays at the last point but then when I click and hold to move the playhead again it automatically goes back to the beginning of the clip. Is that supposed to happen?
Great video, thank you. Would you know how any shortcut key for jumping form timeline to source tape icons? sometimes when I accidentally press twice on source key on my speed editor it won show the whole bin content but just one "zoomed" file... Thank you!
Q should do that on a regular keyboard, but also the source and timeline on the speed editor. If you see a zoomed in portion that's to help you because you've marked an in and out point. To back out from that range hit ESC on the speed editor to take you back a zoom level. Hope this helps!
Hi, great videos, congrats. Just subbed. One question: I have a project for which I created SRT subtitles, but this track does not show on the cut page, only on the edit page. The subtitles appear on the viewer, but the tracks do not show, both in the zoomed-in or zoomed-out timelines. Any ideas? Thanks
Thank you so much for watching. As far as I understand the cut page does not support the advance feature of working with an SRT track. For now, you will just need to work with this in the edit page unfortunately.
Thank you so much for watching. The firmware to my knowledge is just controlled with the version of resolve you are running. You can always get the latest version from blackmagic design support page or inside of resolve - check for updates.
Thanks for a very informative video. There are so many features available on the cut page and with the speed editor it kind of blows my mind. I guess one would need to spend some time using them to get to know their functionality. One thing I don't get is how do you select individual clips with the speed editor or do you have to do that with the mouse?
Thank you for taking the time to watch this video! I have a whole playlist that breaks down a few of the specifics, but in a nutshell the cut page uses the "smart indicators" which find the nearest edit point to make a selection. You can refine that by clicking the cam 1,2,3 buttons to jump to a higher video track. Finally, there is the "move" key/button that will let you change the order of shots based off of what you are currently over. So yeah there really isn't selecting individual clips with the speed editor - it's more just modifying what is down on the timeline with it. The mouse is always there though if you need to use that as well. The most common need for this is a video clip on V2 or higher and you just want to nudge that b-roll over a little bit. (move won't do this, because it's just for changing order of shot)
Chadwick, i'm not sure if you discuss it in a different video, but is there a way you can adjust playback speed from 1x to 1.2x , 1.4x.1.6 x etc for faster editing of dialog ? I find the 2x option is too fast to be able to hear the audio, but 'adjust clips speed' through the gui seems slow, a shortcut would be cool
This is a good feature request but I don’t think exists. I typically will just rocker JKL to adjust speed. You can even go slower with holding KL at the same time but not the speeds you mention.
Great stuff here! I'm new to Davinci and the speed editor and using "cut." Just finished my 1st video and did it all in "edit." Speed editor was great, but I know there is more use in "cut." Do you have a beginner to "cut?" Thanks and new subscriber.
Hey thanks! Great question - I have a video coming out this Tuesday that covers J and L cuts in Resolve so watch for that but the gist is: Use the edit page, disable linked selections and auto track selectors. Then you can roll away 👍🏻 (keyboard is needed for enable and disable linked selection and auto track)
@@CreativeVideoTips If I can just add, I use the Elgato Stream Deck to set up macros for just that kind of hassle. I have one now that jumps me over to the edit page and turns off sync with one tap. Then another that turns sync back on and puts me back in the Cut page. Saves a lot of nonsense.
@@fiveshorts great tip - how do you like your stream deck overall? I’m curious about those and since my razor orbweaver won’t work on Mac anymore I’m tempted by it.
Hi hope all is well. I have been watching your videos and I find them very helpful. Do you do a one on one hourly lessons? Over zoom. If so how much do you charge? Sincerely Ejaz
Hey Ejaz - I'm doing great - I hope you are too today. That's great that these videos are helping you out - that's the whole goal of what I'm trying to do so that's encouraging. I don't currently do any consulting for lessons - but I'm very active in the comments and would love to help with any questions you have. Chances are if you have a question about something - 10 other people have that same question and sometimes I might run past something faster than I should so I really appreciate the chance to clear up confusion I might have caused. I look forward to hearing back - Cheers!
Hi thanks for your response. I have created separate timelines for each scene and then synced sound. How do I mark my in and out from the cut page to creat one time line for the final film. I what is the best place to learn all about the cut page? Thanks Ejaz
@@EjazKhanPhotography I would probably do this finalizing type thing in the edit page. In this video here I talk about using selects reels which is timeline to timeline editing and this is how I would cut one sequence into another. IMHO it's better to do this then next a compound clips so you still have all the control you need at your fingertips. Start around 7 minutes in to see this method - ua-cam.com/video/SRYSwdN8xaI/v-deo.html
hi there, i do enjoy your helpfull tutorials man, thank you for that! I have question regarding the IN/OUT points, what i do is rough cutting the clips, so only what i can use out of footage should remain inside the master, also to free up some hd space. do you have any idea how i can only let the in/outs remain, and "TRASH" or "DUMP" all the rest?
Thanks Tobias - what you'll want to do is after you're done with a project use the "media management" option under the file menu. This will give you the option to copy just the segments of clips you used in your timeline. After you have done that - you could manually delete the originals.
Hey! Brilliant tutorial, very easy to follow, thanks for your hard work. I do have a question, is there a way on the cut page to overlay “B” footage over audio, eg. overlaying over an interview, cutting from the subject to video of something else while the audio of the interview continues underneath? Or is this just something that needs to be done in the edit page? Thanks again.
Thanks Paul! There absolutely is a way to do that in the cut page. The function is called “place on top”. There is a button for it under the media section and on the speed editor. The cool thing about this is it can take advantage of those smart indicators for placement if you are near a cut and don’t mark an in point. It can assume you want to place on top right at the cut point. I think F12 is the preset key command to do this.
