The Easiest Ways to Edit Hours of Gameplay Footage | DaVinci Resolve Tutorial

Want to start editing gaming KZbin Videos? Long Twitch VODS and OBS recordings can be intimidating the first time you drop them into your editing software. Don't waste you time slowly rewatching hours and hours of footage. Follow these tips to speed through reviewing footage so you can get to work being creative with your best clips.
All keyboard shortcuts for DaVinci Resolve although some methods can be applied to Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or Sony Vegas. but you should probably start using DaVinci Resolve.
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[@s3bast1an41]

Here before he gets viral. Amazing Video Man. You are so good at editing but you have just 10 subs. HOW???

[@CameraTim]

This comment aged well

[@KontrolStyle]

cut his hair, fixed the cam, and probably does color on uploaded videos. It shows what it takes to build a channel on youtube! well done.

[@CODGOD303]

Wow this is real? only 10 subs 4yrs ago. I wonder how many videos he uploaded at this point with only 10 subs. The crazy part is you would expect the video to be flawed or just noticable he was knew to this. This video is just as well articulated and easy to follow as the videos he post in 2024.. Patrick Stirling is The king of daVinci resolve. From the very first time i Downloaded Davinci, almost everything i learned came from this channel, not to mention all the templates/plugins, ect he gives away for FREE to everyone is insanely generous and extremly appreciated

[@farhang-n]

OMG

[@SabbaLinga]

- Spacebar - Play / Stop - L - Begin forward playback - k - Stop playback - J - Begin backwards playback - Double pressing L / J will increase the speed of the playback - B - Blade edit mode - Ctrl+B - Cut at playhead (faster than switching to Blade mode) - Backspace - Delete clip (the one highlighted in red) - Delete key - Ripple delete (will joint and fill the empty space left by the deleted clip, in order for this to work; go up to Timeline and make sure "Selection Follows Playhead" is enabled) - Alt+Scroll wheel - zoom in/out (timeline) - Shift+S - Audio scrubbing (audio review while moving fast through playbacks) - I - Set in-point - O - set out-point - F9 - insert clip to timeline I want to thank you, Patrick, for making this video. I always come back to it whenever I get rusty in Resolve to refresh my memory. This video has laid many cornerstones of my Resolve skills.

[@NigraXXL]

I'd like to share a little advice that helped me a lot. If you're using OBS to record, there's an addon you can install called "InfoWriter". Basically it lets you use a hotkey while you're recording to add a time-stamp to a text file. When you're done recording or streaming, you can open the file and it has the time marks for all the times you pressed the hotkey. This allows you to find your highlights or whatever worthy content there was during your session without having to scrub afterwards.

[@itsmarkj9914]

Oh shit, sweet advice! :D

[@master_aarav]

Im gonna check it out, thank :D

[@INSOMNIACBLXCK]

Thank you so much for that info

[@UgyBoogie]

Huge advice!

[@R98rayan]

i was searching about Davinci Resolve InfoWriter and this video popup becuse of you.

[@attlebro]

This man got me so relaxed I almost fell asleep

[@Hikarochan]

YO! For real my dude! So soothing and easy to understand him.

[@attlebro]

@@Hikarochan yeah he inspired me to make a tutorial for gaming edits as well :) currently working on that now

[@sumetragaming]

Like a bob ross of editing

[@Averagehazmat]

I usually click with my finger by my points of interest. Great way to se cuts visually cause of the sound peaks.

[@KatinkaPonders]

Oh my goodness! You have just changed my editing game! I am so happy that a message popped up from a creator I follow asking that I go and follow you because you are so close to 10K. ( you were 9.2 at the time). So I followed and started watching your content 3 days ago and have learned more in the 3 days than what I have learned in a year from all the other editorials I have watched! Thank you.

[@PatrickStirling]

That's so awesome!! Thanks o much, this is super encouraging

[@colin3393]

CTRL+B just blew my mind... Cannot believe I didn't know that shortcut! I tend to scrub through by dragging the playhead, then hit B on the keyboard, move the mouse and cut... Urgh! Actual legend!

[@jjisnow]

Adding a cut page video would be a great follower to this as the controls are in different places and the "boring detector", "Fast review" and "source tape" are features that help with cutting footage.

[@iPavReg]

Now here's an insanely underrated channel... I'm wondering when this will blow up! I hope soon, you deserve it my friend!

[@PatrickStirling]

Thanks so much!

[@FabricioZuccherato]

This is top class stuff, you're making my editing life so much easier. I feel like the messy method is more like "sculpting" (when you use most of the footage) and the clean method is more like modeling, when you need less of the raw footage.

[@Volxio]

Is it less raw footage when you have 3hours raw and only use 30 minutes?

