In short, the design motivation is fast editing where your hands never leave the keyboard. While the keyboard works effectively and correctly in the edit page, you'll still find yourself needing the mouse, which defeats the purpose. It's hard to talk about the keyboard without delving into the cut page. Outside of DaVinci Resolve, it's a generic QWERTY keyboard, but the special edit keys and dial will not work with other editing software. However, I found the dial operation in those modes to be rather finicky. It does work as a standard keyboard in the color, Fairlight, and Fusion pages. The Editor Keyboard is optimized for the cut and edit pages. It has a replaceable wrist rest on the front edge and adjustable feet to elevate the keyboard angle. The keyboard is wider than a standard extended keyboard due to dedicated edit keys on the left and the search dial on the right. The back of the keyboard includes two additional USB-A ports for a thumb drive, mouse, or a DaVinci Resolve license key ("dongle"). But it also worked on the USB3.0 connection of a two-year old iMac and MacBook Pro by using a USB-A to USB-C cable. In short, don't think of this as a product you'll have to toss out in a few years. They intend for the keyboard to last and will offer replacement parts as needed. The DaVinci Resolve keyboard is built into a sturdy metal case with keycaps that are designed to take some pounding. The DaVinci Resolve search dial (job/shuttle/scroll wheel) truly feels like it has the same type of ballistics and tactile feedback that a Sony dial gave you. That's not simply cosmetic - there are a number of plastic editing keyboards with a shuttle knob - it's about precision engineering. The keyboard is very reminiscent of Sony's BVE keyboards of the past. Blackmagic Design was kind enough to loan me a keyboard for a couple of weeks of testing for this review. Speed is lost using a mouse-centric, drag-and-drop approach, so the DaVinci Resolve keyboard is designed to put speed back into modern edit workflows.
After some post-NAB feedback and adjustment, the keyboard is finally ready for prime time, running with DaVinci Resolve 16.1 (currently in public beta) or later.īlackmagic Design's Grant Petty comes from a broadcast engineering background and knows how fast tape editing was with the right controller. They also added a dedicated editor's keyboard - something that warms the heart of any editor who started their career in a linear edit suite. Replay: Blackmagic Design doubled-down on advanced editing features in 2019 by introducing a new editing mode to DaVinci Resolve 16 called the cut page.
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