DaVinci Resolve: Software Features and Workflows

Ready to go beyond the basics of DaVinci Resolve? Tune into this course to learn workflows and techniques for getting the platform to work precisely how you want it to.

Introduction

• Software features and workflows within DaVinci Resolve
• Using the exercise files

1. Project Management and Preferences

• Databases vs. projects
• Understanding Resolve databases
• Creating a disk database
• Backing up and restoring databases
• Deleting and relinking databases
• Using the Davinci Resolve project server software
• Organizing databases and projects
• Sharing and backing up projects
• Exporting DaVinci Resolve bins and timelines
• Sharing bins and galleries in the same database

2. User Interface: Getting Resolve to Operate Like You Think

• Assigning menu items as keyboard shortcuts
• The middle scroll wheel
• Edit page viewer options
• Color page viewer options
• Managing timeline overwhelm
• Advanced timeline view options
• Simplify the Resolve user interface

3. Enhancing Playback Performance

• Playback optimizations: What are your options?
• Performance mode
• Render Cache: Overview
• Render Cache: Smart mode
• Render Cache: User mode
• Using optimized media
• Enabling timeline proxy mode
• Proxy media: Resolve 17+ overview
• Proxy media: Proxy archives (R17+)
• Additional performance tweaks

4. Sharing Timelines with Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro

• The challenges of importing/exporting timelines
• What is an XML?
• How to prepare the timeline for XML sharing
• Exporting a reference movie
• Exporting a timeline for XML
• How to conform XMLs
• Understanding the flat file workflow

5. Hardware Options for DaVinci Resolve

• Using external hardware
• Blackmagic Speed Editor and Mini Panel
• DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard: Overview
• Using third-party hardware with DaVinci Resolve
• Dedicated client displays: Concept and overview

Conclusion

• Thank you and goodbye