Top 25 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS ⌨️ to EDIT FASTER in DaVinci Resolve 19!

Overview

This tutorial-style video rundown covers 25 keyboard shortcuts in DaVinci Resolve 19 to speed up editing by minimizing mouse/menu clicking. The speaker demonstrates shortcuts for navigation, timeline editing, playback controls, trimming, transitions, and workflow utilities such as markers and freeze frames.

Key shortcut categories & features

1) Page / panel navigation (Shift + number keys)

• Shift + 1: Project Manager
• Shift + 2: Media tab
• Shift + 3: Cut tab
• Shift + 4: Edit tab
• Shift + 5: Fusion
• Shift + 6: Color tab
• Shift + 8: Deliver tab
• Shift + 9: Project Settings

The video also mentions Fusion again using Shift-based navigation.

2) Timeline zoom & playhead movement

• Ctrl/Cmd + plus: Zoom in timeline
• Ctrl/Cmd + minus: Zoom out timeline
• Arrow keys: Move playhead frame by frame
• Shift + arrow keys: Move playhead 1 second forward/back
• Comma / Period (with a clip selected): Nudge the selected clip left/right 1 frame
• Keyframe navigation:
  • [ / ]: Jump playhead between keyframes on a clip (auto-jumps to nearest keyframes)

3) Selection & clip toggles

• Ctrl/Cmd + A: Select everything in the timeline
• Option/Alt + Y: Select everything after the playhead
  • Caveat: may also select clips that extend behind the playhead; can deselect with Ctrl/Cmd
• Ctrl/Cmd + Y: Select everything before the playhead
  • Caveat: touching clips may be included; can deselect with Ctrl/Cmd
• D: Disable/enable selected clip(s)
  • Turns off both video and audio

4) Playback controls (J / K / L)

• L: Play forward (repeat presses increase speed)
• K: Stop
• J: Play reverse (repeat presses increase reverse speed)
• Hold K + J/L: Step frame-by-frame forward/back

5) Copy/paste & attribute pasting

• Ctrl/Cmd + C / V: Copy and paste clips
  • Note: track behavior may overwrite track 1 unless you lock/disable auto track selection
• Option/Alt + V: Paste Attributes
  • Opens a dialog to choose which attributes to paste (e.g., zoom/scale/pitch/rotation)
  • Useful for replicating Inspector changes across clips

6) Ripple delete, trimming, and non-ripple deletes

• Ripple delete with cut (custom/remapped):
  • Q: Cut + ripple delete to the left/start to playhead side
  • W: Cut + ripple delete to the right
  • These correspond to Trim → Ripple start-to-playhead / end-to-playhead style actions.
• Razor tool remap:
  • Default B remapped to S for quick cuts
• Non-ripple trim/delete (brackets):
  • Shift + [ (left bracket) while a clip is selected: Trim/delete left side (no ripple)
  • Shift + ] (right bracket) while a clip is selected: Trim/delete right side (no ripple)
• Delete behavior differences:
  • Backspace: Delete clip without moving other clips (leaves a gap)
  • Delete (separate key): Delete clip with ripple delete (closes gap)
  • Mentions a PC/Mac keyboard nuance: if there’s only one delete key, a function key may be needed.

7) Audio scrubbing toggle

• Shift + S: Toggle audio scrubbing on/off
  • Warning: it’s easy to hit by mistake, then assume audio isn’t working while scrubbing.

8) Transitions (Cmd/Ctrl + T)

• When the playhead is between clips:
  • Ctrl/Cmd + T adds a transition at that join
• Applies the default transition:
  • Default is cross-fade unless changed
  • To change: set a transition as “standard/default” via right-click
• Bulk transitions:
  • Select multiple clip joins and use Ctrl/Cmd + T to apply transitions in bulk
  • If transitions require trimming, Resolve may ask permission to trim ends

9) In/out points, looping, and clearing them

• I: Set in point
• O: Set out point
• Loop playback:
  • Loop the section between in/out
• Option/Alt + X: Remove in/out points (timeline and viewers)

10) Moving clips between tracks

• Option (Mac) / Alt (PC) + Up/Down arrows: Move selected clip(s) up/down tracks
  • Works with multiple staggered clips while keeping the stagger.

11) Fullscreen viewers

• P: Toggle fullscreen “Cinema Viewer” / return

12) Retime controls

• Ctrl/Cmd + R: Open/close Retime controls for a selected clip
  • Used for speed ramps (speed up/slow down)

13) Markers

• M:
  • If nothing is selected: add marker to the timeline
  • If a clip is selected: add marker to the clip
• M twice:
  • Opens marker editing window to rename/notes/color, etc.
  • Mentioned uses: YouTube chapters and reminders

14) Freeze frame

• Shift + R: Create a freeze frame at the playhead (clip becomes static)

15) Zoom out entire timeline

• Shift + Z: Zoom out so the entire timeline is visible

Product / review mentions

• The speaker recommends a keyboard product with DaVinci Resolve shortcut mappings.
  • Earlier mention: Logitech (for some shortcut support)
  • Later explicit mention: a DaVinci Resolve keyboard by Elgato using Resolve shortcut keys
• The pitch: these keyboards help learning by displaying modifier combinations (Shift/Ctrl/Cmd/Option/Alt, etc.) directly on key labels.

Main speakers / sources

• Primary speaker: a single tutorial creator/host demonstrating the shortcuts in DaVinci Resolve 19 (no additional named sources).