Taking a Snippet from my Project?

Hi. When I shot my talking-head video I just left my iPhone running. So I have maybe 8 "takes" in one video file - not an ideal situation, but starting/stopping the video was too much of a distraction.

I have been playing around with one of the "takes" trying to do a crash-course on learning DaVinci Resolve.

What I would like to do is copy that working-section and paste it somewhere so it is isolated and will allow me to ultimately render that given "take" by itself.

What is the best way to do that?

(To be clear, I don't want to simply trim off the rest of the source video, because there might be other "takes" that are even better and that later I want to use.)

I guess I sorta have a mess having all of these "takes" in one source file (and project).

Any suggestions of how I might clean things up?

Trying to wrap things up so this doesn't turn into an endless endeavor!

Thanks!

I would recommend taking a step back and starting with some official training. The Beginner's Guide at the very least.

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... ning#books

I would recommend taking a step back and starting with some official training. The Beginner's Guide at the very least.

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... ning#books

I did watch the first video.

Is the book not 4,000 pages?

I am all for studying, but I have to balance that with producing results right now.

If I don't start getting things published on my YouTube channel soon, then none of this matters...

Double click on the clip in the Media Pool which will open it in the Source Viewer. Select an in and and out point using the I and O keys on your keyboard. A white line will show your selection under the viewer. Click on the pic in the viewer and drag it to the timeline.

I may or may not understand you, but I'm going to go off a limb here and assume you are saying that you have several takes in your media, and you want to render out each one individually? so you can throw away the bad takes, and just keep the good ones, from the severely long clip.


If this is the case, do this. Cut at the point where your take ends, then turn it into a compound clip and do this for each of the clips you wish to export, separate, and delete the ones you don't want anymore


then, in export, export as "individual clips" and each one will export as it's own file in the location you choose

I may or may not understand you, but I'm going to go off a limb here and assume you are saying that you have several takes in your media, and you want to render out each one individually? so you can throw away the bad takes, and just keep the good ones, from the severely long clip.

Close.

Not so much throw away bad clips - more like this...

In a 1-hour timeline, maybe at (hh:mm:ss) 00:05:00 - 00:15:00 and at 00:37:00 - 00:47:00 are two takes that I want to keep and render. So I just want to grab/select those and export out those segments WITHOUT having to delete out the rest of the timeline.

That way I am not being destructive to my work, because right now my timeline is a large "workbench" of sorts where I might want to use other parts later, and I don't want to lose all of my global edits (e.g. adjusting the audio for the entire clip.

If this is the case, do this. Cut at the point where your take ends, then turn it into a compound clip and do this for each of the clips you wish to export, separate, and delete the ones you don't want anymore

How do I create a "compound clip"?

And will that capture the video and single-track audio into one "bundle" to be rendered?

then, in export, export as "individual clips" and each one will export as it's own file in the location you choose

Okay.

@GamerKitty Euphoric,

In addition to what we are discussing above, what if I want to instead copy/cut out a "take" and save it in a new standalone project so that I have a clean slate and am not wading through a bunch of "takes" in one project?

Is the book not 4,000 pages?

The Reference Manual, yes.

The Beginners Guide is a bit more manageable.

[Shrinivas Ramani]

Hi Martin

These search phrases may make it easier to look up a few common approaches in the 3000-odd page manual:
- Subclip (and Marker Clip)
- Individual Clips (in the Deliver page chapters)
- Media Management
- Power Bins
- Dynamic Project Switching.

Regards
Shrinivas

I did watch the first video. Is the book not 4,000 pages? I am all for studying, but I have to balance that with producing results right now. If I don't start getting things published on my YouTube channel soon, then none of this matters...

The book "The Editor's Guide to Resolve 18" is only 438 pages. It's short enough that you could go through 40 pages a day and be done in about 10-11 days.

The full 4060-page book is intended more as a "Reference Manual," not necessarily as something to learn Resolve. But you could also read the sections on Editing in the guide and get a more well-rounded idea of how it all fits together.