[@bogeboy]

Thank you so much man!! I've been editing for 3 long years and watching raw gameplay footages is very exhausting for me. It prolongs my editing process as I use the messy method but doing everything manually. I didn't even know that the shuttle controls or the J,K, and L keys existed in Da Vinci. Thanks for the tips, I can now edit my videos faster.

[@sly_sense]

Great video! It's like you read our minds in the beginning.

[@juggernautreturnsgaming]

Bro the scrubbing blew my mind!!! I know I sound like a noob but this is so helpful. Thank you!

[@PatrickStirling]

🤘🤘🤘 everybody's got to start with the basics. This was the first tutorial I made so It's so great to see that it's still being helpful 👍

[@arbordruid]

Your videos take something overwhelming to beginners and really help focus on just the key elements, it's very much appreciated! 3 years after this was published, it's still better than any other tutorial I have tried to watch on DR. Thank you so much!

[@PatrickStirling]

Thank you so much!

[@matoflynn]

Thank you for turning on audio scrubbing 👏

[@SabbaLinga]

I'm not heavy on video editing so i barely edit videos but when I do I come back to this video to refresh my memory on the controls

[@wesleybbrown353]

Nice, thanks. Will be back for more Davinci tips.

[@mitchmiller9410]

I wish I found you a year ago would have helped me so much.

[@Iniwid]

This was SUPER helpful! Thank you so much for including keyboard shortcuts and everything! You described the inclusion of keyboard shortcuts as "getting into the weeds" but I found this level of detail to be just right, especially for people who have some light experience with the program already

[@Tornado_YouTube]

This helped so much, like oh my, liked and subbed!

[@marketscalps6097]

Man, this is a superb video. Been searching for this for 2 days and finally found your video. A big thumbs up and keep up the good work!!!

[@Nann.en.Sann.]

I knew nothing on how to start editing, this actualy gave me the basics i wanted to know! Alot of videos, had either not the right info or to much info for me as a beginner. This video had exactly the info i needed to start. 100 % like and follow

[@hostplays93]

Perfect, just what I'm looking for

[@KTfromJersey]

JKL was a gamechanger for me, editing minecraft videos that take SO many cuts. thanks for this video, man!!

[@spaceinvadersaw]

Can’t tell you how much this helps

[@ripplik9323]

READ THIS (I really like my method lol) I just rebound Razor (Ctrl+B) to i, bound "Start to Playhead" to U and bound "End to Playhead" to O. This makes trimming clips instantaneous and I can refine the video SUPER fast. (and bind "mark in/out" to q/w and "clear in and out" to E)

[@AviaKun]

Bro thank you so much, I’m just starting to get into making gaming videos and this is very helpful

[@geobucky]

I love the clean method. I've rebound insert clip to 'P' so now only have to I, O, P to insert a clip.

[@KP_Nation]

Omg! I WAS the messy editor! Thanks for sharing

[@eqpoker]

Cheers mate you're a bloody legend

[@traereal8576]

You’re a king for this 7 minute, information filled, video.

[@NoahComa]

holy sh*t dude, this is only the second vid i've seen of yours and these are so well-done? your tutorials are so clean, easy to follow, and entertaining. love this, def going to recommend these videos to anyone starting out with resolve.

[@PatrickStirling]

Thanks so much!

[@zShermy]

very well made tutorial for new comers that want o try another piece of software to see where they can feel most comfortable , great vid c:

[@MADNESSwelshmaster]

Ty Patrick this helped me out loads much love 💜💙💜💙

[@w0ngky]

I have been putting off learning to edit with Da Vinci Resolve but it was mostly due to the amount or raw footage I have to go through but this video really helped. Cant believe I didnt think to youtube/google this problem earlier... THANK YOU

[@Vidgamechx]

Gonna try this! Thank you! I'm just starting to edit my KZbin videos and it's a LOT😅❤️

[@Ano7herHero]

High speed low drag

[@xanderome]

You're a literal saint.

[@Ben_Johnson_]

very useful and well put together video. I have been slowly getting into streaming and video editing over the previous months and this will be invaluable to me. Thank you!

[@IC-ThoR]

yo very helpful for beginners man thanks

[@DreamBlissYT]

There is one other approach, and that is using the Cut page to choose only the chunks of footage you want, creating a "Rough Cut", you can then edit as instructed here. Thank you for the bit about "Selection Follow Playhead." That's really gonna help!

[@chaoticnewrtl]

Can’t say how much better this makes things!

