User Manual

Resizing Audio Clips in
SubframeIncrements
DaVinci Resolve lets you optionally make subframe audio adjustments to the In and Out points
of audio clips in the Timeline.
Enabling and Disabling Subframe Editing
The “Align audio edits to frame boundaries” preference in the Editing panel of the
DaVinci Resolve User Preferences lets you choose whether audio clip In and Out points align to
whole frame boundaries, just like video clips. When this option is turned on, you cannot make
subframe audio edits. When turned off (the default), you can.
Subframe Editing of In and Out Points
While you cannot move the playhead in subframe increments, you can resize audio clips in
subframe increments by dragging an audio clip’s In or Out point in the Timeline, or by dragging
an audio edit to perform a roll. This can be useful for trimming minute bits of audio such as
pops, clicks, or vocalizations.
Resizing the Out point of an audio item in
subframe increments, seen within a one-
frame playhead shadow
Know that if you have Linked Selection turned on and you’re trying to resize a selected
Video+Audio pair of items, the whole-frame resizing required for video prevents you from being
able to resize the audio separately. This is easily solved by Option-Clicking to select the linked
audio item by itself, at which point you can subframe resize it freely.
Also, if snapping is enabled, it may be impossible to make a subframe adjustment if you’re too
close to another edit point, a marker, or the playhead. In this case, pressing the N key to turn
snapping off will solve the problem.
Eliminating Subframe Audio Edits
If you’ve done a variety of subframe edits and you discover you need to eliminate these
subframe adjustments, you can choose Timeline > Trim Audio Edits to Frame Boundaries. This
moves each subframe edited In or Out point in the timeline to the nearest frame boundary.
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