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Katie Steckly · YouTube

Save HOURS Editing YouTube Videos in DaVinci Resolve with These Tips

Five workflow hacks — from pre-edit folder structure to automatic pause removal — that compress a four-hour edit into something you can actually finish today.

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Big Idea

The argument in one line.

The hours you lose editing YouTube videos are lost before you open DaVinci Resolve — in the folder structure you did not build before you started filming.

Who This Is For

Read if. Skip if.

READ IF YOU ARE…
  • A new YouTube creator who spends 4-6 hours editing a 10-minute talking-head video and cannot figure out where the time goes.
  • Someone using DaVinci Resolve who reaches into old projects to hunt for a sound effect or overlay they know they have somewhere.
  • A creator who edits with the mouse-click toolbar and has never set up keyboard shortcuts.
  • A video editor who films b-roll for every new video but has never built a library of reusable clips.
SKIP IF…
  • You already run a named folder system and have your keyboard shortcuts memorized.
  • You are looking for colour grading, motion graphics, or advanced post-production workflow — this video does not touch any of that.
  • You edit in Premiere Pro or Final Cut — the keyboard shortcuts demonstrated require importing a custom preset file that only works in DaVinci Resolve.
TL;DR

The full version, fast.

Most YouTube editing time is lost before the timeline opens: creators waste minutes hunting for music, sound effects, or b-roll they have used before. The fix is three interlocking folder systems built before filming — a per-video scene folder, a reusable assets folder, and a keyword-named b-roll library. Once those exist, DaVinci Resolve preserves the structure automatically when folders are dragged into the Master column of the media pool. On that foundation, two keyboard shortcuts (C to cut, V-to-select plus Delete to ripple) replace most toolbar clicking, and the comma key assembles rough cuts from the source panel with no mouse contact. Paid Studio users also get automatic pause removal via built-in audio transcription, though a manual refinement pass is still needed.

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Chapters

Where the time goes.

00:0000:35

01 · Hook — editing is the most time-consuming part

Pain agitation: editing takes forever, especially for retention-optimized content. Promise of 5 beginner hacks.

00:3501:14

02 · File organization overview

Relatable scenario: you import footage only to realize you have to hunt for music, sound effects, and old graphics across scattered folders.

01:1402:01

03 · Step 1 — Organize footage by scene

Create subfolders inside the per-video project folder: A-roll, b-roll by scene, thumbnails.

02:0102:27

04 · Step 2 — Build a reusable assets folder

Maintain a persistent assets folder with subfolders for b-roll, animations, brand assets, music, and static graphics.

02:2703:22

05 · Step 3 — Develop a searchable b-roll library

Before archiving per-video folders to external drive, copy reusable b-roll clips into the library and rename them with searchable keywords.

03:2205:16

06 · DaVinci project settings + media pool import

Create project, set timeline to 4K/30fps, then drag folder into the Master column (not the main bin) to preserve subfolder structure as bins.

05:1605:51

07 · Resync Files hack

Right-click in media pool > Resync Files to pull in newly added clips from the same source folder without a full re-import.

05:5109:03

08 · Keyboard shortcuts (Tip 2)

Import custom preset file. C (cut), V (select), Delete (ripple delete). I/O in/out points, comma key to append to timeline.

09:0309:58

09 · Creatorly Media agency pitch

Mid-video plug for the presenter's video editing agency.

09:5811:21

10 · Transcript editing — auto pause removal (Tip 3)

Right-click clip > Audio Transcription > Transcribe. Click X on ellipsis entries to remove pauses. Select all > add to timeline as rough cut.

11:2112:42

11 · Manual tight-cut workflow

Play the timeline in real time, hit C to cut gaps as you watch, V to select, Delete to ripple.

12:4213:20

12 · Audio overlap blend technique

Drag audio to Track 2, nudge to overlap waveforms by a fraction — eliminates dead air between consecutive clips.

13:2014:40

13 · Storyblocks sponsor segment

Sponsored segment for stock footage, animation templates, sound effects, and background music.

14:4016:09

14 · Media pool search (Tip 4)

Click magnifying glass > set dropdown to All Bins > type keyword. Demo: searching mouse, light leaks, yoga, coffee.

16:0917:01

15 · Favourites feature (Tip 5) + outro

Effects panel > hover effect > star icon > added to Favourites folder. CTA to watch DaVinci Resolve free features video next.

