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DAVINCI RESOLVE 16

Paul Saccone and Dion Scoppettuolo

Copyright © 2020 by Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd

Blackmagic Design

www.blackmagicdesign.com To report errors, please send a note to learning@blackmagicdesign.com.

Series Editor: Patricia Montesion

Series Director: Dion Scoppettuolo

Editor: Bob Lindstrom

Contributing Authors: Daria Fissoun, Mary Plummer, Patrick Inhofer, Casey Faris

Cover Design: Blackmagic Design

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ISBN 13: 978-1-7342279-1-8

1

Introduction to Editing in the Cut Page

2

Adding Effects and Publishing in the Cut Page

3

Organizing a NewProject

Importing clips 71

Reviewing and scrubbing clips 74

Viewing clip metadata 76

Adding custom metadata 78

Making new bins 80

Displaying keyword smart bins 81

Saving custom bin views

84

Lesson Review 85

4

Assembling a Rough Cut 87

Creating a timeline 88

Making the first edit

89

Scrubbing with JKL keys

93

Inserting clips into a timeline 95

Using timecode 101

Overwriting video only 103

Editing from a bin

106

Replacing a shot 110

Lesson Review 113

5

Moving Clips in the Timeline 115

Importing projects and relinking media 116

Color coding clips 118

Deleting clips without leaving a gap 120

Splitting clips 125

Cutting and pasting clips

128

Lesson Review 131

6

Refining a Timeline 133

Customizing the Layout for Trimming 134

Trimming to the Playhead 135

Ripple Trimming

139

Selecting Tracks to Trim 143

Using Roll Trimming 147

Slipping a Clip

148

Trimming with the Selection Tool 151

Lesson Review 155

7

Applying Transitions and Effects 157

Fading Clips In and Out

158

Adding Cross Dissolves 160

Customizing Transitions 162

Saving Custom Presets 164

Applying Transitions and FiltersfromtheEffectsLibrary 165

Reframing Shots 169

Rendering and Background Caching 174

Creating a Constant Speed Change 176

Lesson Review 181

An Introduction to Audio Post and Sound Design

183
8

Working with Audio on the Edit Page 189

Working with Markers 190

Marking a Range of Frames 193

Annotating on Clips 194

Customizing the Interface for Audio

201

Adding and Patching Tracks 203

Color Coding Tracks 206

Finding Markers using the Edit Index 207

Viewing Markers in a Bin

209

Linking Clips 210

Monitoring, Soloing, and Muting Audio 212

Reading Meters and Setting Targets 213

Changing a Level within a Clip 218

Adding Audio Fades 220

Lesson Review 221

9 Mixing Sound in Fairlight: Exploring theInterface 223

Exploring the Interface 224

Renaming and Color Coding Tracks 228

Viewing a Spotting List

229

Changing Track Formats 231

Trimming Clips in Fairlight 233

Aligning Sound Effects 235

Recording Audio in a Timeline

238

Modifying Clip Attributes 242

Using Fairlight FX 245

Setting Track Levels

249

Lesson Review 251

An Introduction to Visual Effects Compositing

253
10

Creating Graphics and Effects in Fusion 259

Exploring the interface 260

Adding clips from the media pool

266

Understanding the merge node 268

Inserting and adjusting effects 270

Chaining merge nodes together 273

Masking effects

275

Adding effects from the effects library

277

Using Layers from the Edit Page

279

Pulling a Green Screen Key

282

Adding a Solid Mask

285

Adding text+ in the Edit page

287

Adding effects to text in Fusion

290

Animating with Keyframes 291

Lesson Review 297

An Introduction to Color Correction

299

11 Quick Start: ColorCorrection 307

Learning the Color Page Layout 308

Modifying Lift, Gamma, and Gain

310

Using other Primary Corrector Controls

314

Understanding Nodes 318

Making Secondary Color Corrections 319

Applying Resolve FX

323

Tracking Power Windows 326

Lesson Review 327

12 Performing Primary ColorCorrections 329

Using DaVinci Resolve Color Management 330

Making Automatic Corrections 336

Balancing Color and Brightness using the Color Wheels 338

Checking Adjustments on Scopes 340

Making a Neutral Color Grade with the Primaries Bars 345

Balancing with the Additional Primary Controls

348

Using Curves for Primary Color Corrections 350

Copying Corrections between Similar Shots 355

Lesson Review 363

13 Making Secondary Adjustments 365

Making secondary adjustments with HSL Curves

366

Selecting areas with Qualifiers 369

Reversing selections with Outside Nodes 374

Combining Qualifiers and Power Windows 375

Using the tracker 377

Stabilizing a Clip 379

Lesson Review 381

14 Designing CreativeLooks 383

Mixing a Black-and-white Shot

384

Using a Look up Table for Quick Looks

386

Creating a Bleach Bypass 393

Saving Grades Across Projects

396

Lesson Review 397

15

Delivering a FinalProgram 399

Creating a Web Streaming File

400

Creating a Custom Preset 402

Lesson Review 407

16

Managing Media andDatabases 409

Consolidating Media 410

Copying Projects and Media to a New Hard Drive

412

Working with the DaVinci Resolve Database

414

Lesson Review 417

Index 419

About the Authors 428

Foreword

Foreword

Welcome to

The Beginner"s Guide to DaVinci Resolve 16

