User Manual

Relative Timecode Entry
Relative timecode is entered by starting the timecode value with a plus (+) or minus (–). Adding
a plus results in the value you type being added to the current timecode value for purposes of
offsetting the playhead from its current position. Adding a minus will subtract the value you type
from the current timecode value.
Here are three examples of relative timecode entry:
User-Typed Value Result
+20. 00:00:20:00 is added to the current timecode value.
+3.. 00:03:00:00 is added to the current timecode value.
-5 00:00:00:05 is subtracted from the current timecode value.
Clip, Marker, and Track Navigation
As of Resolve 15, the Up and Down Arrow keys are used to move the playhead from one edit
point to the next in the Fairlight page Timeline, just as in the Edit page Timeline.
However, holding Command-Option down while using the Arrow keys gives you Fairlight
page-specific behaviors that are used to navigate among clips, markers, and tracks in the
Fairlight page in a way that’s different than other pages of DaVinci Resolve but very useful to
the way the Fairlight page operates. This section covers the basics.
Selecting Tracks
Which tracks are selected determine the behavior of the Arrow keys.
 In Selection mode: You can select tracks by clicking or Command-clicking (to select
multiple tracks) anywhere in the background area or on the track number of the track
headers. If you click and drag, you can use a bounding box to select multiple tracks.
 In Range Selection or Edit Selection mode: You can select tracks by clicking or
Command-clicking anywhere either in the background area or on the track number of
the track header, or in any unused area of the track itself in the Timeline. If you click and
drag, you can use a bounding box to select multiple tracks.
Moving the Clip Selection
The Command-Option-Left and Command-Option-Right Arrow key shortcuts are used to move
the playhead left and right in the Timeline, navigating from clip to clip or from marker to marker.
How these keys function depends on whether or not one or more tracks is selected in
the Timeline.
 If no tracks are selected: The Left and Right Arrow keys will jump the playhead from
Timeline marker to Timeline marker. Clip markers will be ignored.
 If one or more tracks are selected: The Left/Right Arrow keys will jump the playhead
among clip In points, clip Out points, and Timeline markers.
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