I loved this demonstration. I'm a retired TV news editor I did this for 30 years and on 10 of them I was using the Sony BVE2000, I trained half of the editor that used this editor and yes it was fast. I never over clicked, but some of my coworkers did. My goal was to get rid of the production as fast as possible, so I was not wasting time on this. I have one good story on this though, once the production asked an editor how much time it would take to edit a specific curent affair piece, he said 4 days, so they booked him and a producer for 4 days on this. He called in sick on Monday I replaced him, the piece was finished at 3pm that day, like I said I had no time to waste with this production, on top it was the first time I was working with them. I worked 30 years on the English side of the station while this was on the French side. Needless to say that my coworker was pissed at me I made him look like a slacker and a an incompetent, and no it was not one of the editors I've trained😉
People may think he's talking about the search wheel way too much. I have the speed editor. It sits above my keyboard, and the wheel is literally the only thing I use regularly. Everything else I just use keyboard shortcuts. And it's still worth the price of admission just for that wheel! So no, he isn't over-hyping it. 😀 Someone should recommend Blackmagic sell just the wheel for like $100. They would sell a million of them.
I would totally buy just the jog wheel. To me, an amateur who doesn't edit for my day-job or even youtube, these strike me as specialized tools for professionals, and the price is commensurate. I'm not gonna spend $300+ on a specialized keyboard when my daily driver keyboard is already a very expensive ergonomic split keyboard that is completely programmable. I have a customized "layer" for Resolve with all the shortcuts I want/need programmed into my keyboard firmware, but the one thing I'm missing is a jog wheel. If I could get the standalone wheel I would totally buy it, were it $100 or less.
This makes a lot of sense. Since you probably cannot customize the SpeedEditor at all, it might actually be the best of both worlds to pair it with whatever KB you already love, with all your customizations, and then embrace the proprietary layout of the SE. Logical.
I've got the full editor keyboard. It, my set of stream decks and dell ultra-wide monitor are some of my favorite purchases. However, I don't use it as my full time keyboard. I have it to the side until I get into my video edit routine, and then I put my bluetooth keyboard away and pull the editor keyboard out. My favorite part of the editor keyboard is the jog wheel. You don't understand how nice it is until you FEEL it. It's amazing. I'm not a full-time editor, so I'm not sure it was worth the price I paid, but I still love it.
I have an apple wireless keyboard (full size with numbers pad) that I much prefer for regular typing and it sits perfectly on top of the keys of the Editor Keyboard with room on each side for access to the speed editor portion. That way the large Editor Keyboard stays in one place on my desk and I just place the apple on top when I want those keys. Hope that makes sense.
Moviola film editor, CMX online, Avid (35 years), FC7/X (6 years), PP (a year), now Resolve for the last month. My secret weapon has been mapping NLEs to my Avid keyboard to keep the muscle memory working. However, you have made the best case to move on. I have actually missed the precise control of the CMX 3600 and Omni environments for years, amidst the swimmy, rubbery world of computer editing. Avid's dynamic trimming beats everyone's, but the more I learn Resolve, the more I like it. You may have converted me to finally switching layouts w the Resolve editor's keyboard.
wow - this is a very cool comment. You have many avid years on me. I will say the Resolve QWERTY section is not necessarily the most agile, its pneumonic like FCP was. However, you can of course customize those keys in the settings. I have ideas for future tutorials on some of those - one important one is the auto track selectors. Anyways - the selling point of this keyboard to me is the dial - its great and fun. Without it, there are better mechanical options.
@@CreativeVideoTips Thank you for your hard work. Very clear info. After much study I have decided to keep using my Avid layout, on a Logickeyboard Astra. On the DR keyboard, yes the wheel would be nice (although the BEST wheel in the business was on Editdroid), but nearly half the F keys are not customizable, so they are lost real estate. I understand the consequences of a dedicated manufacture's design for any KB (there was no customization in CMX, for example) but...those days are way in the past. We are used to customization in all platforms. So for the big print to giveth, and the small print to taketh away, I feel like BMD is missing an opportunity to make the editor KB as good as it could be...for everyone.
Thanks so much for this video. I was at B&H a few months ago debating between this keyboard and the speed editor and played around with both demos. Ultimately I went with the Speed Editor (after watching yours and Darrin Mostyn's videos on it ) for a few reasons: 1: Size. This keyboard is huge, and my desk space is limited. Plus I'm doing more on set work..I can throw my Speed Editor, laptop, magic keyboard, and mouse in a backpack pretty easily. The DaVinci keyboard is huge and made out of metal...which makes it impossible for portability. 2: Keys...I have everything mapped to my left hand so my right hand can stay on the mouse/tablet. I started that habit on Avid, then Final Cut, then moved them to Premiere, and now I have the same buttons mapped in Resolve. The Resolve keyboard looks cool, but I don't want to take my hands off my mouse/tablet when editing so a major function of the keyboard...the keyboard labeling, is completely lost on me. 3: Cost. $600 for a keyboard is a bit much for me these days...the industry as you know is still kinda f**ked right now. I'm thankfully working, but if I'm going to invest in new stuff, I need a good reason. I use the new Micro Color panel and I love it (review video next please!) and the Speed Editor is really, really good for just flying through huge amounts of footage...both of those devices justify the cost imho. 4: Efficiency: I like that the Speed Editor is so compact. Sure it has less buttons, but the SE has multiple buttons that do a few different things. And they're labeled right on the buttons themselves. Id rather fewer buttons that do more than the opposite. There's a lot of buttons on the big keyboard that I can see myself never using...or things that I already have mapped to the keyboard already. Also, could I ask you a question...is there a way to match frame in the cut page? That's the one thing that's missing and driving me crazy. I've been googling and asking all over, and there seems to be no way to just load a clip in the timeline into the source page in the cut page. Any advice on that? Thanks and keep up the great videos!
I've used the DV Editor Keyboard for more than a year : FOLLOWING ARE MY PRO"s AND CON's 1. The biggest bummer is that there are no Backlit keys. I have a dark environment and I couldn't see my keys at all. SOLUTION: Bought some after market Keys from Amazon with a big Font on the keys, makes it much easier. I don't need the coloured keys anyway, since I have my own shortcuts. 2. Another big bummer is the F keys and delete key. To use the F keys you need to use the Function key. Pain in the backside. The F keys font again is very small, SOLUTION: added some tape on top and wrote the numbers etc on the tape. 3. It will take some getting used the Red Cherry Keys. You find yourself pressing it twice sometimes. 4. Apart from that, the keyboard is great. The dial is a real time saver while trimming. You can go through lots of footage at great speed. Definitely a must try.
I bought the Speed Editor bundle from B&H earlier this year when just starting out with DaVinci Resolve and it saved me a lot of time not needing to learn all the keyboard shortcuts. For just $100 over the cost of the Studio version of the application it was a no brainer. Had this KB been available I likely would have gone with it instead. In the nostalgia dept., back in 1985 I was in Tokyo on a layover going back to the Manila were I was Dep. Director and Production Manager of the US Info Agency publishing center there and searched high and low for a US Version on Sony’s then new Hi8 camcorder, finally finding on at the Navy PX there. Later Sony created a jog-wheel editing console which connected the camcorder to a high-end BetaMax VCR for editing. Unfortunately the final output quality was only NTSC but I did manage to put together a few videos with it.
