5 Davinci Resolve Editing Workflow HACKS That Will BLOW YOUR MIND

[@rubymoca]

1. Use PowerBins (00:50) 2. Selection Follows Playhead (1:50) 3. Use Adjustment Clips (2:50) 4. Output Blanking (4:50) 5. Fade to Playhead (5:35)

[@JayLippman]

Thanks! I've been timestamping my more recent videos, but I haven't gotten around to going back and doing it on older projects.

[@BlitzBrickz]

OMG this helps me so much! I can't believe I've been using Davinci for almost a year, dragging the same sound effects from file explorer and diden't even know about power bins. THANK YOU!!

[@TreasureTracers]

HI Jay. Loving the videos. One thing I need to do which I cannot find any solution for is to line up the clip and the audio by simply lining them up together to the left. If you know, please could you let me know. Many thanks Debs

[@longboardluv2]

just set my "selection follows play head" ! workflow improved...

[@ClassicGhost]

Fantastic. Really really helpful. Thank you.

[@mrhaidir1761]

You may not know how important this short lecture is to me thank you, Sir!

[@JayLippman]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lukasz070485]

That worked like a charm thank you!!

[@tranntuan-1]

how did you make effect for the title at 01:49 ? If you have a tutorial for that pls let me know ! many thanks for those great tips .

[@MarkFreedmanNY]

Thank you, sir. This did, indeed, blow my mind. Subscribed.

[@JayLippman]

Awesome, thank you!

[@AI3Dorinte]

very good tips, thank you!

[@miketurner3065]

Absolutely fantastic tips, Especially the “Selection follows playhead”, I make that mistake so many times. Thanks Jay.

[@JayLippman]

Happy to help! Thanks for watching Mike!

[@moisanchez]

Your explanations are awesome, thanks

[@JunkBondTrader]

That adjustment clip + bin tip is gonna save me so much time on transitions. I always knew there must be a better way, it's just a matter of finding the will to sit through tutorials haha.

[@JayLippman]

Haha glad I could help!

[@RockyColaFizz]

Selection Follows Playhead is awesome. Is there a way to make it the default. As in on by default?

[@JayLippman]

Once you turn it on it should be on automatically whenever you open it up.

[@MichaelFeyrerJr]

Coffee BRoll... Yippie. Well done video Jay.

[@JayLippman]

🤣🤣🤣 I picked it out just for you

[@jmich5123]

Very good! Thank you! Just starting out and your content is what I’ve been looking for...

[@JayLippman]

Awesome!! Thank you so much for watching!!

[@jmich5123]

Jay Lippman hopefully they’re compensating you because your tutorials are better than theirs. I believe your content is ideal for photographers who understand imaging but want to explore video. Keep it up!!

[@JayLippman]

Nope! No compensation. But thank you for your kind words!

[@rossdaniels146]

These are all GENIUS tips! Thanks!

[@JayLippman]

No problem! Thanks Ross!

[@malinhiles]

This was genuinely very helpful

[@JayLippman]

I'm so glad!

[@rohini1414]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@AhmedThahir2002]

Hi, I love your videos. I've got the following question which is better for a-cut assembly - using in out and then inserting (looks like the standard method). Final Cut Pro X editors use this method - or putting everything on the timeline and trimming ( gives more precision and eliminates the need to insert into the timeline every single time). Editors like Taran from Linus Tech Tips use this

[@JayLippman]

Either is good, but I like using in and out points for most of my videos.

[@AhmedThahir2002]

@@JayLippman I guess it would make sense for me to use in-out for rough cut, and then refine later by trimming in the second pass. I now feel dumb for not doing that way. Thanks for the reply :)

[@longboardluv2]

i think ALT and scroll wheel on both the time line for zooming and ALT scroll wheel at the very top of the timeline are huge time savers. i also found the L and LL that speeds up the play speed

[@JayLippman]

Oh yeah those are some good ones as well. Also Shift+z to soon out and see the whole timeline.

