A Deceptively POWERFUL Button YOU MUST KNOW - DaVinci Resolve Auto Select

I have seen so many experienced editors ignore  these controls in the timeline track header area   and continue to waste so much time with slow  manual mouse clicks so therefore today i'm going   to show you how to tame your davinci resolve  timeline with this tiny but essential switch   called auto select it does more than you think  so let's dive into what it is and how to use it   most people think of this auto select control  as the copy and paste selection button because   it does do that if you option click it alt on  a pc it'll paste any clips in your clipboard   onto that specific track this tip alone is  helpful but what is auto track selector the   auto select button tells resolve hey pay  attention to me if it's on or bright or   don't pay attention to me if it's turned off and  dimmed out but the reason this is so powerful is   that it gives you a way to isolate your focus to  a specific audio or video track without touching   a mouse and it can all be keyboard driven  with the f1 to f10 function keys so if you   ever edit a timeline with stacked clips on top  of each other this is something worth mastering   cut and insert paste with in and out marks is  a great way to move an entire section of your   timeline without manually selecting a bunch of  little clips first pay attention to the auto   track selector button i want to ignore the music  track and leave it in place so i turn off the a4   auto select mark the in and out points with i and  o on your keyboard that you want to move you'll   see that a4 is dark so it's only the highlighted  area that we're going to cut out to the clipboard   ripple cut with command shift x now move the  playhead with either jkl to navigate to the new   location for that section or bonus tip time middle  mouse click to pan around in the timeline this is   great for super long timelines and insert paste  command shift v auto select pays attention to   the lowest track with auto select turned on so  another quick in and out marking tip is to use   it to determine the duration of a title graphic  just make sure the lowest track with auto select   turned on is the title track layer mark the clip  with x to automatically put in and out points on   that clip and you can see the title duration up  in the viewer now the one big exception to this   auto select behavior is if you manually selected  and highlighted a clip if you made any selected   clip the manual selection gets priority over the  little auto track selector in the track header   the last example show that you could  ignore a track to cut and paste   but what if we want to ignore a music  track to edit to the beat so we don't   chop up the music if sparingly used cutting to  the beat can pull an audience back in and auto   select is perfect for that just disable the auto  track selector in the audio track with the music   cut with command b or even better  ripple trim clips to the play head with   shift left or shift right brackets and the music  doesn't get cut at all but you can still change   the music volume level and work on it because  it's not using the lock track button in fact   i rarely ever use the lock track button because  auto select does what lock does and so much more   auto select helps you select individual  clips that are stacked up high without   touching a mouse disable auto select  on tracks below what you want to select   hit shift v on the keyboard while the playhead is  over the top of a clip now you can manipulate the   selected clip however you need to you could use  the period or comma keys to nudge it left or right   a little and speaking of nudging i want to nudge  you to hit subscribe right now to my small channel   called creative video tips i'm chadwick and i'm  thrilled that you've taken the time to watch this   channel is here to help you craft stories that  make a difference in stand out i especially love   digging into davinci resolve so maybe also hit the  bell so you don't miss out on next week's tip but   we still have two more of my favorite use cases  for auto select so let's take a look at those now   the two main reasons i select edit points  are either to trim them make a clip longer   or shorter or to add a transition auto select is  significant here because i can blaze through an   entire timeline one track at a time and again the  lowest track that has auto select turned on gets   the selection hit v on the keyboard to select  an edit point and it gets the green highlight   use the up and down arrows to move through the  timeline adding transitions with command t or even   do a quick trim with command j or command l quick  trimming is even faster than dynamic trimming   just rest your left thumb on the command key while  rolling the edit with jkl i love this software my   word of caution when you trim and you have auto  select disabled is you've essentially disabled   the sync relationship to the rest of the timeline  tracks in avid or premiere this is like turning   off sync locks basically taking training wheels  off on your timeline and like the amazing editing   spider-man said auto select gives you great power  but also great responsibility to maintain sync so   i'll turn auto select switches back on to  maintain sync relationships after i'm done   doing what i'm doing option f9 and option command  f9 are great shortcuts to toggle them all back on   the two main reasons i use match frame are either  to find more footage from the same video or audio   file like an alternate take maybe or if you need  to pull original audio back down into the timeline   sometimes offline editors they work with  a stereo mix track from set instead of the   isolated microphones just for ease of use but  before the video gets professionally mixed you   want the individual microphones pulled back onto  the timeline match frame obeys the lowest turned   on auto select track and we'll call up the  exact timeline frame the playhead is parked on   up in the source monitor with the source clip  that it came from it matches the timeline   to the source you can then overwrite edit only the  audio back down to the timeline and work with all   the isolated tracks for mixing when you do a three  point override edit though the big thing to note   and pay attention to now is the destination  control instead of the auto select control   essentially if clips have come from the  source monitor the monitor on the left side   use the orange highlighted destination  controls otherwise auto select is your friend   and here's the complete list of operations that  auto select affects cut copy delete with marked   in and out ranges paste paste insert deleting  gaps finding gaps mark clip with in and out   selecting edit points selecting clips  selection follows playhead match frame   ripple trimming insert and ripple overwrite edit  so you can see there's so much more to auto select   than i can even cover in a single tutorial but do  me a favor and let me know in the comments how you   like to use it and if you're curious about other  helpful davinci resolve tips click this playlist   that's right here and because there's so much  more to learn i'll see you in the next video

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Length: 6min 46sec (406 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 30 2021