That is so cool; thanks for sharing, Teddy. Sony has made some pretty cool stuff in the past - I had yet to hear about this controller. There is something about having hands on that really makes editing more personal. Have fun with the speed editor!
Wow, major flashback for me! Back in the 1900’s I used to edit on the Sony BVE-9000, that was the big time. An amazingly powerful tool. I should note that the keyboard you show at 1:49 is the 9000, then the next photo is a 9100, which was the “upgrade,” which had a different button layout, and was a significant downgrade - they got too clever with the layout of the keys. And yes, having a noisy keyboard was a very useful tool when I used to have clients in the suite all day every day watching every edit go down (linear editing required the client to approve every cut as you made it), so banging away on useless keystrokes gave them the impression you were really doing something over there!
Love this. Yeah I pulled what photos I could find, but you have a keen eye. I started with digibeta, then hdcam decks so I missed this era in post - fun to hear your experience. Thanks!
Everything is soooo much better nowadays! I started with 3/4” and a BVE-800. Progressed through 1”, BetaSP and the horrific but groundbreaking D2 (reread!!). Now we just have digits on SSDs, we truly live in a glorious future!😁
How Top displayed. Glad to hear that you are enthusiastic about this great Edit Keyboard from Black Magic. I have and use it myself for two years now, to my complete satisfaction. And yes, there is one button less or more on it. For me, this keyboard is something I do not want to miss anymore. Working with this keyboard is just right. It is more than pleasant to work with it. Thank you for your opinion with substantiation, Chadwick.
Just bought one this week. It is great. Huge, but great quality. And loving the studio license. And never forget a speed editor and a good keyboard cost about as much as editing keyboard. Now get me a saw, I embedding it in my desk 😂 Are you gonna make tutorials on the keyboard as you did the speed editor?
Great to hear! You are committed getting a saw out :). - I might do more on keyboard agility using this specifically. Kind of curious how much interest there is in it. I'm sending this demo back early this week and ordering my new one to have soon.
Got all the way to the end of your episode and really loved the relaxed pacing of your delivery. It gave me time to absorb what you said. I also enjoyed watching the big monitor behind you wizz around as you spun the Jog Wheel. One big take away from this episode, for me, is that how little I know about the whole editing process of a project. I only started learning to use Resolve at version 15 and since then I haven't evolved much in my rudimentary abilities. And to me the Cut Page is off limits. I even hide it from view by removing the icon. Maybe one day you could create some simple tutorials on editing for hobbyists or enthusiastic creators who don't do this for a living and don't live on Resolve as much as pro editors and colour grader's like yourself? Cheers
I wish they would release an update to the full keyboard adding the "move" and volume adjustment from the speed editor. Those are the two functions I would love to have.
Yeah I would too, (actually I would be bummed because I just spent 600 on the old one ) :) - the "Swap" F6 key is a lot like the move tool from the speed editor - but yeah no volume adjustment with the jog wheel.
Nice work as per your norm, Chadwick! I know BMD doesn’t always (or maybe even usually?) do this with their hardware, but any speculation they might have dropped pricing in preparation for a next version? Not holding you to it! Some of the limitations you pointed out are compelling me to consider just continuing on with the speed editor for now.
I know you are talking about the keyboard, but I am interested in how you use the Wacom stylus in your workflow. I have tried them to replace my mouse but I never seemed to find it better. I would appreciate a video on this if others are interested, to show the benefits and working process. How does it differ, pros, cons. Thanks
I got speed editor and the only reason I haven't got the keyboard version is it's not wireless! Backlighting should of course be in next version regardless it will be wireless or not. And at last it should be possible to custom made the buttons. Blackmagic is the best ❤
Great video as always! Lat year I came sooo close to picking this keyboard up. I was finally going to pull the pin on Davinci Resolve Studio, and this was an attractive option. (Up to that point, I was a mouse on the right, ShuttlePRO v2 on the left, and a Stream Deck XL behind my keyboard. I never use the Cut Page, so the Speed Editor wasn't for me.) In the end, I bought the software alone. Why, you ask? 😁Two reasons: first, I couldn't get my head around swapping my whole desk setup left to right to fit a niche keyboard. The body memory is STRONG! Second, while I work with DaVinci Resolve everyday, it's a pretty niche use. As a voiceover artist and podcast audio editor I spend most of my time on the Edit and Fairlight pages, and my current setup (I've since added a Stream Deck Plus) does the job I want it to do the way I want it done. AND I can use everything but the shuttle gizmo for livestreaming, the hobby that got me into making money as a voiceover artist and podcast audio editor in the first place. That said, I still watch these videos wistfully thinking about what could have been! And my ShuttlePRO v2 is starting to show signs of wear, so it's an excuse to take a look at what's out there. 😁
I really appreciate this comment. I actually had bought 2 stand alone licenses before ever buying a camera that came with one. This is indeed a very specialized device and it took me this long to think about even trying it. Its certainly not for everyone, or most people really. Kind of like a nice pair of powder skis, maybe even alaska powder skis that have a specific use for specific user. And none of these tools are perfect.
I have had the keyboard for for a couple of years and I really struggled with the price back then. Now, I wouldn't be without it and the price is largely forgotten. The big thing for me is that I focus much less on the mechanics of editing and much on the editing process itself. BTW Chad, the keyboard came out before the Cut Page. The Source button switches to the source window in the Edit Page so you can mark in/out points etc. To add the clip to the timeline. And bins in the Cut Page I find are problematic generally. Another thing you can't do on the Cut Page is go to a Smart Bin which is something fairly important for us. We use the Scene Metadata field for example to group together similar footage from multiple cameras, and that shows up automatically as a Smart Bin on the edit page. Impossible on the Cut page.
Ah, I stand corrected - thank you. I think I ignored it and the cut page when they both first released and assumed it was at the same time. Good point about smart bins on the cut page. I feel like I must be missing something still about cut page bin navigation though. Its so close to not touching a mouse like the edit page.
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Thanks for comparison Chadwick. Now I'm glad I purchased the Replay Editor from Black Magic. I made a video showing how quieter the keys are on the Replay Editor compared to the Speed editor
I used to work in a live production environment. I just do long form video editing now. I'm just one quiz away from becoming a Certified Davinci Resolve trainer. I'm your 777 sub from your start-up youtube days. When you were back in Colorado. Lol...
It's worth the price to get the quality of the Editor Keyboard for normal keyboard functions. I've not been editing for a number of months, but I still love my Editor Keyboard.
Up vote for some software that allows you to remap whatever keys you want on the speed editor, and maybe even a couple of colorful physical keys to replace the ones that you remap. I suggest a BMD key with the little squares that shows BMD cares about how we use their stuff.