[@mattstokes7763]

this video was very informative thank-you

[@Chocibunny]

Just made the switch to Davince for VOD edits and this was very helpful! thx

[@ExcaliburZero0]

This video was very informative and does a great job of getting across relevant techniques, where other videos will spend 10+ minutes listing features while saying very little of practical use. Great job!

[@NotVortexx]

Great video this helps a lot now I know what I should do. Thank you!

[@CrypticCyber]

you could also do pancake editing which is kind of like combining the two

[@complextwopointoh]

Bro thank you so much🙏🙏

[@PatrickStirling]

Welcome 👍

[@chipsetsnframes]

Great video as always, I would like to add that you can also use the jog wheel to scrub through the clips, plus F9 works great, but you can also drag and drop the clip by just clicking on the video from the source viewer and drag it to the timeline after placing the in and out markers. This gives you a bit more granularity and control over where that clip goes, that's what I feel.. Keep em coming!

[@redprotocol1]

As someone with a bit of experience with premiere moving over to Davinci, these vids are incredibly helpful. Im glad Sam recommended you!

[@PatrickStirling]

Eyyyy 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 thanks so much!

[@Z0VRIS]

Bruh, I may be 2 years after this got uploaded BUT HOLY FRICK DID MY JAW DROP! I've been editing all wrong! 🥲 Thanks for this!

[@HockGaming]

This is helpful thanks!

[@JamarcusReacts]

I am going to start using Da Vinci Resolve SOON

[@owenmack3833]

This video helps a lot thank you

[@kazukama]

ive been watching your videos for few months now and i have to say, you alone just make my life a lot simpler, really appreciate you for your work!! much love

[@ChaoticCreativityGaming]

In DaVinci when scrubbing you can place markers for events in your recording, just go back from there

[@vixlux6815]

Thank you so much dude! This helped me so much! I Subcribed!

[@prajwal_bagewadi]

sir this is the solution too all my problems

[@jasonbrock4941]

I am just starting to edit videos.. a few thing First.. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLEAN METHOD. When I try to go scrub the other way and take out a section, it jacks up all my audio. I am super excited to try the clean way. Second.. I am going to pretty much watch all your videos on how to use this program and how to edit tiktok videos and what not. And third... I am spreading the word about you through discord to other creators that use this program.

[@PatrickStirling]

Wow, thanks so much! I'm trying to help as many people as possible so if there's anything specific I can make a video about absolutely let me know 🤘

[@jrpgandchill]

this video is everything i've been looked for, thanks so much! you did such a great job, i just started using davinci so this has definitely been a big help, especially for long videos/content

[@8darktraveler8]

Cheers mate.

[@aliisalive]

this was so helpful! i had a few editing classes in uni but they never covered this kind of thing! you are my hero!

[@AirArtStudiosOfficial]

Great video dude thank you

[@Drassel2]

Hey man, really love your channel and videos. Started editing with DaVinci and you've been saving me a lot of time. Genuine big thanks.

[@elnini-97]

thanks

[@birdsnack5660]

THIS IS VERY HELPFUL

[@explorerbrittany]

This information has helped me more than any of the big names have. Liked and subscribed! I hope you skyrocket! You have IT! Thank you for the info!

[@pikachufan25]

Thank you

[@darkor1333]

Thx help me a lot !

[@bakojn1274]

Very nice! This will help alot :D

[@christhechilled]

Today, this is useful info!

[@friendlytoad6534]

This is exactly what I was looking for thanks!

[@xphnctresayswhat2180]

nice video, very helpful. clean and clear.

[@JerryFlowersIII]

Ctrl+B just changed my life

[@a.c.a.r.v.a]

That clean method--oouuuu, damn! Thank you ❤‍🔥 Great video, that helped a lot! 900th like 💣💥💯

[@_lunatiic_friinge_]

thankyou GOD 💫

[@Rosstheboss-kg8ve]

Really helpful for all types of video!

[@mofeephraimkoloh8588]

Loved this video, thanks alot. BTWThis is the guy you answered about switchiching to Davinci resolve yesterday.

[@PatrickStirling]

Thanks so much! I'm so glad the videos are helpful 👍🏼

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[@PatrickStirling]

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[@TheBurningAce]

This video is CLUTCH! Thank you! :)

[@snorromir]

Thanks for the video , very nice and informative for a new editor such as myself! Much appreciated!

[@linkinemerson8620]

Jkl, great tip there thanks! I saw the battlefield glitch & figured Id see if ya got anything else & this already gave a great editimg tip. This can also work for when I wanna make a 4min music video but only use the best scenes or clips from a movie or numerous tv shows. If Im unsure where a clip is I cam zoom through u til I get a glimose then snag it:)

[@linkinemerson8620]

An example. My fall guys music vid. Legit over 40 hours of my own gameplay as I wanted as much original footage as possible so getting tiny highlights to use did really take like 3 hours or more to cut that lol. Wqy more to actually make the video etc. But hey its all about learning & getrin better. Im just trying to get that extra motivation back to making more regular content. Still trying to find that secret mojo & where it hides!

