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 Choosing Timeline > Selection Follows Playhead sets DaVinci Resolve to always select
whichever clip intersects the playhead in the Timeline. The result is that the Inspector
always displays the parameters of the clip at the playhead, with the added bonus that
the clip at the playhead is also selected for other editorial functions. If there are multiple
superimposed clips intersecting the playhead all at once, the topmost video clip with
an enabled Auto Select control will be selected, thus exposing its parameters in the
Inspector, and all other clips will be ignored.
Opening Effects Using Selection Follows Playhead
Ordinarily, it’s possible for the Inspector to show the parameters of a selected clip even when
the playhead is over another clip. You can change this behavior by choosing
Timeline > Selection Follows Playhead, which sets DaVinci Resolve to always select whichever
clip intersects the playhead in the Timeline. The result is that the Inspector always displays the
parameters of the clip at the playhead, without you needing to do anything other than moving
the playhead back and forth in the Timeline.
If there are multiple superimposed clips intersecting the playhead all at once, the topmost video
clip with an enabled Auto Select control will be selected, thus exposing its parameters in the
Inspector, and all other clips will be ignored.
Inspector Controls
Different clips in the Timeline expose different controls. For example, ordinary video clips
expose Video and Audio panels, while text generators expose Title and Video panels.
Whichever panels are exposed, parameters within each panel are organized into groups, with a
title bar providing the name of that group, along with other controls that let you control all
parameters within that group at the same time.
Closed and open Inspector group controls
These controls include:
 Enable button: A toggle control to the left of the parameter group’s name lets you
disable and re-enable every parameter within that group at once. Orange means that
track’s enabled. Gray is disabled.
 Parameter group title bar: Double-clicking the title bar of any group of parameters
collapses or opens them. Even more exciting than that, Option-double-clicking the title
bar of one parameter group collapses or opens all parameter groups at once.
 Keyframe and Next/Previous Keyframe buttons: This button lets you add or remove
keyframes at the position of the playhead to or from every single parameter within the
group. When the button is highlighted orange, a keyframe is at the current position of
the playhead. When it’s dark gray, there is no keyframe. Left and right arrow buttons let
you jump the playhead from keyframe to keyframe for further adjustment.
 Reset button: Lets you reset all parameters within that group to their default settings.
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