DaVinci Resolve 16 is the only post production solution that brings editing, color correction, audio post and visual effects together in the same software application! The most exciting thing about DaVinci Resolve 16 is the revolutionary new cut page, which is designed specifically for editors that need to work quickly and on tight deadlines. It's an alternate edit page with a streamlined interface and new tools designed to help you work faster than ever before. DaVinci Resolve 16 also includes even more advanced color correction, powerful new editing options on the traditional edit page, vastly improved Fairlight digital audio tools and even faster 2D and 3D visual effects compositing on the Fusion page. DaVinci Resolve 16 enables you to switch between creative tasks without having to export or translate files between different applications! Best of all, DaVinci Resolve 16 is absolutely free! Plus, we've made sure that the free version of DaVinci Resolve actually has more features than any paid editing system. That's because at Blackmagic Design we believe everybody should have the tools to create professional, Hollywood caliber content without having to spend thousands of dollars. I hope you'll enjoy using DaVinci Resolve 16 and we can't wait to see the amazing work you produce!

Grant Petty

Blackmagic Design

Getting Started

Getting Started

Welcome to

The Beginner"s Guide to DaVinci Resolve 16

, the official Blackmagic Design Training and Certification book that teaches editors, artists and students how to edit, composite, color correct, and mix audio in DaVinci Resolve. All you need is a Mac or Windows computer, the free download version of DaVinci Resolve 16, and a passion to learn. This official step-by-step training guide covers the basics of editing, visual effects, motion graphics, color correction and audio so you can start creating your own Hollywood caliber film and video today!

What You"ll Learn:

How to edit, add effects and post to the web, fast using the new cut page. How to setup projects, import media and use metadata to speed up your work. Marking selections, editing clips in the timeline, and context sensitive trimming. How to retime clips, add transitions and pan and scan photos. Working with new title templates, creating your own titles and adding animation. How to navigate the Fusion page, use a node based interface for visual effects compositing. Primary and secondary corrections using DaVinci Resolve's legendary color tools. How to match shots, use color management, create looks, grade multiple clips. How to use PowerWindows, track objects in a shot, use curves and add ResolveFX. Audio sweetening and mixing using the Fairlight audio tools.

Record voice over directly into the timeline.

Use new FairlightFX to improve audio quality.

How to deliver projects to a variety of formats and share directly to YouTube and Vimeo. Dozens of tips and tricks throughout the book that will transform how you work!

Getting Started

The Blackmagic Design Training and Certification Program Blackmagic Design publishes several training books that take your skills farther in DaVinci

Resolve 16. They include:

The Beginner's Guide to DaVinci Resolve 16

Advanced Editing with DaVinci Resolve 16

Color Correction with DaVinci Resolve 16

Fairlight Audio Post with DaVinci Resolve 16

Fusion Visual Effects with DaVinci Resolve 16

Whether you want to learn more advanced editing techniques, color grading, or sound mixing, our certified training program has a learning path for you. After completing this book, you are encouraged to take a one-hour, 50-question online proficiency exam to receive a certificate of completion from Blackmagic Design. The link to the online exam for this beginner's guide can be found on the Blackmagic Design training web page. For more information on the Training and Certification Program and to find one of our Training Partners in your area please visit www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/ davinciresolve/training.

System Requirements

This book supports DaVinci Resolve 16.1 for Mac and Windows. If you have an older version of DaVinci Resolve, you must upgrade to the current version to follow along with the lessons. The exercises in this book refer to file and resource locations which will differ if you are using the version of software from the Apple Mac App Store. For the purposes of this training book, if you are using macOS we recommend downloading the DaVinci Resolve software from the Blackmagic Design web site, and not the Mac App store.

Getting Started

Download DaVinci Resolve

To download the free version of DaVinci Resolve 16.1 or later from the Blackmagic

Design website:

Open a web browser on your Windows or Mac computer.

In the address field of your web browser, type:

On the DaVinci Resolve landing page, click the Download button. On the download page, click the Mac or Windows button, depending on your computer's operating system. Follow the installation instructions to complete the installation. When you have completed the software installation, follow the instructions in the following section, “Copying the Lesson Files," to download the content for this book.