To answer your request for bugs about the cut page: how do I do a replace edit, where the in and out points stay fixed (maybe already synced to an audio track), but you want to replace the existing clip with a better one, without changing the duration of any edits. 3-point or 4-point edits. Additionally, what if I want to do a replace edit on V2 or V3...? On the Edit page, I hit “x” to set in and out point on the timeline, with the clip I want to replace selected. Then, I have to set an in point OR an out point on the source clip, depending on whether I want the replacement front or back timed. Then I hit F11 to make a Replace edit on the active V track. SO much work. FCPX equivalent is 10x more intuitive and faster. But if I can’t do it AT ALL on the cut page in resolve, then the whole page is pretty useless, isn’t it. The only way I’ve found is futz a version of it using the up/dow arrows to mark in and outs for a given clip, then do a simple Place on Top edit (also having to set either an in OR an out on the source clip for front or back timing. It kinda works, but isn’t a replace edit and something very strange happens if the play head is over the clip. It makes an unwanted cut.... Ideas? I don’t know why they didn’t just combine ALL this functionality into the edit page; bring out an Uber-speed editor, and ditch the cut page altogether. I will bet a months income that’s how it will end up.
Thanks for your comment - You have found one of my top couple pet peeves that I really wish the Speed Editor could do, but it can’t. Without having a traditional “overwrite” only button you can’t do that. Your timeline length will always be changing in the cut page unless you use the “place on top” button - it’s kind of like a connected clip in Final Cut. You nailed that. (same with v2, and higher) I think they could easily fix this by giving a couple user custom options to how you want a button to act - maybe source overwrite to behave so you can 3 and 4 point edit with it. I’m not sure I agree about needing to do it all on the cut page though. As much as I like it - for sure, I’ll need to utilized the edit and color pages too. My hope is with time they will give more thought to those missed basic functions. I could see it getting consolidated though into one edit/cut page with mode options on the left - kind of like Avid did when they introduced smart tools to let you work with the mouse more then they had before. Try not to get discouraged though. It will get better with time. One thing I think might have gone through their heads with the cut page is that it’s a rough cut stage area and if that is the case you wouldn’t do a lot of replace or overwrite edits in that area? Maybe? Maybe not? The good thing is that every other basic and advanced function is there in the edit page and is keyboard driven, which is also fast - just different.
@@CreativeVideoTips thanks for the reply. I was so hoping you were gonna say, just double tap the overwrite button or something... I’ll be honest, the only reason I’ve left my beloved FCPX is because it’s color controls and color management suck. And. because round tripping out to Resolve for color or to Logic for audio just ruin the delight of editing in FCPX. They interrupt the flow. So I’m making myself switch to resolve, which is ok, because so much of what I’m given is BRAW anyway, but I will say the day Apple introduces pro color and built-in “editors version” of Logic, I’ll be switching back, same day. Of course track based editing is the industry default and has worked for decades. But once you master that magnetic timeline and audio lanes and roles and keywords, it’s hard to go back. It’s like going back to dial up modems and CRTs.
great! Could you describe RIPL OWR in cases the timeline has IN and OUT within a clip and also when the selection includes multiple clips? I tried it, the first works but the second case works a strange way. Thanks
Thanks for the video. Some good tips. I'm getting an odd thing when I press Source on the Quick Editor. It shows me the looped cut i have just pasted onto my timeline, not the full Source video. The remedy seems to be to double click the full video clip in the media bin. Source then seems to work. Just find this odd. Am I missing something?
Hey thanks for a watching. If you have In and out marks on a clip and tap source it restricts it to just that section. To back out without using the keyboard tap the esc button. This should give you the entirety of your source tape based off of your media breadcrumb level. (This is all in the cut page)
I'm not sure if there's a way to do this specifically but here goes: I would like to incrementally increase/decrease clip duration for a series of shots. Basically to ramp sequence cuts to ascending or descending speed. Pretty specific use case, but I figure automation like this wouldn't totally be out of the question for Resolve. *Not a Cut Page note, but After Effects has scripts that do this kind of stuff. I'm curious if something comparable exists for keyframes too. Maybe in Fusion.
Can the "Jump Cut" detector identify when there is a quick cut that is created by a video track 1 and video track 2 not lining up perfectly at beginning or end of clips?
I think the jump cut detector only works on track 1 from my understanding. This is a good question and is maybe something that can be improved in a future version of Resolve.
@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks for the response. Yes, it would be a nice upgrade. I am just getting started in DaVinci coming from 20 years of Premiere, AFX, and FCP. Looks fun, big learning curve. I will be tackling our next MotoPhotoAdventures series in DaVinci. Wish me luck. (and check out our channel :) *TransAmericaTrail episode 42)
truly helpful vid and good tips, thank you!! i d have two things i wrap my head around: how would you edit in the cut page from a multicam bin, while preserving the audio and layering out just the audio externally recorded and synced (lets say 2 cams, 1 external recorder)? would you use the cutpage for editing more traditional narrative dialog scenes like shot reverse shot, etc.. that seems to me a bit more complicated there? i m just trying to get done most of my work in the cutpage as i m liking it a lot ;)
Hey Kris - thank you so much for watching and the question. I have a video here that specifically talks about multicam in the cut page - it's actually a different function called sync bin. ua-cam.com/video/_Lw_bDtbJB4/v-deo.html You can do your 2 cam, 1 external workflow which is super common either way. (with multicam in the edit page or with sync bin in the cut page) - your choice, Sync Bin is more fun, Multicam is a little more flexible to make changes to the sync later on. My preferred way to use an external recorder is to marry that up to the wide or main camera angle first. You can do that in the media page by selecting your main video angle and your sound - right click - "Auto Sync Audio - based on waveforms". From this point forward you don't need to deal with your external audio tracks as a separate file in Resolve because the "live" on your main A cam Angle(s). Hope this helps - I might do a tutorial specifically on syncing the external sound for multicam in the future. Cheers!
