Editing & Colour Grading in DaVinci Resolve Introduction

Day 1

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1  Introduction to Editing in the Cut Page

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Starting in the cut page

• Adding clips to a timeline

• Reviewing clips using source tape

• Appending clips to the timeline

• Marking In and Out with precision

• Using intelligent editing tools

• Editing multiple camera angles

• Trimming edits 


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2  Adding effects and publishing in the cut page

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Mixing audio

• Switching transitions

• Resizing and stabilizing clips

• Changing a clip’s speed

• Adding a title

• Using the effects library

• Panning and zooming clips

• Applying audio effects

• Sharing to YouTube and Vimeo 


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3  Organizing a New Project

• Configuring essential settings

• Exploring the DaVinci Resolve interface

• Reviewing and scrubbing clips

• Viewing clip metadata

• Adding custom metadata

• Making new bins

• Displaying keyword smart bins

• Saving custom bin views

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Day 2

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4 Assembling a Rough Cut

• Creating a timeline

• Making the first edit

• Scrubbing with JKL keys

• Inserting clips into a timeline

• Using timecode

• Overwriting video only

• Editing from a bin

• Replacing a shot

• Lesson Review

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5 Moving Clips in the Timeline

• Importing projects and relinking media

• Color coding clips

• Deleting clips without leaving a gap

• Splitting clips

• Cutting and pasting clips

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6 Refining a Timeline

• Customizing the Layout for Trimming

• Trimming to the Playhead

• Ripple Trimming

• Selecting Tracks to Trim

• Using Roll Trimming

• Slipping a Clip

• Trimming with the Selection Tool

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7  Applying Transitions and Effects

• Fading Clips In and Out

• Adding Cross Dissolves

• Customizing Transitions

• Saving Custom Presets

• Applying Transitions and Filters from the Effects Library

• Reframing Shots

• Rendering and Background Caching

• Creating a Constant Speed Change

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Day 3 & 4

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An Introduction to Color Correction

8 Quick start: color correction  

• Learning the Color Page Layout

• Modifying Lift, Gamma, and Gain

• Using other Primary Corrector Controls

• Understanding Nodes

• Making Secondary Color Corrections

• Applying Resolve FX

• Tracking Power Windows

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9 PerformingPrimaryColorCorrections

• Using DaVinci Resolve Color Management

• Making Automatic Corrections

• Balancing Color and Brightness using the Color Wheels

• Checking Adjustments on Scopes

• Making a Neutral Color Grade with the Primaries Bars

• Balancing with the Additional Primary Controls

• Using Curves for Primary Color Corrections

• Copying Corrections between Similar Shots

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10 Making Secondary Adjustments

• Making secondary adjustments with HSL Curves

• Selecting areas with Qualifiers

• Reversing selections with Outside Nodes

• Combining Qualifiers and Power Windows

• Using the tracker

• Stabilizing a Clip 


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141 Designing Creative Looks

• Mixing a Black-and-white Shot

• Using a Look up Table for Quick Looks

• Creating a Bleach Bypass

• Saving Grades Across Projects

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12 DeliveringaFinalProgram

• Creating a Web Streaming File

• Creating a Custom Preset

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13 ManagingMediaandDatabases

• Consolidating Media

• Copying Projects and Media to a New Hard Drive

• Working with the DaVinci Resolve Database

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