[@secrettobebetter1314]

Thank you so much! Very useful 👍

[@JayLippman]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@jakemakris4402]

Those power bins are awesome. I appreciate the video.

[@JayLippman]

Thanks Jake! Yeah the first time I learned about them I was like 🤯🤯🤯

[@joelbriz]

I took notes. Thanks!

[@JayLippman]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@rudolfabelin383]

Thanks Jay! Very good tips!

[@JayLippman]

No problem Rudolf! Thanks for watching!

[@AkinAkin]

0:49 to 0:51 what's the name of the sound effect.

[@JayLippman]

Ramp to LF E in Epidemic Sound

[@AkinAkin]

@@JayLippman Thank you, you are awesome. I love your stuff!!!

[@JayLippman]

Thanks Michael!

[@mikeseps1824]

Okay, revisiting Davinci because I don't want to keep paying for premiere. So, can I use the adjustment clips like an adjustment layer in Premiere (using it to match color grades across different clips)?

[@JayLippman]

You can, but I pretty much only use them effects. For colorgrading, I group the clips together in the color page.

[@UKHeritageRailways]

You can just grab a frame with that grade and apply it to any other clip by drag and drop.

[@joshhenryedits]

The amount of times I thought I was keyframing a clip when it turns out I was keyframing a clip somewhere else on the timeline... Selection follows play head should be a default setting. Great video

[@0611romy]

These tips are so great, thanks!!

[@JayLippman]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dadstalktech]

Selection follows play head may change my life! That may be the issue I mentioned on the last stream. I will try it out and let you know.

[@JayLippman]

Please do!

[@madebymarcin]

Unless you are using adjustment clip over your normal clips..

[@BankFishVince]

This video is exactly what I needed!!!

[@JayLippman]

Yay!!

[@EricWen]

So jealous of these features - wish fcpx has these. Templates for titles and fade into playhead would help so much

[@JayLippman]

Come to the dark side dude! It's free!!! Kidding aside, these particular things have been total game changers for me. Thanks so much for watching dude!

[@timolus3942]

Power Bins are awesome!

[@JayLippman]

Yes they are!!

[@nomdutilisateur]

The more I learn, the deeper my ignorance gets. This was awesome.

[@davidpetersen1]

And the more insurmountable it seems. Endless options cloud direction :(

[@tara-mayemoves1977]

Hi Jay, I've got a question. May be a little off topic but I've been experiencing a weird issue with DaVinci. I have been editing a video that includes some drumming and the exported clip is off sync no matter what I do. It is only visible in the drumming parts, I've never noticed it in any other clips so it must just be a very slight shift. I have tried different settings, frame rates etc. but the problem persists. Do you know why that might be?

[@JayLippman]

At first the only thing I could think of was that you shot this in a variable frame rate (like on a phone or something), but the fact that it's only the drums kind of takes that away. Drums are weird with the way sound carries. That might translate into how they hit the microphone as well. That's just a guess though. I honestly have no idea for sure. But it definitely doesn't sound like a Resolve issue, since everything else is synced up fine.

[@tara-mayemoves1977]

@@JayLippman Thank you for replying:) I think you might be right about the variable frame rate. I did record it on my phone in 24fps, but when looking at the properties of the file it's 23.25. The original looks fine though. Actually, everything looks fine even on the timeline (project settings - 24 FPS). The problem must be occuring during the exporting process... Have you never encountered such an issue? I need to come up with some workaround as I edit a lot of music & dance videos, and this is messing everything up for me:(

[@ShellShockedFarms]

Is the adjustment clip option available for the free version? I clicked it and it did that davinci overlay thing over the whole clip

[@ray.watts-35]

I have the free version on Windows and Adjustment Clips are available. Edit Tab. Effects Library - Effects - Adjustment Clip. Just drag onto timeline and adjust the in and outs.

[@JayLippman]

Yup what he said!

