Insider Tips: How to Use Resolve's Hidden Edit Overlay

Every week, Frame.io Insider asks one among our knowledgeable contributors to share a tip, instrument, or method that they couldn’t dwell with out. Laurence Grayson shares how you can coax Resolve’s Edit Overlay out of its nook.

I’m extra at dwelling in Premiere Pro, so it’s not shocking that I didn’t find out about DaVinci Resolve’s Edit Overlay characteristic. But I’ve requested round and it seems that I’m not the one individual to overlook it. So right here’s what the Edit Overlay is, and the way you go about utilizing it.

The DaVinci Resolve Edit Overlay

You’ll already know that main modifying instruments like Overwrite, Replace, or Insert have buttons within the Edit workspace. They even have their very own shortcut keys (like F9 for Insert, F10 for Overwrite, and F11 for Replace).

Some of the instruments within the Edit Overlay have their very own buttons within the Resolve UI.

But you may not know that that these modifying instruments will also be accessed with a easy drag and drop operation.

How to make use of the Resolve Edit Overlay

Open Resolve’s Edit workspace.
Place the playhead on the level within the timeline you wish to carry out an edit.
Double click on or drag the supply clip within the the Source preview.
Set your In or Out factors by scrubbing the supply clip to the required occasions and hitting I for and O respectively.
Now click on and drag the Source preview over to the Timeline preview and the Edit Overlay will slide in from the suitable.
Release the Source preview on the required operate—Insert, Overwrite, Replace, Fit to Fill, Place on Top, Append at End, or Ripple Overwrite—and your alternative shall be utilized on the playhead location.

Drag your clip from the Source View to the Timeline View and launch on the required edit operate.

You’ll already know that you could scrub your footage within the Media Library. But you may also use the I and O keys to set In and Out factors there, as effectively. I point out this right here as a result of you’ll be able to activate the Edit Overlay with clips you drag from the Media Library, too.

Note that this characteristic is unique to the Edit workspace. The Edit Overlay is not going to seem if you happen to drag clips to the Timeline Preview within the Cut workspace.