If i remember well resolve on linux can't import videos with a codec of h.264/h.265
Try to transcode them to an editing codec like DNxHD with a software like shutter encoder and then try again.
Hands-down, the free official manufacturer-made training. Covers everything and (almost) every page in pretty strong detail.
Outside of that, knowing what you wanna do with Resolve is gonna be helpful - it can do everything - Media Management, Dailies, Editing, VFX, Color, Sound Design, Deliverables... just not make you coffee.
the official training video gives you a nice solution that should work...
Managing Media from around 08:30 onwards https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
note that the nicer way is the second, automatic one he introduces. I think it would have been better to sync the audio and video while it was still one chunk though....
The official training words it better than I can in Fusion Visual Effects with DaVinci Resolve 16, Lesson 7. It's about removing (very similar) tracking markers from a car.
More training resources (and the practice media) are available here.
BMD's own training vids and books (all free) are excellent. Start with the Beginner's Guide: https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/UserManuals/DaVinci-Resolve-17-Beginners-Guide.pdf
Then the Fusion VFX & Graphics training will take you deeper, lots of exercises to follow and source files to use: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
For 3d tracking like that in Fusion you need the "Camera Tracker" node. I think it's only in the studio version tho.
There's a tutorial on how to use it in the Visual Effects Guide training.
Absolutely. Now that Resolve is native for the apple silicon it's highly optimized and fast.
Resolve is a good, very basic editing tool built into the more superior color and graphics tool. It's not the best NLE out there but it's good and getting better every version.
There's a ton of tutorials out there on Davinci Resolve and at the Blackmagic site is a ton for free including free footage to practice with.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
The training section of the DaVinci Resolve website has lots of great resources. Hour-ish long videos on most of the main topics as well full training books as PDFs with project and media files.
Edit: Direct link
Oh no! I'm sorry to hear about your heart attack! Hope you're feeling better now.
Generally speaking, the Blackmagic Design Training I've linked here is an excellent place to start for color grading. It covers what the tools are and how to read the scopes. It comes with sample projects/media and a PDF of the book, although you can buy a physical copy if you'd like.
Understandably, that's a lot to read if you're just getting started, but here's a quick rundown. The three basic tools most colorists use are Lift, Gamma, and Gain (plus the curves). Lift adjusts the darker colors, Gamma adjusts the middle colors, and Gain adjusts the brighter colors. The scroll wheel at the bottom will raise or lower the parameter overall, and the circle in the middle can adjust the tint. If you're familiar with Curves in a photo editing program like Photoshop, they work pretty similarly in Resolve.
The only issue I can think of besides possible compression artifacts (like a poor quality video online) is that some tools like qualifiers may not work quite as well, and you may see some "blockiness" appear in the footage if you "push" a correction tool too much. Noise Reduction, Sharpening, and Blurring are all a bit more advanced and how much you should use depends on the footage. They may not be necessary at all.
Feel free to pm me if you've got any questions or need any clarifications. Work's started to pick back up for me so I may be slow to respond.
tl;dr - The official training is a great starting point. I offered a very brief tl;dr of the training and common tools above.
Best of luck, and a healthy (and speedy) recovery!
I recommend downloading the free small app 7Zip. Once it is installed, all you have to do with any zip file is right-click on it and choose how you prefer to unzip it.
Zip files are standard for storing or downloading large files or large bundles of files all in one go. If your computer "has problems" opening them, you might want to investigate what's wrong with it. You didn't say what the problem was, so I can't speculate, but in any case, just using 7Zip might take care of your issues.
It is "Fusion Lite" in that it doesn't support network rendering and a few other advanced features such as:
All the core functionality is the same, but the benefit of Resolve Fusion being fully integrated into Resolve projects. Here is the feature comparison to compare.
While no doubt higher cost. Black Magic has reasonable prices for bespoke keyboards
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/keyboard
Also, if you find a high res image of theirs, you can copy if you wish.
Not sure how well stickers will hold up though
BMD did recently add a "Buy Resolve Studio" button that'll allow you to buy the key directly from them; I'm not 100% certain if it's US-only or not though.
