Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 145)

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To add clips to the Timeline by drag and drop:
Drag a clip from the Media Pool to a location in the Timeline.
To insert-edit one or more clips into the timeline:
1. Move the playhead to the frame of the Timeline where you want to insert a clip.
2. If necessary, create a new track if you want to superimpose the new clip.
3. Click the track number control of the track you want to insert the clip onto.
4. Select one or more clips in the Media Pool, right-click one of the selected clips, and
choose “Insert Selected Clips to Session”
The selected clips in the Media Pool are insert edited to the selected track at the position
of the playhead, pushing all other media in that track back by the total duration of the
selected clips.
To append one or more clips to the end of a track:
1. Move the playhead to the frame of the Timeline where you want to insert a clip.
2. If necessary, create a new track if you want to superimpose the new clip.
3. Click the track number control of the track you want to insert the clip onto.
4. Select one or more clips in the Media Pool, right-click one of the selected clips, and
choose “Append Selected Clips to Session.”
The selected clips are added to the selected track after the last clip on that track.
Simple editing techniques in the Timeline:
To move clips in the Timeline:
Click the”Normal Edit Mode” tool (the arrow), and then drag any
clip in the timeline to any other position. If you drag a clip to overlap
another clip, the overlap range becomes a dissolve transition.
To shorten or lengthen clips:
Move the Arrow pointer over the beginning or end of a clip, and
when it turns into the resize cursor, drag the in or out point to the
left or right to change the clip’s length.
To split clips:
Drag the playhead to the frame where you want to split a clip, and
click the Split Clips button (the razor blade).