Here's my unsolicited and entirely biased
Edit Page development precis ... plus a bunch of unfulfilled Feature Request dreams...
Resolve 10 (2013) - the 'Edit' page was nominally added, replacing the 'Conform' page ... at this point it's pretty bare bones: basic trim tools, basic titling etc. It's a start.
Resolve 11 (2014) - much refined and augmented, the Edit page is now touted as a 'full featured' online (not creative) editing solution with
"over 70 new editing features based on feedback from professional editors" including JKL trimming, expansive keyboard shortcut control, keyframe spline controls in the timeline etc etc. It's going places.
Resolve 12 (2015) - a year on, another polished update, now with
"80 new features for professional editing and color grading" including multi-cam editing support, dynamic (and asymmetric) trimming, OpenFX plugin support in the Edit page and media management tools. This is all good 'core' stuff needed to bring the toolset up to par. Impressive.
Resolve 12.5 (2016) - a banger of a release with
"over 1,000 enhancements and 250 new features" the marketing team now touting it as
"a complete professional editing solution" ... many editors, especially those who are already regularly round-tripping into Resolve for grading, are really starting to notice it. At this point are we lulled into false sense of security by the pace of development? Ha. Maybe.
Resolve 14 (2017) - introduces the Fairlight page, integrating their acquisition made the previous year. Adding a whole new page sees an obvious and necessary shift of major development focus. Things are still very definitely in progress with the Edit Page though, with improved perfomance, new multi-user collaboration support, new slip and slide trim commands, support for multiple bin windows, marker overlays, audio only and video only edit tools, subframe audio editing etc. For my work, the only real show stopper now is the lack of viable timecode overlays.
Resolve 15 (2018) - an absolute banger of a release - a huge update to Fairlight, as expected, plus the introduction of the much anticipated Fusion page. They've had Fusion in the portfolio for around 4 years now, so it's integration clearly took some time. But even with all that going on there's also
"over 300 new features and improvements that editors and colorists requested." ... including the timecode overlays feature I was waiting for. Hurrah! Is it finished? Heck no. There is a massively long list of features and improvements that editors are requesting, and I'm happy to join that fray. But in the meantime there's definitely enough functionality to make it a viable choice. I cut a couple of documentaries using it. All good.
Resolve 16 (2019) - another massive Fairlight update, plus introduces the Cut page. The latter is not particularly useful for my work, so it takes the wind out of the sails a bit. Relatively speaking, the Edit page gets bugger all, so theres a bit of a sting. Feels like there are innovations in the Cut page that could have lent themselves well to editors working in the Edit page, like Source Tape, the birds eye mini timeline view etc so its not really clear why they are 'Cut page only'... but fair enough, only so many hours in the day, they'll likely be ported in a 16.x point release. Meanwhile, a few useful additions like Adjustment Clips and Ease controls take a bow. Not a total loss for Edit page users but this is, for me, perhaps the first genuinely disappointing release.
Resolve 17 (2021) - after a slightly longer wait, what with pandemics and all, we get
"the biggest update in Fairlight history", so clearly thats still going gangbusters. :) Lots of other important stuff happening throughout the software too though. HDR, color management and 'Neural Engine' features are big ticket items for this release. Resolve is getting better and better. Useful improvements in the Cut Page, of course, it's still the new 'page' on the block... surprisingly, still nothing ported from the Cut page to the Edit page. Hmmm. What's that about? Similarly oddly, none of the massive work thats being going on in the Fairlight page these last few years seems to be making its way into the Edit page either. I'm wondering, why can Fairlight page users select timeline items using their Edit Index window and yet in the Edit page I can't? Or why can I lock track heights in Fairlight but not in Edit? Why does Fairlight have its own special 'Presets Library' but not Edit? I don't want to be ungrateful though. The new 'syncing in the timeline' is a great new Edit page function. And let's not forget 'Render in Place', very useful. Plenty of good stuff. So, happy editor? Sure... but let's just say, it feels like 'its been a while' for the Edit page now. The word 'stagnant' springs to mind, and I'm thinking that if I'm noticing then others probably are too. Roll on version 18.
