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DaVinci Resolve · Cutting and the timeline

How to reverse a clip in DaVinci Resolve

Updated 5 stepsFor DaVinci Resolve

The short answer

Select the clip, press R (or right-click and choose Change Clip Speed), tick Reverse Speed and click Change. The clip plays backwards at the same length.

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5 steps

In DaVinci Resolve

  1. 01Open Change Clip Speed
  2. 02Tick Reverse Speed
  3. 03Apply it
  4. 04Or reverse one section
  5. 05Deal with the audio

  1. 01

    Open Change Clip Speed

    Select the clip on the Edit page timeline and press R, or right-click it and choose Change Clip Speed.

  2. 02

    Tick Reverse Speed

    Tick Reverse Speed. Change the speed at the same time if you want it faster or slower in reverse.

  3. 03

    Apply it

    Click Change. The clip plays backwards, and its audio does too.

  4. 04

    Or reverse one section

    Press Cmd+R (Mac) or Ctrl+R (Windows) for Retime Controls, add speed points around the section, open that section's speed menu and choose Reverse Segment.

  5. 05

    Deal with the audio

    Reversed speech sounds wrong. Unlink the audio and delete it, or mute the track, and lay music or effects instead.

Eddie AI

Do it in Eddie

Reverse playback isn't something Eddie does. Do it in Resolve after the hand-off.

Eddie handles the rest of the edit: it builds the cut, sets speed changes from 0.25x to 8x, and sends the timeline to Resolve, where you reverse the clip with Change Clip Speed.

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

Can I reverse only the video and not the audio?
Unlink the clip first (right-click > Link Clips), then reverse just the video clip.
How do I undo a reverse in Resolve?
Press R on the clip again and untick Reverse Speed, or use Edit > Undo.

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