Podcast Editing MADE EASY in DaVinci Resolve | Multicam, Live, Remote, and Other Incredible Tips

Welcome to this comprehensive guide on editing video podcasts with DaVinci Resolve. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned professional, you'll find invaluable insights to elevate your editing process, making your content more engaging and polished.
In this tutorial, we delve deep into the world of DaVinci Resolve to bring you the best practices for editing your video podcasts. We'll cover everything from multicam editing techniques, and effective yet straightforward effects, to time-saving tips that will expedite your editing process without compromising the quality of your content.
00:00 Intro About the Editing of the Podcast
00:30 In-Person vs Remote Recordings
00:52 Camera # Tab with Sync Bin
01:40 Sync with Edit Page
03:40 Keyboard Shortcuts - Cut/Trim Ends of Clips
05:00 Create Multicam Clip (In-Person)
05:28 Multicam Viewer for Single Monitor Workspace
06:45 Unlink Multicam Video and Audio
07:00 Keyboard Shortcuts - Multicam Cut/Switch
07:38 Multiple Microphone Audio Tracks
11:39 Remote Podcast Editing Setup and Sync
14:00 Create Multicam Clip (Remote)
15:00 Showing Two Cameras at Once
19:12 Showing Three Cameras at Once
21:20 Custom Transition to Multiple Cameras
23:58 Color Grading a Multicam Clip
24:27 Custom Fusion Transition
25:23 OUTRO
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- Links -
Fusion Survival Guide:
www.groundcontrol.film/a/2147...
9 Nodes to Make Almost Anything in Fusion:
www.groundcontrol.film/a/2147...
Fusion: Zero to Hero Course:
www.groundcontrol.film/a/2147...
CutScene:
cutscenesleep.com/
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- Music -
Stinger Intro:
Calling Down Fire (To Keep Warm) - Comrades
New World - Harris Heller
Atrophy - Harris Heller
Love to See It - Harris Heller
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- The Socials! -
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TWITTER - / camera_tim
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[@HansCNelson]

Thanks! The multi-track sound and two camera collage sections were really helpful.

[@CameraTim]

Thank you! Glad those sections were useful!

[@shootingtriophotography]

Super helpful, thanks for making this.

[@CameraTim]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you!

[@Directorkey718]

Thank you! I'm literally applying to a video podcast editing job and I'm so used to cutting short films in Davinci that I didn't know about this workflow until I searched and found your video! Now I feel confident I can do the job with speed and accuracy! Thanks Tim!

[@CameraTim]

You love to see it! So glad I could help!

[@musiolikart]

Thanks for the Video, I have to practice the change of the timelines and had some issues with switching. Learned a lot

[@CameraTim]

I’m glad this was helpful! Thank you!

[@FrancescoPaggiaro]

Love the tips about switching angle and cut with numbers and the numberpad. Thanks for the help, I have a 10 people interview for a small doc and I need to edit fast all the interviews

[@CameraTim]

Glad these helped! The Cut and Switch shortcuts save tons of time, it’s actually nuts.

[@guymross]

Thanks - I didnt realize you could create plugins directly in Fusion. Excellent video!

[@CameraTim]

Thank you so much! Yeah, I haven’t done as much content on creating your own plugins, but I should eventually. I know Patrick Stirling has done a couple videos on it.

[@JozuEdits]

Thanks for the help! Have you made a video on how to make that fusion setup?

[@CameraTim]

No problem! And no, unfortunately haven’t made it yet. It’s still on my to-do list, but I have so many other projects that are taking precedent right now sadly.

[@TheEasyWay]

Didnt know Gerard Butler had a Resolve KZbin Channel 🍻

[@CameraTim]

This is…. RESOOOOOOOOLVE

[@heissjason2605]

Thank u sir

[@CameraTim]

You’re welcome sir

[@FATBS]

Thats the best tutorial on multicam editing that I have ever watched! I finaly fucking get it, how multicam works! HUUUUGE THANKS to you Tim! Your other videos are also very helpful by the way! Great content! Whish your channel to grow up!

