DaVinci Resolve SPEED EDITOR Selects & Favorite Timeline Tutorial

[@CreativeVideoTips]

00:00 - How to Pull Selects in DaVinci Resolve 00:24 - Source Tape Explained 01:46 - Subclip + Source Tape SPEED EDITOR Selects Method 01:59 - Subclip Smart Bin Setup 03:09 - How to Make Subclips 05:04 - Subclip Bin for Cut Page 06:22 - Remove Subclip Extents (Edit Subclip) 07:07 - Using Markers and Source - Record Select Timelines Method (Avid Method) 09:06 - Source Keyboard Shortcuts 10:04 - Stacked Timelines - Pancake Editing Method (Premiere Pro)

[@cinema-q]

UGH. Would be great to create subclips from the Speed Editor, but alas! Love these videos Chadwick-fave DR tutorials!

[@alistercarmichael4990]

Dynamite. Just answered the question about taking multiple selects from a single clip.

[@gevalddd]

That timeline on source view tip is just pure gold! Thank you so much. Really useful information. Not just like a typical KZbin tutorial that pretty much says“press here on the keyboard to mark an in point...”

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Glad it's helpful! Yeah, that's a really efficient way to really cut from sequence to sequence without needing to drag a clip and stay on the keyboard. I only wish you could see the whole source timeline like in Avid, but this still works very good and the jump to edit points helps a lot. Thanks so much for watching!

[@gevalddd]

@@CreativeVideoTips yes that would be nice... and also if you could trim to playhead with a click not only with the wheel...

[@POVPHOTOGUY]

LIFE SAVING! Just try to learn Resolve after Final Cut. And the best feature in FC is the Favorite option. And every Resolve user I asked if there is st similar to that where I can store only my selected/fav clips everyone said there is no option for it. And here it is!!! Huge thanks for showing this!

[@michaelbowyer5222]

I am an old fart of post and your videos are very helpful for learning the methodology BMD has implemented with the Cut Page and Speed Editor.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Hey thanks so much Michael, that is great to hear the tutorials have been helpful. Props to you for continuing learning new techniques - you only become an old fart when you stop doing that ;)

[@michaelbowyer5222]

@@CreativeVideoTips I'm so old I've seen an EditBox online suite. The first Davinci suite I was in was the one prior to the 2k. I have used 1 inch reel to reel video tape. I'VE EDITED ACTUAL FILM. I shot the signing of the Declaration of Independence!

[@BihnDan]

Today was the 3rd or 4th time I've watched it. I learn something amazing each time! Thanks and keep up the great work,

[@JonWrightMusicTV]

Having just moved over to DR with the speed editor from FCPX, your channel has been so helpful. Thank you man

[@CreativeVideoTips]

So great to hear! Thanks - I bounce between both every week so don't hesitate to reach out with any questions that pop up.

[@JonWrightMusicTV]

@@CreativeVideoTips thank you! I’m learning a huge amount from your videos 👍

[@elliotdebruyn177]

This is the most helpful video for DR 17 and Speed Editor tutorials yet! Subscribed!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thank Elliot! You rock. I’m glad it was helpful.

[@tom_something]

That bit about using full clip extents is so helpful. The first time I made subclips, I thought they would behave just like dropping them into the timeline. I made a bunch of subclips, then I put them into the timeline, and I realized my mistake when I tried adding dissolves between them. There was no extra material to dissolve into or out of. I didn't know they could be restored, so instead I went back and re-did all my selects but with a little more "padding" around the ins and outs. It worked, but your solution is better.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

That's great to hear this helped. I see so few editors use subclips this day so it's also great to hear they aren't obsolete. They sure make managing long camera takes so much easier.

[@RussellSmith]

Amazing video! I've searched all over on how to do pancake editing in Resolve but only found it here. So many other cool tips too for the Cut Page, Speed Editor, and keyboard shortcuts for the source viewer on the Edit Page.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Ah man. Thanks so much for the encouraging kind words. I’m glad this was helpful. I should do more in just pancake style editing. Cheers!

[@BackcountryPilot]

New to using Resolve as an editor after switching over from Premiere Pro. The Speed Editor was a huge attractor, and these videos have been invaluable in learning it. Thanks.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Great to hear! You'll for sure want to watch last weeks tip on Auto Select since this doesn't exist in the same way in Premiere. Thanks so much!

