The POWERFUL Edit You NEVER Knew You Needed in DaVinci Resolve

[@jfbmusic]

Fantastic, top-notch instruction with real world examples, friendly voice, and comprehensive breakdown of a super useful edit type, one that I often forget to use! No anymore, I hope. Thank you, Chris.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Glad it was helpful and thanks for the great feedback!

[@Superjeanmarc]

Amazing! You’re without doubt one of the best Resolve teacher out there..

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thank you for your kind words 🙏🏻

[@AllThingsFilm1]

This is probably one of the most important, and powerful editing techniques I've ever come across. I'm surprised this hasn't been demonstrated more often. Thank you so much. Subscribing.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thanks for the sub! Glad you thought the video was worthwhile. I aim to do more of these editing technique tutorials in the future.

[@ScottioArnold]

So happy you created this channel! I've originally learned DR from your tutorials on the Black Magic Design page. Now I can continue my training here...AWESOME!!! Thanks Chris!

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thank you! Hopefully these tutorials can go into depth where the Blackmagic tutorials didn’t. Glad to have been a part of your Resolve journey! ☺️

[@CatitoArce]

All right Christ. I do remember you talked about the first part of this tutorial on your Black Magic training. But the detail, and clarity of your explination on this tutorial is outstanding. You are a great teacher. Gracias.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thank you! That’s why I like making these KZbins. It means I can properly explore a feature in much more detail than I can in other ways. 🙏🏻

[@WatchCuriousWillinJapan]

Can you do a video on all the other Edits as well, Fit to Fill, Place on Top etc… and give advice on best practices. That would be fantastic!

[@Chris.Roberts]

Stay tuned... 📺

[@atharvkulkarni.]

Very helpful. I had never used replace tool because I didn't know what to do with it. This will save a lot of time in my edit. Really enjoyed the video. Thank you

[@Chris.Roberts]

Fantastic... Thanks for commenting. Pleased to hear you've been introduced to a new technique 👍🏻

[@danquixote6072]

I'm halfway through this tutorial and just wanted to stop and say how helpful this has already been. Really, clear and concise guidance and a really useful feature, thanks and subscribed.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thanks very much for taking the time to comment and sub. I hope you enjoyed the second half of the video just as much!

[@enricferres517]

I really love your lessons!!! Thank's to share your experience!!!

[@Chris.Roberts]

I’m pleased to hear you enjoy them! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@ARNABOSS]

indeed this is a magical time saver 😮

[@Chris.Roberts]

Abracadabra! 🧙🏼‍♂️🪄 Just trying to be clever with the tools, but pleased to hear you like it so much! Thanks for commenting. 😉

[@VolkanKayan]

Mükemmel Anlatım, Teşekkürler.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment 👍🏻

[@photonfx-studio]

Thank you so much for this creative tutorial..😊

[@Chris.Roberts]

You’re welcome! Thanks for commenting 🙏🏻

[@mrkumaran]

excellent tool, I use this all the time. Learnt this from my AVID days. It's a must have.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Glad you agree. Thanks for commenting 🙏🏻

[@DennisSchmitz]

This is perfect. Thanks. Didn't know Resolve even had these features after years of editing with it.

[@Chris.Roberts]

I learn something new about Resolve all the time! Exciting is it? 😎

[@DellanaMetalArts]

WOW!!! So, so helpful! Thanks so much, Chris!

[@Chris.Roberts]

You are so welcome! Thanks for commenting 🙏🏻

[@HariPsrajagriha]

Thanks Chris ....❤ very helpful teaching 😊

[@Chris.Roberts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@moveablefeasttv]

Thanks for this tutorial. Well done.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thanks for commenting. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@martinclay7557]

Thanks Chris, an underrated tool that replace function.

[@Chris.Roberts]

It certainly is! I use it all the time, so thought is was worth making a video just about that! ☺️

[@Mathiaskindsholm]

Fantastic videoes Chris - keep it up!

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thanks, will do!

[@Hrumpy]

Thank you for everything you are doing!!!

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thanks for watching! 📺

[@jamied6166]

Always my favourite tool, ever since the Avid DS days, I love how you it keeps the grades and Fusion effects

[@Chris.Roberts]

😂

[@EncounterCaneCorso]

Learned a lot from your Blackmagic Training videos. Really like this deeper dive into editing. You make learning Davinci Resolve fun because you’re so knowledgeable. Thanks.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thank you 🙏🏻 Great to hear you like what I'm doing.... Stay tuned! 📺

[@JasonCareyGuitar]

Helpful! Thanks, hombre.

