Naming sections of a Clip, and other newbie questions

Brand new v16 Mac user (v17 won't run on 2015 MacBook Pro). Prior experience with iMovie and similar, and lots of multi-track audio (waveform) editing. Watched a short tutorial and dove in.

What I did (probably wrong):

• Shot 3 hours of video using 5 cameras + a separate audio recorder
• Loaded each video and the audio as Tracks in Resolve
• Ensured that all video/audio was synced, then Linked all the Clips
• Cut the Clips into sections using Timeline > Split Clip
• Couldn't find a way to rename sections, so used Clip Color and colored Markers as a way to differentiate them
• Dragged Clip sections to the order desired

I did research SubClips and Compound Clips online, but that didn't seem to be the right answer to naming Clip sections (not sure what a section is called in Resolve terms). Is that possible? When I edit the Name attribute for Clip section, it renames the whole Clip. From online tutorials, I understand that (instead of splitting the Clips into sections) I should have used In/Out Markers to create SubClips in Media that could have been renamed, but too late for that now.

Also, if I want to apply Cropping to the entirety of a video Track, can that be done? Can Cropping dimensions be constrained to maintain original width/height ratios?

Thanks!

Parts of a clip in a timeline are called Clip Instances.

They cannot be named separately from the main clip at this time.

You can't apply video effects to tracks, only to clips.


That said, I recommend some Resolve training. The Beginner's Guide and Advanced Editing are an excellent groundwork to get you moving smoothly.

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/produc ... e/training

Yeah, back when I started using Premiere Pro l learned pretty quickly that time invested in learning the product is handsomely rewarded with a faster, easier editing experience and the knowledge of what's possible that opens up a lot of creative freedom.

I'm going through the same process with DaVinci Resolve now. Highly recommended.

You can apply an effect to the whole timeline if you use an Adjustment clip. To demonstrate, here I've added a Binoculars effect by dropping it onto the Adjustment Clip.

You can apply an effect to the whole timeline

True, and that may suit the OP's need.

But for clarity, that's not the same as applying an effect to a track. If the goal is to add an effect to V2, you can't apply an effect to an AC on V3 and have V1 remain unaffected.