[@keithdennis5085]

Another great video! I'm a big fan of "pancake" timelines and until the Speed Editor came along, used the pancake timeline technique to create my "best" selects. In the future, I plan to use the Speed Editor and Cut Page to do this first step. then, once I get my "best" selects, I will likely employ a pancake timeline in the Edit Page for further refinement.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Very cool! Yeah the best take away from this video is there are lots of ways to go about narrowing in on the best shots. A combination of editing a selects reel in the cut page and then using that as a pancake is a great way to go. I wish you could make subclips easier in the cut page. Thanks again so much for supporting the channel Keith! I hope you have a great day.

[@markhudson5825]

Chadwick, you‘re the best.

[@markturner8597]

I wish I had known about subclips before I made a timeline with 450 clips to select from in my latest project 😕. At least the other two methods will help tremendously. Your videos are incredibly helpful, as you explain things quite thoroughly but very succinctly, without filler, and without going too fast or slow.

[@focusedenergyproductions9885]

Stacked timelines - Gamechanger. Thanks heap new sub and like here.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Stacked timelines are the bomb. Thanks 🙏 so much for the sub and comment!

[@TheGhostPlanet]

Always look forward to your videos. Could you please do a tutorial on spotlighting videos. Thank you! 😊

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks so much for watching them! It really means a lot. When you’re talking about spotlighting- are you referring the way zoom can pin an angle? I’m not sure I’m following exactly what you’d like some tips with but id like to help.

[@TheGhostPlanet]

@@CreativeVideoTips thank you for the reply. I mean when you want to highlight a object in the video (circle) and the rest of the frame is tinted darker.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

@@TheGhostPlanet oh you mean for the screen captures. Yeah that’s a good idea for a tutorial maybe a full screen capture best practices video?

[@TheGhostPlanet]

@@CreativeVideoTips If you look at your cut page tutorial video at 2:59 segment you will see you darker the page for the smart indicator makers. I hope that makes sense. Thank you again.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

@@TheGhostPlanet yep I’ll do a video on this at some point in the next month or two - basically I use software called screenflow and the feature is called a freehand callout with a box annotation around it.

[@ekphotography]

Thank you , I have been searching for a couple of years to find something like this. I never could really move to Davinci bc I was too use to FCPX bc I could blaze through my clips, hit I/O and hit F to make favorites then just build my timeline from the favorites drop down menu which is so easy and fast. I have been asking for years in the Davinci forums why there was not something like this in Davinci... I am going to try this out bc it seems it could work almost as well as FCPX for me. I will also just set up a profile with Touch portal on my iPad to mimic the hot keys like you had mapped... Thank you too much for this awesome tutorial. Can I do what you did in the beginning and then drag all those clips into a bin and use just that bin to make my timeline on the edit page and not on the cut page ? Thank you!!!

[@Norain1992]

I really like this guy

[@mylifepart2]

nice video thx you - i m saving up for the speed editor so hopefully it will come soon so i can edit faster and better...thx y

[@capitolbassfishing]

I have both DaVinci and FCPX I am surprised DaVinci can’t do this better. In FCPX just scrub footage, Mark in,mark out and hit the F key. (Favorite) Then Sort clips and look at favorites only. Sooooo much easier and faster. I know this video isn’t about that but that is where DaVinci has the most room to gain improvement is project organization. Bins, jumping pages, keyboard, speed editor ... it should be a basic function with the speed editor from any page.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Hey Joe - I don't disagree. Final Cut has done a nice job with the favoriting ranges for sure. In fact I regularly use it too! I think the most similar thing in Resolve would be using subclips - but yes it is different and I'd like to see it refined. Thanks for sharing!

[@Dandelion-32]

Thanks for the great workflow tips :-)

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks for taking the time to watch! Glad it’s helpful.

[@peterdams]

Really helpful, thanks!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Awesome, glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!