Great video, thanks Chadwick! I understand the appeal, and the wheel is dope, but for me, a well thought out remap of keyboard shortcuts does the job just fine. I have a REALLY unrelated question though: A while back you made a video about your dual system sync methods with timecode, that is the timeline method VS the media pool method. I’m looking for a way that can sort of combine both; creating a sync map (timeline) of a shoot day so I can check and manually adjust the sync, but then creating a package that I can view in the media pool/source browser. Sort of like the subclip sync method in Avid. The only semblance of this I’ve found so far is to turn all my synced clips into compound clips (like you would a subclip in Avid); that way it’s just 1 audio and video track, I can add markers and keywords on it in the media pool, I can match frame to synced media, etc. But there are some limitations; it makes editing multiple cameras pretty clunky, retime effects can get pretty weird and buggy, and when I decompose the compound clip to send the audio to mix and the video to colour, I lose any effects I put on them, so I have to manually keep track and redo them when I lock picture. Do you have any solutions or suggestions? Or maybe would you consider tackling this in a future video? One thing I have yet to try is doing a syncmap, then adjusting the placement of anything off sync, noting the difference in timecode, applying that difference to the relevant clips in the media pool, and then doing a “sync by timecode” in the media pool with all the timecode adjusted to be accurate. It sounds tedious though, so I’m wondering if you have anything quicker up your sleeve. Thanks for reading, thanks for everything, sorry for the essay LOL. You’re one of my favourite channels, keep up the awesome work!!
Hey Alex, thank you for the comment. I need to do an update to syncmap on the timeline video, but it sounds like you pretty much have hit a difference between the avid subclip and resolve compound clip. Aside from making a compound clip, or a multicam from timeline there isn't another way that I know of. Regarding the decompose step, what we've been doing is copy effects to clipboard, decompose, then paste attributes back on the decompose clip. It does take time that shouldn't be necessary though. Similar story with retimes on the "outer shell". I plan on doing a conform masterclass sometime this fall.
@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks very much Chadwick, that’s kind of what I figured as well. Seems like it’s just a difference in how the softwares work. Thanks for taking the time :) Looking forward to that masterclass and your future content!
Well well i'm starting with Davinci Resolve for professional usage, and since i will need the StudioVersion, im considering get one of these Keyboards too but here in Brasil they are somehow expensive like 700usd the Speed Editor. So for now is just a dream 😂
Fun fact the smart indicator doesn’t work with smart insert on the cut page but it does do smart indicator for the trim in and out button on the left hand side.
That keyboard looks pretty robust, but I’m not sure I could get used to it, especially on the cut page. I’ve forced myself to use the cut page several times and I’m always messing up something in my edit. It’s a personal preference and works differently for everyone. But as far as shortcuts go, I like using my Redragon mouse and mapping shortcuts to the side buttons.
Great idea, i'm checking this out now. The trouble I have is how to get to that scene set of clips very quickly without scrubbing through many days of footage.
Thank you once again for the detailed insight. I purchased the DR Keyboard Editor. I have been playing with it for almost a week. I'm missing the Split Clip key on the Keyboard, which the Speed Editor has. I have been trying to reassign that function to the "assignable" key using the Keyboard Customization in Resolve without success. Reassigning the key, for example, the Split Clip to the Razor shortcut, does nothing on the keyboard. I would greatly appreciate any idea on how to do it properly.
@1:11 You can't compare the size of the Editor keyboard and the Speed editor. You still need a keyboard with the Speed editor. A keyboard and Speed editor will take more space (and will be less ergonomic) than the Editor keyboard.
How awesome would it be it be if BlackMagic dropped a Box of Labelled Keycaps with a host of different functions and then gave us software to customize the buttons. I would have bought the Speed editor long ago if the middle bunch wasn't CAM keys. Would you be willing to pass on this suggestion?
nice thanks! looking for that. just a simple key by key would be perfect. i still haven't used a lot of the key commands on the keyboard and I want to master it.
Any chance you'd do q video on the benefits of using a drawing tablet and stylus like your Wacom as an editing tool? I've got a Huion with nothing to do, and I'm looking for other uses for it 😁
I really need to do that - I did mention on todays video the most important settings, middle click, right click - but I have it in my quee to do a tablet specific tutorial. Thanks!
As a QWERTZ user I would really like it if they could just simply show my physical keyboard layout in the customization screen. Some Keybindings simply won't work because the screen says something different then the physical key I'm pressing...
I do a lot of panning and zooming in my editing. Is there a way to use the scroll wheel on the keyboard to quickly zoom in and out and pan left, right, up and down?
I have the Editor Keyboard - BUT interested in the labels that you have on your Logitech keyboard (that I also have). Source?? Thanks - love the channel
I actually don't have a logitech keyboard - I have an apple touch ID one, and then an editors keys - the apple one has covers from here - Editors Keys keyboard & covers ➡️ www.editorskeys.com/CREATIVEVIDEOTIPS
I’m using it for years now. But the Main issue I have is that the prints On the Keys are just not contrastly enough to see/read them under the Lighting conditions I have (a bit dark as I do not want too much art light spill On my monitor) I had to solve this by making Tiny white stickers with Black printend characters On it, And stick them On the Front face (not the top) of each Key individually.
The stream deck doesn’t work unless directly connected to the PC. Its in their support documentation. I tried running my stream deck through a USB hub and it worked but when pressing any button it has a massive lag and delay. Once I plugged into PC directly worked perfect ever since!
Ah - i didn't realize that. I do have it working through a 7 port usb hub - but it does go to sleep sometimes - i bet that's why. Thank you for sharing.
awesome video as always Chad. Can i ask you, how you make the strokes to explain with your wacom tablet and that strokes dissapear with a delay fade out, its so cool. Thanks :)
naahh..i’ve been editing with tapes back then..the source tape style is too wasting time to scroll back & forth just to find an ‘editing spot’. what i or some editor like me want is a controller like loupedeck ct/live to have control on the inspector values. we need the knob to have precised target values just like the color page have with their mini/micro/advanced panel. all the editing shortkeys that i used are just the basic cut paste in out etc..all the fancies that the speed & editor keyboard offers are just ‘additional’ in real life. rite now, shuttle pro + loupedeck live + wacom pen are the best tool for my editing. but im still hoping that BMD will offer a controller like loupedeck.
Hey one thing that will help with inspector values is to hold option or command (depending if in fusion or edit page) to gear the down while you slide you pen left and right. you can also use up and down arrows on each point value - hope that helps.
you could certainly bake out a mix or iso tracks from Audition - but for a roundtrip from resolve out to a pro mixer - I have only sent AAF out to ProTools and gotten mixes back - The nice thing is Fairlight is extremely capable and just a button press away
Thank you for the informative insight. Does the keyboard editor wheel support the stills wipe references of Davinci Resolve Studio in the viewer color page?
Yeah, the speed editor is cheaper, but if you were to buy the speed editor and a good sturdy mechanical keyboard, you're already not far from the $600 cost, so it would make a lot of sense for me.
