
This beginner guide covers importing videos, editing on the timeline, adding titles, color work with lookup tables, fusion effects, keyframes, greenscreen removal, audio with Fairlight, and exporting to YouTube.
Import video, images, and audio into DaVinci Resolve 17 by dragging assets into the media pool or linking media storage, preview clips with thumbnail or list views and view metadata.
Explore the inspector panel to adjust clip properties like zoom, position, cropping, and key frames, and apply audio and effects with precise control.
Explore the cut page workflow in DaVinci Resolve 17, revealing three synchronized timelines, on-page inspector access, and quick edit tools like append, smart insert, and dissolve transitions.
Apply adjustment clips to affect multiple video clips at once by placing effects, zoom, or keyframes on the adjustment layer above the underlying clips.
Explore how to use DaVinci Resolve 17's Fairlight dialogue processor and vocal channel to clean and enhance voice overs, apply presets, tweak compressors, noise reduction, and EQ.
This is a quick start guide on how to use DaVinci Resolve 17 to edit your videos. The top goal of the course is to familiarize yourself with the different stages of the video editing workflow in Resolve and to learn many of the basic tools and options you may want to use for editing many different types of videos. We'll cover setting up resolve, adding transitions, adding special visual effects including custom titles on the Fusion page, audio editing, and of course topping everything off with how to export your videos.
By the end of the course you should have a good idea how to take your raw videos and turn them into reasonably edited final video with an collection of techniques and effects to assist in your editing process.
Here are some of the key topics in the course
Customizing DaVinci Resolve Preferences and Project Settings for Your Projects
Importing Assets to Use in Resolve
Timeline Edits including the Blade and Trim Tools
Keyframe Animation
Video, Transition, and Audio Effects
Using and Editing Titles
Creating Custom Titles and Node Setups in the Fusion Page
Color Grading Tools such as Lookup Tables, Auto Color, and the Color Wheels
Masking with Power Windows, Face Tracking, and Blur Effects
Removing Green Screens and Replacing with Backgrounds of Choice
Audio Effects and Mixer Tools
Exporting Videos