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Take Selectors
Take Selectors in DaVinci Resolve provide a way for you to manage multiple takes or versions
of a particular clip in the Timeline. They’re ideal for storing multiple useful takes for scenes
where you or the client can’t quite decide which one is the best, or for maintaining multiple
versions of VFX clips that are going through different iterations.
When you place a number of clips inside a Take Selector, only one clip appears in the Timeline,
but you can open that Take Selector and switch to any other take or version that’s stored within
to switch which clip appears in the Timeline whenever you want.
A Take Selector, shown open, with several
alternate takes placed within
Take selectors are easy to create and use and populate. Once you’ve placed a number of clips
inside the Take Selector, you can drag any take to slip that clip’s range of media to synchronize
it with the other takes, or click a take to choose that clip within the Take Selector to appear in
the Timeline, before closing the Take Selector to confirm your change.
When closed, a Take Selector appears as a regular clip with a badge
When closed, multi-take clips can be edited, trimmed, composited, graded, and rendered like
any other single clip in the Timeline. A Take Selector badge appears to the left of the name of a
clip to which it’s applied to show its status; double-clicking this badge opens the Take Selector
so you can adjust its contents.
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