[@PatrickStirling]

That's awesome. Yeah, these are super general and applicable tools, but also suuuuper useful to anyone wading through hours of gaming content. 🤘🏼

[@BigSkinnySlimm]

Dude this was such a frickin lifesaver thank you. Do you have any idea if using the in and out points method will save my PC crashing on larger projects? My passion is sniping montages for CoD, but it usually involves scrubbing through weeks of footage at a time to find multiple clips, and I've been dragging entire files into the timeline and scrubbing through for clips. That method was getting overwhelming the more complex I want to make my projects, hence my search and subsequent finding of this video. Thank you again, seriously helpful

[@PatrickStirling]

you might save a bit of processing not dragging all that to the timeline. I'd be super interested to know what your experience is like, though!

[@BigSkinnySlimm]

@@PatrickStirling Searched this so I could bring myself to get started on my next project this evening. I'll let you know how it goes for sure!

[@BigSkinnySlimm]

@@PatrickStirling Back with results. The processing and clunkiness of cutting things in the timeline was just almost completely eliminated. A few trim jobs here and there and some cuts for effects and such, but no more dumping the whole file in and then scrubbing through and cutting/deleting. Managed to go through ~16 hours of recordings and get it down to about 17 minutes pre-edit in maybe 4 hours? Also ended up creating and new bin to dump subclips into when I know I'll need more than one set of in/out points in a larger file. Idkwtf I was doing before honestly 🤣🤣 this was way easier. Thank you so much man.

[@MaxMawGames]

THANKS DUDE! Appreciate it

[@eljimmyneuron]

Oh. My. GAWD. Awesome video lol so much time saved! The heavens rejoice.

[@PatrickStirling]

That's so awesome to hear 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@ganf]

Man, that's just what I needed, thanks! :)

[@vertexicon1609]

This was very helpful, thanks!

[@bengalsfan42]

great video! simple and to the point thanks!

[@PositivePoker72]

Awesome stuff, thanks! 🙂

[@Husky_JB]

Wow this video was awesome. Thank you! Helped me tenfold!

[@PatrickStirling]

Thank you! I'm really trying to bring the most value I can. I've got lots of plans in the works.

[@Husky_JB]

@@PatrickStirling well I definitely subbed and I'm eager for all the great content to come from this channel!

[@HeavyLiftSkilling]

"High speed, low drag." Aw yes, a man of culture.

[@PerezAMS]

Your video is amazing. Thank you for this :3

[@JamarcusReacts]

I LOVE THIS DO MORE🔥🔥🔥

[@jaumpm]

Thanks for another great video. I'm looking for a basic tutorial in how to best make a live commentary with mic and webcam once I have selected the footage I want to discuss about. Any tutorials you recommend?

[@realMysta]

Any thoughts if you have tons of small sub 10 second clips? Add all to timeline and just remove as necessary?

[@WqDnbY52l0]

good ass video thank you

[@Eddy04tv]

Fantastic video Patrick. I'm transitioning from Adobe Premier, and your videos are so helpful!. Keep up the awesome vids. Still not sure how to make fancier edits. DaVinci Resolve is not as intuitive as Premier. Again, thank you sir!

[@PatrickStirling]

Awesome, thank you! Resolve definitely has a super high skill ceiling but I really think it's not too bad to get into, especially transitioning from Premiere 💪🏻

[@Metalshark100]

Hi, is resolve much better to use than premier pro?

[@Eddy04tv]

@@Metalshark100 If you want to get started, DaVinci Resolve is a good way. And its free

[@Metalshark100]

@@Eddy04tv I've got no experience at all and i heard premier pro is easier to get into than resolve. what is your opinion on this?

[@Metalshark100]

@@Eddy04tv also would resolve work with after effects easily?

[@KANCIAPAGAMINGROOM]

The most anoying think about DaVinci for me is ... when I use "delete" and I have some space between for example txt and I use delete all thing where the space was will touch eachother. Can I use "delete" button and prevent this touching of clips which I intentionally move away from each other? BTW and TBH "Selection follow playhead" is game changer thanks!

[@vectornine]

using the cut page instead of the edit page for scrubbing has greatly reduced the pain of doing this

[@DoubleYouTee]

Just one question, how do I get the video on the left and the timeline on the right?

[@sithwarrior]

lots of good info in this, quick question is scrubbing faster if you're using SSD/Nvme vs HDD? always found it lags or freeze for a short bit