Snapping is a helpful feature to keep your clips held tightly against each other, but can be
disabled for greater precision when fine tuning edits. Press the 'N' key to quickly turn snapping
on or off.
Mapping Keyboard Shortcuts
If you are familiar with keyboard shortcuts used in other editing software, you can setup DaVinci
Resolve to use the same shortcuts. You also have the ability to create your own custom sets of
keyboard shortcuts to increase speed and optimize your workflow.
To map your own keyboard shortcuts:
1
Open DaVinci Resolve> Preferences and select the 'user' panel at the top, then select
'keyboard mapping' from the settings list.
2
Select the shortcut you want to change from the categories provided, for example
timeline cut and paste shortcuts will be in the 'edit' category.
3
Click on the shortcut once to highlight the setting. Double click on the shortcut to
enable the change.
4
Press your new shortcut keys on the keyboard. If you make a mistake you can easily
undo the change by clicking the 'undo' icon next to the setting.
5
Click 'save' to confirm your new shortcut setting.
Use the 'set to' drop down menu to choose one of the keyboard shortcuts
you may already be familiar with from other editing software
Using DaVinci Resolve
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