Atomic Insights

Lines worth screenshotting.

  • Hunting for old assets during an edit wastes more time than slow cutting — fix the folder system first, not the shortcuts.
  • Dragging a folder into DaVinci's Master column preserves subfolder structure as bins; dragging into the main pool flattens everything into one bin.
  • The Resync Files right-click option in the media pool updates your bins when you add clips to a folder mid-edit — no re-import needed.
  • Two keys replace the entire razor-and-toolbar workflow: C to cut, V to select the section, Delete to ripple-delete and close the gap.
  • Setting in/out points with I and O then pressing comma appends the marked clip to the end of your timeline without touching the mouse.
  • DaVinci's built-in audio transcription marks pauses with ellipses — clicking the X next to each removes it before the transcript sends clips to the timeline.
  • Overlapping audio waveforms by a fraction of a second on a second audio track between consecutive talking-head clips eliminates dead-air gaps without visible jump cuts.
  • A searchable b-roll library only works if clips are renamed with descriptive keywords before archiving to an external drive — the naming step is the whole system.
  • Keyboard shortcuts in DaVinci Resolve are tied to a profile — importing a preset file is required before any tutorial's shortcuts match what is on your keyboard.
  • The media pool search bar defaults to the currently open bin; switching the dropdown to All Bins is required to search across the entire project.
Takeaway

Five habits that compress YouTube editing time.

WHAT TO LEARN

The hours lost editing YouTube videos are mostly lost before the timeline opens — in folder chaos, mouse-driven workflows, and assets that have no searchable home.

  • Pre-edit folder structure is the highest-leverage change: a per-video scene folder, a reusable assets folder, and a keyword-named b-roll library eliminate most mid-edit hunting before it starts.
  • Dragging a folder into DaVinci's Master column (not the main pool area) is the only import method that preserves subfolder structure as bins — the wrong drop zone silently discards all organization.
  • The Resync Files right-click option in the media pool refreshes a bin to match its source folder on disk, adding clips filmed or downloaded after the initial import without any re-import step.
  • Two keys replace the entire razor-and-toolbar workflow: C to cut, V to select the section, Delete to ripple-delete and close the gap — learning this pair alone changes the pace of an edit.
  • Setting in and out points with I and O then pressing comma appends the marked clip to the end of the timeline without touching the mouse — useful for rough-cut assembly on long talking-head footage.
  • DaVinci Resolve Studio's audio transcription marks pauses with ellipses in a text panel; clicking the X on each removes it before the transcript sends remaining clips to the timeline as a rough cut — but a manual tightening pass is still needed.
  • Overlapping audio waveforms by a fraction of a second on a second audio track between consecutive talking-head clips eliminates the dead-air silence that makes jump cuts feel harsh.
  • A b-roll library is only searchable if clips are renamed with descriptive keywords before archiving to an external drive — the naming step is the whole system, and skipping it makes the library useless.
  • Keyboard shortcuts in DaVinci are stored in a profile — importing a .preset file is required before any tutorial's shortcut map applies to your keyboard.
  • The media pool search bar defaults to the currently open bin; switching the dropdown to All Bins is required to search across the entire project.
Glossary

Terms worth knowing.

Media pool
The file browser panel inside DaVinci Resolve where all imported clips and assets live, organized into bins that mirror the folder structure you drag in.
Ripple delete
A timeline delete that removes the selected clip and automatically closes the gap by pulling subsequent clips left, keeping the edit continuous.
A-roll
The primary talking-head footage of the presenter — the main visual and audio track in a YouTube tutorial or vlog.
B-roll
Supplementary footage cut over the A-roll to illustrate what is being described — screen captures, close-ups, lifestyle clips.
In/Out points
Markers set on a clip in the source viewer (I for in, O for out) that define exactly which section of the clip will be added to the timeline.
Resync Files
A DaVinci Resolve right-click option in the media pool that refreshes a bin to match its source folder on disk, adding any new clips without a full re-import.
Audio transcription (DaVinci)
A paid DaVinci Resolve Studio feature that transcribes a clip's speech and lets you select text sections to automatically send the corresponding video to the timeline, with pauses marked for deletion.
Resources

Things they pointed at.