[@ShellShockedFarms]

@@JayLippman yep it worked. I must have grabbed something different by accident last time. Thanks guys🤙

[@jeffswanson5097]

Thanks for this video. I'm a beginner user with some experience in Adobe but by no means a pro and found you a few days ago, after watching a few of your videos it really helped me get a small project done quicker due to your tips. I really like DR16 because the interface is very intuitive, but it's new to me and your videos are quick, clear and to the point. It's been a while since I've done any editing, the timing for me is great and glad I found your channel, look forward to more. Best regards!

[@JayLippman]

Thank you so much Jeff! If theres ever something you want to learn, let me know and I'll put it on the list for future videos!

[@jeffswanson5097]

@@JayLippman Thank you. I don't know if you are interested in this topic but I have not been able to get my mic to work because it's not on the patch list. I have done a lot of internet searches and I have seen that you need to have the bit rate set to a minimum 48k, I thought my Logi c920s HD Webcam was the problem since it won't go that high but my Blue Nano won't show up either. I have a post on Blackmagic Forums "DaVinci Resolve 16.1.1 on Windows 10 No Audio Inputs" but it hasn't been answered and I have exhausted all of the settings aI can think of. I don't know if it's me or a Win10 issue. Anyway, if you know the answer it would help me and probably others. Best regards, Jeff

[@JayLippman]

Definitely interested in the issue, but unfortunately I havent had that issue before so without actually looking at your computer I wouldn't be much help.

[@jeffswanson5097]

Jay Lippman I don’t know what is causing it. If I find an answer or figure it out I’ll let you know. Thanks

[@ray.watts-35]

Great tips, thanks. Another way to do Output Blanking if you want settings that aren't in the Output Blanking menu is on the Color tab, Output Sizing, in the Blanking section adjust the Top and Bottom values to create a custom blanking setting. Of course it needs a bit of maths to figure out the values but pretty straightforward then you can set any custom values you want for blanking.

[@JayLippman]

Yeah the color page version is awesome for customization. I just really like the version in this video because it's so quick!

[@uppsatskanalen4456]

Very useful! Thx!

[@LehmonMedia]

Your videos are bomb... Keep it up man.

[@JayLippman]

Thank you so much!

[@my2cents198]

Mind blown 🤯...subscribed!!!

[@JayLippman]

Thank you!

[@lacenaepronta]

brilliant!! tnx!!!

[@JayLippman]

No problem! Thanks for watching!!

[@FairlawnARC]

Hi Jay, some great pointers here! Thanks. - Seems when I try to place a Fusion, Compound construction into POWER BINS, Davinci RS 16.1.2 tells me I can not. Would you know why? I can't figure it out.

[@JayLippman]

Fusion Compound Construction? What do you mean exactly?

[@FairlawnARC]

@@JayLippman If I build a Fusion or a Compound Clip (or Effect) I can not place them into the Power Bin (a pop up tells me I can't place timelines, Fusion or Compound Clips into Power Bins). If I do manage to place one in, Davinci begins to copy it into the Power Bin, then immediately crashes.

[@JayLippman]

🤔 that's weird. I've never heard of that happening before!

[@PreciousLifeStories]

can we create a thumbnail on davinci code for youtube videos?

[@JayLippman]

No. You can grab a still from the video, but you'll have to do the editing in another program.

[@PreciousLifeStories]

thank youuuu

[@johanbergkvist8834]

Super useful stuff well presented with good pace. Your DR videos are the best!

[@JayLippman]

Thank you Johan!!

[@BrianSellers]

Quick question on Selection Follows Playhead: I really like the feature - makes it behave like Premiere Pro does - but it always selects the topmost video track that the playhead is over. So I find that if I've stacked a bunch of clips, and I'm working on the clips on, say, the Video 2 track, DR always selects the clip on, say, the Video 5 track. So I start editing in the inspector, and have to undo, redo on Video 1 track, etc. Is there a way to have it "follow" the playhead but stay on the same video track? Great tips, man!