Just a word of warning. I have a Win11Pro workstation running a 3990X Threadripper CPU and Dual 3090's. I was getting regular but random BSOD full system crashes with this keyboard, seems like it might have been a BM Driver issue. No response when reporting to BM. On a Windows PC the number keypad would only work in Resolve. I'm back to working with the speed editor and Corsair keyboard.
I got the speed editor and I never use it… so I’m really wondering if I should be spending 800 euro’s on a keyboard when I’m not sure if I’ll like it better than my regular keyboard with shortkeys 😭
Potentially dumb question, but does anyone know why Black Magic has not released/facilitated a comprehensive English language tutorial on how to use this keyboard? There's unstructured bits and pieces floating all over TH-cam from enthusiasts, but there's also full length tutorials from BMD -- except that none of the ones I've found are in English.
Can i use this davinci keyboard just like normal keyboard for typing in MS word? i want all in one keyboard for video editng and normal keyboard. Thanks
Hi Chadwick. LOVE your videos! So professional. I would love to know more about what not for profits you support. I do mentoring for homeless and get them off the streets with jobs, and places to live. Anyway - I really wish - you would do a course in how to use your editor’s keyboard. I bought BOTH - and there really is no course that teaches both. Let me know if you ever decide to teach a course - I will buy it.
Hey Scott, thank you so much for the comment and the work you do with helping homeless people. My volunteer time varies on the season, right now I help with production for my church. I have a playlist on the channel with a lot of speed editor stuff from when it first came out. Thanks for the suggestion on the courses though - courses will be a big part of creative video tips in 2025. Please always offer suggestions.
@ I often do mainly only to people that I think have enough squash upstairs (a doctors way of saying brains 😆) to take my advice and do something with it. If you ever want to collaborate on a course like that, I’ll bet it would sell a lot. I have both the speed editor and the editors keyboard. I don’t have a tremendous amount of experience with either one, however. I want to get into video editing so much. I love it. I find the learning curve with da Vinci resolve astronomical however. It almost makes me sorry I bought both of those devices, but I know that sooner or later I’m gonna learn it. Thank you, Chadwick. Your videos are outstanding and very professional, much appreciate them.
My desk is my Lap I use a wireless keyboard and mouse I paid $19.98 for 6 years ago. The jog whell on my Speed editor is not a real JOG wheel you must click a button to get it to variable speed JOG.
By the way, Chadwick! You've mentioned you could easily spend 14 hours/day editing... Could you give advice on a chair that would help your back handle it? 😅😸
I should get up more than I do - but what I've used for several years and like is the Leap v2 steelcase chair. You can get refurbs that are like new from anywhere online. This is one of the best tools you can get as an editor.
This is great! I really prefer the jog wheel on the Editor Keyboard, I bought it years ago and love it. It was the first time buying a davinci piece of hardware, buy once cry one for sure. Wish they had a backlit option and a silent key option, but I think you can change the cherry switches, just never tried it. FYI, the shuttle mode is magnetic, but I have over done it a felt like I was grind out the magnet. Really want a version with custom buttons, all the special buttons could benefit so much from more buttons and it should be fully customizable. Also you can do the slide, you just have to click the slip/slide button "s" first and switch to slide mode, shown here th-cam.com/video/oSgzNGhYvVE/w-d-xo.html after it's switched the slip des button will slide clips.
@@kris.szablowski It's there as long as you use that function key... page 993 of the 18.5 manual shows the keyboard function key have a two stage operation.
@@CreativeVideoTips also still cant figureout all tricks for multicam workflow on big keyboard, so I still have speededitor next to it...Would be nice If You can dedicate a full multicam dedicated video for big keyboard. 😉
REAL EDITORS EDIT IN THE DARK OR AT NIGHT BURNING THAT PROVERBIAL MIDNIGHT OIL , THIS HAS ZERO BACKLIT KEYS WHAT A WASTE BLACKMAGIC SO CLUELESS AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH CONSUMERS IN 2024
I mean I think the speed editing is a joke just dumb I guarantee you cannot do things that much quicker if at all it’s simply something someone was smoking a fat blunt when they created it
I loved this demonstration. I'm a retired TV news editor I did this for 30 years and on 10 of them I was using the Sony BVE2000, I trained half of the editor that used this editor and yes it was fast. I never over clicked, but some of my coworkers did. My goal was to get rid of the production as fast as possible, so I was not wasting time on this. I have one good story on this though, once the production asked an editor how much time it would take to edit a specific curent affair piece, he said 4 days, so they booked him and a producer for 4 days on this. He called in sick on Monday I replaced him, the piece was finished at 3pm that day, like I said I had no time to waste with this production, on top it was the first time I was working with them. I worked 30 years on the English side of the station while this was on the French side. Needless to say that my coworker was pissed at me I made him look like a slacker and a an incompetent, and no it was not one of the editors I've trained😉
People may think he's talking about the search wheel way too much. I have the speed editor. It sits above my keyboard, and the wheel is literally the only thing I use regularly. Everything else I just use keyboard shortcuts.
And it's still worth the price of admission just for that wheel!
So no, he isn't over-hyping it. 😀
Someone should recommend Blackmagic sell just the wheel for like $100. They would sell a million of them.
I would totally buy just the jog wheel. To me, an amateur who doesn't edit for my day-job or even youtube, these strike me as specialized tools for professionals, and the price is commensurate. I'm not gonna spend $300+ on a specialized keyboard when my daily driver keyboard is already a very expensive ergonomic split keyboard that is completely programmable. I have a customized "layer" for Resolve with all the shortcuts I want/need programmed into my keyboard firmware, but the one thing I'm missing is a jog wheel. If I could get the standalone wheel I would totally buy it, were it $100 or less.
This makes a lot of sense. Since you probably cannot customize the SpeedEditor at all, it might actually be the best of both worlds to pair it with whatever KB you already love, with all your customizations, and then embrace the proprietary layout of the SE. Logical.
I use the speed editor on the EDIT page. A lot of the functions work, not many reviewers mention this.
Díky!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing! I hope it'll be DaVinci Keyboard 2 anytime soon with the wireless ability!
I don't care about wireless it is too big to move anyway. Backlight would be nice though. Not that I am going to upgrade 😂
I've got the full editor keyboard. It, my set of stream decks and dell ultra-wide monitor are some of my favorite purchases. However, I don't use it as my full time keyboard. I have it to the side until I get into my video edit routine, and then I put my bluetooth keyboard away and pull the editor keyboard out. My favorite part of the editor keyboard is the jog wheel. You don't understand how nice it is until you FEEL it. It's amazing. I'm not a full-time editor, so I'm not sure it was worth the price I paid, but I still love it.
I have an apple wireless keyboard (full size with numbers pad) that I much prefer for regular typing and it sits perfectly on top of the keys of the Editor Keyboard with room on each side for access to the speed editor portion. That way the large Editor Keyboard stays in one place on my desk and I just place the apple on top when I want those keys. Hope that makes sense.
