User Manual

Moving, Resizing, and Rolling Clips
in Selection Mode
After editing a series of clips into a timeline, the next thing even the most careful of editors
probably needs to do is to start making changes. The simplest changes are made in Selection
Mode, using the regular arrow pointer.
The Selection Mode button at left is enabled; the
Trim mode button at right is disabled
This is the default mode when you open DaVinci Resolve, and allows you to move clips to other
places in the Timeline, resize them to make them longer or shorter, and roll the edit points
between two clips to move the edit to an earlier or later position on the Timeline. What this tool
does depends entirely on what you click to select as you work.
Manipulating clips using the mouse:
1 Click the Selection Mode tool (the arrow), or press A.
2 Do one of the following:
 To move clips in the Timeline: Drag any clip in the Timeline to any other position. If you
drag a clip to overlap another clip, the clip you’re dragging overwrites the clip you’re
dropping it onto.
Moving a clip in the Timeline to overwrite part of another clip; a
tooltip shows you how many frames you’ve moved
 To move clips in the Timeline up or down to other tracks while keeping them at the
same time: Hold the Shift key down while dragging clips up or down in the Timeline.
Or, you can hold the Option key down and press Up or Down Arrow.
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