Quotables

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00:36
File organization might sound boring, but it is actually one of the biggest ways that you could save your future self editing time.
Counterintuitive insight that reframes the whole video's premise in one sentence.TikTok hook↗ Tweet quote
09:07
The ultimate hack for editing your videos faster is getting somebody else's help with it.
Self-aware punchline mid-tutorial before the agency pitch.IG reel cold open↗ Tweet quote
12:03
It is almost as if I am editing the video while I am watching it.
Vivid description of the real-time C/V/Delete workflow that makes it feel achievable.newsletter pull-quote↗ Tweet quote
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00:00If you are starting a YouTube channel this year, then chances are one of your biggest struggles is finding the time to edit. Editing is basically the most time consuming part of the YouTube creation process, especially if you're trying to make your videos as engaging as possible by adding in lots of, like, sound effects, b roll, graphics to optimize your videos for viewer retention and the algorithm.
00:21But there are several ways that you can make the video editing process faster and you don't have to be an expert to make them work. So today, want to share five beginner editing hacks that are gonna make you way faster when you're editing in DaVinci Resolve.
00:36Okay. So I know file organization might sound boring, but it's actually one of the biggest ways that you could save your future self editing time. Just tell me in the comments if this is relatable.
00:45You just finished filming a new video, and you're so excited to start editing. So you start a new project, and you import the footage, and then you realize that you need to, like, go download some background music, and oh, yeah. Go find those sound effects that you used in a previous video, and maybe that graphic that you designed about a month ago would be really helpful in this edit too.
01:04So now you have to go searching through all of your old folders to find these various assets, and it just all ends up taking forever. I'm gonna show you a process that helps you avoid all that frustration. First, you're gonna take the clips from that video that you just shot, and you're gonna organize them all into folders based on scene.
01:19For example, let's take a look at this video that I shot for tips on how to film yourself. So inside this folder, which is for the entire video, I have these subfolders. I've got one where all of my a roll lives.
01:31I've got my, like, flow two pro demo shots all in one folder. I shot a specific, like, skincare routine example scene, and I've put all the clips there. This not only helps me find the footage that I need for the section that I'm editing when I'm working on this video, but it will also save me time in the future if later on I'm like, oh, yeah.
01:49It would be really helpful to have a b roll clip of me, like, doing my skincare routine. Well, I can find it. Once you've got down the routine of organizing the footage for your current project, it's also very important that you keep an organized assets folder.
02:02This is what mine looks like. I have subfolders for b roll, animations, brand assets, music that I use, the static graphics I need.
02:09For me, that stuff like my low fi background music that I use in all my videos, mouse click sound effects, or overlays that I use again and again, like this light leaks one or this film green one. I keep them all organized in this assets folder and down in subfolders as well, so they're easy to find.
02:26Thirdly, as you film more b roll of yourself, you're gonna wanna have a b roll library. This is mine. It's quite extensive at this point, and I have it organized into subcategories as well as all of the clips are named in such a way that I'll be able to search keywords to find them.
02:44My general process for gathering these clips looks like this. As I film a new video, I will get specific b roll that I've shot just for that video. So in the short term, that b roll is gonna live in this folder, you know, alongside all of the other clips that I filmed for that specific video.
03:00But eventually, space on my hard drive is gonna fill up, so I'm gonna have to move these specific video folders onto my archive drive. So before that happens, what I like to do is go through and pick out any relevant b roll that I think I'm gonna be able to use again. I will copy it over into that b roll folder and rename it accordingly so it's searchable later on.
03:18Okay. So with all that organization done, it's time to start a new project in DaVinci Resolve. You can just open up Resolve, right click anywhere that's blank, and then click new project.
03:28And then give it a name. Once it's created, I recommend going up to file, and then project settings, and making sure that these settings align with the footage that you're about to import.
03:37So for me, I'm gonna make sure that it's four k, and I'm actually gonna change the timeline frame rate over to 30 frames per second because that's the frame rate that I film all of my footage in. Okay. So back to our files.
03:47First, you're gonna go down to this editing panel. This is how I always like to view DaVinci Resolve. I just find it more intuitive.
03:53On the left here, this is our media pool. This is where all of our clips are gonna live. So to actually import your files, all you're gonna do is open up a finder window, select the folder that you want to import for your latest video here, and click and drag this folder into this column over here, the far left column under the word master.
04:12And you can see it has beautifully preserved all of the folders that we've created. It's turned them into bins, so all of our footage is nicely organized here.
04:21Now it's very important that you make sure to drag the folder into this column over here because you'll see if you don't, if you just drag it into this big media pool area, it will import all of your files into one big bin. So our file organization is now lost, like, all that work that we did to create separate folders. So you can prevent that by just making sure that you drag it into this column over here, And then it's kept all of our folders.
04:49So in addition to that folder that's specific to the video you're working on right now, you're also gonna wanna bring in that assets folder. And, if you drag it into this master column on the far left, it will preserve the file organization and you'll be able to go into all of your different subfolders and find what you need to find for your video.