[@Chris.Roberts]

You're very welcome! 🤠

[@teroauranen4953]

Very informative, nice pace (not too slow, not too fast), altogether a no-nonsense video! Plus, two of my favorite things in the same go, flying and video productions! Thank You!

[@Chris.Roberts]

A double win! And thanks for the feedback. 🙏🏻

[@shayrealestatephotography]

This is really eye opening, thanks. It has got me thinking that you could create a really nice video edit (sort of as a template), and then for a new project, just replace with new footage. Layout, story, SFX and transitions already in place.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Absolutely! That’s a perfect use for the Replace function. Nice one!

[@mrt5069]

This was very useful, thx!)

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thanks for letting me know 🙏🏻

[@onmyway1031]

Very informative thanks.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thanks for watching! 📺

[@vivilemu]

Hi Chris, yesterday it was 9.30Pm when the masterclass started and ended @1Am. Enjoyed a lot.waiting for tonight class.Color grading is a hard subject to me cause ia m a beginer.Hope today will get clear concept so that no need to worry.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Great dedication! 🙏🏻

[@The-skillschool]

Great info and well put together new sub 👍

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thank you! Glad to have you onboard. 👍🏻

[@DavideTravelli]

Great tutorial!

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thank you! And thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@WatchCuriousWillinJapan]

Amazing! I finally understand it now. Thank you so much. I have subscribed! You are a great teacher.

[@Chris.Roberts]

That's what I like to hear! Thanks!

[@LuisCruz-yg6rs]

This Is A Super Powers Video!

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thanks for the comment! I hope it's Spider-Man Super Powers 😂

[@Pro.Chinese]

thank you so much for being their for us. really love the way you teach, its outstanding. can you please make a video on export setting for iphone footage? im new to videography and video editing. i just started learning both. it would be really appreciated if you could make a video regarding smart phone footages that how to edit and export them. thank you so much

[@Chris.Roberts]

Noted. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@TheRealBarkinMadd]

Nice demonstration of the replace edit's versatility. I must say (again) that I really enjoy your excellent teaching style and the format of these tutorials. Thanks Chris!!!

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thanks very much for the feedback. Great to hear you're enjoying the videos and finding them useful 🙏🏻

[@jer3006]

Tricky tool and your examples tell me I need to practice this, particularly the sync to the beat example. This is so nicely presented I think I can handle it even at my noobie level. Thank you.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thank you! I think practice makes perfect, nobbie level or not 😉

[@KyashanYosaBuson]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge! I'm a Premiere user and I'm trying DVR. I have a problem: I need to replace a clip on the timeline with another (whether it is longer or shorter), maintaining exactly the duration of the clip on the timeline which therefore must function as a fixed container. I noticed that if I "replace" on a clip between two others (which work a bit like a "wall"), everything is ok but if the clip is on the timeline but without other nearby clips, its length changes based on the new one clip that I choose replace in with "replace". I hope I explained myself! In Premiere what I want to do is possible. K

[@Chris.Roberts]

Hi. The Replace edit in Resolve works the same whether you have one clip or multiple clips in your timeline as it's always performed around the playheads in the source and timeline. You'll have to excuse me as I haven't used Premiere Pro properly in some time, and I'm not 100% sure the issue you're describing, but I think this is the same as Premiere's "Replace with Clip > From Source Monitor, Match Frame" command. As far as I'm aware Resolve doesn't have the equivalent of Premiere's "Alt-Dragging" a new clip to replace an existing clip or the "Replace with Clip > From Source Monitor" which I believe does use the In point set in the source (though this would be nice). To achieve the same result, you'd set your timeline playhead at the first frame of the clip to replace and the source playhead at the frame where you want the new clip to start (no In point required), then click the Replace Clip button. It's a similar function, just a slightly different execution. I'm not sure if this addresses the issue, but I hope it helps a little?

[@KyashanYosaBuson]

@@Chris.Roberts Hello and thank you so much for your time! I'm doing some tests and I noticed that by creating a new timeline (even in the same project with the problematic one - or if I create a new project), everything seems to work as it should. If, however, I go back to the other timeline, the same operations fail and the replacement creates strange effects (for example, the new clip that I replace with the one present on the timeline changes its duration and therefore its extension on the timeline, creating chaos). Is there a way to compare the characteristics of the two timelines in order to find the problem? Or could it be a DVR bug? Anyway, thanks a lot :) I'm using Davinci Resolve 18.6.6 (build 7) in Win10 Pro x64

[@trinhbinh3219]

Thanks for your instruction. Hope you can make a video for instructing effectively timeline management when we have so many clips need to be edited in 1 project. At present, I am a new user and I have a little bit confuse in transitioning between timelines to create separately effects and putting them all in the same output.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Good suggestion. In the meantime have you seen my video on editing with the Cut page? It may be useful… Editing with the Cut Page in DaVinci Resolve kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6LVeYCnZqqjgpI

[@12345maddyful]

Thanks Chris...

