DaVinci Resolve Editing on iPad

Create a project backup that can be restored if the working project is damaged or changed accidentally.

Review footage efficiently with Source Tape, scrubbing, and marked in/out ranges.

Use append, insert, and overwrite edits to place selected ranges on a timeline.

Arrange selected clips into a rough sequence that communicates the intended subject or event.

Use split, ripple delete, and ripple trim operations to remove unwanted material without leaving gaps.

Refine edit points with the trim controls while preserving movement and visual continuity.

Place B-roll and cutaways to compress time, conceal discontinuities, or clarify spoken content.

Identify story beats in raw footage and order them into a clear beginning, development, and resolution.

Create audio-led and video-led transitions by offsetting linked audio and video edit points.

Adjust shot duration and reaction timing to produce a deliberate pace and emotional tone.

Cut an opening hook that establishes the video's subject or value within the first few seconds.

Combine A-roll and B-roll to maintain clarity and visual interest throughout a YouTube segment.

Choose and apply cuts, dissolves, or dip transitions according to changes in time, place, or subject.

Translate a promotional brief into an edit plan specifying audience, core message, call to action, duration, and aspect ratio.

Inspect AI-generated clips for resolution, frame-rate, duration, and visual-continuity problems before editing.

Conceal distracting AI artifacts or continuity breaks through shot selection, cutaways, reframing, and shorter shot duration.

Create readable titles and lower thirds with consistent typography, color, placement, and safe margins.

Animate position, scale, or opacity with keyframes to create simple purposeful motion.

Adapt a landscape edit to a vertical format while preserving important action, readable graphics, and safe framing.

Set dialogue clip levels and fades to maintain intelligibility and prevent audible clipping.

Balance dialogue, music, and sound effects according to their role in the scene.

Keyframe music volume beneath speech and across transitions without abrupt level changes.

Use waveform and RGB parade scopes to diagnose exposure imbalance and color casts.

Correct white balance, exposure, contrast, and saturation with primary color controls.

Match adjacent shots to a reference image using scopes and visual comparison.

Build a restrained creative look on a separate node without undoing the primary correction.

Perform a systematic quality-control pass for faulty cuts, black frames, spelling errors, framing problems, and audio issues.

Choose export resolution, frame rate, codec, audio settings, and file naming for YouTube, social media, or client review.

Create clearly versioned landscape and vertical deliverables from an approved master timeline.