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Relative timecode is entered by starting the timecode value with a plus (+) or minus (–). Adding a plus results in the value you type being added to the current timecode value for purposes of offsetting the playhead from its current position. Adding a minus will subtract the value you type from the current timecode value. Here are three examples of relative timecode entry:
User-Typed Value | Result |
+20. | 00:00:20:00 is added to the current timecode value. |
+3.. | 00:03:00:00 is added to the current timecode value. |
–5 | 00:00:00:05 is subtracted from the current timecode value. |
Clip, Marker, and Track Navigation
The Up and Down Arrow keys are used to move the playhead from one edit point to the next in the Fairlight page Timeline, just as in the Edit page Timeline.
However, holding Command-Option down while using the Arrow keys gives you Fairlight page-specific behaviors that are used to navigate among clips, markers, and tracks in the Fairlight page in a way that’s different than other pages of DaVinci Resolve but very useful to the way the Fairlight page operates. This section covers the basics.
Selecting Tracks
Which tracks are selected determine the behavior of the Arrow keys.
— In Pointer mode: You can select tracks by clicking or Command-clicking (to select multiple tracks) anywhere in the background area or on the track number of the track headers. If you click and drag in the track header, you can use a bounding box to select multiple tracks. Pointer mode will not select in unused areas of the Timeline.
— In Range or Focus mode: You can select tracks by clicking or Command-clicking anywhere either in the background area or on the track number of the track header, or in any unused area of the track itself in the Timeline. If you click and drag, you can use a bounding box to select multiple tracks.
Moving the Clip Selection
The Command-Option-Left and Command-Option-Right Arrow key shortcuts are used to move the playhead left and right in the Timeline, navigating from clip to clip or from marker to marker. How these keys function depends on whether or not one or more tracks is selected in the Timeline.
— If no tracks are selected: The Left and Right Arrow keys will jump the playhead from Timeline marker to Timeline marker. Clip markers will be ignored.
— If one or more tracks are selected: The Left/Right Arrow keys will jump the playhead among clip In points, clip Out points, and Timeline markers.