Category Archives: DaVinci Resolve Workshop

1. Introduction to DaVinci Resolve: Overview of the software’s interface and key features for editing and color grading.
2. Essential Editing Techniques: Learning the basics of importing, organizing, and editing footage in DaVinci Resolve.
3. Advanced Editing Tools and Workflow: Exploring advanced editing techniques, such as multicam editing, dynamic trimming, and timeline management.
4. Understanding Color Theory: A comprehensive guide to color theory and its application in visual storytelling and emotional impact.
5. Color Grading Fundamentals: Introduction to the primary and secondary color grading tools in DaVinci Resolve, including primary color correction, curves, and color wheels.
6. Creative Color Grading Techniques: Exploring advanced color grading techniques like creating cinematic looks, stylized grading, and color grading for different genres.
7. Matching Shots and Creating Consistency: Techniques for achieving shot matching and creating visual consistency throughout a project.
8. Color Grading for Different Formats: Understanding the nuances of color grading for different formats, such as cinema, broadcast, web, and mobile.
9. Advanced Node-Based Workflow: Leveraging the power of DaVinci Resolve’s node-based color grading system for complex grading setups and creative effects.
10. Delivering the Final Product: Exporting, rendering, and finalizing the project for various delivery platforms, including cinema, broadcast, and online distribution.

DaVinci Resolve course Details

DAY – 1

Edit Preparation and Organization

• Backing Up Source Files,  
• Importing Metadata, Renaming Clips with Metadata
• Searching Using Metadata, Using Automatic Smart Bins
• Smart Bins for People (Studio Only)
• Creating Custom Smart Bins. Power Bins
• Creating Proxy Files for Editing, Saving Project Presets

Editing in the Edit Page

• Setting Up a Project, Creating Bins
• Exploring Viewing Options, Creating the First Assemble
• Trim Edit Mode, Adding Music
• Shuffle Insert Edits, Trimming to Duration
• Finessing the Edit, Audio Mixing
• Adding Transitions, Adding Fusion Titles
• Continue Cutting

Multicamera Editing

• Starting a Multi-Camera Project, Switching Angles in the Timeline
• Editing a Multi-Camera Music Video, Real-Time Multi-Camera Editing
• Adjusting the Multi-Camera Edit, Adjusting a Multicam Clip

DAY – 2

High-Speed Editing with the Cut Page 

• Setting Up the Project, Reviewing Clips Using Source Tape
• Assembling the Soundbites, Refining the Timeline Clips
• Changing the Order of the Clips, Adding the B-Roll
• Smart Insert, Using Extra Tracks
• Trimming the B-Roll, Adding Other Camera Angles with Source Overwrite
• Using the Sync Bin with Source Overwrite
• Adding Music, Effects, and Titles

Color Correcting a DaVinci Resolve Timeline 1 

• Balancing Footage Opening a Resolve Archive
• Setting Up Project Backups, Understanding the Grading Workflow
• Setting Tonal Range and Contrast, Balancing Colors
• Understanding Log Controls and Primaries Wheels
• Creating Color Continuity Building a Shot-Matching Strategy
• Organizing Shots Using Flags and Filters
• Applying Shot Match, Matching Shots Using Stills
• Comparing and Matching Shots Manually

Correcting and Enhancing Isolated Areas

• Controlling the Viewer’s Eye, Sharpening Key Elements
• Tracking Obscured Objects, Fixing Overcast Skies
• Warping Color Ranges, Enhancing Skin Tones with Face Refinement
• Adjusting Skin Tones Manually

Round Trip & Conforming an XML Timeline

• Importing an XML Timeline
• Maximizing the Dynamic Range

Delivering Projects

• Using Lightbox to Check Timelines Before Delivery, Understanding the Render Workflow and Presets
• Creating Custom Renders and Saving Presets, Configuring a Timeline for Digital Cinema
• Exploring Advanced Render Settings