The $395 sticker price might seem shocking, but the company also throws in a copy of DaVinci Resolve Studio, which usually costs $295 on its own. For folks interested in shooting indie movies and beyond, a tool like this can help.

If you’ve ever spent time in an editing bay, it will look familiar (if very small). It has six sets of buttons mapped to functions inside the editor, plus a giant wheel to scrub through clips.

The Speed Editor, one of Blackmagic’s proprietary editing boards, is a dedicated device designed to integrate smoothly with Resolve. Seasoned editors might find the migration a little tough since the program has some workflow quirks that are just different enough to trip up muscle memory, but in my experience, converting my workflow was well worth the transition. This little gadget packs so much efficiency, including the brand’s Studio software, in one small package that it might just be worth the money.īlackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve is easily the best free video editor you can find.

A dedicated video editing keyboard might seem like overkill for most casual users, but don’t write it off until you’ve tried Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor.

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