[@CameraTim]

Thank you so much!! So glad I could make a weird concept into something simple!

[@jaybillups2063]

Agree! I’m coming from PP and learning Davinci ... this makes total sense to me.

[@CameraTim]

@@jaybillups2063 Amazing! Glad I can help the transition!

[@schnellkannjeder]

Mega tutorial very helpful....unfortunately I'm bothered by your picture in picture in the left corner, it would have been better in the top right...

[@CameraTim]

Glad it was helpful! I’ll keep the camera position in mind

[@user-yf8tt6ii7o]

Nice solutions! Thanks.I didn`t know that I can sync more than 2 clips in Davinci.Also thanks for switch to different multicam clip and active selection shortcut! I`m working 2 years as editor and I tapped all the 2 years D key in order to select clip under playhead.Also maybe you know shortcut to select few clips, but select them forward/backward every clip I want to select, not all before/after playhed. What is the name of option that pinned for you as (Shift + D)? I can`t find that Also, may you write all shortcuts as text? It would be helpful cause some of other shortcuts I can`t find too and I don`t know their names

[@CameraTim]

I'm glad these tips helped! As far as the shortcuts you're asking for, I'm not completely sure what you're referring to with the first one, unless you're talking about selecting a range of clips without selecting everything before/after? I might need more clarification on that one. Shift + D is: Select All Clips Under Playhead For any of the other shortcuts that show up, what you can actually do is go into the Keyboard Customization tab, and click on that key or keys to see what that shortcut is called. If I don't specify a default binding, then that's the default and should show up for you (outside of C, I only verbally specified that one. The default for Split Clips is Ctrl+\ ).

[@user-yf8tt6ii7o]

​@@CameraTim Thanks for your answer I just binned "select clips under playhead". About my question to select clips : I don't know is it possible, but in my imagination I this option like this: I'm selecting one clip with keyboard, hold Ctrl (order to select next neighbor clip forward or backward) and click something.After that second clip is selected and If I wish I click this option from imagination to select next clip)) Now I have 3 clips selected. After 2 years I'm using shortcuts against mouse as much as possible.Remember that pain in my right hand when on my start I didn't knew any shortcuts and did almost everything with mouse

[@CameraTim]

@@user-yf8tt6ii7o Currently I don't know of a shortcut that does exactly what you're describing. It would have to be in a script at the current state of Resolve. The only one I know of that's close selects the next clip in the timeline but doesn't keep the previous one highlighted. You can find this shortcut when you're in the Keyboard Customization tab under Commands, select Edit, then scroll down to where you see Select, drop that down, and you can add shortcuts for Above, Below, Next, and Previous.

[@user-yf8tt6ii7o]

@@CameraTim thanks for your help!

[@CameraTim]

@@user-yf8tt6ii7o Absolutely!

[@SantiYounger]

Can you please make a tutorial on this 23:11 I've been looking for something like that for ages! Thank you!

[@CameraTim]

I’ll add it to the list of videos to make! Definitely want to start making some plugins like this.

[@SantiYounger]

@@CameraTim that's be awesome thank you

[@CameraTim]

@@SantiYounger Of course! Hopefully I can get to it sometime soon!

[@SantiYounger]

@@CameraTim Thank you truly appreciate that!

[@CameraTim]

@@SantiYounger No problem!

[@RabeChristopher]

would you share that fusion setup you made, that is slick!

[@CameraTim]

I definitely need to rework it with where Resolve is now, especially because it's a very janky tool with what I made it for (not a ton of room for customization), but I do really want to build it out more and start releasing some tools similar to this. That'll probably be a future video! But just as a concept, if you haven't used Custom Controls on nodes, that would be a good place to set custom parameters that can be parented to other adjustments. I might just do a video on that concept right there. *starts writing more ideas*

[@morsecodebox772]

I just can not get this to work. Every time I get to the stage where I try to sync the clips, the auto-align clips option is greyed out. I have tried everything. The worst is when I use the traditional way, the clips are just not syncing, so I was hoping this way would help. Do you have an idea of why the option will not work on the edit page? Using 19 Studio.

