But what if you’re looking for a very specific transition effect? First, you have the option to create your own using After Effects or another motion graphics program. So, this covers how to add transitions to your next video project in DaVinci Resolve using the pre-loaded transition tools. The drag and drop tools in DaVinci Resolve make it easy to adjust your transitions with ease until you have the perfect effect. You can edit your transitions to be longer or shorter, change colors or effects, or swap transitions entirely. Make sure you have a few extra seconds on each clip to allow your transition enough time to complete.

If a white box appears instead of a transparent box or no box appears, it likely means that one of the clips you’re trying to apply the transition to is too short. A transparent box will appear between the clips you applied the transition to. Drop it over the clips you’d like to place the transition on or between. Select the transition you want to use, then drag it to your timeline. This will display all your installed video transitions. Go to “Video Transitions” and open the folder. You should see this in the upper left-hand corner of your workspace next to the “Media Pool” icon. To apply transitions to your clips in DaVinci Resolve, first, open the Effects Library. Once you have a timeline with all the clips you’ll be using for your project, arrange and edit your clips as you’d like them to appear in the final export by dragging and dropping as well as using DaVinci Resolve’s editing tools to trim, resize, and create other appropriate changes. This will create a new timeline with settings that match those of your selected clips. Next, select “Create New Timeline from Selected Clips” in the drop-down menu that appears. Select all the files you’d like to import to create your project.Ĭreate a new timeline in DaVinci Resolve by selecting all the clips you’d like to put on the timeline and right-clicking (or hold down Ctrl while clicking) the selected clips. To do this, either go to “File” then “Import” and select the footage you’d like to import or use the keyboard shortcut Cmd + I to open up the import window.

Step 1: Import Your Footage into DaVinci Resolve All you’ll need is your footage (including any graphics or other elements you want to include in the transition) and DaVinci Resolve’s included transitions or a transition template you’ve installed (we’ll get to that later). Adding transitions in DaVinci Resolve is relatively simple.

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