@@CreativeVideoTips thank you so much!! very helpful infos here! honestly I often get lost by the different syncing options for external sound and mess up my folder structures and project "tidiness" on that stage so I would definitely look forward to some more insights into that and different workflow options. I just recently came over from lightworks to resolve for editing so still all new to me :)
@@kris-lv7ql Very interesting coming from Lightworks - that is one of the very few editing software programs I have not used. This is good info for me to make new tutorials - I appreciate it.
@@CreativeVideoTips yeah lightworks is a bit of a niche (but coming from linux it was the only thing running there properly, haha... now resolve as well....), I do love the editing part of lightworks though!! but the rest is a bit complicated and for doing the whole production resolve is so much better and having everything in one program makes it easier for me. honestly your tutorials are really good and they maintain a tone and speed I can focus on very easy without getting either stressed or bored, :) keep up the great work!!
Hows the speed editor on the edit page, is it not helpful or non-useable? I mostly use the edit page and got the speed editor, was wondering if it's helpful in any way.
I would say the speed editor in the edit page is good, but it’s definitely not quite as useful as it is in the cut page. I think this would make a great idea for a video to show how they differ. In a lot of ways it’s how the pages work differently. (Cut page ripples, edit page only ripples in the trim tool by default). Stuff like that. Great question and I’ll work on a follow up video. Thanks for watching!
Hi Juann. This will happen if you have clips on tracks other than linked video audio clips on track 1. It’s to maintain sync since everything outside of track 1 is not “magnetic” like Final Cut Pro.
Wish there was a way to do J-cuts and L-cuts on the cut page. Coming from FCPX I'm using the cut page more than the edit page, but those are pretty basic cuts that there doesn't seem to be any way to do outside of the edit page.
I do too 🤞maybe blackmagic will think about adding that someday. The good thing is if you bounce between the edit page and back to the cut page is that any j cuts you make are retained in the cut page to make further trims there. I think the goal of the cut page is to get you 90% of the way there.
Congrats! They sure have been slow to roll out. I think most have all shipped without a usb cable. (Mine didn’t come with one either) you might check with your reseller about the studio license - my dongle came separately from BH photo. In the meantime you can download and use the free beta 7 version 17 from the website.
@@CreativeVideoTips I got the Studio license for 16 before Thanksgiving, without the Speed Editor. I talked to the reseller and they advised for me to send back the license, and they would send the correct product when it was available. Last week I got the Speed Editor. I guess I'll eventually get the whole package. :) Probably about the time I get my new GPU. SMH... LOL!
Oh shoot. Any license since the past 8 years or so automatically works with the latest versions. Bummer it didn’t need to go back. It’s a free upgrade once you have one.
I agree and really wish it wasn’t this way. I remember back when the first black magic cameras came out people waited months. Crossing fingers yours will ship soon!
@@CreativeVideoTips Same here...a little over a month now. The worst part is that my "Studio" key is also tied up in waiting for this. Why can't they just send the Key and then send the Speed Editor when it is available. Or better yet, I think there is a thing called E-Mail? Could they not send the product key that way? Sorry for the rant. Just feel like 300$ is kind of in limbo right now. I know it will get here someday. Just being a little impatient. :)
@@NJP76 man that sucks. I’m kind of surprised they didn’t send your license key separately. I ordered from BH photo to my place in Colorado and got the dongle key just a week after ordering the bundle deal. The actual speed editor came just before Christmas, but I ordered it the day it was first available. They should have made more before announcing this thing! I did see on Twitter a statement blackmagic made - basically that they apologize that a part was in short supply and it was slowing down production.
@@CreativeVideoTips Hey thanks for the reply. B&H is where I ordered mine as well. Believe me, I do understand about the supply side parts issue. It has hit the company I work for as well (Mathews Archery). Certain items have been in short supply pretty much all year. At the same time, it would be nice to at least hear something from B&H about the status of the order. Guess I will just have to sit tight and wait my turn. It will get here eventually. Again thanks for the reply. I have watched a few of your videos and must say that I really like the format. You have earned a new subscriber.
Hi, thanks for the tips. I'm just getting into video editing. I tried the duration shortcut you mentioned for photo slideshow which is great. But it left a gap between every photo when i shortened the duration. I deleted them 1 by 1. Is there a fast way to remove all of the gaps please?
Hmm that is unusual behavior I think. Are the photos on the V1 track? ( the v1 track in the cut page ripples alway, or should) And did you perform this on the cut page?
@@andrewlunn awesome, good to hear. Hey one thing if you want to do it in the edit page is if you first click the trim tool (instead of the default selection tool) it might ripple just like the cut page. I’m away from my computer so I can’t test this at the moment.
Please help. Im in the cut page in the upper timeline but im struggling to move the clips where I want them to go. It won't let me move them around. Ive also tried doing in with the bottom timeline and it won't let me. Also, when I try to delete a specific video from the timeline, it deletes but I have to delete the emptied space where the clip was deleted. I can't figure this out. Please help anyone.
You can actually change this if you don't like it. In the upper left of the timeline section - click "free playhead" it's up in the overview timeline section, but actually works in the zoomed in lower timeline.
@@CreativeVideoTips and by the way, your tutorials are awesome in their clarity and also honing in on the most valuable/productive areas to put emphasis.