[@CameraTim]

So the biggest reason I know that the option is grayed out is if you select multiple clips on the same layer. When you make the selection to sync the clips, make sure you're not accidently selecting clips in the same layer (even if it's just a cut on the same clip). That would be the first thing I'd try, if that's the case, I might need more info on the clips and audio.

[@jessicaangeline]

So I got my two clips into the multicam view, and I've duplicated the audio channel, but I can't seem to make the second channel actually take the audio from the second video... based on what I saw on your video, you just clicked the channel and clicked "Num 2", "Num 3" but that didn't work for me. Can you be more specific please?

[@CameraTim]

Yes, it’s based on wherever layer it’s in within your Multicam clip. So if your second camera audio is on layer 3 inside of your Multicam clip as an example, then you’ll want to set just that audio layer in your normal timeline to Camera 3, because that’s the layer it’s looking at.

[@matthewseneker1383]

My favorite part is where you edited the podcast

[@CameraTim]

That part almost didn’t make it into the final cut.

[@stephenthompson3309]

My favorite part is where Tim hugged me. ... Not of the video, though, of my life. ... but also not in a creepy way.

[@CameraTim]

@@stephenthompson3309 Accurate.

[@rautsh2dia-um2ei]

please excuse the lack of proper terminology in advance, but is there a way to somehow create a "camera view" out of a split screen? say, how you switch between camera 1, 2 and 3 by pressing the numbers on the respective numbers on the keyboard in the first example, is it possible to add split screen1 and split screen 2 (from second example) to keyboard number 4 & 5? so keyboard number 1,2&3 are the single cameras, and keyboard number 4&5 are split views. but the entire editing is done like in the 1st example, just with the keyboard numbers? i so hope this makes sense :D

[@CameraTim]

Ah, I think I know what you're going for. If I understand correctly, you want a "camera" to be a split screen of multiple cameras. There are a couple ways to do this, but the easiest way would probably be to highlight whichever clips you want to have in your split-screen view, right-click and make it a Compound Clip. Then hold Alt and drag it to a new layer above (so if you had three cameras, you'd drag it to layer four) which will duplicate it. Right-click your original Compound clip, and select Decompose using Clips Only for both video and audio, which will restore your original camera angles. Then you can go into the Compound Clip you created by right-clicking it and select Open In Timeline, then you can position your split screen however you want, then that becomes your fourth angle.

[@rautsh2dia-um2ei]

@@CameraTim thank you very much for the input! will try this as soon as i have a chance

[@CameraTim]

@@rautsh2dia-um2ei Sounds great! Let me know if you run into any issues!

[@jaybillups2063]

FYI - The timeline command "Convert ... to Multicam Clips" you showed doesn't appear if you have "Use Timelines Bin" enabled and you're in the timeline bin. I had to create a shortcut to access the command.

[@CameraTim]

Ah, that's good to know. I never tested Timeline Bins because I just import my folder structure straight from the Media Storage window, but that's something I can definitely look into for a workaround.

[@jaybillups2063]

@@CameraTim thanks for the reply. Might be a bug, but the shortcut worked.

[@jaybillups2063]

@@CameraTim now, do you know if DR can do text-based editing in the time line? I can in PP, but haven’t found a way in DR.

[@CameraTim]

@@jaybillups2063 Glad the shortcut works around it! Could easily be an oversight. Similar to the Source/Program viewers on a single monitor display. As far as the Text-based editing, you can in the Studio version with transcription. When you right click a timeline or media source in the Media Pool, you can Transcribe it, and then in the Transcription window, you can highlight and cut clips based on text.

