keyboard shortcut: switch focus to source viewer?

Resolve 16 beta, in Media workspace, I click on a clip in bottom panel. Clicking shift-I to get to in-point doesn't work unless I click on source viewer above. Is there a shortcut that will highlight the source viewer, instead of clicking on it?

Q toggles between the source and record viewers, so if your focus is the timeline, one press of Q goes to source and the next press of Q to goes to record.

Q toggles between the source and record viewers, so if your focus is the timeline, one press of Q goes to source and the next press of Q to goes to record.

Thanks Jack, I didn't know that one, it's helpful. However, I'm looking for a shortcut for use in the Media workspace, not going from timeline, but doing from source clips. Example: I have a source clip highlighted, I'm entering metadata for it, but I want to switch focus to viewer, to go to in-point.

There are no shortcuts for panel selection on the Media page. However, Shift+I will take yo to the In point of the currently loaded clip.

Huh? ctrl-1 will take you to the source viewer from the media pool. Shift-I won't work unless the source viewer is also active at the time (red highlight), but in that case, the space bar will also work.

from the media pool.

I was talking about the Media page.

But you can't add metadata from the media page ("I have a source clip highlighted, I'm entering metadata for it") -- so I assume he must mean "media pool"?

Huh?

The Media page was designed for managing clip Metadata.

You're saying you can enter metadata to clips which aren't in the Media Pool? From "Media Storage"? I can't.

We have here "Media Pool" and "Media Storage" -- to use Resolve's terms for them. Which do you mean?

There are no shortcuts for panel selection on the Media page. However, Shift+I will take yo to the In point of the currently loaded clip.

I can't get shift+I to work to get to in-point, unless I click on the source viewer, after having the clip highlighted to add metadata. On Mac, 16 beta 3.

You're saying you can enter metadata to clips which aren't in the Media Pool?

I don't understand why you would ask about clips not yet imported?

I can't get shift+I to work to get to in-point, unless I click on the source viewer

Yeah, I'm seeing that now, too. I thought I had it working yesterday. Now I'm not sure.

You're saying you can enter metadata to clips which aren't in the Media Pool?

I don't understand why you would ask about clips not yet imported?

Because you're insisting that there's no shortcut from the Media Pool (the Resolve term), where metadata can be entered, to the Source viewer. But there is such a shortcut -- ctrl-1 -- which will work as long as you're not inside a metadata field. So I wondered if you're actually talking about a different page -- the Media Storage page -- from which there's no direct exit to the source viewer.

Anyway, the OP doesn't seem interested in this suggestion either, so maybe I have no idea what you guys are actually seeking to do.

You're saying you can enter metadata to clips which aren't in the Media Pool?

I don't understand why you would ask about clips not yet imported?

Because you're insisting that there's no shortcut from the Media Pool (the Resolve term), where metadata can be entered, to the Source viewer. But there is such a shortcut -- ctrl-1 -- which will work as long as you're not inside a metadata field. So I wondered if you're actually talking about a different page -- the Media Storage page -- from which there's no direct exit to the source viewer.

Anyway, the OP doesn't seem interested in this suggestion either, so maybe I have no idea what you guys are actually seeking to do.

John, I tried ctrl-1 (also command-1) before, and again just now, and it's not working for me. I'm attaching a screen shot in case there's confusion. I'm not leaving cursor in metadata field, but clicking on a clip in bottom pane, so it's highlighted. Then ctrl-1, then shift-I, doesn't work. I have to click on the viewer to get shift-I to work.

We have a confusion of terms here. You're on the Media Storage page, not in the "Media Pool". There's a viewer in the Media Storage page, but it's not usually called the "source viewer" (which is on the Edit page).

I don't believe there's any shortcut to move from a highlighted clip to that viewer. But note that subclip creation is usually done on the Edit page, not here.

We have a confusion of terms here. You're on the Media Storage page, not in the "Media Pool". There's a viewer in the Media Storage page, but it's not usually called the "source viewer" (which is on the Edit page).

I don't believe there's any shortcut to move from a highlighted clip to that viewer. But note that subclip creation is usually done on the Edit page, not here.

OK, thanks for the reply.

FWIW, I didn't call it the media pool, but I did use the term "source viewer." What is the proper term for the viewer on the Media Storage page?

We have a confusion of terms here. You're on the Media Storage page, not in the "Media Pool". There's a viewer in the Media Storage page, but it's not usually called the "source viewer" (which is on the Edit page).

I don't believe there's any shortcut to move from a highlighted clip to that viewer. But note that subclip creation is usually done on the Edit page, not here.

OK, thanks for the reply.

FWIW, I didn't call it the media pool, but I did use the term "source viewer." What is the proper term for the viewer on the Media Storage page?

Hello,

Not 100% certain but in the manual for the Media tab: we call the viewer: "Viewer" which is implicitly a source viewer before Timeline (Add metadata, Subclip, Analyse...etc...smart Bin,... sort...)

In the Edit tab: there is "Source Viewer" and "Timeline Viewer",

etc ...

Maybe in manual V16 exists other name?

Maybe in manual V16 exists other name?

Still no Resolve 16 manual per se yet. The manual "labeled" Resolve 16 in the current 16b3 release is still the 15.3 manual. I'm sure it's being worked on, but when it's going to be out, I gots no idea.

Because you're insisting that there's no shortcut from the Media Pool (the Resolve term), where metadata can be entered, to the Source viewer.

No, I'm saying that on the Media page, those shortcuts are disabled.

the Media Storage page -- from which there's no direct exit to the source viewer.

That's what I've been saying the whole time.

We have a confusion of terms here. You're on the Media Storage

It's just called the Media page. "Media Storage" is one of the columns you can open and close on the left side of that page, right next to Clone Tool.

And I do think it was made clear the OP was working on this page from the very first post. I think the misunderstanding was yours.