[@JayLippman]

I wish I had an answer for this, but all I have is a guess. You might want to try deactivating the track auto selector (the box with two opposite facing arrows on the left side of the track) on the video tracks you're not working on. That might do it. Maybe. Please let me know lol.

[@yodidos]

really helpful my man 💓

[@JayLippman]

Awesome! Tha ks for watching!

[@drfox303]

Hey Jay, great videos! I am also making the switch to Resolve from Media Composer since Avid's customer service has gone so far downhill the last couple years. Anyways, I'm importing video (MP4 - from camera(s)) and audio (WAV - from Pro Tools), and they end up as different lengths?? I.E. once I line them up they fall out of sync because one clip is actually longer or shorter than the other (video is longer / audio is shorter). Is this a common issue? Hopefully with a common solution?? Thanks!! And keep putting these tutorials out, they're super helpful!!

[@JayLippman]

Thanks so much!! If you record video and audio separately, than more times than not the clips will be different lengths you can sync by waveform or time code to fix it, or you can line it up manually.

[@taranbirsingh2927]

Brilliant. Especially the Power Bins tip. I'm excited to try out DVR now.

[@JayLippman]

Awesome! Thanks so much for watching!

[@ADVENTURESThisWay]

Power Bin is a big one! I’ll be trying selection follows playhead most certainly!!

[@JayLippman]

Total game changer my friend! Thanks for watching!

[@santosfaab]

OMG, your channel will make me switch over to Davinci now!

[@JayLippman]

No harm inn trying it out!

[@ferguscooper]

Suoer informative. Thanks.

[@JayLippman]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@avjake]

Yeah that's great, but how do you get your youtube vids to play back in this aspect ratio?

[@JayLippman]

Edit in a 2:1 timeline. So if you shoot 1080, do a 1920x960 timeline. If you edit in 4k, make it 2840x1920, etc.

[@avjake]

@@JayLippman And just upload that and you're done? I thought YT would letterbox.

[@JayLippman]

Nope! You're good to go!

[@UKHeritageRailways]

If, for instance, you upload a 2:1 video, it will replay on a device with those screen dimensions full screen. On a 1920 x 1080 screen the blanking will be added automatically.

[@PreciousLifeStories]

how can i insert a clip/video on a timeline..i'm already on the edit page

[@JayLippman]

Drag it into your source monitor from the media pool, set in and out points, and then you can drag the video, audio, or both into the timeline.

[@jefft9506]

Dang 🤯 can’t wait to start using these tips so simple but I’m guess I’m still learning davinci haha

[@JayLippman]

Thank you! Keep learning dude! I am!

[@KardosoMedia]

Great video Jay! These Davinci videos are great. Keep em coming!

[@JayLippman]

Thank you!!!

[@optimizzo108]

🧡 Awesome, thank you for sharing, love your channel! LOVE&PEACE, GOD bless 🧡

[@JayLippman]

Thank you!

[@reimo4702]

Hole ssssht dude that video is just amazing. One of the most useful videos I've seen. I can already imagine myself using these tips while editing. Thank you 🙏

[@JayLippman]

Thank you so much! I appreciate that!

[@bananaear23]

selection follows play head is a god tier tip

[@JayLippman]

😂😂😂

[@Yeahhhvr]

Just learning davinci. Great tips!

[@JayLippman]

Thank you!!

[@imjustinho]

These are brilliant! I just started a vlog, editing with davinci and these are definitely going to be helpful

[@JayLippman]

Awesome! I'm glad they're useful tips!

[@HoundDogMech]

I realize this is an OLD tutorial but Let me ask why is Fade in/out to play head better when you have to go to the TRIM menu and click on the various items when you can just grab the trim tabs on any clip and fade it to the length you want. Better yet make a KEY BOARD short cut for the FADE IN/OUT where the left hand would activate it when you position the play head with the mouse in the right hand.