05:10Okay. So last thing with file organization, this is one of my favorite features in Resolve. Let's just say you've imported all of your footage here and you're starting to edit, but as you go, you end up having to download other clips or maybe you film some more clips and you add them to your folder here, like, your computer.
05:26All you have to do to get the new clips that you've added to that same folder into Resolve is go ahead and right click in the media pool and click resync files. And you'll see that all of the clips that are in your a roll folder are now matching everything in your a roll folder in Resolve without you having to go through and select which clips still need to be imported.
05:46This is especially helpful when you're dealing with lots and lots of footage. Tip number two is to know your keyboard shortcuts. Personally, I have my keyboard shortcuts set up to kind of mimic the Premiere Pro shortcuts since that's where I learned to edit and I edited in Premiere Pro for, like, fifteen years.
06:04So it's just like muscle memory at this point. If you want, you can grab my same exact keyboard shortcuts for free. I've linked, like, the file in the description below.
06:12And if you want to use them, you just need to open up resolve, go to the top left, click on DaVinci resolve here, and then click on keyboard customization. In the top right hand corner of this panel, yours will probably say just DaVinci resolve here. If you click on these three dots, then you can import a preset.
06:29And from here, you can just import the file that you downloaded at the link below. So here are the main keyboard shortcuts that you need to know. And just so you know, these will only work if you've installed my keyboard shortcuts because otherwise, there'll be different ones that come in the DaVinci defaults.
06:43Okay. So the first one is c. If you hit c on your keyboard, that will bring up the cutting or like splicing tool so you can cut sections out of your video.
06:52The next one you're gonna wanna know is v. If you hit v on your keyboard, then that will change over to the selector tool so that you can select the section that you just cut. And then you can hit delete on your keyboard to get rid of that section.
07:06Hot tip, rather than just grabbing your clip and moving it over to line up with the rest of the timeline, which sometimes you might mess up and, you know, not get it exactly. Instead, all you need to do is while you're, you know, in your selector tool, select that section of the timeline and then hit delete to ripple delete the remaining part of your clip to join the part that you just took a section out of.
07:29C and v are for sure my most used keyboard shortcuts and it will save you so much time rather than having to use your mouse to go up and select the little arrow here or the little razor tool all the time. Now, another tip. When you are previewing footage in your source panel here before you've actually added it to the timeline, there's a few keyboard shortcuts that are gonna save you a ton of time.
07:50As you are playing back the clip here, of course, you can press space to play. Once you see the part of the clip you want to include, say, you know, okay, I see I made a mistake there. So now I'm gonna press I on my keyboard to set my in point, and then I'm gonna press the o on my keyboard now to set the out point.
08:09And you can see on this timeline, it's specified this is the section of the clip that I'm going to use. Now, of course, at this point, you could click and drag either the entire clip by clicking on, you know, the image here, and that would bring the audio and the video.
08:24Or you could mouse over and select either just audio or just video, and again, click and drag that onto the timeline. But the quickest way is again with a keyboard shortcut. So let's say you've just hit the out button, you've pressed space to pause the video.
08:37Now you can just hit the comma key on your keyboard, and it automatically adds both video and audio to the end of your sequence here. If there's a way to make the comma key only add the video and not the audio, I would love to know that, but as far as I know, it has to add both together. But this is a very quick way of going through all of your footage and selecting out only the segments that you actually want to use in your video without having to even touch your mouse really.
09:05By the way, I feel like I do need to say the ultimate hack for editing your videos faster is getting somebody else's help with it, which is exactly what my team at Creatorly Media is here for. If you didn't know, I have a small agency, a small team of video editors that edit for YouTubers and video podcasters.
09:23The thing is learning to edit quickly, while of course, it is a great skill to have, it also is quite a learning curve. Applying all of my tips will definitely help, but it still takes lots of time and practice. So for some creators, it just legitimately makes sense to invest in outsourcing so they can free up their time to do other things than learning how to be a faster editor.
09:42If that happens to be you, we'd love to help you out over at Creatorly. I'll leave the link in the description so you can check out all of the details of our services. We currently have a few openings for a few new clients.
09:52So, yeah, reach out if you are into that. But otherwise, for everybody else, let's keep going with the tips. Okay.
09:57Now my third tip for you is a paid feature, but it is so convenient and it saves you so much time. So I had to show you. Basically, you can use the audio transcription from your video to automatically cut out all of your pauses.
10:09Let me show you. Okay. So let's say we wanna take this long talking head clip where I know I took a lot of pauses to look at my script, and I wanna automatically cut them out.
10:19All I need to do is right click on that clip and go down to audio transcription, and then click transcribe. We'll just give that a quick second to do its thing.
10:29Now it's gonna pull up this panel that shows us the transcription that it made. And as you scroll through, you see all these points where there's an ellipsis, and that indicates a point where I paused for several seconds, and it's just kinda blank.
10:42Now what I can do is just click on this little x in front of the dot dot dots icon here, and that will, as you can see, remove all of these pauses. Then all I need to do is click in the text somewhere and then go command a to select it all. Alternatively, if you knew you only wanted to include a certain portion of the transcript in your video, you could actually just, like, select part of it.
11:06But for the sake of this, I'm gonna select my entire clip. Once I've selected everything here, I'm just gonna go ahead and click this little button to add all of the clips to the end of my timeline. So as you can see, Resolve has gone ahead and cut out all of my pauses.