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thank you for watching and commenting! 👍🏻

[@nashhall694]

Nice work Chris, very useful information, I mainly use the replace clip tool in multicam wedding ceremony edits where I use up to 8 cameras so the replace tool comes in very handy when going back through & adjusting clips.👍🙏🤗

[@Chris.Roberts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rvwithbob]

Nice Chris. (this comment won't make sense to some, but can't wait till next week. looking forward to your class)

[@Chris.Roberts]

👍🏻

[@pedroarruda7878]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting. 👍🏻

[@jensgeumann7564]

Another great tutorial. It's always interesting who sets what priorities. While it was particularly important to MrAlex Tech that attributes are placed on the new clip (this is where drag and drop replacement within the timeline makes sense, with the control key pressed), it's all about matching here. A small note at 4:01, the scene is not cut to beat, but adapted to a different frame.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Indeed... there are so many different ways to edit of course, it's just choosing the most efficient! I would also add that at 4:01 I use the phrase "aligned to the beat" not "cut to the beat", but your comment is very much appreciated 😉

[@jensgeumann7564]

@@Chris.Roberts LOL You are absolutely right. It's sometimes surprising how big the differences are between what you think you hear and what you actually hear. 😉😉

[@nahuelsrnec]

Great video!! Love you!!

[@Chris.Roberts]

You’re very kind!

[@pmfilmsUK]

Wow... Brilliant

[@Chris.Roberts]

Glad you liked it and thanks for commenting 🙏🏻

[@jemadv1594]

Thanks again Chris for another wonderful tool. I understand there are multiple ways to achieve the same end result. Was hoping you could show tool / menu options vs F11 or F12, etc. For those of us who don't know / remember the keyboard shortcuts. (mouse person vs keyboard) I don't use keyboard for even the most basic because hoving over tool provides confirmation vs keystrokes result in. . .what just happened? undo, undo, 😂 Thank you

[@Chris.Roberts]

You’re right, working with the keyboard doesn’t suit everyone. I’ll try to show more interface clicking. Thanks for the comments.

[@Relativizor]

Chris taught me this kind of edit, but he doesn't know that. I think it was back in the edit material for DR 17 from Blackmagic. I use it a lot these days for refinement of a timeline. I'll recommend this explanation to anyone who wants a more in-depth look at the replace-edit and why it's saving you a lot of time.

[@Chris.Roberts]

This is great to hear! Thanks for taking the time to comment.... and it's good to know you've put the techniques to good use over the years! 😁

[@atefhossam9505]

Hi Chris! Thank for doing these tutorials. They're very helpful! I have one issue with the replace edit tool that I cannot find a solution for ANYWHERE online. Whenever I use the replace edit EXACTLY as you've showed it, the clip in my source viewer will overwrite the entire timeline rather than the selected clip. I've tried adding one in point, tried adding an in and out point, made sure the video track was highlighted, all in vain. Your help would immensely appreciated as I cannot figure this out. Thank you.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Hey! Have you tried *not* adding in or out points in the timeline? By default the Replace edit will use the duration of the clip under the playhead on the targeted track(s). When you add in and out points you're specifying the portion you want replacing... Just a thought and maybe worth a try?

[@atefhossam9505]

@@Chris.Roberts IT WORKED! I can't believe it!! It's been a thorn in my side for soo long. Thank you so much Chris!! I truly appreciate it.

[@Chris.Roberts]

@atefhossam9505 Fantastic!

[@ozzythemighty2767]

oh wow.. subscribed

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thanks for subbing! Much appreciated. 🙏🏻

[@twopage]

howdy, sadly I am unable to apply the replace function techniques on still images ( would be useful for retention of sizing, timing, animation, fx etc) , please advise

[@Chris.Roberts]

Do you mean using still images created using the speed change? If so, once the still is created in the timeline, drag it to the Media Pool to add it. You'll then be able to open it in the source and use Replace. HTH.

[@lensalucia]

The more I watch your videos the more I realize I know nothing about DR 😮 thank you Chris.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Trust me…. The more I train people and make these videos, the more I learn about Resolve! We’re in it together 🤪

[@lensalucia]

@@Chris.Roberts🤣 let’s learn together then ✌️

[@vivilemu]

Nice Chris.This tool is for beginers or for professionals one who mastered ?

[@Chris.Roberts]

It's for anyone who wants to replace a clip in the timeline in an efficient manner 😁

[@vivilemu]

Thanx for clarification.