On the main product page for Resolve, scroll down to "Two Great Versions" where there's a Free and Studio link, and the Studio link may say "Buy Online Now."
> I'm fairly new to Davinci resolve
The BMD training videos and books are excellent and free, and available from here. Make sure to check out the Beginner's Guide to Davinci Resolve 17 (pdf).
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
DaVinci itself has a super indepth slate of training materials in book and video format, complete with practice footage and (optional) certification exams at the end.
Start there and by the time you're finished all of what is there, you'll pretty much be able to do what you need to do.
Other people will say "use this guys or that guys tutorials", but my problem with youtube learning is that youtube tutorials are invariably written by some guy who himself learned from youtube tutorials, and on and on and on. It's more often than not amateurs passing on the same incorrect techniques that they themselves learned on youtube.
Might as well start straight from the horses mouth.
I agree. They're free and they include media for you to work with as you go along.
Look for 'The Beginner’s Guide to DaVinci Resolve 17' on this page at Black Magic
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
You're gonna have to use Fusion, and probably a bit of rotoscoping.
I haven't done the (free!) v17 training yet, but it looks like it's covered in the Visual Effects Guide to DaVinci Resolve lesson 5.
Studio is a separate download from the free version. Go to this website, click download, and chose the studio version for your platform. The first time you launch it it’ll ask for an activation code.
i got tired of paying the adobe monthly taxes n made the switch. first start with the official training from DR https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
then just youtube whatever you need.
the shortcuts can be the same as premiere too, it's in the 2nd or 3rd training vid
The official training from BMD is an excellent free resource.
LowePost (general post-production) or Mixing Light (color correction) are also good industry standbys for paid training.
We've got a tutorial flair on this sub you can search through as well.
For a particular clip, you can open Fusion from the Edit page and it’ll open the top-most clip under the cursor in the Edit page, or there’s a thumbnail “Clips” view similar to what’s in the Color page, if you’re familiar with that.
Every time someone asks “where can I learn how to use Fusion” or “what’s a good place to learn color correction,” I recommend the official training. It’s a great starting place for learning Resolve, from Editing to Fusion, to Color. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
I highly recommend the BMD Training content https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
You can watch the videos and if you become excited on what else DR can do, follow the training books. Those come with training content (video, audio, projects) and great to build muscle memory on where things are and their purpose.
In Fusion?
I don't have any YouTube tuts or suggestions outside of that though.
Welcome to Resolve!
If you're just opening the program for the first time, the official training materials from Blackmagic Design are really useful. Some of it may be excessive for what you want to do, but there are actual media assets that go with the training, and it's all free. The Fusion training book covers most of the "basics" that you'd need to do this in lessons 1-4, and expands on mattes and Photoshop documents in lessons 6, 7, and 8.
Bro dont waste your time
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training here is very good materials with videos, books and learning materials
I have not looked in to it for maybe 2 years, I think you need to use one of the PCIE cards (may be the deck link) to get full 10 bit out.
In windows it's a world of 'fun' to keep it calibrated, I forget what the GPU problems are now with 10 bit out. I know AMD has allowed it for a long time but Nvidia where problematic. (I suspect the PCIE card may have been needed just to skip past all the OS/GPU funk)
I did look in to it but it's been like 2 years and I have forgot most of it, saying look in the manual is not the most helpful but I dont want to say something is correct when I am not sure.
I use https://displaycal.net/ for calibration, not sure if it's the best but seems ok~ only in rec709.
I wish you luck.
Not as far as I know but it's not necessary. She could export in the necessary dimensions and upload the video to a gif generator I think gyphy has one. I found this one but haven't tested it. https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif
Right. So my guess is that your iGPU isn't pulling it.
Your footage is H265 which can be heavy to decode. If you enable Smart Cache (top menu: Playback>Render Cache>Smart) you might see an improvement at least when it comes to playback. But I expect you'll continue to have problems as you get deeper into the software.
