01
Drop one file in
Drag a single file into Resolve's scripts folder, restart, and open it from Workspace and Scripts. The illustrated manual shows you exactly where, on Mac and Windows.
For DaVinci Resolve
Time Tracker
Stop guessing what your time is worth.
It lives inside Resolve, keeps a separate clock, rate, and history for every project, and turns all of it into an invoice you can send. Hit start, do your work, and it handles the rest.
$19.99 One time
Get Time Tracker
Free and Studio editions both included. Mac and Windows. No subscription.
Jamie Fenn Time Tracker
Tracking
This page
0:00:00
On the clock
Hourly rate
$
This session$0.00
That clock started when this page loaded. Change the rate and watch what your time is actually worth.
Sound Familiar
You finish the job, open the invoice, and guess.
And you almost always guess low. Whether you bill hourly or charge a flat rate, that guess is costing you money on every project. The fix is not discipline or another app to remember. It is a clock that runs where you already work.
How It Works
Three steps, then forget about it.
Set up takes about two minutes. After that it runs on its own.
02
Hit start and work
It knows which project you are in and keeps a separate timer, rate, and history for each one. Switch projects mid session and it banks the old one and keeps going.
03
Export the invoice
One click gives you a clean spreadsheet of every session with dates, hours, rates, earnings, and notes, ready to drop into an invoice or hand to a client.
What It Does
Built by an editor who kept undercharging.
Everything here exists because it was a problem on a real job first.
Tracks every project on its own
Separate timer, rate, and history per Resolve project. Jump between jobs and it banks the old session and keeps tracking the new one, with no buttons to remember.
Where your time really goes Studio
A live bar graph splits your hours by page: Edit, Color, Fairlight, Deliver and more. You find out whether grading is eating your margin. Render time counts too.
Never over bills by accident Studio
Step away and it stops itself, crediting time only up to your last action, then picks back up the moment you are working again. On the Free Edition you stop the session yourself.
Your time cannot be lost
The running session saves to disk every second. Crash, force quit, or close mid session and the next launch recovers every tracked second and carries on.
Compact mode Studio
One click shrinks it to a small floating widget with the project name, timer, and start and stop, parked beside your timeline. One click brings the full window back.
Honest about rate changes
Change your rate any time and every session still bills at the rate that was active when you worked it. Your history is never rewritten, and 20+ currencies are supported.
The Studio window, redesigned in v1.03
Two Editions, One Purchase
Works on free Resolve and on Studio.
Since Resolve 19.1, Blackmagic limits on screen script windows to Studio. So it ships as two editions and you install the one that matches your Resolve. Both are in the box.
Free Edition
For DaVinci Resolve free
Resolve 19.1 and newer
- One click start and stop
- Per project time and billing
- Session notes
- One click CSV invoices
Studio Edition
For DaVinci Resolve Studio
Everything in the Free Edition, plus
- The live window with the big on screen timer
- Live per page bar graph
- Automatic idle stop and resume
- Compact floating mode
Both editions are single file installs with illustrated manuals for Mac and Windows. No plugins, no Python, no accounts. Your data stays on your computer.
Choose Your Kit
The tracker tells you the hours. These tell you the rate.
Knowing a job took eleven hours only helps if you know what those hours should be worth. Pick the option that fits where you are.
01 · The Tracker
Time Tracker
The complete tool for knowing exactly what every project costs you in hours.
- Both editions, free and Studio
- Illustrated Mac and Windows manuals
- Free lifetime updates
02 · Pro Kit
Tracker + Price Like a Pro
The tracker plus an 18 page playbook on what your hours should be worth and how to get paid it.
- The four ways editors get paid, and which one underpays you
- Floor rate math and 2026 U.S. benchmarks
- Word for word negotiation scripts
03 · Complete KitBest value
Everything, plus the calculator
The full system. Log the hours, work out the rate, and build the quote in one loop.
- Rate Calculator: your Floor, Target, and Reach numbers
- Quote Builder with rush, usage rights, and raw files
- Benchmarks tab so your numbers stay grounded
Reviews
Work Cabin FilmsYouTube
Conner JohnBeta tester · YouTube
Odyssea VideoYouTube
Casey FarisYouTube
Ethan RobbinsYouTube
Dmitri FilmsYouTube
What editors said about it.
Real comments from the launch video. Real names, real channels, unedited.
Your Time Tracker is absolutely brilliant! Super easy to set up in DR Studio… we can track our post-production so precisely. This gets our vote for DR Plugin of the Year.
Work Cabin FilmsYouTube
I'm honored to have been a beta tester and can confirm that I was WAYYYY undercharging my clients. Super freaking useful!
Conner JohnBeta tester · YouTube
Very cool concept. The moment you said it's not a subscription I didn't care the price.
Odyssea VideoYouTube
FANTASTIC idea.
Casey FarisYouTube
This is actually a genius idea. It solves a real problem in the market for videographers.
Ethan RobbinsYouTube
I have a client I've been working with for years but I've been nervous about raising the rates. Now I can honestly track it and determine accordingly.
Dmitri FilmsYouTube
FAQ
Before you buy.
The questions I get asked most about the tracker.
No. Both editions come with your purchase. The Free Edition runs on DaVinci Resolve free from 19.1 and handles the tracking, per project billing, and CSV invoices. The Studio Edition adds the live window, the per page graph, idle auto stop, and Compact mode, because Blackmagic limits on screen script windows to Studio.
No. One payment, yours forever, and updates are free for life. Version 1.03 shipped from customer feedback and existing owners just re downloaded it.
About two minutes. Drag one file into Resolve's scripts folder, restart Resolve, and open it from Workspace and Scripts. The illustrated manual shows the exact folder on Mac and Windows. No plugins, no Python, no accounts.
No. Everything stays on your computer. There is no cloud, no sign in, and nothing is sent anywhere.
That is where it hurts most. Track a flat job and you find out whether that good deal paid you $60 an hour or $25, which tells you what to quote next time. That is also what the Pro and Complete kits are for.
One Time Purchase
It pays for itself on the first project.
Find out where the hours actually go, then charge for them. No subscription, no accounts, no nonsense. Just the tool, doing its job, every time you open Resolve.
$19.99 One time
Get Time Tracker
Free and Studio editions included · Mac and Windows · Free lifetime updates