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Keyframing Effects in the Edit Page
Most parameters in the Inspector of the Edit page can be keyframed, in order to create
animated effects such as zooming in via the Zoom parameter, fading out via the Opacity
parameter, or cropping from one side to reveal a clip underneath via the Cropping parameters.
Additionally, if you import a project from an NLE that has keyframed sizing settings, those
keyframes will be imported and exposed within the Edit page of DaVinci Resolve.
The primary controls for keyframing are within the Inspector. Any parameter that can be
keyframed has a gray keyframe button to the right of its slider. If the playhead is on a keyframe,
this button turns orange and small navigation arrows appear to its right and left, otherwise it
stays gray.
Orange buttons in the Inspector show keyframe usage. Zoom shows the playhead parked on the current
keyframe with additional keyframes set before and after this one as indicated by the gray navigation arrows.
Position shows the playhead parked on the only keyframe set (orange diamond, no arrows), and Rotation Angle
shows no keyframe set (gray diamond).
Once you’ve keyframed one or more parameters within a particular group in the Inspector, that
clip displays a pair of small buttons at the far right of its name bar in the Timeline, a Curve
button and a Keyframe button. Only keyframed clips have these buttons.
The Keyframe track button in the Timeline
appearing on a keyframed clip
To expose a clip’s keyframe tracks, do one of the following:
Click the Keyframe button for that clip, at the bottom right corner of the clip.
Choose Clip > Show Keyframe Editor (Shift-Command-C)
Each group of parameters in the Inspector reveals a single, aggregated keyframe track, that
holds all the keyframes of all the parameters within that group, and makes it easy to move,
delete, cut, copy, and paste keyframes for each clip. For example, the Pan, Tilt, Zoom, Rotation
Angle, and Anchor Point keyframes all appear within the Transform track.
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