User Manual

Using DaVinci Resolve
To start editing your clips, you’ll need to create a new timeline.
The timeline is the stage upon which all your editing will take place.
The ‘edit’ page. You can trim your clips, change their order, move them around and add transitions
between them using the timeline editor.
Trimming Clips
When editing clips you’ll want to trim them to include only the specific actions you want in each
shot. There are various ways, but the easiest is to adjust the clips’ in and out points on
the timeline:
1 After adding clips to your timeline, hover your mouse pointer over the start of a clip until
the pointer becomes a trim icon.
2 When the trim icon appears, click on the start of your clip and drag it forwards or
backwards to trim the in point. Watch the timeline monitor as you trim to find the
edit point.
3 Now click and drag the end of your clip to adjust the out point.
TIP A faster way to add clips to your edit is by dragging them from the media
pool and dropping them directly onto the timeline where you can adjust your in
and out points, position your clips, try different plug in effects, titles, and more.
This particular workflow is like using the timeline as an artist’s palette.
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