How To Flip Video In DaVinci Resolve

Flip a video clip in Davinci Resolve by navigating to transforms under the Inspector tab. Flipping video vertically or horizontally is a common task when editing short clips. Take a look at how to flip video using Davinci Resolve toolset in this tutorial.

Here's a video explaining how to flip clips in DaVinci Resolve:

It appears that DaVinci Resolve does not have a keyboard shortcut for Flip Video effect.

However you can access it by going to Inspector tab, and under Transforms locate two buttons (at the bottom, under all other tools.)

You can use these buttons to flip your video on its vertical (mirror) or horizontal axis (flip video upside down). Just make sure to select the video clip you want to flip.

So here's an overview of how to flip clip in DaVinci Resolve:

To flip a video around its vertical axis (mirror it) follow these steps:

1. Drag video onto the timeline.
2. Click on video to select it.
3. Go to Inspector tab.
4. Under Transforms locate flip video vertically button.
5. Click Flip Vertically button.

To flip a video around its horizontal axis [turn it upside down] follow these steps:

1. Drag video onto the timeline.
2. Click on video to select it.
3. Go to Inspector tab.
4. Under Transforms locate flip video horizontally button.
5. Click Flip Vertically button.

How to use Pitch and Yaw transforms to flip your video in 3D space

You can also flip your video in 3D space by using Pitch and Yaw slider controllers under Transforms tab:

DaVinci Resolve applies video transforms only to the currently selected video clip or clips.

So if you want to flip only a small part of your video, first use Razor Tool B and cut out a segment. Click on the clip and apply the transforms.