But short of upgrading your hardware, you might also want to try converting your footage to a more editing friendly format (less heavy to decode). You can grab one of these ProRes sample files from ARRI if you wanna test that for comparison.
I believe starting with 17, the digital keys work with Fusion Studio as well. Dongles for sure will license both programs.
BMD has an official comparison between Fusion in Resolve and Fusion Stand-alone. Couple notes that may not be on there:
Shutter has guide on their website
https://www.shutterencoder.com/en/
Just use it to create DNxhr files and use them instead of the h.265 files in DVR. And everything will automatically work better.
You might want to get the deal with the free speed editor.
Blackmagic Design Davinci Resolve Speed Editor Bundle with Davinci Resolve 17 Studio (Activation Card) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QLN4ZZN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_2BMV48PJGN50DCX7QE6T
I have a Mac Mini M1 and the OS is on the internal drive while I got myself one of these:
I have all media and cache files on four SSDs and it works like a charme.
I mean if you can find a TB4 SSD you're set the fastest I could find was a USB 3.2 gen 2.
So....I spent a LOT of money buying anything but the right lights. I dealt with this in post for hours and hours and hours.
Here's the solution.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089SYH1PY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
One of these at 45 degrees, one of these at 90, a small pin light behind, and a ring light in front. It's an excessive amount of light, but with the diffusers on, it's a light that casts zero shadows and zero problems with what you are seeing here.
I know it's expensive, I know it seems way more than you need/want, and I know there are a lot of "DIY using this one weird trick with a single lightbulb" videos out there but I've done em. I've done entirely too many of them. I wish I'd just bought the lights above on day one. It'd have saved me a whole lot of time and effort.
Good luck!
haven't used other ones in the style and the times ive used two singular ones they've ran out of gas. if you dont have heavy monitors you could probably find a cheaper alternative. But i can't vouch for any others. also says it's available for me, check its the right version of amazon as i live is Australia
hey mate, i run both monitors on this and haven't had a problem, really well built
https://www.amazon.com.au/AVLT-Power-Dual-Monitor-Stackable-Stand/dp/B07WP3PZBM?pd_rd_w=Uatcr&content-id=amzn1.sym.0ce094a0-630c-43ef-afbc-5f93b0f18676&pf_rd_p=0ce094a0-630c-43ef-afbc-5f93b0f18676&pf_rd_r=1B9R0VERSQ97FT8KG2WZ&pd_rd_wg=iz3yA&pd_rd_r=6a9bacc0-4f1d-4062-b7ad-15c4a2e5e967&pd_rd_i=B07WP3PZBM&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_d_rp_4_t
for reference my bottom monitor is a 34" 21:9 predator x34 & top is a 27" 16:9 Nitro XV273K
Cool. I will download and run when I get to my desk later today, thanks.
You mentioned a SSD / HDD bottleneck? This is my SSD which Resolve is installed on if it makes any difference WD Blue SN570 1TB... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09HKDQ1RN?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
This bad boy can have every key programmable, and it magnetizes to the left or right of the trackpad on the new MacBook Pros.
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When I have north of 10 TB of footage per project, I can't rely on SSDs. They are still too expensive.
250 MB/s is not fast but it should be fast enough:
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SanDisk Professional 18TB G-DRIVE PRO - Enterprise-Class Desktop Hard Drive, Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, 7200RPM:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B098RZNLSR/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_search\_asin\_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
That makes sense. Though I have edited with this drive in the past with no issues. Could you take a look at the specks of this drive and confidently confirm that it is not for video editing?
SanDisk Professional 18TB G-DRIVE PRO - Enterprise-Class Desktop Hard Drive, Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, 7200RPM:
If you don't mind me asking, which dock do you use? I was looking at getting the Hagibis USC-C Hub
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096LMGTNG/ref=twister_B08QHR4BV2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Seems to have everything I'd need and it's compact, which would look good on a desk.