Moviola film editor, CMX online, Avid (35 years), FC7/X (6 years), PP (a year), now Resolve for the last month. My secret weapon has been mapping NLEs to my Avid keyboard to keep the muscle memory working. However, you have made the best case to move on. I have actually missed the precise control of the CMX 3600 and Omni environments for years, amidst the swimmy, rubbery world of computer editing. Avid's dynamic trimming beats everyone's, but the more I learn Resolve, the more I like it. You may have converted me to finally switching layouts w the Resolve editor's keyboard.
wow - this is a very cool comment. You have many avid years on me. I will say the Resolve QWERTY section is not necessarily the most agile, its pneumonic like FCP was. However, you can of course customize those keys in the settings. I have ideas for future tutorials on some of those - one important one is the auto track selectors. Anyways - the selling point of this keyboard to me is the dial - its great and fun. Without it, there are better mechanical options.
@@CreativeVideoTips Thank you for your hard work. Very clear info. After much study I have decided to keep using my Avid layout, on a Logickeyboard Astra. On the DR keyboard, yes the wheel would be nice (although the BEST wheel in the business was on Editdroid), but nearly half the F keys are not customizable, so they are lost real estate. I understand the consequences of a dedicated manufacture's design for any KB (there was no customization in CMX, for example) but...those days are way in the past. We are used to customization in all platforms. So for the big print to giveth, and the small print to taketh away, I feel like BMD is missing an opportunity to make the editor KB as good as it could be...for everyone.
Thanks so much for this video. I was at B&H a few months ago debating between this keyboard and the speed editor and played around with both demos. Ultimately I went with the Speed Editor (after watching yours and Darrin Mostyn's videos on it ) for a few reasons:
1: Size. This keyboard is huge, and my desk space is limited. Plus I'm doing more on set work..I can throw my Speed Editor, laptop, magic keyboard, and mouse in a backpack pretty easily. The DaVinci keyboard is huge and made out of metal...which makes it impossible for portability.
2: Keys...I have everything mapped to my left hand so my right hand can stay on the mouse/tablet. I started that habit on Avid, then Final Cut, then moved them to Premiere, and now I have the same buttons mapped in Resolve. The Resolve keyboard looks cool, but I don't want to take my hands off my mouse/tablet when editing so a major function of the keyboard...the keyboard labeling, is completely lost on me.
3: Cost. $600 for a keyboard is a bit much for me these days...the industry as you know is still kinda f**ked right now. I'm thankfully working, but if I'm going to invest in new stuff, I need a good reason. I use the new Micro Color panel and I love it (review video next please!) and the Speed Editor is really, really good for just flying through huge amounts of footage...both of those devices justify the cost imho.
4: Efficiency: I like that the Speed Editor is so compact. Sure it has less buttons, but the SE has multiple buttons that do a few different things. And they're labeled right on the buttons themselves. Id rather fewer buttons that do more than the opposite. There's a lot of buttons on the big keyboard that I can see myself never using...or things that I already have mapped to the keyboard already.
Also, could I ask you a question...is there a way to match frame in the cut page? That's the one thing that's missing and driving me crazy. I've been googling and asking all over, and there seems to be no way to just load a clip in the timeline into the source page in the cut page. Any advice on that?
Thanks and keep up the great videos!
But with the Speed Editor you still need a keyboard. A keyboard and Speed Editor takes more space than the Editor Keyboard.
I've used the DV Editor Keyboard for more than a year : FOLLOWING ARE MY PRO"s AND CON's
1. The biggest bummer is that there are no Backlit keys. I have a dark environment and I couldn't see my keys at all. SOLUTION: Bought some after market Keys from Amazon with a big Font on the keys, makes it much easier. I don't need the coloured keys anyway, since I have my own shortcuts.
2. Another big bummer is the F keys and delete key. To use the F keys you need to use the Function key. Pain in the backside. The F keys font again is very small, SOLUTION: added some tape on top and wrote the numbers etc on the tape.
3. It will take some getting used the Red Cherry Keys. You find yourself pressing it twice sometimes.
4. Apart from that, the keyboard is great. The dial is a real time saver while trimming. You can go through lots of footage at great speed. Definitely a must try.
I have the Speed Editor and the DR Keyboard and love them both.
I bought the Speed Editor bundle from B&H earlier this year when just starting out with DaVinci Resolve and it saved me a lot of time not needing to learn all the keyboard shortcuts. For just $100 over the cost of the Studio version of the application it was a no brainer.
Had this KB been available I likely would have gone with it instead.
In the nostalgia dept., back in 1985 I was in Tokyo on a layover going back to the Manila were I was Dep. Director and Production Manager of the US Info Agency publishing center there and searched high and low for a US Version on Sony’s then new Hi8 camcorder, finally finding on at the Navy PX there. Later Sony created a jog-wheel editing console which connected the camcorder to a high-end BetaMax VCR for editing. Unfortunately the final output quality was only NTSC but I did manage to put together a few videos with it.
That is so cool; thanks for sharing, Teddy. Sony has made some pretty cool stuff in the past - I had yet to hear about this controller. There is something about having hands on that really makes editing more personal. Have fun with the speed editor!
Wow, major flashback for me! Back in the 1900’s I used to edit on the Sony BVE-9000, that was the big time. An amazingly powerful tool. I should note that the keyboard you show at 1:49 is the 9000, then the next photo is a 9100, which was the “upgrade,” which had a different button layout, and was a significant downgrade - they got too clever with the layout of the keys. And yes, having a noisy keyboard was a very useful tool when I used to have clients in the suite all day every day watching every edit go down (linear editing required the client to approve every cut as you made it), so banging away on useless keystrokes gave them the impression you were really doing something over there!
Love this. Yeah I pulled what photos I could find, but you have a keen eye. I started with digibeta, then hdcam decks so I missed this era in post - fun to hear your experience. Thanks!
Everything is soooo much better nowadays! I started with 3/4” and a BVE-800. Progressed through 1”, BetaSP and the horrific but groundbreaking D2 (reread!!). Now we just have digits on SSDs, we truly live in a glorious future!😁
This is awesome. I love my Speed Editor but I'm planning on getting the Editor Keyboard. Thus is the best comparison video I've seen.
Thanks so much for the kind words.
Enhanced Viewer in the cut page is so nice! Thanks for the tip
Unparalleled DR tips, keep it up!
Great video, so thorough and helpful.
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Glad to hear that you are enthusiastic about this great Edit Keyboard from Black Magic.
I have and use it myself for two years now, to my complete satisfaction. And yes, there is one button less or more on it. For me, this keyboard is something I do not want to miss anymore. Working with this keyboard is just right. It is more than pleasant to work with it.
Thank you for your opinion with substantiation, Chadwick.
Just bought one this week. It is great. Huge, but great quality. And loving the studio license. And never forget a speed editor and a good keyboard cost about as much as editing keyboard. Now get me a saw, I embedding it in my desk 😂
Are you gonna make tutorials on the keyboard as you did the speed editor?
