FINALLY! Ripple Trim from Payhead on the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor

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There IS a way to ripple trim delete from the playhead to the beginning of a clip. It's a hack way around, but I did it. 🧠
You’re welcome. 😎
Note: I understand that this solution is not for everyone-and that’s totally ok! Happy editing 👋🏼
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[@TravisBandManAndy]

Cory and I worked together (Via Facetime) when I was having Mac OS problems. Cory was VERY HELPFUL trouble shooting the techy parts. 5/5 Amazing. Would Highly Recommend this product and his service.

[@hivemind514]

finally found what i was looking for and decided against buying a speed editor, everyone else is just raving about cut page, which i find counter intuitive to use, and most of my workflow is ripple delete, not having that is a deal breaker

[@BehindTheFilm]

100%. It’s so psychotic that the product designers left that crucial workflow out of their decision-making.

[@fredstork]

Super cool and very creative, thanks for the tip!

[@BehindTheFilm]

Heck yeah! 👊 Do you have the Speed Editor? Any other things you wish it could do for your workflow?

[@fredstork]

@@BehindTheFilm Yes I’m using the Speed Editor and have had the issue with being between markers on longer clips making it hard to trim without first scrolling to get the marker in view. Not a major issue as I’m not a pro so a few extra seconds doesn’t really matter… I would like to see a dynamic zoom on the lower cutpage timeline so you always see at least the entire clip… Anyway, I will explore your solution. At the moment I don’t have other questions.

[@ZacBarnesMusic]

Great solution, thanks

[@BehindTheFilm]

Hey glad you you liked it! I’m curious, was it something you tried implementing?

[@user-ex5xy1rm3x]

Brilliant! Thank you,Cory.

[@BehindTheFilm]

Yeah, you bet! Hope it’s useful for you. Reach out if you need any help with anything.

[@Eugeneandheather]

🔥🔥🔥 this is a dope solution!! 🎉🎉

[@BehindTheFilm]

Aw thanks so much!! 😁😁🙏🏼 Appreciate that

[@alex.muntean]

Wow, so great! Thanks!

[@BehindTheFilm]

Aw thanks! Appreciate that 🙂

[@cosmonaut1961]

Awesome tip! Thanks man!

[@BehindTheFilm]

You bet! 😎 Working on any cool projects?

[@cosmonaut1961]

@@BehindTheFilm haha, kinda 😹 editing a wedding 😹😹 Btw, I use Better Touch Tool app for custom shortcuts. Have you heard about this one?

[@BehindTheFilm]

Big fan of Better Touch Tool! Have only met one other person who knew about it. I use it for my Magic Mouse and Trackpad. It’s actually insane how granular you can get, and specifically unique to each app. 😳

[@cosmonaut1961]

@@BehindTheFilm I know, so sad that people don't know about it! It should be "the first app you MUST to install on your new mac" for anyone who uses shortcuts!

[@Mixxwizard]

Great shortcut Cory, I use the Speed Editor & the Loupedeck ct to give me a ton of one button shortcuts.

[@BehindTheFilm]

Ooh, interesting! Would love to see your workflow! Sounds cool

[@Mixxwizard]

Hey Cory, I will shoot you an email when I get back in.

[@Mixxwizard]

Hey Cory, I sent you an email. But I forgot to include this link in it.🤣 kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXSWiZhogrd7rsk

[@BehindTheFilm]

Got your email! Thanks so much. And sweet, i’ll be checking this video out!

[@gameh4x]

I use the Stream Deck, pretty much the same idea.

[@irvdonaldson4137]

time is important so I tried to pay for your macro and google pay and amazon pay did not work. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

[@BehindTheFilm]

Oh no! Sorry Google Pay and Amazon Pay weren't working. What if You try from this store page instead? www.behindthefilm.com/products Some people have pointed out that you might be able to map the Esc key on the Speed Editor 👀

[@bobtronic73]

That's a great hack. It's so annoying that the Speed Editor doesn't support that natively.

[@BehindTheFilm]

Honestly! I could never understand why they wouldn’t. It’s such a typical workflow that’s obviously fast. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@rgsiiiya]

GREAT idea! But, I wonder if you could trigger the macro off of the almost never used CAM 4 - 9 keys? I can think of several actions that I would want the speed editor to do, that I would be happy to let CAM 4 - 9 do. (I do use CAM 1 - 3)

[@BehindTheFilm]

That’d be really cool, but Blackmagic has made it impossible to remap and reconfigure any of their keys on the Speed Editor. 🫤 This is why I had to get creative with markers. However! Some people have pointed out that you might be able to use the Esc key on the Speed Editor 👀

[@avdcam]

One reason I just got the full size keyboard. Since it's a keyboard those keys can be maped for ripple trims. Or just use the default shortcut.