ASUS ProArt Display PA279CV 27” 4K HDR UHD (3840 x 2160) Monitor, IPS, 100% sRGB/Rec. 709, ΔE < 2, USB-C DisplayPort HDMI USB hub, Calman Verified, Eye Care, Tilt Pivot Swivel Height Adjustable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08K2GFDKM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_NBXGPTN94Y1WBRGEBF1D?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
This monitor ^
Thanks for the info. Is this unavoidable ? Or do I need to adjust accordingly for future export
In bright daylight, the Osmo or any camera is going to use a very short shutter time (small angle) to get the image dark enough.
Having a large angle, 180* 1\50s at 24fps,. Gives more time for the flickers to average out and not show in the final image.
Get a set of ND so you can use a large angle during the day.
https://www.amazon.com/DJI-CP-OS-00000005-01-Osmo/dp/B07QDLMD9G
The font is Rimini, found it here: https://www.fontspace.com/rimini-font-f33752
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It worked just fine when using regular text, but when using text+, apostrophes, periods, commas, etc... refuse to show up...
Id tend to say if your new to stick to sRGB display preset, then read up a tad more till you know what's best.
Rec 709 is maybe better if windows or benq supply a ICC profile for the display in rec 709.
rec 709 is fairly close to sRGB.
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If you want to get in to display calibration you will want something like an i1dsiplay and some software, I use https://displaycal.net/ over the bundled one.
Displaycal website has some info on the kinds of hardware devices for calibration, it's a nice starting point.
May also be worth reading up a bit on the subject, I know I need to.
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As you did not mention I assume your on windows 10, in windows 10 sRGB is always the easy option as that's what most apps use. Past sRGB it's time to read up.
PR Proxy's not intended for multi-generational use - check out page 17 of the ProRes whitepaper. If OP's not gonna link back to the OG media, it's not really worth it.
DNx is almost always 8-bit unless it's got an X at the end, which is really only the 444 media and, if PR LT's too big for OP, DNxHR HQX is definitely gonna be too big. DNxHD will also only do 10-bit at higher bitrates for certain frame rates, and you're locked into 1920x1080 or 1280x720.
FFMPEG can do lossless cuts/splits/trims (amongst many, many, many other things) but it's command line only. If you want something with a GUI there's many free frontend apps for FFMPEG.
A lossless cut can only be done on keyframes so you can't be super picky about where the cut will be done. Can be some trial and error to get the best cut possible.
Here's two popular ones (all free):
Lossless Cut: Has a pretty nice timeline view for editing.
Shutter Encoder: Can do the edits but the GUI might not be as intuitive as Lossless Cut. But it's an app I use almost daily. Mostly for converting and extracting media.
Blackmagic design have courses to help people learn Resolve much faster.
You can find some of them here:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
There's tests you can take as well that actually let you become certified as well which is a nice plus.
I was using premiere pro for about 6 years also, and after completing the editing courses and colour grading courses I feel much more comfortable with Resolve now than I ever felt with premiere.
Good luck! Hope this helps :) I'm super happy with migrating to Resolve and I know I'm not the only person that's come from Adobe that's happy with this decision.
You just have to look at the full-fat Studio Console installations that BMD sells for use with Fairlight to know that your guy is misinformed: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/consoles
Here's 6+ hours of Fairlight training vids that BMD just posted recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lceOriiwu8&list=PLURZdvzBgI3pN-IY08s6VD_LMIyHYbW10
Plenty of people also round-trip to external DAWs and Resolve makes that easy too.
I'm usually the guy that finds ALL the bugs on upgrade, and I had a few when I moved to 17. I've long since gotten past all those. It's good for me now.
As for what's new -- read this: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/whatsnew
Black magic design, the creators of davinci resolve, just released a lot of tutorials and is definitely the first stop anyone should do to learn how to use resolve. They are very long and informative, but will save you so much time in the end. and they have both pdf training and video tutorials.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
You need a garbage matte to remove everything but your subject.
Create a new polygon that covers your subject. Take the output and alt+click the mediaIn1 node. From there you can select garbagematte. You may have to keyframe the matte if you're subject moves.
BlackMagic has really good training on this in the Fusion book under green screen keying.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
I'd strongly suggest checking out the free official training - here's the link to the page, and BMD just released YouTube videos that go along with the v17 training.
