Beginner's Guide to Video Editing in DaVinci Resolve 17

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

• What to Expect
• Preferences Setup
• Timeline and Project Resolution and FPS Settings ~ User Default Project Config
• Importing Assets to Resolve on Media Page
• Adding Files to the Timeline
• Blade Tool & Making Cuts in Video Clips
• Trim Tool for Precision Edits
• Positioning Clips, Snapping, and Linked Clips
• Modifying Properties with the Inspector
• Cut Page Video Editing vs Edit Page
• Animating Properties with the Inspector
• Dynamic Zoom
• Transition Effects
• Fusion Effects and OpenFX
• Adjustment Clips
• Adding Titles to Videos
• Sound Library and Free Resolve Sound Pack
• Modifying a Clip with Fusion Nodes
• Building a Simple Title with Fusion Nodes
• Auto Color & Lookup Tables
• Face Tracking, Power Windows & Blur with Color Page
• How to Remove Green Screen Background with Color Page
• Fairlight Audio Effects Dialogue Processor and Vocal Channel