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DaVinci Resolve · Framing, motion and effects

How to speed ramp in DaVinci Resolve

Updated 5 stepsFor DaVinci Resolve

The short answer

Right-click the clip and choose Retime Controls (Cmd+R on Mac, Ctrl+R on Windows). Add speed points where the speed should change, set the speed of each section from its arrow menu, then open Retime Curve to ease between them.

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5 steps

In DaVinci Resolve

  1. 01Open Retime Controls
  2. 02Add speed points
  3. 03Set each section's speed
  4. 04Smooth the ramp
  5. 05Choose the processing

  1. 01

    Open Retime Controls

    Select the clip on the Edit page and press Cmd+R or Ctrl+R. A speed bar appears across the top of the clip.

  2. 02

    Add speed points

    Move the playhead to where the ramp starts, click the small arrow on the speed bar and choose Add Speed Point. Add another where it ends.

  3. 03

    Set each section's speed

    Click the arrow in a section and choose Change Speed, or drag the speed point's top handle to change the speed of the section before it.

  4. 04

    Smooth the ramp

    Right-click the clip and choose Retime Curve. Select the keyframes and click the ease icon above the curve to smooth the change.

  5. 05

    Choose the processing

    In the Inspector, under Retime And Scaling, set Retime Process to Optical Flow for smoother slow motion.

Good to know

Before you start

Note 1
Speed Warp, the highest-quality Optical Flow setting, is in DaVinci Resolve Studio only.
Note 2
Audio plays at the new speed and pitch. Detach or mute it on ramped clips.

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Ask Eddie for a ramp, and it arrives in Resolve as a real speed change.

Say "Ramp into this shot and back out again." Speeds run from 0.25x to 8x. A retime mutes the shot's own audio except between 80% and 125%, and Eddie won't ramp while someone is talking unless you insist. In Resolve the retime is a real speed change on the clip, not a flattened render, so you can adjust it with Retime Controls.

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 is my slow motion choppy in DaVinci Resolve?
Retime Process is set to Nearest or Frame Blend. Set it to Optical Flow in the Inspector, or shoot at a higher frame rate.
What is the shortcut for speed in DaVinci Resolve?
Cmd+R on Mac or Ctrl+R on Windows shows Retime Controls. R opens the Change Clip Speed window.

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