Copying the Lesson Files

The DaVinci Resolve lesson files must be downloaded to your Mac or Windows computer to perform the exercises in this book. After you save the files to your hard disk, extract the file and copy the folder to your Documents folder. To Download and Install the DaVinci Resolve Lessons Files: When you are ready to download the lesson files, follow these steps:

Connect to the Internet and navigate to:

The download will begin immediately.

The IntroToResolve16Tutorials.zip file is roughly 7GB in size. After downloading the zip file to your Mac or Windows computer, open your Downloads folder, and double-click IntroToResolve16Tutorials.zip to unzip it if it doesn't unzip automatically. You will end up with a folder named R16 Intro lessons that contains all the content for this book. From your Download folder, drag the “R16 intro lessons" folder to you Documents folder. You are now ready to begin Lesson 1, Creating a story in the cut page.

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions of media used throughout the book: Brian J Terwilliger, Terwilliger Productions for "Living In the Age of Airplanes" Nuyen Anh Nguyen, Second Tomorrow Studios for "Hyperlight"

Introduction to Editing in

the Cut Page Time

This lesson takes approximately

90 minutes to complete.

Goals

Starting in the cut page

2

Adding clips to a timeline 5

Reviewing clips using source tape

8

Appending clips to the timeline 9

Marking In and Out with precision

10

Using intelligent editing tools

13

Editing multiple camera angles 21

Trimming edits 26

Lesson Review

35

Lesson 1

Introduction to Editing in the Cut Page

Starting in the cut page

The remaining lessons in this book will go into detail on the media, edit, fusion, color, fairlight and deliver pages.

Let's get started!

Starting in the cut page

When it comes to editing, there isn't a one size fits all approach. That's why DaVinci Resolve 16 has two different editing interfaces, the cut page, and the edit page. The new cut page is for fast turn around jobs that need to get edited and published quickly. It's perfect for editing news, video blogs, online promos, educational content, and more. The traditional edit page features a wider range of features and works more traditionally. You can choose either page, depending on what feels the most suited to your needs. This book will teach you how to use both pages. The exciting part is that you can switch back and forth between the cut and edit pages at any time. In designing the cut page, Blackmagic Design took a step back and put a lot of thought into how to innovate and make editing faster. The cut page and the edit page provide different interfaces for these two very different cultures of editors. The cut page removes wasteful steps and anything that could slow you down. Every click or action you do on the cut page has a direct result. There are no wasted clicks or optional settings to configure. The page works hard at anticipating what you want to do and helps you get there faster. Let's start exploring the cut page by opening DaVinci Resolve and importing clips. At this point you should have downloaded the content for this book, and located that content in your Documents folder as described in Getting Started. First start by launching the DaVinci Resolve application. Double-click the Untitled thumbnail to open a new project. DaVinci Resolve will open and display the page last used.

Lesson 1

Introduction to Editing in the Cut Page

Starting in the cut page

At the bottom of the window, click the cut button to switch to the cut page, if necessary.

The media pool contains all of

the source clips for a projectThe viewer switches between your clips and edited story in the timeline

The upper timeline shows the

entire edited timelineThe lower timeline shows a detailed view of your current timeline positionThe toolbar contains playback, editing and transition buttons In the upper left area is the media pool. This is where all the clips in your project can besorted, organized, and reviewed. When starting a project, you Import clips into the media pool using the buttons in the upper left corner. In the upper left corner of the media pool, click the import media folder button. The import file button allows you to import one or more selected audio, video or graphic clips from a folder. In the dialog that appears, navigate to the Documents folder, where you placed the

R16 Intro lessons folder.

Lesson 1

Introduction to Editing in the Cut Page

Starting in the cut page

Within that folder, select the Lesson 01 folder, then the Quick to Cook folder and click open. A useful dialog opens to inform you that the clips you are importing are different from the default 1920 x1080 full HD video resolution and frame rate that DaVinci Resolve uses. Using this dialog, you can switch Resolve's settings to match the clips' format, without having to open a settings window. Click Change to have the settings in DaVinci Resolve match the size and frame rate of the incoming clips. All the media imports into the media pool, and the folder is made into a bin. Every project contains one bin to start with, called the master bin. The master bin contains all other bins and your timelines.

Double click the Quick to Cook bin.

Bins, like folders, can be used to organize your clips into categories. You can create multiple bins and have them all accessible without any wasted space. Depending on your computer's screen resolution, the layout seen in the images in this book may appear different compared to the layout you see on your display. Clips in a bin can also be quickly sorted in different ways. Click the sort drop down menu and choose timecode.

Lesson 1

Introduction to Editing in the Cut Page

Adding clips to a timeline

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