The only option you have is during trimming there are buttons on the far left - one of those toggles large waveforms while trimming. This is very helpful.
@@CreativeVideoTips Do you have any idea of how to adjust the timeline video track thicknesses / widen the "very thin" Blue video track line in cut page.
@@CreativeVideoTips There ABSOLUTELY must be a way, Because I've seen that Top Blue timeline in the Cut page is sometimes Thick & sometimes supper ridiculously Thin.
For me it is super annoying, when I cannot grab the handles in the overview for trimming starts/ends of a clip exactly to the current position (because they are too small or the magnet will fail to snap -> leading to having lost my exact position) while they are not currently visible in the details view (which happens very often). I usually split the clip then and mark and delete the unwanted segment...
00:00 - DaVinci Resolve 17 Cut Page Tips
00:33 - Select Right or Left of the Playhead to Copy Clips
01:41 - Ripple Overwrite in the Cut Page of Resolve 17
03:12 - Audio Trim View in the Cut Page
04:57 - Fast Review in the Cut Page of Resolve
06:15 - Preset Clip Duration on Multiple Clips in Resolve
07:18 - Boring Detector (Analyze timeline edits)
10:11 - Source Tape Explained in the Cut Page of DaVinci Resolve
12:09 - Source Tape Speed Editor Bonus Tip
Best Resolve channel on UA-cam.
🙏 you are too kind! Thank you. Please let me know if you need help on a specific thing. You won’t be the only one and I bet I’ll learn something new in the process too. Cheers!
Let’s all take a moment to appreciate he was doing this tut at 7am. Nice work dude, it has helped me! Subscribed.
Awesome, thanks for the sub!
I just purchased the speed editor and I'm looking forward to learning from your videos!
Amazing specially after oening speed editor, crisp and precise ❤
At last, some useful UA-cam speed editor tips. Thanks!!!
Happy to help!
Thanks much, great tips and tricks... I guess now I need to open my speed editor package and give it a try....
Absolutely. You’re welcome. You might not use it all the time but it’s fun to mix things up.
Mate, you're very good tutor, thanks.
Very cool style and super helpful... awesome!! thank you.
Bought one of these in early December 2022 unopened new from a post color house for $125. Finally opened it a year later, been using it for almost a month and find the long USB-C cable it came with was the most useful tool so far
Great tips, thanks. Liked and subscribed.
Thanks for the sub! I really appreciate your support and glad it's helpful!
This has been a very useful tutorial for me; thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Binge watched most of the speed editor tutorials you have, I'd be more than happy to pay for a course on udemy. Consider putting all of your content you've made on there. There's more than enough value in the course.
That’s so cool to hear they’ve been helpful! Thank you for the suggestion, but I think at least for this year I’m going to just put all the best tips I can out for free here on this channel.
If you ever fee the urge to help support the channel - click through any affiliate link in my descriptions to Amazon. You don’t even need to purchase those specific items - anytime you start your shopping from one of those links helps.
Thank you that was helpful
Glad to hear it!
very helpful. the "audio trim" icon seems to have moved in 18.6. is that still possible to achieve? thanks
Yes I can't find it at all
you have asked people what they would like to see. I would like to see a video on davinchi resolve 17 studio , media offline issue. I know if you move your project files they will go offline. I am talking about a video on how to fix it if your media has gone offline and you have not moved any project files. You are just sitting there on the cut page reviewing your video and magically your files go offline and you havent even moved anything to cause this to happen. Your vids are great love them.
Thanks for watching Gordon and the suggested topic. It sounds a little like a bug that you are describing. Has this been a common thing you've noticed? I will definitely do a video on relinking in different ways and situations though! That's a good idea.
Thank you so much!
I realize it's "all about the source tape" but IF I'm scrubbing with the source clip view, is there a keyboard shortcut to "select next clip?"
Awesome video and I appreciate everything you're doing with this channel.
Damn.. I guess I m gonna binge your channel the next week or so
You're awesome. I'm glad to hear you're finding some value here. Thanks so much for watching.
Hi Chadwick, thank you for the fantastic Speed Editor videos. Could you please advise on the following.
I have very little experience with Davinci and speed editor (jut about 5hrs.)
1. When would you recommend to sync the audio?
2. On a Cut page how to put a second video on a top of the first one with Speed editor?
(The keyboard puts the end of second video to the play head and not the Beginning)
Sorry if this doesn’t make sense.
Thank you
Hi there, thanks for watching. I always sync the audio right after importing it in the media page. The simplest way is to select the audio and video clips, right click and auto sync by waveforms. You can also sync be in points or timecode, but if you have good audio on track 1, waveforms makes it simple.
You want to use the place on top button - it's in the upper left section of buttons
Hi Chadwick, can you bring media into the cut page with the speed editor or do you have to use with your mouse? Always look forward to your videos 👍🏻
Man that would be a great way to work - But no you can't. There is no way to import footage with the speed editor. Thanks for being a part of the channel!
@@CreativeVideoTips Maybe in a update we can only hope. Thank you for the quick reply. Best wishes. ~Paul
Great video! Thanks! Do you know how to view Multicam audio waveforms in the Cut page?
Hey Chad could you do a tutorial on how to set up the bluetooth on the speed editor? Are there any settings in Davinci Resolve 17 that need to be turned on? Thanks! Paul
Hey Paul - check out this one at the 3:32 mark - ua-cam.com/video/ki8m7F5p2RU/v-deo.html
Any tips for quickly combining GoPro footage? I use multicam a lot and there are two additional cameras for alternate angles that are Hero 8’s. Thanks and Well done!
Hey thanks - probably the most useful thing would be to make sure your time and date matches on each camera. These can be off a lot and and be a pain.