[@swaha55]

I love your videos Chandwick. So clear and informative. I am thinking of getting Studio with the Speed Editor. I notice when I use my mouse it is hard to get a smooth scroll and then the play head sometimes jumps a little bit. I find that using J,K, L to search is much better. But would you say using the scroll wheel is so smooth that it makes it faster and easier to find what you are looking for when scrolling through a clip? Or do you think using the J, K, L keys works just as well? Do you think you can program keyboard short cuts to do everything the Speed Editor does just as easily?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks Galyle! Great question. J,K,L is really great - there's a lot of control there that most folks don't even know about so I'm glad you've found the same to be true. I don't recall anything that is on the speed editor that can't be done with a keyboard setup properly with the exception of the specific search dial type functions. Watch this video that runs down all of them, some are gimiky but others are really useful like changing clip volume. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2WZhIGXaNaHpsU I personally can't say yes I'm faster using the search dial then JKL, but I can tell you it is fun to use. I'd say its a draw. I have been using JKL for about 20 years so learning the dial has really just been a lot of fun is how I'd describe it. The button layout on the speed editor is probably 80% of how I would like it so that is nice. I'd say if you're on the fence about it to get it because you might not be able to get resolve with it for too much longer (I have no insider info though). I bought my first resolve license with it was $1,000 just by itself for the noise reduction. So this for $300 and the tool is really great.

[@noxtrom]

Great tips! Really helped.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Awesome! Great to hear it’s helpful! Thanks so much for watching.

[@LeeHarris]

I have been using FCP for about a year but think Resolve maybe the way to go, this device looks pretty interesting and if I get a proper version of resolve as well then all the better, I would like to get the C4K camera but money is tight and I am also hoping they will upgrade it soon (like 6k). I think I will like the cut page a lot (experimenting now) so will subscribe to your page and see if I will hit up the credit card in a few days! Nice content by the way.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Very cool Lee! Final Cut is great and so is Resolve. In fact Avid and Premiere have some great strengths too. You can't really go wrong. Even with the free version of Resolve you can do really incredible things if you're on a tight budget. If you check out my speed editor review I go over a few reasons that are big ones to have the paid studio license of Resolve. Oh and I'd love to see an upgraded pocket 4k too! :). cheers dude.

[@crisalida2008]

Thanks for video. Let me ask you if it's possible to trim a clip located in another track only?

[@rjduda]

Hey Chadwick, Thank you so much for all of your tutorials! I was wondering if you might have some input on an issue I've come across since I started using this method on a new project. All of my subclip thumnails are changed when I scrub over them and if I make multiple subclips from the same clip they often have the same thumbnail which makes it impossible to find the selects I wanted in the first place. I don't have a speed editor. Is there a way to turn off the thumbnail scrubbing? I selected "use full clip extents" when creating all of these subclips. Would turning that off help> Is there any way to batch turn that off? Going through and selecting a poster clip for hundreds of sublips is way to time consuming and rarely even works. Thanks for your help! -Robert

[@FrankyEames]

Just got my speed editor in and I’m jumping into Resolve. Your vids have had some great tips. I really want to give this method a try. For some reason, none of these three methods are actually creating the subclip when I try. Any idea what might be preventing that?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Hmmm. Are you in the cut page trying to make a subclip? That page doesn’t really want you to create one there. Try in the edit page or media page

[@LJandLJ]

I'm new to DR and video editing. I just got my Speed Editor and ran into the same problem. I'm not sure why, but the wheel doesn't work in the edit page for me until I add something to the timeline. I added one of my whole clips to the timeline and after that, the wheel worked for searching through clips. I set my in and out points using the speed editor and then used option-b to create the subclips. Added clips show up in the smart bin, so it appears to be working. I'm too new to know if this is a beta issue or a feature. :)

[@CreativeVideoTips]

@@LJandLJ Hi Larry! Thanks for commenting and congrats on getting your speed editor in! The wheel won't move on the timeline until there is footage on it. It just wants you to drop something right into frame one of that fresh/clean timeline. After that, you're off to the races. Let me know if I can help clarify anything else.

[@LJandLJ]

@@CreativeVideoTips It makes sense that you can't use the wheel to search through the timeline until you have something in the timeline. But should the wheel work to search through the viewer version of a clip that has been selected from the bin? Searching with the wheel there would not work for me until there was something in the timeline (edit page). After that, any clip that I double-clicked on in the bin would appear in the viewer and I could scrub through it. It behaves differently on the cut page, where the timeline can be empty and the wheel works to search through a selected clip. I may just be missing something. Thanks.