Resolve 18 (2022) - honestly, just re-read the Resolve 17 summary, its pretty much the same. Another useful update for Fairlight, which is great. Importantly, Blackmagic Cloud takes a bow. Some good stuff is definitely happening with AI tools... but the Edit page... yeah, feels like its been on a drip feed for 4 years now. I see that I'm still required to use the Cut page to view Media Pool content in Source Tape mode. Seriously? That function was added 3 years ago, why can't I do this in the Edit page yet, and why not in the Media page? I still can't save a bunch of OFX effect settings or Inspector settings as a preset? I still have to enable 'Timecode Overlays' in the Viewer every time I launch Resolve? There's low hanging fruit everywhere but none of it is getting picked, and honestly, its beginning to feel like Edit page users, still dreaming of future functionality potential, are reduced to begging for these scraps. Ho hum.
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So anyway, I appreciate this is not the Feature Request forum, but just on the off chance, here are a few primarily Edit page suggestions that I made in the hope they would get into Resolve 15 (yes, back in the glory days, lol). They didn't make the cut then and have consistently fallen by the wayside ever since :
Add Mute and Solo controls to the Edit page Viewer > Audio Track panel and Media page Audio > Meters panel. [Currently, audio channels can only be disabled/enabled/switched via the modal Clip Attributes window > Audio tab. Source side auditioning of audio channels is a nightmare.]
Add a keyboard modifier function to toggle trim behaviour in currently selected mode ie to ‘ripple edit’ whilst in Selection Mode and ‘resize edit’ whilst in Trim Mode.
Add the ability to select clips in the Timeline via selection in the Edit Index ... the same as now in Fairlight.
In the Viewer panel, when displaying Audio, allow the user to mark an in/out range by ‘click and dragging’ directly in the ‘zoomed’ waveform display area in the Viewer window.
In the Viewer panel, when displaying Audio, add a method to allow users to move/scroll/scrub the ‘zoomed’ waveform display area by dragging within that area. [Like using a ‘hand’ tool.]
Add the ability to select a single folder in the Media Pool ‘Bin List’ and see all clips contained in that bin and any sub bins at any level. [At the moment this only works if selecting more than one bin in the Bin List.]
In the Edit Index, default ‘Filter by’ selection should be ‘All Fields' (or 'Name'), not '#' (edit index number). [Times have changed... the page is not called 'Conform' any more.]
Fewer restrictions on the display names for Bins would be appreciated. [Currently only a limited alphanumeric character set is allowed for bin naming. Not my most wished for 'wish', but I'd like it nonetheless.]
Allow user mappable keyboard shortcuts for switching Timeline View Options, Video View Options and Audio View Options.
In the Timeline panel, when using Stacked Timelines, add a method to quickly expand and collapse stacks.
Show Timeline ‘Marker Names’ within the Edit Index ‘Name’ field. [At present it is presented in the Notes field. Appreciate the newly ported Markers Index panel, of course, but would still like to see an effort to fix this in the main index.]
Extended clip usage data / navigation in the Media Pool. [Currently we can only reveal and navigate instances in the active timeline.]
In the Deliver Page, add the ability to enable / disable timeline tracks for output, and recall and apply those settings in the render queue.
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And here are a few more recent edit page requests:
Make all settings 'sticky'. If I set something, then I want it to stay that way until I set it differently. I don't want it to revert to some other setting just because I shut my computer down for the weekend.
Rename the 'Boring Detector' to something less risible. It's not a bad function, its just stupidly named. Call it what it is, 'Shot Length Analysis' or some such, and enable it wherever it could be useful.
Generate and display a loudness history plot when performing loudness analysis via 'Analyze Audio Levels' and/or add a faster-than-real-time 'Generate Loudness Print' function for the master bus.
Make Sound Libraries more functionally browsable.
