DaVinci Resolve: Editing Basics

Learn the key techniques video editors need to transition to DaVinci Resolve. Learn how to edit video, adjust audio, correct color, apply effects, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Note on screen size
• Using the exercise files

1. Editorial Viewpoints

• Thoughts for FCP7 and Premiere users
• Thoughts for Avid users
• Thoughts for FCPX users

2. Setup

• System requirements for Resolve
• Quick tour
• Major difference: Project type
• Remapping the keyboard—or not
• Autosave and Live Save

3. Starting Projects

• Starting a project
• Importing media on the Edit page
• Importing media on the Media page
• Display names and saving bin views
• Smart bins
• Clip Attributes
• Dual sync sound
• Notes for all editors

4. Starting to Edit

• Playing and marking clips
• First edits
• Insert, Overwrite, and three point edits
• Basic Timeline navigation
• Backtime edits and more
• Premiere, FCP7, and Avid thoughts
• FCPX editor thoughts

5. Editing on the Timeline

• Match Frame and Find bin
• Deleting clips
• Linking and how it affects clips
• Razor edit mode
• Copy and paste
• Moving and swapping clips
• Edit Index
• Editing thoughts for track based editors
• FCPX editing thoughts

6. Trimming

• Trim mode means ripple
• Tops and Tails
• Roll and extend edits
• Slip and slide
• Dynamic Trim
• Thoughts on trimming

7. Audio

• Adjusting clip volume
• Adding clip and track effects
• Audio dissolves
• A word about Fairlight
• Multitrack masters
• Thoughts on audio

8. Transitions and Effects

• Adding transitions
• Adding effects
• Opacity and built-in effects
• Dynamic zoom
• Keyframing
• On-screen controls
• Reusing effects
• Changing clip speed
• High frame rate clips
• Adding titles and generators
• Smart caching and rendering
• Thoughts on effects

9. Color Tools for the Editor

• Moving to the color page
• Where are my scopes?
• Where are the color wheels?
• Where are curves?
• Auto correct and shot matching
• Nodes
• Workaround for effect keyframing
• Quick word on qualifiers
• Quick word on copying grades
• Quick word on LUTs
• Thoughts on color for the Premiere user
• Thoughts on color for the Avid user
• Thoughts on color for the FCPX user

10. Output

• Watermarking
• Output for YouTube
• Output in a master format

11. Multicam

• Creating multicam clips
• Adjusting multicam sync
• Editing multicam

12. Project and Media Management

• Where is my project?
• Improving performance
• Building optimized and proxy media
• Project management and archiving
• Media management

Conclusion

• Closing