DaVinci Resolve: Complete Guide to Video Editing

Learn how to import clips, set in and out points, create automatically sorting Smart Bins, and to see details on imported files.

An introduction to the Edit tab of Davinci Resolve 14. This is where most of the magic happens. Learn how to move clips onto the timeline and to start editing between them.

Footage Source
Bike SF: Long ride around SF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4oW_0XZSEw
SF Bay Area Bicycle

Updated for Resolve 15 with Better Audio

Overview of the tools in the effects library that can help spruce up your video. Convered in this video include Video and Audio Transitions, Title Sequences, and Generator Effects.

Nouvelle Noel, Smooth Lovin by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Footage Source (Creative Commons)

Bike SF: Long ride around SF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4oW_0XZSEw
SF Bay Area Bicycle

Quick guide on making a good title sequence in DaVinci Resolve. Topics covered are fonts, sizing, drop shadow, video transitions, music, and more

Music: Cheery Monday by  Kevin Macleod (incomptech.com)

This is how you can ease your animations in or out by managing bezier curves in the timeline. Very useful for anyone doing keyframe animation on your video clips in Davinci Resolve 14.

Tutorial on how clip equalization works in Davinci Resolve  - changing the audio volume levels (DB) depending based on frequencies and ranges.

The color tab allows you to change many details about how your footage shows up in the final export. Control lighting, shadow tones, colors, and create your own filters.

Video Source (Creative Commons)
New Zealand's 9 Great Walks (All 9 Great Walk Track Profiles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdhwMEJbaRY

Make it so that any changes you make to color in your video footage only show up in the areas you desire. Learn how to filter the effects to appear where you want them and not affect the rest.

Nature Sounds: High Mountain Footage (Relaxing/ASMR-ish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7DYMmlYuT4

Making your color changes, face blurs, and other effects track a person or object's movement as your clip progresses. This can be assisted by using keyframes which are explained in this video. We also cover the blur effect.

From Person to Shepherd to Mirror - Bentinho Massaro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctWsC7a9IVE

A detailed explanation of the different sizing tab under color in Davinci Resolve 14. You'll learn which types of sizing apply in which circumstances. I also cover how to use still images in combination with reference sizing.

-- Clip Source -- 

Around the World by Bicycle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g-JOBtgOpQ

-- Clip Soure --

Its time to stop greenscreen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx73_d0yYdQ

Hue Width - 12.4
Saturation 2.5 - 30.5
Clean White 40.5
Blur Radius 1.3
Luminance 48.5 - 75.0

Built into DaVinci Resolve is incredibly powerful camera stabilization. This video will show you how to access and use it, and the difference settings available for stabilization in Resolve 14.

Add 3rd party audio effects into Davinci Resolve 14 so that you can modify your audio tracks. You can get many for free. Here's one such top 25 free VST plugins list to start with.

The basics on how to export a video. Many settings explained and shown off to get your video output to a file.

Here's how you can make your settings once and never have to change them again in Davinci Resolve 14 for video render exports.

Guide for Linux - Instructions below (Executed on Linux Mint)

Make sure base system is updated first (sudo apt-install update)

Download Davinci Resolve - https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
cd ~/Downloads
Extract zip (.sh file is what we care about)
sudo ./DaV*

sudo apt-get install libssl1.0.0 libssl-dev
 sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib/libssl.so.10
sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.10

You might also need
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sudo apt install ocl-icd-opencl-dev

switch to nvidia driver (driver manager)

To run
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cd /opt/resolve/bin
./resolve 

To make shortcut work
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cd /opt/
sudo chown -R chris:chris resolve

Change Timeline / Output Frames Per Seconds to 60 (or any other setting) in Davinci Resolve 14.

Note that for it to work right, you still need to record your footage in 60 FPS.

Learn how to find and edit hotkeys in Davinci Resolve 14. Also included are exporting and importing hotkey profiles.

Add 3rd party audio effects into Davinci Resolve 14 so that you can modify your audio tracks. You can get many for free. Here's one such top 25 free VST plugins list to start with.

https://bedroomproducersblog.com/2016/12/29/free-vst-plugins-2016/

This tutorial will show you how to add a fast forward visual effect and speed up your video clips in Davinci Resolve 14.

How to add a solid colored overlay to your video clips (or inbetween them) inside of Davinci Resolve using the solid color generator tool.

The fastest way to apply a fade in / fade out effect on your video and audio tracks in Resolve 14.

Make video show up as text shape.

Music (CC License):
Deuces by Kevin Macleod 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQyhv4AbjPA

"Eternal Terminal" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Crossing the Chasm Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Drone Footage (CC License)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3memnvKDAik

Footage Used
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Its time to stop greenscreen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx73_d0yYdQ&t=25s

Cows Eating Grass at Lowland Farm--Holistic High Density Grazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgT2y-XI4_Y

Time Stop sound Za Warudo from Jojo's Bizarre Adventures

Really easy tutorial on how to add a Camera Shake (Earthquake) special effect to your video clip and how to do the same with many other Special Effects (OpenFX) in Resolve 15 and Beyond!