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‌Methods of adjusting the Bezier handles of motion paths:‌‌

— Drag any control point to reshape the motion path.

— Drag any Bezier handle to change the shape of the curve.

— Command-drag any Bezier handle to break the tangent between it and the opposite Bezier handle. When you release the Command key, the two Bezier handles become locked together again at whatever angle you created.

To eliminate a control point on a motion path, along with its keyframe:

— Right-click any control point and choose Delete Keyframe.

To switch a control point between sharp and curved angles:

— Right-click any control point and choose Linear (for a sharp angle) or Smooth (for a curve).

Keyframing in the Edit Timeline and Curve Editor

You can use keyframes directly in the the Timeline, or if you need to do more complicated keyframe editing than the relatively simple controls of the Inspector and Timeline allow, you can use the Keyframe tracks and Curve Editor found in the Edit Timeline. When one or more clip parameters are keyframed, two small buttons appear at the far right of a clip’s name bar in the Timeline, a Curve button and a Keyframe button. These buttons let you access specialized keyframe editors that serve different purposes.

Keyframe Directly in the Timeline During Playback

Keyframes can be added directly on clips in the Timeline while playing back. You can add and delete keyframes to a clip using keyboard shortcuts, and DaVinci Resolve will try to intelligently predict the context of the clip to set the appropriate key frame.

This method allows you to quickly and precisely add retime and audio gain Keyframes during playback and then come back and manipulate the points you specified.

To Add a Keyframe to a Clip in the Timeline:

— Playback the clip on the Timeline and when the playhead is over the frame of the clip where you want to add the keyframe.

— Choose Mark > Add Keyframe (Command-[).

To Delete a Keyframe in a Clip in the Timeline:

— Select the keyframe or keyframes you want to delete from the clip.

— Choose Mark > Delete Keyframe (Option-]).

While adding a keyframe on the timeline clip is a simple keyboard press, how does DaVinci Resolve know what specific parameter from all the options available in the inspector you wanted to keyframe? Essentially the keyframes are now context aware, meaning which keyframable attribute (Zoom, Position, Volume, etc.) is selected by DaVinci Resolve depends largely on the last item you manipulated, or falling back to the most commonly used.

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