What’s it like to use the DaVinci Resolve speed editor?
There’s a lot that in can do, but using specialized device for editing may seem foreign to you if you grew up in the world of Non Linear Editing.
Post. Color. Gear. has this walkthrough to show you what it can do:
- Introducing the device
- Scrolling through source footage
- Using in and out buttons
- Adding clips to the timeline
- Playhead behavior with snapping on
- Adding and editing transitions
- Trim, Roll, and Slide functions
- Multicam editing
- Live overwrite
It’s a pretty useful device. It’s not meant to do everything but it definitely helps for quick assembly cuts & multicam!
Do you have one? What do you think?

Gedaly is the Founder and Lead Educator of DVResolve.com and is Blackmagic Design Certified Master Trainer. He’s edited commercials for major brands and has done color & VFX for independent films. He consults on post-production workflow and creating online education. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor, a former marketing manager for large brands, and creates original film projects with his production company Razee.
I have one. Viewed all the tutorials. Read the manual. Try to use it on every project. Other than the wheel, all the functions I have programmed into my Logitech MX mouse make this device cumbersome and unnecessary.