[@RBBlackstone]

Love your videos! Do sub clips retain a connection to the original? If I change audio or color correction in the original, does it carry through to the sub clip? Edit: Sub clips ested and at least not in a way I expect. Years ago, I did a video shoot with a multicam type synced music video with another director. We synced up all the shots with a temp mix in a compound clip or timeline and they went to work editing. The song was one piece, but interview stuff got moved around. I was able to remix the multitrack audio off line and replace the original audio with a final mix that was the exact same length in the compound clip. All of the audio improvements reflected through to every timeline. I think we used a timeline where it acted like a source. Perhaps this is nesting, not sure. Any ideas if Resolve does this. I greatly prefer the daVinci flow. Many thanks!

[@SCHAUDENLUCAS]

Maybe I missed the point where you said that those techniques are alaternatives for it, but isn't the cut page with it's source tape basically the suggested way to make a rough selection of clips? The subclip technique is for sure interesting, but it also seems quite inconvenient.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

You are right, that is the intent of how source tape was built. This is just showing 3 other ways to work and start breaking down footage.

[@SCHAUDENLUCAS]

@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks. Just wanted to make sure that I didn't miss an important disadvantage or something. :)

[@fiveshorts]

Thanks for a great tutorial. After three months on back order, my Speed Editor arrives today.. One quick off-topic question if I may? What mic and mic boom stand are you using for your videos? It looks sturdy and sounds good. Trying to set my son up with a good system. Many thanks. And thanks again for a great channel.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Than you so much for watching, I'm glad its helpful! I'm excited everyone is starting to get a hold of a speed editor. Regarding the Mic setup, I actually have an amazon affiliate setup - so if you click through any link in the description of this video it helps me out and doesn't cost you any extra. The gear I use is: Rode PSA1 Microphone Boom Arm ➡️ amzn.to/3r2ObtO​ Audio-Technica AT2020 Condenser Microphone ➡️ amzn.to/3cr1mke​ Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB Audio Interface ➡️ amzn.to/3ovyhq3

[@fiveshorts]

@@CreativeVideoTips thanks man.

[@michaelwtapp]

Thanks! Do you know how to batch "use full clip extents" for multiple subclips?

[@jeanlucvassort6411]

Hello Chadwick, your vid's are really great and useful, so many thanks, like many persons we learn a lot from you. Curiously on my DVR 17 studio V17.1 and speed editor V1.1 i am unable to perform 2 actions 1/ IN/OUT selection and create subclips, does not take the IN/OUT part but the entire clip and 2/ Unable to see simultaneously the 02 created Timelines . I do not see the icons to do so. Any idea of the reasons ? Thanks in advance. Out of this the speed editor is very challenging and pleasant.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Hey Jean. Thanks for commenting. I’m glad these have been helpful. For the I/o subclip are you trying to do this on the cut page? I have found this to not work in the cut page. For the 2 timelines that is only in the edit page - there is an icon near where you change thumbnail view. After multiple timeline icon is clicked you can click a plus button to open a new timeline.

[@jeanlucvassort6411]

@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks for your hepful answers, i will check out. This DVR 17 is so interesting ... and again thanks for your videos :-)

[@jeanlucvassort6411]

Hye, i found the access to simultaneous Time lines. Fine ...

[@KZ-yu4jz]

Great tutorial. How do you save just the portion you want from your source clips in your timeline? In other words, if you have 1 hour of footage and only want to save 10min worth(delete the other 50min to save hard drive space), what is the best way to save the 10min at source level quality? Thanks!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Hey KZ - For this I would wait until a project is done, but you can go select your favorite timelines - file - media management - timelines (choose to copy or transcode) used media (and maybe add 1 second of handles). I'll put this on the list to make a video on it - but hopefully this will get you started. It will make new files with the media you used (you still would have to delete your originals).

[@KZ-yu4jz]

@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks Chadwick! I appreciate the help!

[@SteveWeileman]

Great tutorial! Quick question. When I create a folder and move my subclips into it from the Smart Bin, then go over to the Cut Page and select Source Tape, I'm getting a blank 'tape' view with no subclips visible. I can see them in 'Source' view or 'Timeline' view. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[@danielhorvathofficial]

Hey Chad! when I try to add it to the medial pool even I grab it or use shortcut a window pop up with the 'new Subclip' and I need to click create with each clip. How can I disable it and just do it like you do?