If it’s in a location that you can add audio timecode with a tentacle sync or ambient lokit that would be really useful but not practical all the time to jam your tc.
Hi Chadwick, I'm working with the speed editor as well in the cut page. Do you know how you can move a clip on a second track? If I hold the move button it will select all clips below that track as well. Also I do a lot of music videos (with one camera) so really curious how I'm going to setup my "sync" workflow for that in the cut page. Great video and thanks in advance!
Mornin Protails. Congrats on getting your speed editor! Once a clip is on the timeline, my understanding is to move it to another track you will need to use your mouse or keyboard to bump it up or down. The move function with the speed editor is only to rearrange the order from start to end of the timeline.
However if you disable the orange target selector box by the track name that is a powerful indicator that tells resolve the hierarchy of your selection. If it’s orange it is the target. So if you deselect v1 you can edit straight down to v2. You can also use other commands like place on top without using the orange button.
However, I have another video on my channel all about multicam sync. I think it can help a lot to learn the sync bin.
For your workflow will really depend how it is shot. If you don’t have a jammed tc that comes from the cameras I would try to get a slate to mark in points because the waveform sync is not 💯 in the sync bin yet (imho). Cheers 🍻
Thank you for this great video.
I would love it if you could show how to enlarge the audio waveforms without the speed editor.
How do you use the Close up feature in the cut page and control the placement of the zoom close up if it does not look the way you want the zoom to look. I am having such a hard time finding how to do this.
Hi Gayle, thanks for watching. To enlarge the waveforms this only happens during a trim. Make sure the button is turned on in the left side of the timeline and when you drag the end of a clip on the bottom timeline it should be filled with waveforms during the trim.
To adjust the placement of a close up without the speed editor open the transform settings under the viewer and adjust the y position there.
@@CreativeVideoTips I tried adjusting the Y position in the Dynamic Zoom setting but after the end of the clip that was placed in the Timeline 2 from clicking the Close Up button, the next frames were all in a weird location.
This is Free version 16. Do you think this was a bug they fixed in v17 or in the Studio version?
Also when I am using my mouse and click in the upper timeline on the Cut page, when I release the mouse the playhead stays at the last point but then when I click and hold to move the playhead again it automatically goes back to the beginning of the clip. Is that supposed to happen?
Great video, thank you. Would you know how any shortcut key for jumping form timeline to source tape icons? sometimes when I accidentally press twice on source key on my speed editor it won show the whole bin content but just one "zoomed" file... Thank you!
Q should do that on a regular keyboard, but also the source and timeline on the speed editor. If you see a zoomed in portion that's to help you because you've marked an in and out point. To back out from that range hit ESC on the speed editor to take you back a zoom level. Hope this helps!
@@CreativeVideoTips OMG, I swear I tried this a thousand times at list. It works thank you so much. May you increase your chanel audience :D
Hi, great videos, congrats. Just subbed. One question: I have a project for which I created SRT subtitles, but this track does not show on the cut page, only on the edit page. The subtitles appear on the viewer, but the tracks do not show, both in the zoomed-in or zoomed-out timelines. Any ideas? Thanks
Thank you so much for watching. As far as I understand the cut page does not support the advance feature of working with an SRT track. For now, you will just need to work with this in the edit page unfortunately.
Thank you for a well made video. Question: where to go and how to upgrade the Speed Editor firmware.
Thank you so much for watching. The firmware to my knowledge is just controlled with the version of resolve you are running. You can always get the latest version from blackmagic design support page or inside of resolve - check for updates.
Thanks for a very informative video. There are so many features available on the cut page and with the speed editor it kind of blows my mind. I guess one would need to spend some time using them to get to know their functionality. One thing I don't get is how do you select individual clips with the speed editor or do you have to do that with the mouse?
Thank you for taking the time to watch this video! I have a whole playlist that breaks down a few of the specifics, but in a nutshell the cut page uses the "smart indicators" which find the nearest edit point to make a selection. You can refine that by clicking the cam 1,2,3 buttons to jump to a higher video track. Finally, there is the "move" key/button that will let you change the order of shots based off of what you are currently over. So yeah there really isn't selecting individual clips with the speed editor - it's more just modifying what is down on the timeline with it.
The mouse is always there though if you need to use that as well. The most common need for this is a video clip on V2 or higher and you just want to nudge that b-roll over a little bit. (move won't do this, because it's just for changing order of shot)
Chadwick, i'm not sure if you discuss it in a different video, but is there a way you can adjust playback speed from 1x to 1.2x , 1.4x.1.6 x etc for faster editing of dialog ?
I find the 2x option is too fast to be able to hear the audio, but 'adjust clips speed' through the gui seems slow, a shortcut would be cool
This is a good feature request but I don’t think exists. I typically will just rocker JKL to adjust speed. You can even go slower with holding KL at the same time but not the speeds you mention.
@@CreativeVideoTips Ok Thankyou, You make great videos man, thankyou for all your lessons !
Great stuff here! I'm new to Davinci and the speed editor and using "cut." Just finished my 1st video and did it all in "edit." Speed editor was great, but I know there is more use in "cut." Do you have a beginner to "cut?" Thanks and new subscriber.
Hey thank you! Congrats! This video will be helpful - ua-cam.com/video/a2gf1daaOpc/v-deo.html
Great video!
Any tips on making an L J-Cut using only the speed editor?
