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DaVinci Resolve · Framing, motion and effects

How to fade to black in DaVinci Resolve

Updated 4 stepsFor DaVinci Resolve

The short answer

On the Edit page, hover over the last clip and drag the white fade handle at its top right corner to the left. For a fade between two clips, drag Effects > Toolbox > Video Transitions > Dip to Color Dissolve onto the cut and set the color to black.

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4 steps

In DaVinci Resolve

  1. 01Drag the fade handle
  2. 02Fade in the same way
  3. 03Or dip between clips
  4. 04Fade the audio too

  1. 01

    Drag the fade handle

    Hover over the end of the last clip in the timeline. A white handle appears at its top right corner. Drag it left to set the fade length.

  2. 02

    Fade in the same way

    For a fade up from black at the start, drag the handle at the clip's top left corner to the right.

  3. 03

    Or dip between clips

    Open Effects > Toolbox > Video Transitions and drag Dip to Color Dissolve onto the cut. In the Inspector, set Color to black.

  4. 04

    Fade the audio too

    Drag the fade handles at the corners of the audio clip so the sound fades with the picture.

Good to know

Before you start

Note 1
A fade handle on the last clip fades to whatever is below it. With no clip beneath, that is black.

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Do it in Eddie

Ask Eddie to fade out, and the fade carries into Resolve.

Say "Fade to black at the end." Fades are exact everywhere: in Eddie's player, in MP4 renders and in the Resolve export. In the player and MP4s, a dissolve between clips shows as a quick dip through black, while the Resolve export carries a real cross-dissolve.

Back to Resolve

Open the edit, click Export and choose Resolve. The default is a Resolve project (.drp) that opens with the timeline built; behind the arrow is a Resolve FCPXML you bring into the project you have open with File > Import > Timeline. In the desktop app, Send to DaVinci Resolve builds the timeline in the Resolve you have running, through Eddie's script (Workspace > Scripts > Eddie AI AE).

If you imported the footage through the desktop app, the timeline points at your original camera files. If you uploaded on the web or pulled from cloud storage, it points at Eddie's proxy media: relink to those in the Media Pool with Relink Selected Clips, not to the camera originals.

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From the help center

FAQ

Questions

Why doesn't my clip have a fade handle?
Zoom in on the timeline and hover over the top corner of the clip. The handles only show on hover.
How do I fade to white instead?
Use Dip to Color Dissolve and set Color to white in the Inspector.

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