[@JayLippman]

Great questions! Regarding the trim tabs, I like the method I showed in this video because it's more precise. But creating shortcuts is for sure a great idea! I've actually been meaning to do that for a while now lol

[@KevinGeneFeldman]

Selection follows playhead is grayed out, I can't select it.

[@JayLippman]

Are you in the cut page or the edit page? I don't think this works on the cut page.

[@KevinGeneFeldman]

@@JayLippman Yeah that was the problem.

[@ShootingDave]

Chucked you a like a soon as I saw the power bins. Super useful!

[@JayLippman]

Thank you Dave!!

[@dr.mikehughes9874]

I couldn’t select, selection follows playhead. It was grayed out!

[@JayLippman]

What page were you in when you tried to select it?

[@dr.mikehughes9874]

Jay Lippman I can’t remember. I did finally get it to work.

[@TheBinklemNetwork]

thanks m8

[@PabloCachedadePaz]

Good tips!

[@amirulh166]

how to fix DR 16.1 no audio, i tried many way still wont work

[@JayLippman]

I'd have to look at the settings in both Resolve and your computer in order to figure that out. Sorry!

[@amirulh166]

Jay Lippman its okay, maybe one day they'll fix this😕

[@JayLippman]

Well it may not be something that they need to fix. It may just be a setting that needs to be changed in DR or on your computer.

[@amirulh166]

@@JayLippman i just checked that audio working fine when editing mp3 format. But when i importing video file which have 7.1 audio format, DR wont play the audio. do i have to change it to stereo? if yes, how?

[@blewtrader8791]

You the man. OMG

[@JayLippman]

Haha thank you!

[@MoCo_Filmmaker]

You sir are amazing, these were all awesome tips and will be well used by me moving forward :)

[@JayLippman]

Awesome dude! Thank you so much for watching!!

[@MoCo_Filmmaker]

Of course man! Working through all your videos, the more I get into Resolve the more I love it. Jumping into the audio presets video now ;)

[@herbycandy]

thank you thank you

[@JayLippman]

You are very welcome

[@jellyduck100]

The best part of Davinci Resolve is Adjustment clip, pretty cool footage! :)

[@JayLippman]

Thanks! Wish I could take credit, but its stock footage I didnt have time to shoot anything myself. Those adjustment clips are pretty awesome!

[@anakmama9118]

Automaticaly subscribe sir 🔥

[@JayLippman]

Haha thank you!!

[@nategordon]

Thank you, Jay. I will be able to use #2 immediately. 🙏🏽 And don’t think I didn’t see that goddamn fly @ 5:43. 😜

[@JayLippman]

🤣🤣🤣 he just wants his time in the spotlight lol

[@tonylouisvisionvideography3469]

Hi everyone. I am having great difficulty installing Davinci Resolve, free version on my computer. I already had Davinci Resolve 16 installed so just tried to install version 17 over it when prompted to update. I am using Windows 10 home edition OS and this is run on a ASUS G752VS lap top. My Laptop spec is: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6820HK CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.70 GHz, 32.0 GB RAM, 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor, 512 SSD, 1TB HDD, 8 GB GRAPHICS CARD, Windows 10 Home EDITION, Version 20H2, OS Build 19042.870. Version 17 fails to install. I have plenty of disk space and am trying to install it on the main SSD drive not the HHD drive. I even tried removing all of the Davinci resolve programme files and checked my computer for viruses etc. uninstalled and reinstalled, Visual C++ 2015-2019 from Microsoft and still can't install. See photos as an example the problem I have. I have checked and updated all drivers on my computer. I have reached out to Blackmagic customer service and they said that they only give information and support for the paid studio version. I was also told to visit the Blackmagic forum, which I have done and everyone has the same problem with no solution. It has been 8 days now that I have had no editor and am stuck. Today I tried a computer system restore and it still will not install. Is anyone having the same problem? Any tips resolving this issue?