[@BehindTheFilm]

Yeaahhh, that's kinda nice. I was definitely tempted to get the full keyboard. Do you find yourself using it for regoluar computer work too? or do you find yourself switching it out with your normal keyboard when your not doing video editing?

[@avdcam]

Yah I just switched to it full time. It's not the most ideal since the arrow keys make the shift key small and the right option key is missing, no visible page up so you have to use a function combination etc. so litle quirks. but the biggest downside is zero backlighting. it's honestly, a travesty on a keyboard with that price. not to mention it could easily use another dozen or so custom keys for macros,ugh. But even with all those issues, I'm not going back.@@BehindTheFilm

[@scottkleinfeld7596]

When I do ripl del it leaves a gap and doesn't snap to remove the grey space. Any suggestions? I am on a PC

[@BehindTheFilm]

Oh! I think I know why this is. Hit “T” on your keyboard before doing that. This puts the editor in “Trim” mode. Let me know if that works!

[@REDEpicGuy]

Still seems like it would take longer to switch colored markers back me forth for trim beginning to trim end, that it would honestly be faster the split ripple delete way. I’ve got these customized on my mouse, but yea, it sucks that it’s not native on the speed editor

[@BehindTheFilm]

Fair enough. Definitely not a solution for everyone. But yeah it’s like, c’mon Blackmagic 😂 you’re better than this

[@posebukse]

I just use Q/W/E (head, tail, split) shortcuts and the wheel on the speed editor in the edit page, works like a charm

[@BehindTheFilm]

Same when I’m in the full keyboard, but switching between the Speed Editor and the main keyboard is just so annoying. 🫤 If only they’d make it customizable

[@cosmonaut1961]

My friend! BTT released an update: now it can find image on the screen & move mouse there! 👍👏 Awesome update! (just in case you weren't aware)

[@BehindTheFilm]

Yooo… 😳 What. That’s insane. I’m going to check it out. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@cosmonaut1961]

@@BehindTheFilm totally! I hope it'll be useful for you👍

[@xqctake8056]

I just discovered it's also possible to map the "escape" key on the speed editor to Ripple Trim Playhead. Unfortunately it's the only key on the speed editor that can be mapped via keyboard shortcuts. However, it does allow you to easily have at least Ripple Trim In on the speed editor, which is enough for me.

[@BehindTheFilm]

Interesting 🤔 What did you use to remap it? My understanding was that Blackmagic purposefully made it impossible to write or remap any key.

[@ukuleleinspired]

I'd be interested to know the answer as well. So crazy this isn't mapped to one of the keys out of the box.

[@lu.k1970]

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[@xqctake8056]

@@BehindTheFilm I simply used the "Keyboard Shortcuts" menu within Resolve to assign "Ripple Trim Playhead" to the Escape key on the regular keyboard. This works because the escape key on the Speed Editor is really just a normal escape key like on your regular keyboard.

[@xqctake8056]

@@ukuleleinspired I simply used the "Keyboard Shortcuts" menu within Resolve to assign "Ripple Trim Playhead" to the Escape key on the regular keyboard. This works because the escape key on the Speed Editor is really just a normal escape key like on your regular keyboard.

[@tonyphotographyvideography]

Hi, I'm trying to add the Macro from your explanation, but when trying to add the condition 'The Screen', I cannot find that in the drop down list (point 7) How can I add this? Thanks!

[@BehindTheFilm]

Hey hey! So excited you're trying this out! You want to look for the action "Found Image Condition" Then you can set what the image is. I explain more on my article at btf.li/SpeedEditorRippleTrim

[@tonyphotographyvideography]

@@BehindTheFilm

[@exploringgodscountry]

I cannot figure out how to move a clip up or down on timeline tracks with the speed editor. Do you know how to do that?

[@BehindTheFilm]

Yeah I'm not sure if that's a feature on the Speed Editor 🤔 You'll have to let me know if you find a way

[@awonglk]

I suppose this only works on Mac? i.e. not Windows?