Add basic shape masking
in the Edit Page, including a polygon mask. [I have no issues jumping into Color or Fusion to do this, but I shouldn't have to.]
Add an onscreen overlay/indicator when what you are viewing is a proxy clip.
Add a dual screen mode to the Cut page, with Media Pool on the separate display.
Add Smart Bin functionality to the Cut Page. [Source Tape view of a Smart Bin would be great!]
Add Edit Index to the Color Page.
Add ability to search (and replace) text on a subtitle track.
Add ability to export Edit Index from the Edit Index window.
Collapse and expand Power Bin and Smart Bin display by clicking the header/label... I don't want to turn them off, I just don't need to see their contents at all times.
Add ability to adjust audio/keyframes in Edit page on the fly ie during playback (like in Fairlight).
Add the ability to select a track in Edit, just the same as you can select to target a track in Fairlight.
Make active selection (clip or track)
always the prioritised target for
any/every operation. 'Auto Track Selector' is fine for when there is no user specified target/selection present... but if and when a user has explicitly targeted/selected a track/clip then that target should take precedence.
Add keyboard shortcuts for Volume Up/Down.
When targeting multiple clips, make the 'Enable Clip' function a toggle that respects the status of each targeted clip individually, like it works in the Fusion page... or add such a user preference option.
Add ability to change starting timecode of a multicam clip.
Add a function to export stills from the Edit page Source and Timeline Viewers.
Add support for drag and drop video track re-ordering in the Edit page Track Index window... it already works for audio tracks.
If possible, consider adding double (and triple) tap keyboard shortcut options to the regular keyboard customization window.
Make the Edit page Timeline window timecode display field editable/actionable (ie same functionality as is possible in the Viewer window... just let me do it in the Timeline window so i don't have to change window/panel focus).
Fix the
atrocious and nonsensical front end on the Edit page Transform > Position system. Do as you please on the back end, just make it more sensible on the front end.
Add the ability to show a clips used frames in the Source Viewer, same as is visible in its Media Pool thumbnail view.
Add Waveform Zoom control (per Fairlight) for tracks in the Edit page timeline, plus importantly, add a visual representation that
indicates the current zoom level if and when applied.
Add ability to do a virtual 'Decompose in Place' in the timeline ie be able to see and edit the contents temporarily
in context.
Add a Clips/Lightbox view (per Color page) to the Edit page Edit Index
Delete Empty Tracks should ignore
locked tracks. If it's locked it's locked, that status should be respected.
When adding 'Timeline Markers' in a timeline, those markers should be immediately visible in that timeline's Media Pool instance. [A timeline marker in a timeline is not an 'instance', it is absolute, like adding a marker to a source clip in the Source Viewer]
Add keyboard shortcut options to switch between recent clips in the Source Viewer.
In the Viewers, add a 'Source Offset' timecode display option, effectively providing a means to view Source Frame in 'timecode' format.
Smart Bin search criteria for Media Pool Properties & Metadata - Clip Details is
riddled with missing items and inconsistent naming... and its not a new thing, perhaps it should be fixed?
For goodness sakes, fix all the non alphabetic context menu lists throughout the app... they are a living hell to use. Please.
Add the ability to remove all tracks when working in Clip Attributes > Audio tab ... alt/opt click on the trash icon would do it. Having to manually delete 16 mono channels of audio in order to repatch as 1 stereo channel is unnecessarily tiresome. [Also how about adding audio mapping presets?]
Add a checker underlay option (per Fusion page) to the Edit Page Timeline Viewer window.
Add finer playback speed adjustments via standard keyboard transport controls.
Add a wider range of filtering options in the Edit Index (eg Stabilzation) and allow filters to be combined eg Show Flag > Blue + Show Offline Clips ie show only blue flagged clips that are offline.
A big picture one ... bring Fusion page 'Spline window' functionality to the Edit page 'Curve Editor'.
Improve general file 'relink' matching (not reconform) to include options other than Filename eg Timecode, Duration etc.