Hey thanks! Great question - I have a video coming out this Tuesday that covers J and L cuts in Resolve so watch for that but the gist is:
Use the edit page, disable linked selections and auto track selectors. Then you can roll away 👍🏻 (keyboard is needed for enable and disable linked selection and auto track)
@@CreativeVideoTips hey, thanks, man! I’ll keep an eye for your next video
@@CreativeVideoTips If I can just add, I use the Elgato Stream Deck to set up macros for just that kind of hassle. I have one now that jumps me over to the edit page and turns off sync with one tap. Then another that turns sync back on and puts me back in the Cut page. Saves a lot of nonsense.
@@fiveshorts great tip - how do you like your stream deck overall? I’m curious about those and since my razor orbweaver won’t work on Mac anymore I’m tempted by it.
Hi Chadwick, great video. Do you know how to make j and l cuts using cute page and speed editor? Thanks
Hi hope all is well.
I have been watching your videos and I find them very helpful.
Do you do a one on one hourly lessons? Over zoom. If so how much do you charge?
Sincerely
Ejaz
Hey Ejaz - I'm doing great - I hope you are too today. That's great that these videos are helping you out - that's the whole goal of what I'm trying to do so that's encouraging. I don't currently do any consulting for lessons - but I'm very active in the comments and would love to help with any questions you have. Chances are if you have a question about something - 10 other people have that same question and sometimes I might run past something faster than I should so I really appreciate the chance to clear up confusion I might have caused.
I look forward to hearing back - Cheers!
Hi thanks for your response.
I have created separate timelines for each scene and then synced sound. How do I mark my in and out from the cut page to creat one time line for the final film.
I what is the best place to learn all about the cut page?
Thanks
Ejaz
Could you please help me set up my project correctly ?
@@EjazKhanPhotography I would probably do this finalizing type thing in the edit page. In this video here I talk about using selects reels which is timeline to timeline editing and this is how I would cut one sequence into another. IMHO it's better to do this then next a compound clips so you still have all the control you need at your fingertips. Start around 7 minutes in to see this method - ua-cam.com/video/SRYSwdN8xaI/v-deo.html
@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks I will view your video and apply it today.
Sincerely
Ejaz
hi there, i do enjoy your helpfull tutorials man, thank you for that!
I have question regarding the IN/OUT points, what i do is rough cutting the clips, so only what i can use out of footage should remain inside the master, also to free up some hd space.
do you have any idea how i can only let the in/outs remain, and "TRASH" or "DUMP" all the rest?
Thanks Tobias - what you'll want to do is after you're done with a project use the "media management" option under the file menu. This will give you the option to copy just the segments of clips you used in your timeline. After you have done that - you could manually delete the originals.
Hey! Brilliant tutorial, very easy to follow, thanks for your hard work. I do have a question, is there a way on the cut page to overlay “B” footage over audio, eg. overlaying over an interview, cutting from the subject to video of something else while the audio of the interview continues underneath? Or is this just something that needs to be done in the edit page? Thanks again.
Thanks Paul! There absolutely is a way to do that in the cut page. The function is called “place on top”. There is a button for it under the media section and on the speed editor. The cool thing about this is it can take advantage of those smart indicators for placement if you are near a cut and don’t mark an in point. It can assume you want to place on top right at the cut point. I think F12 is the preset key command to do this.
@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks for that, I’m glad I’ve come across your channel, I’ve learnt heaps so far. Thanks again 👍🏼
@@TheGrainShedSwanHill I’m glad the UA-cam algorithm helped us connect.
I just picked up one and its so cool to use...posting my video on my chan. ....
cool and helpful video...might thanks...
To answer your request for bugs about the cut page: how do I do a replace edit, where the in and out points stay fixed (maybe already synced to an audio track), but you want to replace the existing clip with a better one, without changing the duration of any edits. 3-point or 4-point edits.
Additionally, what if I want to do a replace edit on V2 or V3...?
On the Edit page, I hit “x” to set in and out point on the timeline, with the clip I want to replace selected. Then, I have to set an in point OR an out point on the source clip, depending on whether I want the replacement front or back timed. Then I hit F11 to make a Replace edit on the active V track. SO much work. FCPX equivalent is 10x more intuitive and faster.
But if I can’t do it AT ALL on the cut page in resolve, then the whole page is pretty useless, isn’t it.
The only way I’ve found is futz a version of it using the up/dow arrows to mark in and outs for a given clip, then do a simple Place on Top edit (also having to set either an in OR an out on the source clip for front or back timing.
It kinda works, but isn’t a replace edit and something very strange happens if the play head is over the clip. It makes an unwanted cut....
Ideas?
I don’t know why they didn’t just combine ALL this functionality into the edit page; bring out an Uber-speed editor, and ditch the cut page altogether.
I will bet a months income that’s how it will end up.
Thanks for your comment - You have found one of my top couple pet peeves that I really wish the Speed Editor could do, but it can’t. Without having a traditional “overwrite” only button you can’t do that. Your timeline length will always be changing in the cut page unless you use the “place on top” button - it’s kind of like a connected clip in Final Cut. You nailed that. (same with v2, and higher)
I think they could easily fix this by giving a couple user custom options to how you want a button to act - maybe source overwrite to behave so you can 3 and 4 point edit with it.
I’m not sure I agree about needing to do it all on the cut page though. As much as I like it - for sure, I’ll need to utilized the edit and color pages too. My hope is with time they will give more thought to those missed basic functions. I could see it getting consolidated though into one edit/cut page with mode options on the left - kind of like Avid did when they introduced smart tools to let you work with the mouse more then they had before.
Try not to get discouraged though. It will get better with time. One thing I think might have gone through their heads with the cut page is that it’s a rough cut stage area and if that is the case you wouldn’t do a lot of replace or overwrite edits in that area? Maybe? Maybe not? The good thing is that every other basic and advanced function is there in the edit page and is keyboard driven, which is also fast - just different.