That said: there's a bunch of overlays and speed effects, as well as some zoom keyframes that "bounce" in the video, similar to your last post.
I confirmed that at least the first video is the same one provided on the official certification training site. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
Keep in mind that the jump from 15 to 17 is about adding features, almost all the fundamentals are the same.
Authorized Resellers for Resolve can be found on the Blackmagic Design website. Blackmagic Design also sells keys directly now, depending on your country.
Resolve Studio is $295, and licenses are included with all BMD keyboards and color panels, as well as many of their cameras.
Some people may be selling additional Resolve licenses on ebay or Amazon, but they are not authorized resellers; purchase at your own risk.
The what's new page has all the features since DR 16 so I don't know how many more are there over DR 15.
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https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/whatsnew
I do know that Blackmagic Design appears to have also done a great job at continuing to fine tune the performance working with various video codecs. The live preview is better for given hardware.
Of course, all of this goes with the suggestion to complete and deliver your project before considering an upgrade. Unfortunately with the database changes there's no way back to DR 15 from DR 17. I'd definitely NOT change during a paying gig.
Find a block of time and do a full backup of your PC prior so that you'd roll the whole kit back to the backup if it's not working well and solid after the upgrade.
Also export each and every project you wish to keep, you can reimport them if you have to reinstall DR from scratch.
On the main downloads page --
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/
About 3/4 down the page, it says "Two Great Versions"
The link on the left is for the free version. Even after you click on that, you can choose your preferred OS and the Free version on the left, Studio on the right.
Go to the source. They have awesome free guides, reference books
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
scroll down for the guides and lesson files.
It's a 2.5 GB download and I'm not having any issues with any of the 17.4.3 Studio downloads on the North America West Coast.
Here's some things to check:
To do it with the proper number of days in each month, you need to use the os.date(format, number) function, where number = seconds since 1 Jan 1970. So:
os.date("%d %B") -> 01 January os.date("%d %B", 86400) -> 02 January os.date("%d %B", 2678400) -> 01 February
So your math needs to translate frame numbers to those seconds, depending on how quickly you want to count. For more info including the different date format codes, see here: https://www.lua.org/pil/22.1.html
Generally you should record your dub indoors with something like this: https://www.amazon.com/TroyStudio-Portable-Sound-Recording-Vocal/dp/B07MZZ36L4/ref=mp_s_a_1_12?keywords=sound+proof+enclosure&qid=1642355446&sr=8-12
This is a low budget sound proof box you can use. There are way better on the market. You could even buy a sound proof telephone box like room. But that thing costs a few thousand bucks.
With this you get a very clear voice signal which you can then use for dubbing purposes. To do that you would simply throw away your original recorsing. Then you record some.ambient sound without voice and put that into your timeline. After that you put your voice over the ambient sound. And then you start mixing and adding effects until it sounds like you want to.
I've gone back and double-checked. I believe that unfortunately 10 bit is a "Studio" feature.
There's no definitive comparison list, but from the website I see this when describing the studio. "In addition to all of the 8‑bit formats supported by the free version, DaVinci Resolve Studio lets you work with most professional formats."
That indicates to me that 10-bit formats are apparently studio only.
Gleaned the differences from here: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/studio
Best way to check for certain is to check in with BMD support. Should be able to answer all the particulars.
Here's the speed editor details: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/keyboard
The Speed editor is similar to the keyboard, but is smaller.
There's only so much that can be done through Reddit, but in brief: Inside Fusion there are two main components: the node tree and the animation (keyframe) timeline. The node tree embodies all the elements in the composition and how they're linked together statically, like an organization chart; the keyframe timeline determines how they change over the duration of the clip, dynamically. In your example, you'd typically connect together the different callout elements through a series of linked Merge nodes, and then use keyframing to animate when they appear, how they move and when they disappear relative to each other.
The BMD training videos and books are excellent and free, and available from here. Make sure to check out the Beginner's Guide to Davinci Resolve 17 (pdf).
