DaVinci Resolve Shortcuts | Keyframes

The Keyframe Timeline

 

DaVinci Resolve 14 is your editor/coloring application of choice. What is the most efficient way of laying down keyframes?

You could use your cursor to find the correct frame within the keyframe timeline and right click, but that's straining on the hand. Instead, Command + [ for a dynamic keyframe or Command + ] for a static one.

Cmd + [   add dynamic keyframe

Cmd + ] add static keyframe

Not only does using keyboard shortcuts save you time but also makes your workflow more intuitive and creative. I dreaded keyframe work until I started using these commands, proceeding frame by frame using the left and right arrow keys.

After the keyframes are placed you can move between them using [ and ] without holding command. This feature really comes in handy when you want to compare the before and after result of a dynamic keyframe fade for example.

[   previous keyframe

]   next keyframe

Blender 2.79 Benchmark

MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017)

macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 Beta (17B35a)

CPU Intel i7-7820HQ 2.9GHz: 141 seconds (10 slower than website benchmark)

GPU AMD Radeon Pro 560: 333 seconds (1 second faster than website benchmark)

Benchmarks

DaVinci Resolve Studio 14.0.1 brings HEVC Export!

After waiting through multiple beta's and the stable release, Resolve 14.0.1 at last provides support for not just HEVC ingest but also 8 and 10-bit export. For those that need to keep tightly to a Ultra HD Premium workflow, this new inclusion is a warm welcome. To recap the Ultra HD™ badge:

High Dynamic Range (HDR)

To bear the Ultra HD Premium™ logo, brightness and black level performance must range from either a minimum of 0.05-1,000 nits or 0.0005-540 nits

Wide Color Spectrum

To bear the Ultra HD™ Premium logo, single input must use BT2020 color representation with display reproduction of more than 90% of P3 colors.

4K Ultra HD Resolution

To bear the Ultra HD™ Premium logo, device manufacturers must meet a minimum display resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels.

Color Bit Depth

To bear the Ultra HD™ Premium logo, a minimum 10-bit color depth must be supported.

Immersive Audio

For the best UHD experience, next-generation Immersive Audio is recommended.

SanDisk ULTRA DUAL DRIVE USB TYPE-C

Blackmagic Disk Speed Test results

Average Write: 40MB/s

Average Read: 143MB/s

Note - the thumb drive got almost untouchably hot while directly connected via USB-C but only warm while using the Apple USB-A to USB-C adapter. Speeds remained on average the same whether using the Apple adapter or not.

Test speed is an average of 10 results using running Blackmagic Disk Speed Test 3.1 and macOS 10.13 Beta 2 (17A291j) on a 2017 MacBookPro14,3