11:19So now what I would do is run through the timeline and just basically make refinements. So you can see actually in this case, there's, like, a whole section here that should have been cut out. So we'll just get rid of that.
11:30While it definitely does cut out pauses, it doesn't make quite as, like, tight of cuts as I would personally do. So the way I edit my videos is I will literally just be playing this back, and I'll be visually identifying spots along the timeline where there's a cut. And I feel like, it's not quite as tight as I would like.
11:46So, like, honestly, while I am playing and I'm listening and I'm, like, deciding if this is the take I like, I'll hit c on my keyboard, and then I'll just go ahead and, cut out these segments, switch to v, delete, and then delete this.
11:59And normally, I'm able to do that before the play head even gets to that section. So it's almost as if I am, like, editing the video while I'm watching it. So done it there.
12:11I can see there's a gap here, so I'm hitting c, cut, v, select, delete, select, delete, and so on.
12:18Using this method, I'm able to use resolve to kind of do a rough cut so I don't have to, like, take out as big of pauses. But then as I go, I'm taking a look, and I'm just visually identifying, like, this is a pause where it's gonna be silent.
12:32I don't really want that. So I'm gonna cut that out on both ends and just make that a bit of a tighter cut.
12:38Something that I also like to do in my videos that you might have noticed is I kind of like when one clip of me talking sort of blends into the next. And the way I achieve that is just by selecting this clip, for example, dragging the audio down onto the audio two track, and then I'll just click and drag this over the slightest amount.
12:56So you can see the audio waveform from this section overlaps just a little bit with the audio waveform from this clip, and then I'll do the same over here. I just find this makes it feel very fluid and seamless. There's never, like, a pause of dead air.
13:10But every so often, for the sake of emphasis, for the sake of ending a section, I will include a pause just so it's not always like I'm talking over myself. Another major time saving technique when you need extra visuals, but you don't have time to create the animations or shoot the extra footage yourself is to use Storyblocks, the sponsor of today's video.
13:29Storyblocks is an online stock media library that has all of the creative assets that you need to craft an engaging YouTube video. They've got tons of stock footage, animation templates, sound effects, background music, and more.
13:42For example, if you need a time lapse of the Champs Elysees at sunrise, you can get that on Storyblocks. If you need some artistic and aesthetic close-up shots of the process of making coffee, you can find that on Storyblocks. If you remember earlier, I mentioned some of my go to assets that I reuse video after video, like this light leaks overlay, and then also this kinda like film grain effect.
14:04I actually found both of those on Storyblocks. I've been using Storyblocks very consistently since about 2018, so it's been a while.
14:13So I can confidently recommend them to you as a great resource for content creators to help you make your videos better. It's just so convenient to have a go to place where I know I can find my sound effects, my background music, stock footage, like stock footage of, like, literally anything. So if you think that would be helpful for you as well, I highly recommend checking out Storyblocks.
14:33You can go to storyblocks.com/katie to sign up or check out the link in the description. And thanks again to Storyblocks for sponsoring today's video.
14:41Okay. These last two tips, I really want you to implement today. Like, seriously, start doing them right after this video because they're very easy, and they're gonna save you a lot of The first thing is to use the search feature so that you can find your files in the media pool.
14:55Okay. All you have to do for this is go up to the top of the media pool panel and click on the little magnifying glass. While you're here, you're gonna wanna click on this little arrow and make sure that you have all bins selected because then it'll search everything, not just the bin that you currently have open.
15:11From there, you can just type in whatever you're looking for. So if I'm looking for my classic mouse click sound effect, I can just search mouse. And here we go.
15:19As you can see, I have a few. Or let's say I'm looking for that light leaks clip. I can search for that.
15:26And there we are. Now, obviously, this is why it's so important that you actually rename your files that you're planning to use over and over again so that they'll appear when you search.
15:36Like, for example, I can just type in, like, yoga, and here I've got, like, a few different clips of me, like, doing yoga that I can use as b roll. Or, like, oh my gosh. You don't even wanna see how many clips I have if I search coffee.
15:49Like, there is a lot here to choose from. Um, and that just makes it so easy to pull in the clips that you want because you can kinda just envision as you're editing.
15:58Oh, it would be great to, like, show a clip of me here, like, writing in my journal. So then I search journal and, like, look. I've got this scene that I recorded of me doing just that.
16:08Second thing I want you to do is use the favorites feature. That's in the effects panel. So all you have to do to open that up is go up here to the top and click on the effects button, and then it'll appear in the bottom left hand corner.
16:19As you're searching through the various effects, you might come across one that you think you're gonna use multiple times. All you have to do is hover over it and click on this little star button, and it'll be added to your favorites folder. These tips will undoubtedly help you speed up your editing process, which will also help you stay more consistent with posting your videos, which we all know is super important to growth here on YouTube.
16:38If you're planning on sticking to the free version of DaVinci Resolve for now, you check out this video that I made next because I dive into some of my favorite effects and other editing features that are included for free. And if you wanna see more DaVinci Resolve editing tutorials for me, make sure to let me know in the comments cause I find these videos really fun to make, but I wanna know what you all wanna learn.
16:54As always, thank you so much for watching. I hope you're having adventures and following your dreams, and I'll catch you in the next video. Bye.
The Hook

