User Manual

Tools That Help You Work
in the Timeline
As you begin the process of trimming clips in the Timeline, a series of buttons at the top left of
the Timeline help you to align clips and keep track of important frames while you work.
Locked or Free Playhead
A pair of buttons at the upper left-hand corner of the Timeline lets you choose whether you use
a locked or free playhead.
Two buttons let you choose to use a
locked or free playhead
 When set to locked, the playhead is fixed in the center of the Timeline, and your edited
clips scroll past it as you play (press the Spacebar), jog, or shuttle (use the JKL keys) in
either direction. Locked mode works great when you use the DaVinci Resolve Editor
Keyboard, because the Timeline flows past the playhead while you use the Jog/
Shuttle/Scroll wheel. You can also scroll the Timeline using your pointer by dragging
the Timeline Ruler at the top to the left or right, which also drags all of your clips to the
left or right.
 When set to free, the playhead moves across the clips as you play (press the Spacebar),
jog, or shuttle (use the JKL keys) in either direction; the clips stay still. This mode can be
useful when you’re doing precision trimming in the Timeline using a pointing device, as
the clips stay put while you drag parts of clips to make adjustments. Once the playhead
gets to the right or left edge of the Timeline, the Timeline pages over to reveal the
next part of your edit. You can also move the playhead by clicking in the Timeline Ruler
to jump the playhead to that frame, or by positioning the pointer over the playhead’s
top handle, or over the playhead itself, and dragging the playhead wherever you want
it to go.
Snapping
When dragging clips around the Timeline, you can click the Snapping button in the toolbar,
or press N, to enable or disable snapping.
The Snapping button in the Timeline track header
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