@@CreativeVideoTips thanks for the reply. I was so hoping you were gonna say, just double tap the overwrite button or something...
I’ll be honest, the only reason I’ve left my beloved FCPX is because it’s color controls and color management suck. And. because round tripping out to Resolve for color or to Logic for audio just ruin the delight of editing in FCPX. They interrupt the flow.
So I’m making myself switch to resolve, which is ok, because so much of what I’m given is BRAW anyway, but I will say the day Apple introduces pro color and built-in “editors version” of Logic, I’ll be switching back, same day.
Of course track based editing is the industry default and has worked for decades. But once you master that magnetic timeline and audio lanes and roles and keywords, it’s hard to go back. It’s like going back to dial up modems and CRTs.
So, is it feasible or even worth doing J and L cuts to audio in the cut page, I have seen some workarounds (v 16) but it's a bit of a hack.
no - that is something you'll want to use the edit page for
great! Could you describe RIPL OWR in cases the timeline has IN and OUT within a clip and also when the selection includes multiple clips? I tried it, the first works but the second case works a strange way. Thanks
Thanks for the video. Some good tips. I'm getting an odd thing when I press Source on the Quick Editor. It shows me the looped cut i have just pasted onto my timeline, not the full Source video.
The remedy seems to be to double click the full video clip in the media bin. Source then seems to work. Just find this odd. Am I missing something?
Hey thanks for a watching.
If you have In and out marks on a clip and tap source it restricts it to just that section. To back out without using the keyboard tap the esc button. This should give you the entirety of your source tape based off of your media breadcrumb level. (This is all in the cut page)
I'm not sure if there's a way to do this specifically but here goes: I would like to incrementally increase/decrease clip duration for a series of shots. Basically to ramp sequence cuts to ascending or descending speed. Pretty specific use case, but I figure automation like this wouldn't totally be out of the question for Resolve.
*Not a Cut Page note, but After Effects has scripts that do this kind of stuff. I'm curious if something comparable exists for keyframes too. Maybe in Fusion.
hello bro! do you know if there's someway to move clips in the cut page on secondary video layers without affecting or removing clips in the way?
Can the "Jump Cut" detector identify when there is a quick cut that is created by a video track 1 and video track 2 not lining up perfectly at beginning or end of clips?
I think the jump cut detector only works on track 1 from my understanding. This is a good question and is maybe something that can be improved in a future version of Resolve.
@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks for the response. Yes, it would be a nice upgrade. I am just getting started in DaVinci coming from 20 years of Premiere, AFX, and FCP. Looks fun, big learning curve. I will be tackling our next MotoPhotoAdventures series in DaVinci. Wish me luck. (and check out our channel :) *TransAmericaTrail episode 42)
truly helpful vid and good tips, thank you!! i d have two things i wrap my head around: how would you edit in the cut page from a multicam bin, while preserving the audio and layering out just the audio externally recorded and synced (lets say 2 cams, 1 external recorder)? would you use the cutpage for editing more traditional narrative dialog scenes like shot reverse shot, etc.. that seems to me a bit more complicated there? i m just trying to get done most of my work in the cutpage as i m liking it a lot ;)
Hey Kris - thank you so much for watching and the question. I have a video here that specifically talks about multicam in the cut page - it's actually a different function called sync bin.
ua-cam.com/video/_Lw_bDtbJB4/v-deo.html
You can do your 2 cam, 1 external workflow which is super common either way. (with multicam in the edit page or with sync bin in the cut page) - your choice, Sync Bin is more fun, Multicam is a little more flexible to make changes to the sync later on.
My preferred way to use an external recorder is to marry that up to the wide or main camera angle first. You can do that in the media page by selecting your main video angle and your sound - right click - "Auto Sync Audio - based on waveforms". From this point forward you don't need to deal with your external audio tracks as a separate file in Resolve because the "live" on your main A cam Angle(s).
Hope this helps - I might do a tutorial specifically on syncing the external sound for multicam in the future. Cheers!
@@CreativeVideoTips thank you so much!! very helpful infos here! honestly I often get lost by the different syncing options for external sound and mess up my folder structures and project "tidiness" on that stage so I would definitely look forward to some more insights into that and different workflow options. I just recently came over from lightworks to resolve for editing so still all new to me :)
@@kris-lv7ql Very interesting coming from Lightworks - that is one of the very few editing software programs I have not used. This is good info for me to make new tutorials - I appreciate it.
@@CreativeVideoTips yeah lightworks is a bit of a niche (but coming from linux it was the only thing running there properly, haha... now resolve as well....), I do love the editing part of lightworks though!! but the rest is a bit complicated and for doing the whole production resolve is so much better and having everything in one program makes it easier for me. honestly your tutorials are really good and they maintain a tone and speed I can focus on very easy without getting either stressed or bored, :) keep up the great work!!
Hows the speed editor on the edit page, is it not helpful or non-useable? I mostly use the edit page and got the speed editor, was wondering if it's helpful in any way.
I would say the speed editor in the edit page is good, but it’s definitely not quite as useful as it is in the cut page. I think this would make a great idea for a video to show how they differ.
In a lot of ways it’s how the pages work differently. (Cut page ripples, edit page only ripples in the trim tool by default). Stuff like that.
Great question and I’ll work on a follow up video. Thanks for watching!
@@CreativeVideoTips yes that would be helpful thanks
@@TKGZONE thanks so much for the suggestion. Give me 2 weeks to dig real deep and I’ll have a through comparison with the tool for ya!
why sometimes RIPL DEL doesn't work? it leaves a blank space
Hi Juann. This will happen if you have clips on tracks other than linked video audio clips on track 1. It’s to maintain sync since everything outside of track 1 is not “magnetic” like Final Cut Pro.