[@TheBubbaRayShow]

Ya just made my life *A LOT EASIER!* 🍺

[@Chris.Roberts]

Excellent! That’s the idea 😉 🍻

[@EdwardKilner]

I suspect the Replace function is one of the more difficult for a relative newbie, that would be me. Yes, still me. Nearing 78, my learning speed is not what it once was. I recognized the airplane clips as coming from official training materials, but found what you were trying to do was not clear. Also, your explanation was unclear, raising a lot of questions. To be fair, I did find myself asking “should I know that already?”. Probably yes, but I didn’t know about positioning the cursor in the two viewers. Now that I think of it, did you ever say you were in the cut page or edit page and does it matter? Sometimes you would say to press F11 or something, but never say why. This is an instant trigger for me to get distracted about “yet another KZbinr who doesn’t realize or care that I don’t know or have forgotten what that key does”. By that time, you have moved on and I likely missed something. The later part of your video was somewhat better, but complex for someone who has never used time codes. “Can you actually do that, replace timecodes?”. Another distraction. Tell them what you’re going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them. Old advice, stolen by me. I’d add: Don’t forget to tell them why!”. I suspect I will watch this video again, but I still don’t have confidence I will recognize a situation where I should use it. I suspect this was just too advanced for me and I should have passed on it.

[@Chris.Roberts]

Thanks for this comment. I'm sorry to hear you didn't find this video useful. To be honest, it might be worthwhile to rewatch the video again and see if any parts of it *might* be relevant for you... One of the things I like about online tutorial videos is the ability to rewatch sections I'm not too clear on the first time I watch. I also take a good deal of time creating detailed subtitles (English only at the moment), so you may find it beneficial to watch with the subs on if you're not already, I find it helps to clarify what's being said - especially as I have a rather specific British accent! 😁 In my videos, and training in general, I do try and explain things for a variety of audiences. I usually start with a simple explanation of why you *may* need to use something and build to more complex examples, often only relevant to people with specific experience and needs. Of course, not every step is applicable to everyone and I appreciate you may question why you may need to know something - such as why timecode are important. If that's the case, and you don't see a reason to use the feature, then arguably the subject is not relevant to you and that's perfectly valid. Regarding the F11 comment, this is just the keyboard shortcut for Replace that you can use instead of clicking a button. I usually provide a list of keyboard shortcuts used in the description below the video, though you might not be aware of that, unless you read the description of course. Ultimately, not every video will please everyone all of the time, though I appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment. Thanks for the feedback.

[@EdwardKilner]

@@Chris.Roberts Thanks for the detailed reply. I liked the white space and structure. I will investigate Replace further, and will rewatch the video afterwards. I envy those of your viewers who can watch it once, say “got it” and then start using it. Right now, that’s not me. Very linear me. I presume the clip that is replaced is still in the source bin and there is not a position swapping of clips. You might have said that, don’t remember. As I said, I think I’m not where I need to be to use this function. Likely would not have enough clips to face making a choice. What I think I did gain was an appreciation that Resolve is powerful and replacing a clip might entail editing sound as well, with some tricky bits included. So, hopefully I did get more out of it than either of us originally thought. At the very least, I’m appreciating more the talents of professional editors. Always a treat to see good work procedures.

[@vivilemu]

By the end of your master class I will become master. Hahaha

[@Chris.Roberts]

😁

[@vahidamini1863]

✌...

[@Chris.Roberts]

🙏🏻

[@wilfried.goedert]

It makes no sense Chris to sensor comments here. By the way I was doing yours last Davinci Course a simultan translation for those that do not speak and understand any English. The discussion arround this appears heavy inside Facebook now. Because it was not possible to repeat just the multicam edit and give space for a training I just ask, who is this workshop made for? For the trainers or the beginners. Blackmagic brings with each version new features and so there is no space anymore to run the full program the same time. By the way it happens that the Zoom connection was lost for 2 Minutes because Zoom did an unsecured routing of the stream. I did stop it after the multicam edit part. This was just by Daniela mentioned. The old very good concept of the trainings is outdated. As well that users in general do not accept the Blackmagic cloud.

[@Chris.Roberts]

If you have comments regarding the training from Blackmagic Design you should email [e-mail] For comments and issues regarding Blackmagic Cloud, I suggest you contact Blackmagic Support directly www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/ For technical issues surrounding Zoom, you should contact Zoom support. Thanks.

[@im_gldn]

i had no idea the replace tool was so useful.Thank you. Sub sub sub.!!

[@Chris.Roberts]

Wonderful! Thank you! 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