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Essential davinci resolve shortcuts

Updated: Aug 28

I made a quick overview of the most essential davinci resolve shortcuts. It is part of my series of productivity enhancement keyboard shortcuts for creative software. They work on both windows, mac and linux.   

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General Shortcuts

  • Save Project: Ctrl + S (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + S (Mac)

  • Undo: Ctrl + Z (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + Z (Mac)

  • Redo: Ctrl + Shift + Z (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + Shift + Z (Mac)

  • Cut: Ctrl + X (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + X (Mac)

  • Copy: Ctrl + C (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + C (Mac)

  • Paste: Ctrl + V (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + V (Mac)

  • Full Screen: Ctrl + F (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + F (Mac)

  • Switch to Edit Page: Shift + 4

  • Switch to Color Page: Shift + 6


Editing Shortcuts

  • Blade Tool: B

  • Select Tool: A

  • Ripple Delete: Shift + Backspace (Windows/Linux) or Shift + Delete (Mac)

  • Trim Start to Playhead: Ctrl + [

  • Trim End to Playhead: Ctrl + ]

  • Insert Clip: F9

  • Overwrite Clip: F10

  • Replace Clip: F11

  • Insert Gap: Ctrl + Shift + X (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + Shift + X (Mac)

  • Link/Unlink Clips: Ctrl + Shift + L (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + Shift + L (Mac)

  • Enable/Disable Clip: D

  • Add Transition: Ctrl + T (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + T (Mac)


Playback Shortcuts

  • Play/Pause: Spacebar

  • Stop: K

  • Play Forward: L

  • Play Backward: J

  • Next Frame: Right Arrow

  • Previous Frame: Left Arrow

  • Jump to Start: Home

  • Jump to End: End


Color Grading Shortcuts

  • Reset Node Grade: Ctrl + Home (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + Home (Mac)

  • Add Serial Node: Alt + S (Windows/Linux) or Option + S (Mac)

  • Add Parallel Node: Alt + P (Windows/Linux) or Option + P (Mac)

  • Add Layer Node: Alt + L (Windows/Linux) or Option + L (Mac)

  • Bypass All Grades: Ctrl + D (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + D (Mac)

  • Toggle Viewer LUT: Shift + D

  • Toggle Split Screen: Ctrl + W (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + W (Mac)

  • Apply Grade from Previous Clip: Alt + = (Windows/Linux) or Option + = (Mac)


Timeline Navigation Shortcuts

  • Zoom In: = (Equals key)

  • Zoom Out: - (Minus key)

  • Toggle Timeline View Options: Shift + Z

  • Go to Next Edit Point: Down Arrow

  • Go to Previous Edit Point: Up Arrow

  • Move Playhead to Next Keyframe: Shift + Right Arrow

  • Move Playhead to Previous Keyframe: Shift + Left Arrow


Fairlight (Audio Editing) Shortcuts

  • Open Mixer: Ctrl + Shift + M (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + Shift + M (Mac)

  • Add Audio Track: Alt + A (Windows/Linux) or Option + A (Mac)

  • Mute Track: Shift + M

  • Solo Track: Shift + S

  • Arm for Record: Shift + R

  • Normalize Audio Levels: Ctrl + Alt + N (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + Option + N (Mac)


Fusion (VFX) Shortcuts

  • Show/Hide Node Editor: Shift + Space

  • Merge Node: Ctrl + M (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + M (Mac)

  • Transform Node: Ctrl + T (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + T (Mac)

  • Add Background Node: Ctrl + B (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + B (Mac)

  • Show/Hide Inspector: Ctrl + 1 (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + 1 (Mac)

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