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training check this link, they offer some free PDF guides with the accompaining media for you to edit along, as well as some video lessons; if you feel like taking the next step, they also have a search engine which shows all their certified training centers on that same page.
The free training PDF and practice material Visual Effects Guide to DaVinci Resolve has a section on making credit rolls using Fusion. It's free, too. Available here with other free official training courses.
I'm very curious what other video programs you've worked with that have constrained text that automatically does new lines. From my (albeit) quick testing, AfterEffects and Premiere would require you to do new lines manually as well. I'm pretty sure Blender won't work that way either, but I don't have time to test that right now.
InDesign, Word, Google Docs, and other similar programs function that way, but that's because they're designed for print work and constrained margins.
It'd probably be a very similar thing for Fusion - 3D Camera Solving is limited to the Studio version of Resolve, but is possible. Planar and point are available in the free version.
The free official training for VFX in Resolve does cover rotoscoping techniques and tracking and is an excellent starting point. (If you're interested in that)
The book is free and it comes with a 1.5Gb worth of training projects, so it is really a hands on manual. It is divided into 40 - 60 minutes lessons that will walk you through the program, while actually working with the software and the provided training projects. I’ve come half way now and I must say it is an excellent way to discover all features and it helped me a lot.
Although it will provide you with a solid base of understanding and skills, the best way to learn is to do it. Parallel to the the manual I’ve just been practicing the skills using my own footage or footage I’ve downloaded from sites like https://www.pexels.com.
A third good resource is youtube. There are a lot of good channels like MrAlexTech, Casey Faris, Jake Wipp, Billy Rybka and many more. They regularly do a deep-dive into one aspect or feature.
So for me, following paid classes or instruction is not needed at this point, because there is so much good stuff out there.
Good luck!
Search for Photopea, which is what I used for nearest neighbor scaling. It's a really great app that's just like Photoshop, except free and online. You can check it out here:
Create a new project, choose an appropriate size.
Drop an image in the editor, it will create a new layer. Make sure that layer is selected, then go to Image > Image size and choose a new size for your layer.
You can click in the little chain symbol if you don't want the width parameter to change everytime you change the height, and viceversa.
Last but not least, and before you click ''OK'', go to Interpolation and choose Nearest Neighbor. This should work all nice and dandy. Good luck!
What I meant to say was if you edit your source timeline from 20 seconds to 30 The master timeline will be missing that additional 10 seconds of video....or if you trim your source timeline from 20 seconds down to 10 seconds your master timeline will be left with 10 seconds of black screen.
So if I have a master timeline comprised of 30 source timelines and go do a bunch of edits in the source then I'll have to return to the master and delete/add the timeline back to make sure its the proper length. It's annoying to delete/add the timeline back in but I'm not sure if there's a better way, or even a quick way to see if the master contains the complete source timeline.
Ill have to check out their tutorials. I assume you're talking about the 8 videos on color grading, mini panel, fusion graphics, fusion 3d, fairlight, managing media and delivering content?.....or maybe the books....
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
yeah sure. I'm searching for the photographer who took the pictures on the Davinci Resolve website. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/
the pictures of the hollywood first solution with the blueish one, or the people who sitting in front of their computer.
The post production are so nice ( my graphic heart is totaly excited).
Thanks for help.
If you haven't already, the new Colorists Guide to Davinci Resolve 17 is definitely worth working through.
You can find it on this page: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
This is basic audio mixing. It's covered in the free official training. There's a basic overview in the Getting Started with Resolve guide, and it goes more in-depth in the Fairlight guide.
You need to export the solved track, then merge the rendered track with the footage, and you can then do the blend modes in the regular Merge.
The Free official training for Fusion explains this in Lesson 12 better than I can.
You probably mean the Full size Keyboard, right? The Speed Editor is brand new, only works with DVR 17 and has a limited set of keys. I mean this one: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/keyboard
From how this is advertised it makes the impression that it might not come with the license forever. But they have this Promo since when v17 came out (December last year?), so who knows. Maybe it is here to stay.
