Editing Your Clips - Blackmagicdesign Blackmagic URSA Installation And Operation Manual

Using DaVinci Resolve
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To start editing your clips, you'll need to create a new timeline.
The timeline is the stage upon which all your editing will
take place.
The 'edit' page. You can trim your clips, change their order,
move them around and add transitions between them using
the timeline editor.
If your clip folder doesn't appear in the library, you'll need to add it. This is easily done
by clicking on preferences in the DaVinci Resolve title bar and clicking on the 'plus' icon
in the 'media storage' tab, browse to and select a drive or folder path, click 'save', restart
DaVinci Resolve and reopen 'untitled project' to refresh the 'media storage' settings.
Step 3. In the 'media storage' browser, click on your newly added clip folder. Now simply drag your
clips from your storage folder and drop them into the media pool. If the untitled project
settings are different to your clip settings, you'll be prompted to either change the project
settings to match your clips, or leave the settings as they are. To get started quickly, click
'change'. Now your project settings match your clips.

Editing your Clips

With your clips in the media pool, click on the 'edit' tab to open the edit page.
Now you can start building your edit!
Step 1. You'll first need to create a new timeline. Right click anywhere within the media pool and
choose Timelines > Create New Timeline. When the dialog box appears, click the 'create
new timeline' button.
Step 2. Click on the 'media pool' button above the timelines window. Now double click on a clip
to open the clip in the source viewer. Use the mouse pointer to scrub the play head in the
source viewer left and right until you find the start frame you want for the clip. Mark the
in point with the 'I' shortcut. Do the same for the end frame using the 'O' shortcut.
Step 3. Go to the timeline and position the timeline play head where you want your clip to
be inserted.
Step 4. To insert the clip onto the timeline, click inside the source viewer then drag the mouse
pointer across to the timeline viewer. A list of edit options will appear. Select the type of
edit you want.
Your clip will be placed onto the timeline using the edit type you selected. You'll find a description
of each edit type and how to use them in the DaVinci Resolve manual.
A faster way to add clips to your edit is by dragging them from the media pool and dropping them
directly onto the timeline where you can adjust your in and out points, position your clips, try different
plug in effects, titles, and more. This particular workflow is like using the timeline as an artist's palette.