Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio (Dongle) - Manual (Page 32)

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Using intelligent editing tools
Two areas in the upper timeline are highlighted, showing us where clips extend longer
than 10 seconds. As we make changes to these sections, the analysis updates, so we’ll
have real time feedback as long as the boring detector button is enabled. Let’s start at
the beginning and fix the first clip indicated by the analysis as too long.
4 Play the timeline from the start and stop when the host says “really quick..”.
We can make this opening a bit more interesting by cutting to a close up of the host as
she introduces herself and the chef. Unfortunately, we don’t have a close up, but we
can make one using the close up edit in the cut page.
5 Using the lower timeline time ruler, move the timeline so it is positioned right after the
host says “really quick”.
6 Click the close up edit button in the toolbar.
A five second close up is edited into the timeline on a second video track, making this
opening a bit more interesting to watch.
Using the close up edit button, there is no need to load a clip into the viewer. It’s smart
enough to locate the same clip and the exact frame where the playhead is located,
then edit it into the timeline on to video track 2, scaling it up to create a close up. It
uses the DaVinci Neural Engine to locate the faces in the shot and keep them centered
in the frame.
7 Move the playhead back towards the start of the clip and play over your new close up.
TIP You can change the close up edit’s default 5 second duration using the
Still setting in the User Editing Preferences.
Creating new close up camera angles is one of the many reasons why it helps to
capture your clips using a camera like the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. Even
though your timeline may be HD, if the source clips are at a higher resolution, the close
up will be sharper.
Adding a simple cut away
To make the opening even more enticing, we’ll use a clip of the finished dish at the start of
our program while the chef introduces the dish. This is often called a cutaway since we are
cutting away from the main action to show a related but different shot.