The full size Keyboard looks like it is much more flexible, but at a much higher price. I can understand if Studio comes with it for free.
Alternatively, you could add some audio keyframes and bring the volume down for a short stretch. Blackmagic Design provides a complete manual and free training materials that cover these features.
I'd suggest you check out the free official Fusion training - there's an example where you track a logo onto a moving car that's a good starting point and covers all the necessary techniques for what you want to do.
That makes sense. The trouble I'm running into is that I'm following along with Resolve's training videos, using their video clips, and I still can't do what they're showing me how to do.
The manual will tell you what every button does. Downside? There's a lot of buttons in Resolve.
The official training is free and covers pretty much everything you need to know.
Since version 17 has only just come out of beta, updated manuals and training materials are still being written, and will be released when they're ready. Everything from v16 should still transfer, aside from some minor UI updates and additional functionality (Adjustment Clips were added in one of 16's point updates).
Comparing the layout of Premiere 2020 and Resolve 17, there's plenty of context clues for most editing functions on the Edit page.
There's little to no official content for v17 yet, considering it just came out of beta, but the free official training is excellent, and even though it's just for v16 right now, everything transfers to v17.
Alexis Van Hurkman's Color Correction Handbook is widely regarded as the standard for learning about color correction. (I believe he's also involved in writing Resolve manuals/documentation - I could be wrong though)
Lowepost and Mixing Light are two other good paid options - there's some free stuff available on Mixing Light but it's not just Resolve - Baselight is also covered there, and probably other color correction programs too.
It is related to the current state of the auto select button as you are new, I would recommend you to understand the cut page first as you will be able to do your regular tasks easily!
You can do the first two chapters in the beginners guide training manual https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
Have you been through the DaVinci tutorials?
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
I found them really useful when starting out, easy to follow and all the assets are included.
There’s a title or text tool in the effects library that you can add on a separate track above your video.
There’s multiple ways to add a black bar, but assuming the nudity is “stationary” in frame, a solid color generator set to black on a separate layer with some cropping should be fine. If it moves or changes you can keyframe it. That’s the “easy” way. For a more advanced/proper way, you’d make a black solid in Fusion and track it on the nudity, or blur it using a power window on the Color page and track it that way. (I believe you could also do a black solid on the Color page too, with some finagling...)
If you have a chance I’d highly suggest going through some of the free official training to learn more about the tools and functions available in Resolve. It’s some of the best and most thorough training available and includes practice media.
Position keyframes will be useful for the "drag" effect. Anything more complicated you'd have to make on your own.
You can change the scale of something in the inspector.
If you haven't checked out the (free!) official training, I'd highly suggest you do so - it'll cover most of the basics of how things work and what you can do with all the tools in Resolve.
Hey, thanks for the reply!
I didn't upgrade Resolve since the last time I used it, so unless it auto-upgrades itself when I launch it, I don't think it's related to the Resolve version. I don't have a way to install an old version since the website only lists the current version to download @ https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ :(
Yup it's a consumer workstations. And no, I don't think so re specialty drivers; other than mouse/kb it's just a 6 TB hard drive, but I tried unplugging that too.
I installed it from the website actually, not the AUR package.
I'm getting a new SSD tomorrow to install Windows or CentOS on because of this problem. For now I'll just switch to that until there's a solution for this problem :(
Multicam is designed to switch between multiple cameras, but showing both is possible with a little extra work.
Here's the steps I'd take:
Lesson 6 of the "Advanced Editing with DaVinci Resolve 15" training has more details. (Clip colors may be a little bit different though...)
flash edit: This would actually be a really cool and creative use of Multicam! I'd never have thought of this. Props to you!
Not exactly the style you're going for, but I always recommend the official training.
You can also sort by the Tutorial flair on this subreddit and see what tutorials other people have posted here recently - most of them will be about effects though.
AfterEffects tutorials, plugins, and expressions will not transfer to Resolve. Broad-level techniques will, but it's a completely different program and a completely different toolset.
Fusion is the Resolve "equivalent" of AfterEffects, but is laid out very differently. Expressions are still possible, just in a different place and a different format.
