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Can anyone confirm or deny that the v 18.1.2.1 update on the App Store (approximately January 24, 2023) retains all the keyboard shortcut functionality of the initial release?

I upgraded to the Studio edition right from the get go.

This is how I access Preferences, the Edit and Deliver Pages, all of which are crucial to my work.

Many thanks to those who can provide this make-or-break info.

Well, make that DaVinci Resolve for iPad 18.1.2.2 as of this week’s update.

Some folks must be running this by now… can you share any news of shortcuts to Preferences and other Pages remaining intact?

Many thanks!

I’m running 18.1.2.2 on my iPads and they’ve both retained the shortcuts to Preferences and the ‘missing’ pages.

Thanks, David.

Without these pages, frankly DR for iPad is pretty well useless for Editing.

Colour correction + grading, yes.

Editing and delivering (with absolutely necessary control over rendering and compression parameters), no.

Lexvid wrote:I’m running 18.1.2.2 on my iPads and they’ve both retained the shortcuts to Preferences and the ‘missing’ pages.

Anyone else who can chime in on this topic, would be enthusiastically welcomed.

This will confirm that as of today for me at least, DaVinci Resolve for iPad v 18.1.3 (approximately February 6 update) works fine in the “undocumented” pages accessible via keyboard shortcuts.

It’s a good thing too, because without the addition of the Edit and Deliver pages at minimum, and ideally Fusion as well, Resolve is of no practical use to me.

I was able to access the keyboard shortcuts window using [Option+Cmd+K] but after updating to 18.1.3, that doesn't work. Now only the shortcuts are displayed when you long press Cmd work.

How do you all get into keyboard shortcuts window now?

[Option+Cmd+K] still works for me on 18.1.3 but sometimes it can take 2 or 3 attempts. The timing of the key presses seems critical.

Lexvid wrote:[Option+Cmd+K] still works for me on 18.1.3 but sometimes it can take 2 or 3 attempts. The timing of the key presses seems critical.

I tried several times now, and it just doesn't work anymore. May be it is keeping track of some shortcuts being used and letting you access that page?

Command-Option-K access to shortcuts is still working for me here with Resolve for iPad 18.1.3, though honestly I don’t use it often after setting up shortcuts to all the pages and keeping a “cheat sheet” of what they are.

So, in addition to the standard Cut and Color Pages, I also added shortcuts for Edit, Fairlight, Fusion, Deliver, and Media pages.

I also added one for Preferences: I have no idea how one is supposed to get to that page through the regular graphical user interface.

As you will discover, the icons for the additional pages don’t stay stuck to the bottom of your screen between launches of Resolve: you need to invoke them with your keyboard shortcut(s) with each launch of the Resolve app.

If you have a full-sized Apple Extended keyboard (from an old iMac) such as I use, or a Logitech or other 3rd-party keyboard with all those keys, you’ll have a double set of Command and Option keys: one of each on each side of the Space bar.

If so, you could try the modifier keys on the other side of the spacebar from the ones you normally use, to see if that makes a difference.

I usually have this ancient keyboard plugged in via my †“Anker PowerExpand 8-in-1 USB-C PD 10Gbps Data Hub” (of which USB 3.1 Gen 2 support is what gives it the 10 Gbps speed). Just now though, I’ve plugged it in through a tiny USB-A to USB-C adapter than came with my Wavlink dual Hard Drive Docking Station and this is working just the same… but without the simultaneous power, UHD monitor and other ports.

So, any old USB keyboard works fine; one doesn’t have to spend crazy money for a dedicated iPad keyboard.

FYI the only such USB-A to USB-C adapter I could find at BestBuy was seriously out-of-date and only supports USB2 speeds, to no good for fast data transfer but OK for keyboards and such.

Point of information about hubs and drives and cables and such: the latest standard (actually September 2017 but only being implemented more widely now) is USB3.2Gen2x2, which provides 20 Gbps transfer speed, which is half way to the 40 Gbps speed of USB-C 3 and USB-C 4, also known as Thunderbolt.

There’s a good Wikipedia page about USB 3.0, which describes all this.

So, if you haven’t the budget for the well-regarded CalDigit Thunderbolt hub, at least try to get one *AND CABLES* with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support (10 Gbps) like my Anker unit, or the newer USB3.2Gen2x2 (20 Gbps) standard, if you can even find the latter.

