How To Cut, Split And Separate Video Clips In DaVinci Resolve 18

Splitting, joining and trimming video is made easy in Davinci Resolve 18. Cutting video clips is an essential skill. It allows you to separate your video into smaller parts. In this tutorial we will split, join and trim video clips.

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Why would you want to cut the video into smaller parts?

The #1 reason is probably inserting another clip into the part where your main video was split.

It could be moving or rearranging smaller parts of a video.

Another reason might be removing part of a clip from the main video.

Trimming the video's starting and ending points, to make video shorter from either end.

Or from purely technical standpoint, organizing your video project by moving parts of main video to different tracks. This can be especially useful for creating transitions, or marking places where transitions will appear on the video (simply by glancing at the video, and quickly locating video clips positioned on lower or higher tracks.)

Chopping up your video into a series of smaller clips can be used to mark transition parts in your video project, by placing each individual split clip onto another track.

Splitting clips is sometimes used to trim the beginning part or remove few seconds from the ending of your video. Some operations require you to merge clips back together: for example, when you want to remove a small part from a whole video clip.

Keyboard Shortcuts ("Hot Keys") For Trimming Video Clips In DaVinci Resolve:

1. Ctrl + B Split video clip at playhead (blade mode)
2. Ctrl + \ Split video clip at playhead (hot key)
3. Alt + \ Join video clips at playhead
4. Shift + [ Trim everything to the left
5. Shift + ] Trim everything to the right

So you're new to DaVinci Resolve and you're looking for a basics tutorial.

Here's (almost) everything you need to get you started with splitting video clips in Resolve.

Keyboard shortcuts to Split, Join and Trim video clip in DaVinci Resolve 18

Splitting a video clip is one of the first skills you need to learn in DaVinci.

You may find joining and trimming videos also useful, see examples below.

To Split Video Clip in DaVinci Resolve 18:

1. Scroll your playhead to the place on your video clip you want to split
2. Click on Scissors "Split Clips" button (in the middle of editor UI to the left.)
3. Alternatively, press Ctrl + B, or Ctrl + \ (backslash)

To Join Video Clip:

1. Important: position playhead close to split area between the two clips you want to merge
2. Press Alt + \ keyboard shortcut / hot key
3. Alternatively, go to Timeline menu on top, and click on Join Clips option.

To Trim Clip Left (delete everything to the left of playhead)

1. Position playhead on your video clip to a starting point you want to trimming left from
2. Press Shift + [ keyboard shortcut to delete everything to the left of the playhead of the clip.
3. Alternatively, go to Trim menu on top, and click on Trim Left option.

To Trim Clip Right (delete everything to the right of playhead)

1. Position playhead on your video clip to a starting point you want to trimming right from
2. Press Shift + ] keyboard shortcut to delete everything to the right of the playhead of the clip.
3. Alternatively, go to Trim menu on top, and click on Trim Right option.

This should get you started in your film editing career :)

How cutting videos is used for video editing?

Splitting a clip in DaVinci Resolve video editing software allows you to divide a single clip into two separate clips at a specific point in the timeline.

This can be useful for a variety of reasons:

1. Removing unwanted content: If you have a long clip and you want to remove a portion of it, you can split the clip at the point where you want to remove content and then delete the unwanted portion.
2. Adding transitions: If you want to add a transition between two clips, you can split the first clip at the point where you want the transition to occur and then add the transition between the two resulting clips.
3. Modifying the order of clips: If you want to rearrange the order of your clips, you can split a clip at the point where you want to insert another clip, and then move the resulting clips around in the timeline.
4. Creating separate audio and video tracks: Some video editing software allows you to split a clip into separate audio and video tracks, which can be useful for making more precise edits to the audio or video independently.

Overall, splitting clips is a useful tool that can help you more effectively edit and arrange your video content.

How to use video splitting for managing your DaVinci Resolve projects?

Organizing my DaVinci Resolve video project cannot be done without chunking up my main video into smaller parts. It's such an essential video editing skill that it's impossible to create meaningful video content without splitting some clips.

Rearranging short video clips is one reason you may want to cut your main video clip up into smaller chunks. This might be an incredibly useful strategy for experimenting with specific type of content that has innate dynamic structure: for example, video ads.

Whether you use keyboard shortcuts to split the video, or the mouse (razor tool), the goal is always the same: to organize your project. If you are editing a full length film, of course the primary purpose would be editing, which as some argue, the movie is made in the editing room.

There are many great video editing tools out there, including Premiere Pro, which I love for its simplicity. But DaVinci Resolve is a pure joy to work with. There is little not to love about this tool. So have fun editing, and I hope this tutorial on how to split video clips in resolve has helped you make progress on your journey, at least a bit.

1. 00:00 How To Split Video Clip
2. 00:13 Keyboard Shortcut Windows and Mac
3. 00:24 Move Clip To Another Track
4. 00:38 How To Use Split Clip Scissors Button
5. 01:09 Ripple Trim To Right of Clip
6. 01:24 Ripple Trim To Left of Clip
7. 01:35 How To Merge or Join Two Video Clips (Alt +\ )

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