Curious about the cut page, but not sure how to get started? This complete guide is for you.
When considering your ability to get videos edited quickly, knowing your tools help a lot.
The cut page in DaVinci Resolve is built specifically to simplify the editing process to speed up your workflow of assembling a video in a timeline.
If you need a walk-through of the features of this page, look no further.
In this video from Ripple Training, you’ll learn about:
- 00:31 – Who is the Cut Page For?
- 01:11 – Launching Resolve & Creating a Project
- 02:07 – The Cut Page UI
- 02:20 – Adding Media to a Project
- 03:06 – Navigating Bin Hierarchy
- 03:51 – Creating Bins
- 04:13 – Sorting Media
- 04:29 – Creating a Timeline
- 05:03 – Navigating & Marking a Clip
- 05:41 – Adding a Clip to the Timeline
- 06:30 – Using the Scratch Trim Button
- 07:14 – Appending a Clip to the Timeline
- 07:33 – Upper & Lower Timelines (Why)
- 08:36 – Adding B-Roll
- 09:18 – Source Tape Mode Editing
- 09:40 – Using Fast Review
- 10:20 – Performing a Smart Insert
- 11:38 – Splitting a Clip
- 12:06 – Performing a Smart Overwrite Edit
- 12:38 – Trimming a Clip in the Timeline
- 14:16 – Changing Clip Order (Swap)
- 14:36 – Performing a Multicam Edit
- 16:11 – The Sync Bin
- 18:13 – Performing a 3-Point Edit
- 19:22 – Performing a Back-Timed 3-Point Edit
- 20:13 – Performing a Close Up Edit
- 21:06 – Adding Transitions
- 23:32 – Removing Transitions
- 23:50 – Adding a Dynamic Zoom Effect
- 24:51 – Stabilizing a Shot
- 26:35 – Adding a Photo
- 27:01 – Adding a Gaussian Blur Effect
- 27:18 – Adding a Title
- 28:53 – The Boring Detector
- 30:36 – Adding Music
- 31:12 – Adjusting Music Volume
- 32:11 – Color Correcting Clips
- 32:59 – Exporting Your Movie

Gedaly is the Managing Editor of DVresolve.com. He is a professional editor, having cut national commercials for major companies, and does color & VFX for indie films at Mask & Feather. He’s also a filmmaker, writing and directing shorts & features. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor and former marketing strategist for large brands.
Where is the down vote button. This is way over my head. I used Davinci for several months. You are doing a lot here that I don’t need.