[@BehindTheFilm]

Correct! Keyboard Maestro is only on Mac right now. Sadly 🙃

[@SahabuddinTanrkulu]

How can I do this Keyboard Customization in Davinci Resolve?

[@BehindTheFilm]

Yeah unfortunately you can’t really do it within DaVinci Resolve, which is what’s frustrating a lot of people. The best you can do is create a shortcut for the Esc key, and then both the Speed editor Esc key and your computer keyboard Esc key will both be mapped to whatever you set

[@TravisBandManAndy]

I bought the program. How do I download it?

[@BehindTheFilm]

Travis, thanks so much! You should have received an email with a link to download shortly after. 🙌🏼 You can also book a call with me from the link in the email if you’d like any assistance setting things up. 🙂 Here’s to faster, more streamlined editing 👊🏼

[@TravisBandManAndy]

​@@BehindTheFilm Cory and I worked together when I was having Mac OS problems. Cory was VERY HELPFUL trouble shooting the techy parts. 5/5 Amazing. Would Highly Recommend this product and his service.

[@DenysLukoshkin]

Can Maestro actually see, what button you are pressing? Or it's only working with a crutch like this?

[@BehindTheFilm]

Good question. Keyboard Maestro does know what input you give it, whether that's a keyboard button press, mouse click, etc. Those inputs can act as a trigger for an automation workflow. However in this case, since Blackmagic has locked key remapping on their keybaord as opposed to a typical keyboard, my method uses a screen trigger. So when the red marker is visible on the screen, that triggers the automation workflow to ripple trim from playhead. 😁

[@rezaVfx]

Gr8! but this macro is only for MAC?

[@BehindTheFilm]

Yeahh, unfortunately this solution is only for Mac. BUT! good news: You can program the Esc key on the Speed Editor to perform the ripple trimfrom playhead. 🔥

[@arielshpitzer]

tbh i bought it mainly for the licence and the jog....

[@BehindTheFilm]

True honestly 🤣

[@driedekker]

Save your money split in and out scroll back or forward riple delete

[@BehindTheFilm]

Totally, there’s multiple ways to achieve the same outcome. The downside with the in & out method is that you have to have already set an in point when playing forward through the clip, and if you did, then you have to do the work of scrolling back. My only aim is to make things faster for myself with the fewest moves possible. Totally not saying it’s for everyone though 🙂

[@GabrievanZanten]

Was searching for this, but found that I can also press T (on normal keyboard) on edit page and then I do get ripple trim on the speed editor.

[@BehindTheFilm]

Interesting! Can you elaborate a bit more? I’m not sure I’m following.

[@tomaskonvicka4135]

So much grief for such a basic function. There is a one-touch function for that (Ripple Start(End) to Playhead). On the keyboard of course, or on the Stream Deck, not on the Speed Editor. But I see that Keyboard Maestro looks good for a lot of other things too.

[@BehindTheFilm]

Oh my goodness, yes! Keyboard Maestro is an absolute MUST for so many other things on your Mac. I’ve built so many automations and snippets that I can’t use a Mac without it installed. It’s a game-changer

[@likebliss]

This is awesome! It’s really weird that 1 it’s not native, and 2 the speed editor isn’t customizable in the first place

[@BehindTheFilm]

Thanks! And I know! it surprised me so much that you couldn’t do it natively on the Speed Editor. Even with their latest 18.5 beta update I don’t think it’s possible, but I’m going to do some more digging

[@chrisbogart687]

Does this work with Resolve on the iPad and the Speed Editor? I am doing a lot of work using the iPad now rather than the MacBook.

[@BehindTheFilm]

Unfortunately not 😕 Because this method relies on a program called Keyboard Maestro, which is only available as a MacOS app, and not iPadOS. BUT, if I ever figure out a way around that I’ll let you know!

[@Rob_eight10media]

stream deck

[@EdwardKilner]

I have a PC, so no go…

[@BehindTheFilm]

Yeah I’ve been wanting look into something cross-platform that works for everybody. 😕 Sorry about that for now. Maybe i’ll come up with how to build something for all users.

[@elguapo42]

Foot pedal

[@BehindTheFilm]

Hahah full drummer mode. I wanna see it

[@ArtemCYOU]

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[@BehindTheFilm]

I’m sorry 😬 Was learning in public, didn’t meant to hurt anyone’s eyes!

[@ArtemCYOU]

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