[@jaybillups2063]

@@CameraTim Thanks. Just tried it. The transcript generated and it seems to mark the locations I have highlighted with IN and OUT, but I have to figure out the details. I'll play with it a bit more and let you know. I'm working on a multicam timelime. Cheers

[@MetroDubsCo]

Stupid question... Are you opening multiple instances of OBS to record the overall feed and your feed?

[@CameraTim]

Not a stupid question at all actually. There are multiple ways I do it, but the primary two are recording the display with my normal OBS canvas, and recording the webcam with the Vertical plugin (and just changing the resolution to match it because you can use horizontal resolutions). I also sometimes just record in-camera as well, especially if it's going to be a shorter video or if I know I'm going to do some GPU-heavy effects. There are a few other ways to do it, like using the Source Record plugin, an external recorder (a monitor that records like an Atomos if you have one), or using a second PC if you have one to pull the feed, either with a capture card or NDI. If I need to record OBS itself, I'll just pull the Vertical plugin onto a different monitor and record the screen with that.

[@MetroDubsCo]

@@CameraTim Right. I forgot the native interview software (i.e. riverside) records each user feed. great. thanks for the answer. I just found your video yesterday. Going to subscribe on my other account. Thank you.

[@CameraTim]

@@MetroDubsCoAwesome! Thank you!

[@benmcd]

this background track is a war crime and i judge you for it.

[@CameraTim]

That’s a new one. Which one?

[@FATBS]

9:50 can you please explaine how this cut to work? i have 1,2,3,4... selected as cut to, but when i press one if them it only swithe the camera but not making cut as it is hapenning here in your video. Please help me to get how to make it work. Thank you!

[@CameraTim]

So ensuring your keyboard shortcuts for Cut To and Switch To are different, which sounds like what you’ve already done, would be the first step. The second is making sure you have the multicam view pulled up in your Source (left) viewer, otherwise the cut shortcut won’t work. I can run a couple other tests to see if there’s any other reason it wouldn’t work.

[@FATBS]

" The second is making sure you have the multicam view pulled up in your Source (left) viewer, otherwise the cut shortcut won’t work." That was the problem, i opened multicam viewer i guess in some other way, cos i had 2 windows, but it didn't worke. So when i did it exactly as you explained by turning ON source viewer - everything started working! Huge thanks to you @@CameraTim

[@CameraTim]

@@FATBS Awesome! Glad it’s working! There’s also an unusual bug if you’re running a single monitor setup where the source window and program window don’t want to stay up at the same time unless the Inspector is minimized, although there is a workaround I show in a different video I think.

[@FATBS]

@@CameraTim You helped me to save hours and hours of editing, cos i edit podcasts recorded with 3 cameras, but i did it in regular timeline edit fashion and it was long time editing process, multicam is waaaaay fastrer! Thank you Tim! Yup i work on single monitor, i'll watch your othere videos as well! Have a nice day!

[@CameraTim]

@@FATBS And that’s why I make these videos, love seeing this!

[@NotesFromTheExecutive]

Please please please do not include music in your videos, they're doing more harm than good! So hard to hear and focus

[@CameraTim]

Yeah, I realized that too late. I made that change in the match cameras video, and ever since then none of them have the background music through the tutorial. I really wish KZbin could give me the option to replace an audio track, but unfortunately it's not possible...

[@NotesFromTheExecutive]

@@CameraTim Thank you for the note, at least you know now, or you could keep this video but re upload another one without the audio. More work I know. But thank you for taking the time to teach us.

[@CameraTim]

@@NotesFromTheExecutive I had thought about that, and that’s actually what I did with the camera matching one, but this one didn’t make sense at the time to reupload, so I just kept it. And with Resolve 19 being out, it would make more sense to just do a new video on it. Oh the joys of tutorials and updates. Haha!

[@NotesFromTheExecutive]

@@CameraTim Oh we know how it is. Joyous indeed. Well you're making a difference in people's lives by teaching them so thank you :)

[@CameraTim]

@@NotesFromTheExecutive I appreciate the kind words. Thank you.