No matter how much editing experience you have, or whatever software you've used in the past, the Editor's Guide will help you make the transition to Resolve and understand what the differences are between Resolve and all the other editing programs out there.

I would not be in a hurry to try to blow through editing training and get your YouTube channel up. The more time you take to hone your skills, the better the final results will be.

@GamerKitty Euphoric,

In addition to what we are discussing above, what if I want to instead copy/cut out a "take" and save it in a new standalone project so that I have a clean slate and am not wading through a bunch of "takes" in one project?

for this, copy/paste doesn't seem to work all the time for me, what I do, is I just drag the clip from the timeline (after I cut it down) and drag it into my media pool into a folder called "Cut clips" or something of the sort. Those will create extendable sub-clips in your media pool

-- but, it will create a clip that is extendable, AKA, it has handles. If you want subclips that are cut from your media, you would load it into your viewer, press I for in and O for out at your in and out points, then drag from your media viewer to your media pool, a window will come up that says "subclip" and "Use extents" you would keep "use extents" Off and just create a named subclip. This will create a clip that is ONLY what you are using, and NOT use the rest of the video. The difference with this is when you use a clip on the timeline, with extents, oyu can slip edit back and forth and move the clip around within the media pool to see a different part of that same clip. It's using the full Video clip to make your media. However, with subclips it's like taking a clip from a much larger clip, cutting it down (non-destructively) and clipping that for later.

Look on youtube for "Davinci Resolve Subclips" for more info

Your question goes to a number of potential -- but very basic -- editing functions. In effect, you're asking, how do I edit? On a standard Avid-style NLE (like Resolve), and with reference to your question, this means essentials like making subclips, copying from timeline to bin, delivering from in/out points, creating new timelines, copying from one project to another, compound clips, etc. All this is relevant to your question, which can be answered any number of ways.

Unlike like some other frequent contributors here, I would never insist that experienced editors will "have to do the training" or read introductory books. Most already know enough, and are flexible enough, to plunge in, using the reference manual as needed. And in real life, that's what happens. Nobody has the leisure to follow somebody else's pedagogical program.

But, if you don't know the basics of NLE editing, you're going have to do something educational for yourself. Otherwise you'll waste a whole lot of time foundering around.

@Marc Wielage,

The book "The Editor's Guide to Resolve 18" is only 438 pages. It's short enough that you could go through 40 pages a day and be done in about 10-11 days.

That is more manageable.

The full 4060-page book is intended more as a "Reference Manual," not necessarily as something to learn Resolve. But you could also read the sections on Editing in the guide and get a more well-rounded idea of how it all fits together.

Someday I will read all 4,060 pages, but not right now.

No matter how much editing experience you have, or whatever software you've used in the past, the Editor's Guide will help you make the transition to Resolve and understand what the differences are between Resolve and all the other editing programs out there.

Duly noted!

I would not be in a hurry to try to blow through editing training and get your YouTube channel up. The more time you take to hone your skills, the better the final results will be.

Understood, but the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election is now 61 DAYS AWAY!!!!

(Had the Summer of 2024 NOT been **stolen** from me by my bank and a lot of other nefarious players, then I'd have time to do things in a more traditional timeline/approach, but that isn't an option right now.)

@John Paines,

Your question goes to a number of potential -- but very basic -- editing functions.

Nobody has the leisure to follow somebody else's pedagogical program.

But, if you don't know the basics of NLE editing, you're going have to do something educational for yourself. Otherwise you'll waste a whole lot of time foundering around.

Not asking for one-on-one training, just trying to work with limited resources and being in a precarious situation...

Turns out the video I have been working on was actually just one take.

For some strange reason, my timeline has a leading "01:" which lead me to believe the video file (and timeline) were over an HOUR long...

If I can get my audio fixed - see latest thread - then I think I have a good first video.

I do believe that I have other talking-head videos which do include multi-takes in one video file, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there...