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DaVinci Resolve · Cutting and the timeline

How to unlink audio and video in DaVinci Resolve

Updated 5 stepsFor DaVinci Resolve

The short answer

Right-click the clip on the timeline and untick Link Clips (Option+Cmd+L on Mac, Ctrl+Alt+L on Windows) to unlink it for good. To move picture and sound apart just for now, turn off Linked Selection in the timeline toolbar (Cmd+Shift+L or Ctrl+Shift+L), or Option-click/Alt-click one part.

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5 steps

In DaVinci Resolve

  1. 01Unlink one clip
  2. 02Or turn off linked selection
  3. 03Select just one part
  4. 04Delete or move it
  5. 05Relink later

  1. 01

    Unlink one clip

    Right-click the clip on the Edit page timeline and click Link Clips to untick it. The video and audio become separate clips.

  2. 02

    Or turn off linked selection

    Click the Linked Selection button (the chain links) in the timeline toolbar, or press Cmd+Shift+L on Mac or Ctrl+Shift+L on Windows. Clicks now select picture or sound only.

  3. 03

    Select just one part

    With linked selection on, Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) the audio or the video to select it alone.

  4. 04

    Delete or move it

    Press Delete to remove the selected part, or drag it to another place or track.

  5. 05

    Relink later

    Select the video and audio clips together, right-click and choose Link Clips again.

Good to know

Before you start

Note 1
When you move unlinked parts out of sync, Resolve shows a red offset number on each clip. Right-click and choose the option to slip or move it back into place.

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Eddie handles audio and picture separately for you.

B-roll goes on as picture only, with the speaker's audio running underneath. To take a shot's sound from another file, ask, for example, "Use the lav audio under this shot." Per-clip levels arrive in Resolve as each clip's volume.

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

How do I delete only the audio from a clip in Resolve?
Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) the audio part to select it alone, then press Delete.
How do I add video without its audio?
Turn off the audio track's destination control in the timeline header before you edit, or drag only the video icon from the viewer.

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