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Opening Clips in the Source Viewer
There are two methods of opening clips into the Source Viewer. Which is enabled depends on
the “Live Media Preview” setting found in the Viewer options menu (the three-dots menu found
at the upper right-hand corner of the Viewer).
When Live Media Preview is enabled (by default), skimming a thumbnail in the Media
Pool also shows the skimmed frame in the Source Viewer, effectively opening each
clip you skim in the Media Pool into the Source Viewer. As you skim, the playhead
that appears in the thumbnail is locked to the playhead that’s displayed in the
Viewer’s jog bar.
When Live Media Preview is disabled, you must either double-click a clip in the
Media Pool to open it into the Source Viewer, or you can select a clip in the Media
Pool and press the Return key to open it into the Source Viewer.
Which method is best is purely a matter of preference.
Timeline Viewer Edit Overlays
Dragging a clip from the Media Pool or Source Viewer onto the Timeline Viewer also exposes
edit overlays that let you choose what kind of edit you want to make by choosing which overlay
to drop the clip onto.
The overlay that appears when you drag a clip onto the Timeline
Viewer lets you choose from a variety of edits
This overlay exposes every type of edit that’s available in DaVinci Resolve, including the Insert,
Overwrite, Replace, Fit to Fill, Place On Top, Ripple Overwrite, and Append at End edits, all of
which are also available from the Edit menu. It’s a useful method of making three-point edits if
you like drag and drop editing, but it also provides a nice reminder of what types of edits are
available, given all the different options that are available.
By default, the larger empty area to the left of these overlays defaults to the highlighted
Overwrite overlay, while all the smaller buttons let you perform each of the other edit types that
are available.
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