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DaVinci Resolve Cheatsheet
A comprehensive cheat sheet for DaVinci Resolve, covering editing, color grading, visual effects (Fusion), audio post-production (Fairlight), and essential keyboard shortcuts to enhance your workflow.
Editing Basics
Importing & Organizing Media
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Import Media:
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Organizing Media:
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Media Pool Basics:
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Timeline Navigation & Editing
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Mark In / Mark Out points for clip selection. |
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Mark Clip - Select the entire clip under the playhead. |
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Blade Tool - Cut clips in the timeline. |
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Selection Tool - Default tool for selecting and moving clips. |
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Remove selected clip(s) from the timeline. |
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Undo the last action. |
Basic Editing Functions
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Insert Edit: Place clip at playhead position, shifting existing clips to the right. |
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Overwrite Edit: Replace clips in the timeline with the new clip. |
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Ripple Delete: Remove a clip and close the gap by shifting subsequent clips. |
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Slip and Slide: Adjust in and out points of the clips. |
Color Grading Essentials
Color Wheels & Primary Adjustments
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Lift: |
Adjusts the black levels and shadow tones. |
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Gamma: |
Adjusts the midtones. |
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Gain: |
Adjusts the highlights and white levels. |
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Offset: |
Globally adjusts the overall brightness and color balance. |
Secondary Color Correction
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Qualifiers: Select specific color ranges to isolate for grading. Use the eyedropper tool to pick colors directly from the image. |
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Curves: Precisely adjust hue vs. hue, hue vs. sat, lum vs. sat, etc. Use curves to fine-tune color relationships. |
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Power Windows: Create shapes to isolate areas of the image. Feather edges for smooth transitions. |
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Track Windows: Track the movement of Power Windows to follow subjects or objects within the frame. |
Scopes & Analysis Tools
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Waveform: |
Displays the luminance (brightness) levels in your video. |
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Parade: |
Shows the red, green, and blue color channels separately, useful for identifying color casts. |
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Vectorscope: |
Displays the color information, showing hue and saturation. |
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Histogram: |
Displays the distribution of brightness values in the image. |
Fusion VFX
Nodes & Basic Compositing
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MediaIn: Imports media into the Fusion composition. |
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Merge: Combines two or more elements together. |
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Transform: Adjusts the position, scale, rotation, and skew of elements. |
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MediaOut: Outputs the final composition. |
Keying & Masking
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Delta Keyer: |
Removes a specific color (e.g., green screen) from a clip. |
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Ultra Keyer: |
Advanced keying tool for challenging green screen shots. |
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Masks (Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, B-Spline): |
Isolate areas for compositing or effects. |
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Rotoscoping: |
Manually create animated masks to isolate moving objects. |
Tracking
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Tracker Node: Tracks the motion of an object in the scene. Use this to stabilize footage, attach elements to moving objects, or create dynamic masks. |
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Planar Tracker: Tracks flat surfaces, useful for replacing screens or adding elements onto surfaces that change perspective. |
Fairlight Audio
Mixing & Routing
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Patching: |
Connect inputs and outputs to specific tracks. |
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Buses: |
Route multiple tracks to a single bus for grouped processing (e.g., dialogue bus, music bus). |
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Mixer: |
Adjust levels, pan, and add effects to individual tracks and buses. |
EQ & Dynamics
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Equalization (EQ): Adjust the frequency content of audio to shape the sound and remove unwanted frequencies. |
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Compression: Reduce the dynamic range of audio, making it sound louder and more consistent. |
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Noise Reduction: Remove unwanted noise from audio recordings (e.g., hum, hiss). |
Recording & Automation
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Record Audio: |
Record voice-overs or sound effects directly into Resolve. |
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Automation: |
Record changes to audio parameters (volume, pan, effects) over time. |