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Showing Which Panel Has Focus
Whenever you click somewhere on the DaVinci Resolve interface using the pointer, or use a
keyboard shortcut to “select” a particular panel (such as in the Edit page), you give that panel of
the user interface “focus.” A panel with focus will capture specific keyboard shortcuts to do
something within that panel, as opposed to doing something elsewhere in the interface. An
orange highlight appears at the top edge to show you which panel has focus, so you can keep
track of which part of the current page is taking precedence, and you can switch focus as
necessary to do what you need to do.
The Focus indicator shown at the top edge of the Media
Pool, shown next to a Viewer that doesn’t have focus
The Media Storage Browser
The Media Storage browser lets you see all of the volumes connected to your workstation,
browsing them for media that you want to preview and eventually import into your
DaVinci Resolve project in one way or another. Whereas other applications rely on some sort of
import dialog, DaVinci Resolve provides the Media page for doing complex media import tasks.
To facilitate media import, the Media Storage browser is divided into two areas, the Volume List,
and the Media Browser.
Media Storage browser with scrubbable clip view
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