DaVinci Resolve Guru: Hardware for Color Correction

Understand the many hardware choices, components, and compromises involved when building a DaVinci Resolve-based color correction system.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course

1. Types of Resolve Systems

• Resolve Studio vs. Resolve
• Mac
• Windows
• Linux
• About the Blackmagic Resolve Configuration Guide

2. Key Hardware Components

• Processors and RAM
• Hard drives
• GPUs
• I/O devices
• Media type considerations
• 4K+ hardware considerations

3. Video Reference Monitors

• What's a reference monitor and why is it so important?
• Common display technologies
• Understanding connection types
• Common color spaces and gamma
• UHD and HDR reference monitors

4. Control Surfaces

• Why use a control surface?
• Tangent control surfaces
• Avid Artist Color
• JL Cooper
• DaVinci Resolve Control Surface

5. Hardware Accessories

• Bias lights and other lighting solutions
• GPU expanders
• X-keys and Razer
• Input mice
• Tablet and keyboard

Conclusion

• Additional resources