Great to hear! You are committed getting a saw out :). - I might do more on keyboard agility using this specifically. Kind of curious how much interest there is in it. I'm sending this demo back early this week and ordering my new one to have soon.
Always love your content. Thank you!
Glad you enjoy it!
Got all the way to the end of your episode and really loved the relaxed pacing of your delivery. It gave me time to absorb what you said. I also enjoyed watching the big monitor behind you wizz around as you spun the Jog Wheel.
One big take away from this episode, for me, is that how little I know about the whole editing process of a project. I only started learning to use Resolve at version 15 and since then I haven't evolved much in my rudimentary abilities. And to me the Cut Page is off limits. I even hide it from view by removing the icon.
Maybe one day you could create some simple tutorials on editing for hobbyists or enthusiastic creators who don't do this for a living and don't live on Resolve as much as pro editors and colour grader's like yourself?
Cheers
I wish they would release an update to the full keyboard adding the "move" and volume adjustment from the speed editor. Those are the two functions I would love to have.
Yeah I would too, (actually I would be bummed because I just spent 600 on the old one ) :) - the "Swap" F6 key is a lot like the move tool from the speed editor - but yeah no volume adjustment with the jog wheel.
I use the smooth cut all the time. I love it.
Nice! I knew there must be some fans of it. Thanks for sharing.
I always love your videos comma thank you, I’ve looked at this several times, but because it’s not wireless, I keep from buying.
Man, that looks awesome! That bad ass I need badly...
Nice work as per your norm, Chadwick! I know BMD doesn’t always (or maybe even usually?) do this with their hardware, but any speculation they might have dropped pricing in preparation for a next version? Not holding you to it! Some of the limitations you pointed out are compelling me to consider just continuing on with the speed editor for now.
I am waiting so long... i hope you bring a serie of this keyboard...
Hey that's great to hear, do you have one already?
I know you are talking about the keyboard, but I am interested in how you use the Wacom stylus in your workflow. I have tried them to replace my mouse but I never seemed to find it better. I would appreciate a video on this if others are interested, to show the benefits and working process. How does it differ, pros, cons. Thanks
Noted! I've had this one outlined for a while - i just need to push record and chat about it soon.
@@CreativeVideoTipsi too would appreciate a video on this topic.
I got speed editor and the only reason I haven't got the keyboard version is it's not wireless! Backlighting should of course be in next version regardless it will be wireless or not. And at last it should be possible to custom made the buttons. Blackmagic is the best ❤
Gotcha - yeah wireless is a big deal sometimes.
Great video as always! Lat year I came sooo close to picking this keyboard up. I was finally going to pull the pin on Davinci Resolve Studio, and this was an attractive option. (Up to that point, I was a mouse on the right, ShuttlePRO v2 on the left, and a Stream Deck XL behind my keyboard. I never use the Cut Page, so the Speed Editor wasn't for me.)
In the end, I bought the software alone. Why, you ask? 😁Two reasons: first, I couldn't get my head around swapping my whole desk setup left to right to fit a niche keyboard. The body memory is STRONG! Second, while I work with DaVinci Resolve everyday, it's a pretty niche use. As a voiceover artist and podcast audio editor I spend most of my time on the Edit and Fairlight pages, and my current setup (I've since added a Stream Deck Plus) does the job I want it to do the way I want it done. AND I can use everything but the shuttle gizmo for livestreaming, the hobby that got me into making money as a voiceover artist and podcast audio editor in the first place.
That said, I still watch these videos wistfully thinking about what could have been! And my ShuttlePRO v2 is starting to show signs of wear, so it's an excuse to take a look at what's out there. 😁
I really appreciate this comment. I actually had bought 2 stand alone licenses before ever buying a camera that came with one. This is indeed a very specialized device and it took me this long to think about even trying it. Its certainly not for everyone, or most people really. Kind of like a nice pair of powder skis, maybe even alaska powder skis that have a specific use for specific user. And none of these tools are perfect.
I have had the keyboard for for a couple of years and I really struggled with the price back then. Now, I wouldn't be without it and the price is largely forgotten. The big thing for me is that I focus much less on the mechanics of editing and much on the editing process itself.
BTW Chad, the keyboard came out before the Cut Page. The Source button switches to the source window in the Edit Page so you can mark in/out points etc. To add the clip to the timeline. And bins in the Cut Page I find are problematic generally. Another thing you can't do on the Cut Page is go to a Smart Bin which is something fairly important for us. We use the Scene Metadata field for example to group together similar footage from multiple cameras, and that shows up automatically as a Smart Bin on the edit page. Impossible on the Cut page.
Ah, I stand corrected - thank you. I think I ignored it and the cut page when they both first released and assumed it was at the same time. Good point about smart bins on the cut page. I feel like I must be missing something still about cut page bin navigation though. Its so close to not touching a mouse like the edit page.
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Thanks for comparison Chadwick. Now I'm glad I purchased the Replay Editor from Black Magic. I made a video showing how quieter the keys are on the Replay Editor compared to the Speed editor
Ah cool - i'll have to check that out. Do you work in a live production environment?
I used to work in a live production environment. I just do long form video editing now. I'm just one quiz away from becoming a Certified Davinci Resolve trainer. I'm your 777 sub from your start-up youtube days. When you were back in Colorado. Lol...
@@Mixxwizard dude you are OG. You rock.
It's worth the price to get the quality of the Editor Keyboard for normal keyboard functions. I've not been editing for a number of months, but I still love my Editor Keyboard.
Up vote for some software that allows you to remap whatever keys you want on the speed editor, and maybe even a couple of colorful physical keys to replace the ones that you remap. I suggest a BMD key with the little squares that shows BMD cares about how we use their stuff.
Do you kknow what typeof keys are being used. I would like to replace the hardcoded keys with generic ones i have mapped out all my shortcuts
Great video, thanks Chadwick! I understand the appeal, and the wheel is dope, but for me, a well thought out remap of keyboard shortcuts does the job just fine.
I have a REALLY unrelated question though: A while back you made a video about your dual system sync methods with timecode, that is the timeline method VS the media pool method. I’m looking for a way that can sort of combine both; creating a sync map (timeline) of a shoot day so I can check and manually adjust the sync, but then creating a package that I can view in the media pool/source browser. Sort of like the subclip sync method in Avid.
The only semblance of this I’ve found so far is to turn all my synced clips into compound clips (like you would a subclip in Avid); that way it’s just 1 audio and video track, I can add markers and keywords on it in the media pool, I can match frame to synced media, etc. But there are some limitations; it makes editing multiple cameras pretty clunky, retime effects can get pretty weird and buggy, and when I decompose the compound clip to send the audio to mix and the video to colour, I lose any effects I put on them, so I have to manually keep track and redo them when I lock picture.
Do you have any solutions or suggestions? Or maybe would you consider tackling this in a future video? One thing I have yet to try is doing a syncmap, then adjusting the placement of anything off sync, noting the difference in timecode, applying that difference to the relevant clips in the media pool, and then doing a “sync by timecode” in the media pool with all the timecode adjusted to be accurate. It sounds tedious though, so I’m wondering if you have anything quicker up your sleeve.