† By the way, the Anker unit I named has crap support for SD and MicroSD cards: the sockets are missing the additional contacts for high-speed transfer of files from camera memory cards.

chakkaradeep wrote:

Lexvid wrote:[Option+Cmd+K] still works for me on 18.1.3 but sometimes it can take 2 or 3 attempts. The timing of the key presses seems critical.

I tried several times now, and it just doesn't work anymore. May be it is keeping track of some shortcuts being used and letting you access that page?

Yet another update coming soon: DaVinci Resolve 18.1.4

It’s already out for computers, so we can expect it for iPad at
https://apps.apple.com/app/davinci-reso ... 1581363826
before long.

Another month or few, another update!

Can anyone confirm or deny that the v 18.5.0.1 update for iPad on the App Store (approximately April 19, 2023) retains all the keyboard shortcut functionality of the initial release?

In all honesty, I find Resolve for iPad pretty well useless without access to the other usual pages, Edit and Deliver in particular… so I’m loathe to update unless I’m sure that BM hasn’t removed these such as via the keyboard shortcuts.

Ideally, all the Resolve Page icons would appear across the bottom of the interface, at all times irrespective of the keyboard shortcuts tip.

Ken.Rennie wrote:Can anyone confirm or deny that the v 18.5.0.1 update for iPad on the App Store (approximately April 19, 2023) retains all the keyboard shortcut functionality of the initial release?

They all seem to be still working in 18.5.0.1 on my 12.9 M1 Pro iPad using my cheap Arteck mini keyboard bought off Amazon for £23. But I haven't checked all the features in detail. As before, the page icons only last for the current session, but the actual keyboard shortcuts are remembered across sessions. Fingers crossed that BMD don't pull the plug on this very useful hack in future updates.

That’s great news that they seem to all be working on your 12.9 inch iPad Pro M1, thank you @bobosola .

I also have separate confirmation that they apparently are intact on 10.9 inch iPad Air 5th generation (March 2022 M1).

So my guess is that all Apple Silicon iPads (that’s M1 and M2 processors) continue to support access to all DaVinci Resolve pages using the not-so-secret Keyboard Shortcuts tip as discoverable on YouTube and many other places.

If I were you with a pre-M1 iPad that works this way now, and access to all pages is important to you, I think I’d wait until someone else with an iPad of the same vintage as yours speaks up with news that the tip is working for them, too.

At first try a list of the regularly available shortcuts will come up, but after a few tries I can get to the 'secret' pages even under 18.5 beta.

Thanks, Uli.

It’s all working fine with v 18.5.0.1 Public release, too.

Every time an update works (keeps the *necessary* additional pages, which for me especially include the Edit, Deliver and Fairlight pages), I feel as though we’re dodging a bullet!

What iPad do you have? I wonder how people find the smoothness of operation of Resolve on older iPads, and if they’re able to work very effectively in HD and then continue the work on more modern devices at higher resolutions.

I’ll bet they never imagined that they’d be able to run Resolve on their iPads, when they bought them years ago.

Uli Plank wrote:At first try a list of the regularly available shortcuts will come up, but after a few tries I can get to the 'secret' pages even under 18.5 beta.

I can confirm that DaVinci Resolve for iPad v 18.5.0.2 now on the App Store, works with all pages as accessed with the keyboard shortcut tip linked in my signature below.

At least, this is the case with my iPad Air 5th generation 256 GB (March 2022).

Your mileage may vary.

Lots of great new features and fixes in this update.

Ditto 18.5.1

Ken.Rennie wrote:I can confirm that DaVinci Resolve for iPad v 18.5.0.2 now on the App Store, works with all pages as accessed with the keyboard shortcut tip linked in my signature below.

At least, this is the case with my iPad Air 5th generation 256 GB (March 2022).

Your mileage may vary.

Lots of great new features and fixes in this update.

Ditto 18.6.2 : keyboard shortcuts to all DaVinci Resolve shortcuts are retained, plus there’s all that other good stuff that BMD fixed and added.

Ken.Rennie wrote:Ditto 18.5.1

Ken.Rennie wrote:I can confirm that DaVinci Resolve for iPad v 18.5.0.2 now on the App Store, works with all pages as accessed with the keyboard shortcut tip linked in my signature below.

At least, this is the case with my iPad Air 5th generation 256 GB (March 2022).

Your mileage may vary.

Lots of great new features and fixes in this update.