The bait, then the rug-pull.

Editing is the part of making YouTube videos that expands to fill every available hour — and the more you care about viewer retention, the worse it gets. This tutorial leads with the counterintuitive fix: most of that time is lost in the folder system you built (or never built) before you opened the editor.

Frameworks

Named ideas worth stealing.

00:35list

Three-Layer Pre-Edit Folder System

  1. Per-video scene folders (A-roll + b-roll by scene)
  2. Reusable assets folder (music, overlays, brand graphics)
  3. Searchable b-roll library with keyword filenames

Build all three before filming. DaVinci Resolve preserves the structure when imported via the Master column.

Steal forAny tutorial about creative production efficiency or video workflow
06:11model

C/V/Delete Cut Loop

  1. C — activate blade tool
  2. V — switch to selection tool
  3. Delete — ripple delete selected section

Two-key rhythm that replaces all toolbar clicking for basic cuts.

Steal forAny editor productivity or keyboard shortcut tutorial
07:54model

I/O + Comma Assembly Method

  1. Space — play source clip
  2. I — set in point
  3. O — set out point
  4. , (comma) — append to timeline

Complete rough assembly of talking-head footage without touching the mouse.

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CTA Breakdown

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16:30next-video
If you are planning on sticking to the free version of DaVinci Resolve for now, check out this video that I made next because I dive into some of my favourite effects and other editing features that are included for free.

End-screen suggestion with verbal bridge — low friction, directly relevant to the audience of this video.

Storyboard

Visual structure at a glance.

open — talking head hook
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relatable pain — hunting for files
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step 1 text slate + finder demo
valuestep 1 text slate + finder demo01:14
DaVinci project settings demo
valueDaVinci project settings demo03:22
keyboard shortcut demo — C/V/Delete
valuekeyboard shortcut demo — C/V/Delete05:51
creatorlymedia.com lower-third
ctacreatorlymedia.com lower-third09:03
transcript editing panel demo
valuetranscript editing panel demo09:58
Storyblocks logo card
ctaStoryblocks logo card13:20
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