Lights, Camera, Action - A DaVinci Resolve Guide

This is a collection of guides and my own personal tips of how to use DaVinci Resolve to make videos. This guide is the cousin to "Lights, Camera, Action - A Blender Video Sequence Editor Guide - First Edition."

Prologue - Shadows Edit Twice - Hollywood Edition

Blackmagic's Da Vinci Resolve[www.blackmagicdesign.com]

Now this baby, this "Soulsborne software", is one of the video editing software that Hollywood uses. It's a beast, even for those that are downloading the free version, which will give you a ton of bells and whistles, just to make videos. But like Blender, there's a huge learning curve concerning it.

Here's a tiny list of movies that uses DVR:

• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  
• Deadpool 2
  
• Overboard
  
• Solo: A Star Wars Story
  
• On Chesil Beach
  
• RBG
  
• And many more.

Now before you go all Leroy Jenkins on it and download DVR on the official Blackmagic site, you have to know just how powerful or weak your computer is, like GPUs and CPUs. Also, it's not exactly, optimize with Mac or Linux properly, but one can try and experiment with it. I heard that it's mixed results, works for some, doesn't work for others.

This is a rather tiny vid that I made from Da Vinci Resolve.

Don't Forget To



Note: Some of these tips are probably a bit outdated, since DaVinci Resolve 17 probably patched some of the whatever issues that I may have.

First Things First

Before doing and learning all that cool stuff, one has to learn how to back up projects, just in case Da Vinci crashes or you are careless, like excitedly jumping over to the newer DVR version, only to realize that you forgotten about your projects (These things can happen). Because if ya don't you will lose, hours, days, or worst, months of blood, sweat, and tears.

How To Save Projects

Tiny Tips

Darla: You don't have to be good, but you better be..."

It's cheaper than Adobe's Premiere Pro, because PP has a paid subscription (along with the other Periodic Table Of Adobe Software) which is bad news for broke starving artists/content creators with big dreams. With DaVinci Resolve, you're getting the same stuff as PP or better for mostly free. Also, if you buy DaVinci Resolve, you buy it and own it forever.

One can roll back to the previous version of DVR or download the old version (But I didn't find out how to do that when I was using it).

Don't mix up your video files when editing, like mixing Quicktime with MP4s. Otherwise, the DVA will act glitchy.

There's certain video files that DVR is allergic to, but what's strange is that you can make and render a vid.

While, you're making vids with DaVinci Resolve 17. Blackmagic Design is busy making DVR18, which the beta testing will take a few years, like a year or two.

Set DaVinci Resolve in a certain way, so it can autosave your projects in case if the software crashes.

The DVR17 comes with Fairlight after downloading, it handles mainly sound, mixing, sound cleanup and audio recording. Just to name a few.

The free version gives quite a lot, even though some of the effects, text, and a few features are block via paywall. Unless, you buy the DaVnci Resolve Studio (which is $295 USD). If you so wish.

Concerning Activation Keys

There's two types of activating keys, one is a dongle and the other is a digital version, both are different ways of owning DVR.

Both

The two keys don't require internet access for all the activating and deactiving purposes. This is perfect for offline work.

They're about the same price.

You can't go wrong with either of them, just get the one that's fits your groove and workspace activities.

Has the ability to "upgrade" seamlessly to the next DVR version(?) (Ya have to research on this, because I only used the free DVR versions).

Dongle

This baby is not just compatible with Davinci Resolve, but with Fusion Studios. It also makes installing in different computers very easy and "portable". Be aware that one must be careful with it, since the dongle is "sensitive", it's easy to misplace or worst, break it. Buy a protective box for travel purposes.

Activation Key

Unlike the physical dongle, one doesn't need to take this particular key with them. Because, once installed, it's ready to go. Just take a picture of the code and stash the main one somewhere safe.

Full DaVinci Resolve Tutorial Channels

This list contains the list of channels that are strictly DaVinci Resolve tutorials.

• Davinci Resolve For Beginners
  MrAlexTech
  
• Jamie Fenn
  
• Patrick Stirling
  
• VFXstudy
  
• Darren Mostyn
  
• Jay Lippman
  
• Billy Rybka
  
• JayAreTV
  
• Creative Video Tips
  
• The Show Show
  
• Jason Yadlovski
  
• Joris Hermas
  
• Paule Porter DP
  
• CB Super
  
• MiesnerMedia
  
• Nathan Carter
  
• Core And Blue
  
• Ripple Training
  
• Lowepost
  
• MixingLight
  
• The Resolve Store
  
• SUALVI
  
• Molin Guides
  
• VIC VideopIC
  
• Gerrit Harding - Davinci Resolve Tutorials
  
• The Modern Filmmaker
  
• Darren Frenette
  
• Film Resolved

Playlists Of Tutorials

• Color Grading Central - This channel does all forms of tutorials for recording, like Final Cut Pro X, and color tips.
  