How much time does it take for the SE to get fully charged 100%?
Wish there was a way to do J-cuts and L-cuts on the cut page. Coming from FCPX I'm using the cut page more than the edit page, but those are pretty basic cuts that there doesn't seem to be any way to do outside of the edit page.
I do too 🤞maybe blackmagic will think about adding that someday. The good thing is if you bounce between the edit page and back to the cut page is that any j cuts you make are retained in the cut page to make further trims there.
I think the goal of the cut page is to get you 90% of the way there.
Finally got my Speed Editor it came without the USB C connector or any documentation for the Free Davinci Resolve 17 :(
Congrats! They sure have been slow to roll out. I think most have all shipped without a usb cable. (Mine didn’t come with one either) you might check with your reseller about the studio license - my dongle came separately from BH photo. In the meantime you can download and use the free beta 7 version 17 from the website.
@@CreativeVideoTips I got the Studio license for 16 before Thanksgiving, without the Speed Editor. I talked to the reseller and they advised for me to send back the license, and they would send the correct product when it was available. Last week I got the Speed Editor. I guess I'll eventually get the whole package. :)
Probably about the time I get my new GPU. SMH... LOL!
@@CreativeVideoTips Oh BTW. Great content. New Sub. Thanks for putting this tutorial together.
Oh shoot. Any license since the past 8 years or so automatically works with the latest versions. Bummer it didn’t need to go back. It’s a free upgrade once you have one.
@@CreativeVideoTips sweet!
They need to ramp up production, I been "in line" waiting on this thing for a month now.
I agree and really wish it wasn’t this way. I remember back when the first black magic cameras came out people waited months. Crossing fingers yours will ship soon!
@@CreativeVideoTips Same here...a little over a month now. The worst part is that my "Studio" key is also tied up in waiting for this. Why can't they just send the Key and then send the Speed Editor when it is available. Or better yet, I think there is a thing called E-Mail? Could they not send the product key that way?
Sorry for the rant. Just feel like 300$ is kind of in limbo right now. I know it will get here someday. Just being a little impatient. :)
@@NJP76 man that sucks. I’m kind of surprised they didn’t send your license key separately. I ordered from BH photo to my place in Colorado and got the dongle key just a week after ordering the bundle deal. The actual speed editor came just before Christmas, but I ordered it the day it was first available. They should have made more before announcing this thing!
I did see on Twitter a statement blackmagic made - basically that they apologize that a part was in short supply and it was slowing down production.
@@CreativeVideoTips Hey thanks for the reply. B&H is where I ordered mine as well. Believe me, I do understand about the supply side parts issue. It has hit the company I work for as well (Mathews Archery). Certain items have been in short supply pretty much all year. At the same time, it would be nice to at least hear something from B&H about the status of the order. Guess I will just have to sit tight and wait my turn. It will get here eventually.
Again thanks for the reply. I have watched a few of your videos and must say that I really like the format. You have earned a new subscriber.
@@NJP76 thanks dude. My hope is to make it easy to find and skip around for whatever you need to learn or find.
Hi, thanks for the tips. I'm just getting into video editing. I tried the duration shortcut you mentioned for photo slideshow which is great. But it left a gap between every photo when i shortened the duration. I deleted them 1 by 1. Is there a fast way to remove all of the gaps please?
Hmm that is unusual behavior I think. Are the photos on the V1 track? ( the v1 track in the cut page ripples alway, or should) And did you perform this on the cut page?
@@CreativeVideoTips I may have been in edit - cut page is working fine now - thanks.
@@andrewlunn awesome, good to hear. Hey one thing if you want to do it in the edit page is if you first click the trim tool (instead of the default selection tool) it might ripple just like the cut page. I’m away from my computer so I can’t test this at the moment.
Cool thanks @@CreativeVideoTips- will keep an eye open for your next video.
Please help. Im in the cut page in the upper timeline but im struggling to move the clips where I want them to go. It won't let me move them around. Ive also tried doing in with the bottom timeline and it won't let me. Also, when I try to delete a specific video from the timeline, it deletes but I have to delete the emptied space where the clip was deleted. I can't figure this out. Please help anyone.
I find the fact that the playhead is fixed in the zoomed in version confusing, I always want to move it.
You can actually change this if you don't like it. In the upper left of the timeline section - click "free playhead" it's up in the overview timeline section, but actually works in the zoomed in lower timeline.
more slip slide speed editor help please!
Sounds good. Will do next week! 👍🏻
@@CreativeVideoTips and by the way, your tutorials are awesome in their clarity and also honing in on the most valuable/productive areas to put emphasis.
How in the world do you Raise / Widen video track size in cut page.
The only option you have is during trimming there are buttons on the far left - one of those toggles large waveforms while trimming. This is very helpful.
@@CreativeVideoTips
Do you have any idea of how to adjust the timeline video track thicknesses / widen the "very thin" Blue video track line in cut page.
Those unfortunately can’t change.
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There ABSOLUTELY must be a way, Because I've seen that Top Blue timeline in the Cut page is sometimes Thick & sometimes supper ridiculously Thin.
Hmmm. I’ll dig more, maybe I’ve missed something. Nothing comes to mind initially though. You got me thinking though now!
For me it is super annoying, when I cannot grab the handles in the overview for trimming starts/ends of a clip exactly to the current position (because they are too small or the magnet will fail to snap -> leading to having lost my exact position) while they are not currently visible in the details view (which happens very often). I usually split the clip then and mark and delete the unwanted segment...
Hi Peter there is nothing wrong with splitting the clip like you mention. Lots of ways to get a similar result.