Hey, just wanted to share something I watched this week. Greg put out a video on 6 keyboard shortcuts in Resolve that genuinely speed things up. Nothing fancy. Just the kind of stuff that saves seconds over and over again until your edit feels smoother. If you’re newer to Resolve, this is the kind of video that helps things feel less clunky. The playhead jump shortcut alone is worth it. And the ripple trim ones can seriously cut down your A-roll time. Also, I’ve bought Greg’s presets before, and they’ve helped me a lot when editing client work. Clean, practical stuff. I’ll link those too in case you want to check them out. Get Greg's Presets Definitely worth subscribing to his channel. He teaches in a really clear, practical way. I’ll probably share a few more of his videos over the next couple of weeks that I think would be helpful for this group. If you watch it, let me know which shortcut you’re going to try first.

Quick share because this ended up being way more useful than I expected. I’ve built a small DaVinci Resolve script that lets you batch export clips from a single timeline using markers. You drop a marker at the start of each section you want to export, name the marker what you want the file to be called, run the script, and Resolve automatically builds the entire render queue for you. Each marker becomes its own render job. The marker name becomes the filename. Exports follow whatever Deliver preset you choose, including the output folder. If marker names repeat, it auto-numbers them. And each clip ends one frame before the next marker, so nothing bleeds into the next export. This was inspired by a video from @Ethan Robbins, who is also a member here. He built a much more advanced version with a full UI, more options, and extra controls. It’s seriously impressive and worth checking out if you want something deeper and more customizable. I’ll link Ethan’s video below, along with his script, if you want to grab that version. Ethan's Video Ethan's Script I also posted a walkthrough video below so you can see my script running in real time, from markers on the timeline to a filled render queue in one click. I’ve added the script to the Classroom as well. You can find it anytime in the Tools and Resources section and download it whenever you need it. Huge shout-out to Ethan for the inspiration here. This is one of those small workflow things that ends up saving a surprising amount of time. If you try it, let me know how you’re using it or what you’d want it to do next.

Quick note, I added a video to the Foundations Library that I posted on YouTube about a week ago, and thought it’d be useful here too. It’s focused on the main technical settings that make Resolve feel slow for beginners, things like playback resolution, proxies, optimized media, render cache, and timeline resolution. These are the spots that usually cause lag and choppy playback, even on decent machines. If Resolve has felt sluggish or annoying lately, this should help smooth things out pretty quickly. Let me know if anything in there fixes an issue you’ve been dealing with.

If DaVinci Resolve feels slow, laggy, or just heavy 😵‍💫, it might not be your computer. In this video, I show the simple settings that can make Resolve feel way faster and smoother while editing, no hardware upgrades needed. ⚡️ Watch it here 👉

I don't know if it is mentioned somewhere already, but for everyone whose new at Davinci i would highly recommend watching the free introduction videos they have on their page. I didn't do that myself at beginning and it was a big mistake, they're extremely helpful, at least the first few. Take notes of the shortcuts and everything else, it is so helpful! DaVinci Resolve – Training | Blackmagic Design