• DaVinci Resolve 17 (Chris' Tutorials) - Now Chris's whole channel is a tutorial for open source softwares, like Audacity, Krita and previous versions of DaVinci Resolve. Just to name a few.
  
• Color Grading (Casey Faris) - Now like Chris's tutorials, Casey Faris, has a variety of tutorials, though his is more niche, his channel is aimed for color correcting, post productions, and various editing.
  
• DaVinci Resolve 17 (Casey Faris)
  
• DaVinci Resolve Tutorials (By Motion Array Tutorials) - MAT mainly specializes in video editor tutorials, not just for DVR.
  
• Learn DaVinci Resolve (By Motion Array Tutorials)
  
• Davinci Resolve (by Lars Grote - Shift Videoproductions)
  
• Davinci Resolve (By Branden Arc)
  
• DaVinci Resolve Tutorials (By The Edit Place)
  
• Official Beginner's Guide To DaVinci Resolve 17 (By Billel L-Karkariy)
  
• How To Edit Video In DaVinci Resolve (By CineChimp) - CineChimp has tons of tutorials, especially ones for DVR.
  
• DaVinci Resolve Masterclass Tips (By CineChimp)
  DaVinci Resolve (Video Editing In A Minute)

Appendix

Other Guides

For Those That Bought DVR
How To Activate Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio License[www.coremicro.com]

• r/Blackmagic Design - This subreddit is dedicated to all things Blackmagic Design, just lurk until ya find what you're searching for or just hop in and get help.
  
• r/davinciresolve - This subreddit is only for DaVinci Resolve, swing by to get help or questions answered.
  
• Blackmagic's DVR Training Page[www.blackmagicdesign.com] - These tips are from the official website.
  
• Blackmagic Forum[forum.blackmagicdesign.com]

Guides Made By Moi

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2439193586
The Blender one is the cousin of this guide.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2439200698
Here's an optional streamer guide for being an anime girl (mostly).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2616246338
This is a tiny tour of one of the VTuber avatars are made.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2672380660
This is a tiny tour of 3tene, a motion capture software.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2966403008
This is a tiny tour of AI art generators, a tool that should be in the background at all causes. Not an end all, be all.

PachirisuGrrl33's Guide Library

Here's where all of my guides, including this one, are located.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2361061329

And the family unfriendly version:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2812378320

My Tool Box And Credits

Gabriel A's Like And Favorite(d) Guide

Drawing Tools

• Fire Alpaca SE
  
• Intuos Comics (Wacom Tablet)

Video Tools

• OBS
  
• Audacity
  
• 3tene
  
• DaVinci Resolve
  
• Web Camera
  
• VRoid

My Fan Arts

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2618805855

Screenshots

Sekiro: Dunky Dies 489 Times

"Cats Don't Dance" by Warner Bros. (I recommend it).

Meme Templates

The Crying Anime Girl[imgflip.com]

BTS Group[imgflip.com]

Kirby Teaches [imgflip.com]

Spongebob's List[imgflip.com]

BTS (Not The KPop Band, Ya Bakas) - Lights, Camera, Action - A DaVinci Resolve Guide

Be aware that I don't use DaVinci Resolve anymore, due to the latest updates (DaVinci Resolve 17), being too strong for my toaster, I switch to Blender now. This guide is based on my memories of using it and I know a bit, since I used DVR 14(?) and up to DVR 16. But don't ask me about Fusion, Fairlight, and that separate sound editor software that came with DVR16, I haven't learn to use them when I was using DVR (I only use Fusion for removing green screens).

I need help with grammar, spelling, and updating.

References

YouTube Channels - DaVinci Resolve Tutorials For Beginners (r/blackmagicdesign)

DaVinci Resolve Dongle Vs. Activation Key: What's The Difference?[annexpro.com]

How To Revert To Earlier Version Of DaVinci Resolve 16[forum.blackmagicdesign.com]

My memories (mainly using the old versions).

More Than 25 Of Summer 2018's Biggest Film Releases Used Blackmagic Design[www.nexttv.com]

Language Portal

My reaction to over watching too many French tutorial vids.

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