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.

Speed editor keyboard