[@Sean.Carrie]

Has there been any update to this date yet for an improvement? I'm migrating from FCPX. I really miss "Favourites" and the ability to work with them easily in the timeline. By simply selecting a range in a clip and hitting "F"...voila, we now have edit-able "subclips" that appear in an organized fashion for easy timeline dropping in organized Event Folders, or etc. However, In DaVinci...there seems to be so many extra steps, even including a completely non-intuitive "Extend" submenu that we have to enable to edit SubClips in the timeline; say if we need to make transitions between clips or etc. I really want to migrate over but the sheer nature of how clips are organized and handled like this seems daunting. It's too much like Premiere in that sense. Maybe there's been an update, or is this still the easiest (& most similar to FCPX in that regard) way to handle "Favourites" or should I say, "SubClips" ??? Thanks for your help.

[@CoryRobin-qv7cq]

this is just so overwhelming

[@jsaycreative]

Is there a reason you would use the Timeline in Source Tape over just using stacked Timelines? It feels like editing blind or having to do double the work with creating more markers with limitations when you create better range markers and also see all the clip thumbnails in a timeline.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Honestly I mostly edit timeline to timeline and don’t use source tape. Source tape is just another way.

[@DaveBlakePhoto]

awesome

[@isekaigaming4000]

Regarding Stacked Timelines, is there any way to set two separate previews with the dual viewer mode for the above and below timeline instead of having the right preview constantly switch back and forth between the two options while the left preview remains unmoved? I want to use the lower timeline as sort of a source folder for individual clips that I will add to the upper timeline, but having the preview switch back and forth constantly is annoying and makes me stop to double check my timing.

[@moshedicker6786]

Davinci is super powerful. If only it was more self-explanatory.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

agreed, but don't hesitate to ask questions - I'm an open book on here and you probably aren't the only one with the same questions.

[@Flipsgardenofweeden]

hi, the issue im having is that having to do this in the edit page mean syou have to click each clip individualy to then set in an out and make a sub clip, why is there no way to do this all in the cut page, and or a way to take a timeline an make sub clips from that, ALL i want to do is run my clips through source tape one for selects and then again for find tuning the clips before the edit page

[@Superjeanmarc]

Beware that drag and drop from stacked timeline to other , doesn’t work in multiple users projects in the cloud.., no idea why, but it’s a pain

[@eduardomartinez-pg8ho]

I can use the speed editor with stacked timelines the problem is that when I am working with two audio channels and use ripple overwrite or smart insert it links the two audio channels into only one :(

[@eduardomartinez-pg8ho]

Like it makes the cuts directly from the entire timeline and not from the individual clips in that timeline

[@CreativeVideoTips]

try edit menu - at the bottom - decompose compound clips on edit

[@eduardomartinez-pg8ho]

@@CreativeVideoTips !!! Thank you very much bro!

[@Superjeanmarc]

The fact that the cut page has no access to the smart bins is crazy .. really . Coming from FCP, I’m totally using smart bins, also based on keywords etc .. I barely use string out.. so for me, the cut page is a total no go :/

[@KarelZweefvlieger]

WAITING fopr the device.... + 2 months now... :-( One day.... it will come

[@CreativeVideoTips]

I bet it ships VERY soon. A buddy of mine here ordered mid December from B and H and it looks like his is just now processing to ship. Good Luck! Cheers 👊

[@KarelZweefvlieger]

@@CreativeVideoTips TNX we will see. Living in Europe. ( and your video at that time too - of course)

[@wokthedragon]

Ordered mine 11/27/20. Its arriving tomorrow 2/9/21. I've been reviewing the heck out Chadwicks videos. Thanks Chadwick for doing such thorough job.

[@andywakeman9806]

The only thing I can’t stand about Resolve is when you hover scrub the clip and then double click to open in source it doesn’t remember you scrub point it opens at the beginning of the clip. Who’s with me?!!!

[@TheSaltLickDenver]

Does this no longer work in 18.5? I created a bin of all my sub-clips but can't see them in source tape. I can see them in the cut-page but when I switch to source tape they disappear.