One of the biggest differences is that AE is layer-based (like Photoshop) and Fusion is node-based. If you haven't already, I'd highly recommend looking through the free official training - Fusion's touched on very lightly in the main training, but there's a whole section dedicated just to Fusion in Resolve.
Sorry! I know the long version was a readers-digest version, and that Fusion in particular can look intimidating, but all of Resolve's tools make it a very powerful program.
If you're interested and have some time, Blackmagic Design offers a very good and thorough Resolve training for free with practice material! (Ignore the version numbers - most things are pretty much the same from 15 to 16 and will be very similar from 16 to 17, when 17's out of beta.)
It basically allows you to trim both sides of an edit simultaneously.
I really don't like to say "Read the manual" but... it's touched on briefly in the introductory training and more in the advanced editing training. Both modules are available as free PDFs, and are available to download with practice material here.
Lesson 6 of the introductory training touches on it briefly, and Lesson 5 of the Advanced Editing training goes more in-depth. I know the Advanced Editing says it's for v15 and everything else is for v16. v15 will translate to v16, and (when 17's out of beta), v16 will translate to v17. The only thing that's different is clip colors.
No worries, I should be better as a mod - after all, rule #1 here is "Be Civil" and I broke it.
I understand the confusion with Fusion (confusion/Fusion rhyme was mostly unintentional) - my first experience with VFX work was more layer-based like AfterEffects or Motion. I'd learned a bit of Flame (another node-based VFX program) for work before I delved into the free official Fusion training, which I found helpful. (There's even a Sky Replacement exercise in Lesson 6!)
Also, nobody's irrelevant here! As long as it's not breaking one of our rules, we try to keep the sub open for everyone to learn and share what they've created.
A few things off the top of my head that might help:
File>Save As...
for new projects.Yap. If you purchase de studio key or dongle, you get also a speed editor keyboard for free. That keyboard has the same price of a license and they are offering it! I think you don't have better a deal than that ahaha
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/keyboard
Dont know If its still up. But yesterday when I was purchasing, the page said it was an offer xd
I am not a pro, just learning using a PDF. And I am sure I saw something in detail with timecode sync.
Go to this link: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
And download Beginner's guide to Davinci 16, find it there.
It's been this way since 15, released just over two years ago.
Although I guess if you just download from the Resolve product page and not the support center, you probably won't find the system requirements.
Welcome to Resolve! Is this your first foray into video editing/color correction?
Sorry if my response was intimidating, I just threw it together kinda quickly in some downtime at work. I can write up a slightly more detailed explanation later if it'd be helpful!
I don't really share my personal contact information here, but I'm always happy to chat in threads or through PM/Reddit Chat.
Can you please clarify if you're looking to do the tracking specifically in Resolve or in Blender, and what you're trying to track/composite?
If you're looking for help with what's called "Camera Tracking" in Blender, there's some good YouTube tutorials on the r/blender wiki about Camera Tracking.
There's no way I'm aware of to share tracking data from Resolve or Fusion, and the advanced Camera Tracking Node in the Fusion page requires the $300 Studio version (or the also $300 standalone version of Fusion, Fusion Studio). There's an example in Lesson 12 of the official training book "Fusion Visual Effects with DaVinci Resolve 16" available here with the source material.
If a physical copy will help you learn more than a digital copy, it's a good idea. If you don't necessarily need a physical copy of the book or wanna save a few bucks, the PDF (and training materials) are free to download here: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training
It is the official training and is always my first suggestion when people ask where to start learning Resolve.
OP please for the love of all that is unholy black magic, do not actually read the manual cover to cover. You will want to summon demons to obliterate it off the face of the earth - it's 3,300 pages long and you will not need all 3,300 pages to get started. (TBH I would not be surprised if demon-summoning was covered in the manual...)
Sounds like a Multicam clip may be the best option. It's easiest to do on the Edit page and is covered in the Advanced Editing training: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training (Yes, Advanced Editing still says 15, everything's the same in 16.)