[@JayLippman]

Are you trying to install 17 or 17.1? If you're doing 17.1, that's your problem. That version is for the M1 Macs only.

[@JayLippman]

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[@halitolmez7124]

Just got +1 sub

[@JayLippman]

Awesome! Thank you so much!

[@Post-Alone]

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[@sphchurch]

Enjoy your videos very much. It is one thing to watch you do somethings like getting transitions set like you want on KZbin then when I come to do them they either will not come in or if I try to put them across a splice and they are only at the end of the first slice. But that is the least of the issue. My last video I put up is @sphcofc on KZbin it is rough. You wouldn’t believe I used to Video Edit for a living. Now I realize that was on a Grass Valley switcher with a director, two camera men, a couple of tape men, a gaff and a producer. Anyway here is an idea of how I am trying to produce these videos. Same every week every time no going to the 6 flags or anything like that. Go into OBS-studio set up a Scene-Collection calling it by the name of the latest sermon going to record. Set up scenes one of just me on the Camera with a source of my iPhone, I know need the latest and greatest camera, its called funds. Then another scene my image Slide show and the iPhone. I did figure out if the camera is not in there I will not get audio. Now I am also recording audio by way of a Nady Wireless lavalier mic. Which is the audio I want to use. Recoring onto a Sony H5 Zoom. I use for my audio on my website. Once that is set I take to my office, no internet there so have to bring everything back for post. Record, I do some picture in picture but for the most part only want the charts on the video. Now I save them out as mp4, assuming that is the format I want for Davinci Resolve (DR16). In post The three recordings I have done at the office, The teaser for the beginning. The sermon to first break, have a infomercial in the can, then final section. Drop those in. I drop the begging teaser onto the timeline. I lock the video V! so I can delete the audio that is with the Video. Sync audio video cut off the front end part i don’t need cmd B and then Shift \ delete. that is after unlocking V1, had to do that in order to sync audio/video. Everything is good to that point. Now here comes the rub. I want to append the sermon to first break part. I then try to add the audio that I am going to use trying to get it to Audio track one appended to the audio track from the beginning footage and no, no it isn’t going. So I render what I have name it something I can pull into another project. I had to do it that way three times to get the completed video of 30 minutes finished. Now I want to add a stinger file where I say now here’s the sermon. Got it in added my .movs I made in Keynote no problem. Go to put in transitions no, no they are not going. Now having said all of that what do I need to do different? Can you give me an idea for a workflow that will be quick but quality. Since it will be basically the same each video. I do have better lighting coming. When I get the funds I am thinking of a Canon M50 or a Sony AX53. I am using the front camera on the iPhone but can’t tell when I am looking into the camera on the bloody thing and I appear to be afraid to look at the camera. It doesn’t bother me to look at a camera. I did it for 5 years doing weather in Memphis, TN on week-ends. I just wish I had the budget we had back then. As our engineering department used to say throw enough money at it we can make anything work. I have been consuming KZbin videos like crazy almost as good as going to a hands on Grass Valley Switcher class. - [e-mail] Mike Hughes, Minister Springhill church of Christ.

[@JayLippman]

Man that was a loaded question lol. I think the best thing to do is set up a call. First one is on me, of course. Shoot me an email at [e-mail] and we'll set up a time to do a video chat! Thanks for watching!

[@ProjectT3A]

Wow, Calm down with the sharpening Bro

[@JayLippman]

Yeah the sharpening in the screen recordings definitely got a little out of hand in this one.

[@lilafromyoutube]

PSA: Please don't use a png file to get those black bars

[@JayLippman]

🤣🤣🤣 to be honest, I did that a couple of times before I figured out this method 🤣

[@lilafromyoutube]

@@JayLippman hahahaha 😂😂 thanks for your honesty. At some point in life we have all done this

[@JWAM]

Subscribed. Then I unsubscribed. Just to be able to subscribe again.

[@JayLippman]

🤣🤣🤣 Thank you!!