Thanks for reading, thanks for everything, sorry for the essay LOL. You’re one of my favourite channels, keep up the awesome work!!
Hey Alex, thank you for the comment. I need to do an update to syncmap on the timeline video, but it sounds like you pretty much have hit a difference between the avid subclip and resolve compound clip. Aside from making a compound clip, or a multicam from timeline there isn't another way that I know of. Regarding the decompose step, what we've been doing is copy effects to clipboard, decompose, then paste attributes back on the decompose clip. It does take time that shouldn't be necessary though. Similar story with retimes on the "outer shell".
I plan on doing a conform masterclass sometime this fall.
@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks very much Chadwick, that’s kind of what I figured as well. Seems like it’s just a difference in how the softwares work. Thanks for taking the time :) Looking forward to that masterclass and your future content!
Well well i'm starting with Davinci Resolve for professional usage, and since i will need the StudioVersion, im considering get one of these Keyboards too but here in Brasil they are somehow expensive like 700usd the Speed Editor.
So for now is just a dream 😂
Do you have a stylus video posted?
@@morganpage no its in my to do list. Hopefully later this month.
The left hand keys for slide etc can be toggle on by going to trim mode.
absolutely - thank you, however I wasn't able to get this to work with the dial.
Fun fact the smart indicator doesn’t work with smart insert on the cut page but it does do smart indicator for the trim in and out button on the left hand side.
wait is that true? that's not supposed to be the case - i need to look further. thank you for the comment.
@@CreativeVideoTips Yeah, a while back, they updated it, and you can use the close-up effect on the edit page and a few other features.
That keyboard looks pretty robust, but I’m not sure I could get used to it, especially on the cut page. I’ve forced myself to use the cut page several times and I’m always messing up something in my edit.
It’s a personal preference and works differently for everyone. But as far as shortcuts go, I like using my Redragon mouse and mapping shortcuts to the side buttons.
You should use "scene matadate" to replace troditional bin, if you double click source tape, you will enter scene source tape bin to view it.
Great idea, i'm checking this out now. The trouble I have is how to get to that scene set of clips very quickly without scrubbing through many days of footage.
Thank you once again for the detailed insight. I purchased the DR Keyboard Editor. I have been playing with it for almost a week. I'm missing the Split Clip key on the Keyboard, which the Speed Editor has. I have been trying to reassign that function to the "assignable" key using the Keyboard Customization in Resolve without success. Reassigning the key, for example, the Split Clip to the Razor shortcut, does nothing on the keyboard. I would greatly appreciate any idea on how to do it properly.
Thanks for your work with the robotics youth programs (Vex in this case, although I hope you work with FIRST Robotics youth too!)
Robotics is the best! First is cool too, we have just been vex people for a long time from what the schools offered.
Keyboard for the studio... The speed editor for taking on the road and editing on my laptop in the camper van.
will yuu drop another playlist tutorial for the full keyboard?? and how much information from the first speed editor applies to the full keyb?
great suggestion - i have some ideas planned - in general the left side of the big guy is similar minus the double tap buttons
Please do a video about how you use your tablet and the buttons on it.
YES!
@1:11 You can't compare the size of the Editor keyboard and the Speed editor. You still need a keyboard with the Speed editor. A keyboard and Speed editor will take more space (and will be less ergonomic) than the Editor keyboard.
How awesome would it be it be if BlackMagic dropped a Box of Labelled Keycaps with a host of different functions and then gave us software to customize the buttons. I would have bought the Speed editor long ago if the middle bunch wasn't CAM keys. Would you be willing to pass on this suggestion?
ive had this for about a 6 months. someone should make a nice key by key tutorial since there isn't a complete manual etc. just an idea!
:) Oh for sure I have plans - besides even if there was a manual - who wants to read? :)
nice thanks! looking for that. just a simple key by key would be perfect. i still haven't used a lot of the key commands on the keyboard and I want to master it.
Do you use the Editor Keyboard and a Wacom tablet at the same time? If so, could you make a video explaining why?
Awesome & Thanks :)
Welcome 😊
What about the replay editor panel?
Any chance you'd do q video on the benefits of using a drawing tablet and stylus like your Wacom as an editing tool?
I've got a Huion with nothing to do, and I'm looking for other uses for it 😁
I really need to do that - I did mention on todays video the most important settings, middle click, right click - but I have it in my quee to do a tablet specific tutorial. Thanks!
What about the Move button on the speed editor? How you replace that?
As a QWERTZ user I would really like it if they could just simply show my physical keyboard layout in the customization screen. Some Keybindings simply won't work because the screen says something different then the physical key I'm pressing...
10:52 was this keyboard not made before the cut page was released? The speed editor came after the release of the cut page.
I do a lot of panning and zooming in my editing. Is there a way to use the scroll wheel on the keyboard to quickly zoom in and out and pan left, right, up and down?
I have the Editor Keyboard - BUT interested in the labels that you have on your Logitech keyboard (that I also have). Source?? Thanks - love the channel
I actually don't have a logitech keyboard - I have an apple touch ID one, and then an editors keys - the apple one has covers from here - Editors Keys keyboard & covers ➡️ www.editorskeys.com/CREATIVEVIDEOTIPS
I’m using it for years now. But the Main issue I have is that the prints On the Keys are just not contrastly enough to see/read them under the Lighting conditions I have (a bit dark as I do not want too much art light spill On my monitor) I had to solve this by making Tiny white stickers with Black printend characters On it, And stick them On the Front face (not the top) of each Key individually.
Hey thats a good idea, then you don't mess with the feel of the key. love it
The stream deck doesn’t work unless directly connected to the PC. Its in their support documentation. I tried running my stream deck through a USB hub and it worked but when pressing any button it has a massive lag and delay. Once I plugged into PC directly worked perfect ever since!
Ah - i didn't realize that. I do have it working through a 7 port usb hub - but it does go to sleep sometimes - i bet that's why. Thank you for sharing.
awesome video as always Chad. Can i ask you, how you make the strokes to explain with your wacom tablet and that strokes dissapear with a delay fade out, its so cool. Thanks :)
Hey thank you - this is a new to me app called screenbrush for mac.
naahh..i’ve been editing with tapes back then..the source tape style is too wasting time to scroll back & forth just to find an ‘editing spot’.
what i or some editor like me want is a controller like loupedeck ct/live to have control on the inspector values. we need the knob to have precised target values just like the color page have with their mini/micro/advanced panel.
all the editing shortkeys that i used are just the basic cut paste in out etc..all the fancies that the speed & editor keyboard offers are just ‘additional’ in real life.
rite now, shuttle pro + loupedeck live + wacom pen are the best tool for my editing. but im still hoping that BMD will offer a controller like loupedeck.
Hey one thing that will help with inspector values is to hold option or command (depending if in fusion or edit page) to gear the down while you slide you pen left and right. you can also use up and down arrows on each point value - hope that helps.
Can audio be edited in Adobe Audition and then be imported into DaVinci Resolve 19? If so, have u ever done such and how did it work out? 😎😎
you could certainly bake out a mix or iso tracks from Audition - but for a roundtrip from resolve out to a pro mixer - I have only sent AAF out to ProTools and gotten mixes back - The nice thing is Fairlight is extremely capable and just a button press away
@@CreativeVideoTips Thanks for the response & info.
Thank you for the informative insight. Does the keyboard editor wheel support the stills wipe references of Davinci Resolve Studio in the viewer color page?
Yes, this works the same as the way the wipe works on the speed editor to wipe stills
Thank you so much for the quick response.
OMG, I just saw the pricetag. A $600 keyboard! You could buy a decent whole ass computer for that much!
Yeah - it's by far the most expensive keyboard I've purchased.
Expensive, yes. But editors charge triple digit hourly rates, so after a mornings work it’s paid for.
Yeah, the speed editor is cheaper, but if you were to buy the speed editor and a good sturdy mechanical keyboard, you're already not far from the $600 cost, so it would make a lot of sense for me.
Just a word of warning. I have a Win11Pro workstation running a 3990X Threadripper CPU and Dual 3090's. I was getting regular but random BSOD full system crashes with this keyboard, seems like it might have been a BM Driver issue. No response when reporting to BM. On a Windows PC the number keypad would only work in Resolve. I'm back to working with the speed editor and Corsair keyboard.
I got the speed editor and I never use it… so I’m really wondering if I should be spending 800 euro’s on a keyboard when I’m not sure if I’ll like it better than my regular keyboard with shortkeys 😭
Why don't you like the Speed Editor? I love it.
Potentially dumb question, but does anyone know why Black Magic has not released/facilitated a comprehensive English language tutorial on how to use this keyboard? There's unstructured bits and pieces floating all over TH-cam from enthusiasts, but there's also full length tutorials from BMD -- except that none of the ones I've found are in English.
Can i use this davinci keyboard just like normal keyboard for typing in MS word? i want all in one keyboard for video editng and normal keyboard. Thanks
Yes, you can. I only use the editor keyboard for all my work at my desk. If you are on windows, the backspace key might function a bit different.
@@CreativeVideoTips thank you. yes im on windows. What do you mean by backspace different? backspace wont work on windows?
Hi Chadwick. LOVE your videos! So professional. I would love to know more about what not for profits you support. I do mentoring for homeless and get them off the streets with jobs, and places to live. Anyway - I really wish - you would do a course in how to use your editor’s keyboard. I bought BOTH - and there really is no course that teaches both. Let me know if you ever decide to teach a course - I will buy it.
Hey Scott, thank you so much for the comment and the work you do with helping homeless people. My volunteer time varies on the season, right now I help with production for my church. I have a playlist on the channel with a lot of speed editor stuff from when it first came out. Thanks for the suggestion on the courses though - courses will be a big part of creative video tips in 2025. Please always offer suggestions.
@ I often do mainly only to people that I think have enough squash upstairs (a doctors way of saying brains 😆) to take my advice and do something with it. If you ever want to collaborate on a course like that, I’ll bet it would sell a lot. I have both the speed editor and the editors keyboard. I don’t have a tremendous amount of experience with either one, however. I want to get into video editing so much. I love it. I find the learning curve with da Vinci resolve astronomical however. It almost makes me sorry I bought both of those devices, but I know that sooner or later I’m gonna learn it. Thank you, Chadwick. Your videos are outstanding and very professional, much appreciate them.
Hey whats the name of that otherr ddevice at 3:07?
I'm not sure what you are referring to. The speed editor?
@@CreativeVideoTips you mentioned another famous mouse company with a jog wheel dial
@@im_gldnI think he is talking about Logitech. Lots of creators are promoting it. For the past 2-3 days I have seen creators are promoting it.
My desk is my Lap I use a wireless keyboard and mouse I paid $19.98 for 6 years ago. The jog whell on my Speed editor is not a real JOG wheel you must click a button to get it to variable speed JOG.
How do you write on screen around 13:50
This is an app called screenbrush that I just started to use.
@@CreativeVideoTips looks amazing! So much teaching potential
By the way, Chadwick! You've mentioned you could easily spend 14 hours/day editing... Could you give advice on a chair that would help your back handle it? 😅😸
Any chair with a backrest but get a purple seat cushion!! They make a really top tier line from $70-$130
I should get up more than I do - but what I've used for several years and like is the Leap v2 steelcase chair. You can get refurbs that are like new from anywhere online. This is one of the best tools you can get as an editor.
@@CreativeVideoTips thanks a lot! 👍
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i wish we could program all the cam no keys to something useful
oh for sure, me too
You still have to use mouse so.....
I would love one but I am not a professional editor (yet) so I can't justify $1K AUD. One day maybe. :)
This is great! I really prefer the jog wheel on the Editor Keyboard, I bought it years ago and love it. It was the first time buying a davinci piece of hardware, buy once cry one for sure. Wish they had a backlit option and a silent key option, but I think you can change the cherry switches, just never tried it. FYI, the shuttle mode is magnetic, but I have over done it a felt like I was grind out the magnet.
Really want a version with custom buttons, all the special buttons could benefit so much from more buttons and it should be fully customizable.
Also you can do the slide, you just have to click the slip/slide button "s" first and switch to slide mode, shown here th-cam.com/video/oSgzNGhYvVE/w-d-xo.html after it's switched the slip des button will slide clips.
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Can I buy just the wheel? lol
BMD should really consider it. They would sell a ton. In the same regard, I would love apple to sell just the touch ID by itself.
We're humans, and one of our senses is... touch. Mice, well, are useful, but not as satisfying.
I use for over a year and still in Windows is is a disaster due to multiple keys missing for normal windows use 😂
@@kris.szablowski ah that's no good. Which keys in particular do you miss?
can you explain more please?
@@CreativeVideoTips DEL and normal backspace to start with 😂
@@kris.szablowski It's there as long as you use that function key... page 993 of the 18.5 manual shows the keyboard function key have a two stage operation.
@@CreativeVideoTips also still cant figureout all tricks for multicam workflow on big keyboard, so I still have speededitor next to it...Would be nice If You can dedicate a full multicam dedicated video for big keyboard. 😉
Great review. wish it looked better. That thing is fugly.
Haha, thanks - isn't that part of the charm? ;)
Loupedeck... forgetaboutit
I haven't caught a real editor using anything but a keyboard and a mouse, but hey...
Sure make a lot of Excuses for that thing.
REAL EDITORS EDIT IN THE DARK OR AT NIGHT BURNING THAT PROVERBIAL MIDNIGHT OIL , THIS HAS ZERO BACKLIT KEYS WHAT A WASTE BLACKMAGIC SO CLUELESS AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH CONSUMERS IN 2024
I mean I think the speed editing is a joke just dumb I guarantee you cannot do things that much quicker if at all it’s simply something someone was smoking a fat blunt when they created it