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Davinci Resolve Bootcamp
Davinci Resolve Bootcamp
DaVinci Resolve Bootcamp: Course summary
This DaVinci Resolve bootcamp is for those who want to learn the full editing and effects workflow.
Learn to use this comprehensive software tool to edit video efficiently, create motion graphics, and apply visual effects for film, video, multimedia, and the Web. This comprehensive editing and effects course teaches you the essentials of digital video editing, creating effects, and motion graphics using DaVinci Resolve over four days of intensive hands-on training with a live instructor. Learn to use the interface and editing tools for producing broadcast-quality movies, videos, commercials, social media, and corporate use for distribution via broadcast, multimedia, and online.
Learn to create visual effects, motion graphics, titles, and composites. This class is suitable for all levels of video editors, compositors and motion designers. Those who are transitioning from After Effects or Premiere Pro or those who want an intensive approach to learning the core functionality of DaVinci Resolve will find this DaVinci Resolve bootcamp helpful.
In addition to learning editing, participants also learn the fundamentals of visual effects and motion graphics through creating composites, using nodes, and understanding how they differ from traditional timelines.
This DaVinci Resolve course teaches title design, effects, green screen compositing, and visual effects color management. This class also teaches Fusion’s 3D environment for creating broadcast design graphics, 3D particles, and D-tracked composites.
You can complete this bootcamp using the free DaVinci Resolve app.
Davinci Resolve Bootcamp: Dates and times
This DaVinci Resolve course is two full days, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day, with a one-hour break for lunch mid-day.
Why DaVinci Resolve classes at AGI are the best option for you
- Hands-on learning: Learn DaVinci Resolve quickly with our proven teaching methods.
- Exceptional curriculum: AGI has delivered DaVinci Resolve training to thousands over 25 years.
- Expert instructors: Our instructors are DaVinci Resolve experts and skilled educators.
- Small class sizes: Receive personalized attention with 10 or fewer participants per class.
- Repeat for Free: If you need a refresher or miss a class day, retake the DaVinci Resolve class at no cost.
Questions about this class? Interested in private or customized training? Call to speak with a training consultant: 781-376-6044.
Ways to attend this DaVinci Resolve Course
- Live Online classes from your office or home as a regularly scheduled small group class.
- Live, in-person regularly scheduled DaVinci Resolve classes in Boston or Philadelphia with a live instructor in the same classroom.
- Private training customized to your specific needs delivered in-person or online. Call 781-376-6044 or complete the Private DaVinci Resolve Training form for more information.
- Corporate DaVinci Resolve Training for your group or team.
This course is available individually or as part of these certificate programs
Please call 800-851-9237 or 781-376-6044 to schedule a course.
DaVinci Resolve Bootcamp: Topics covered
- Use various editing and trimming techniques
- Create and manage proxy media using Proxy Generator.
- Apply variable speed changes to enhance action.
- Work with real-time dynamic trimming.
- Use multicamera syncing and editing techniques.
- How to organize large projects efficiently with metadata and smart bins.
- Create complex composites with the edit page.
- Work with keyframes to create sophisticated animations.
- Edit audio to create stereo effects and surround sound.
- How to create, import, and edit subtitles for various languages.
- Package and deliver projects for online distribution, broadcast TV, and streaming services.
- Gain real-world visual effects and motion graphics skills that apply to your project.
- Learn the DaVinci Resolve user interface and workflow for 3D effects and animation.
- Learn the essential tools used in most VFX and motion graphics projects.
- Discover commonly used 3D visual effects techniques.
- Learn techniques to integrate objects into shots realistically.
- Find out how to remove objects to create hidden effects.
- Discover how to create and apply green-screen compositing.
- Learn to create titles and 3D motion designs to create credit rolls.
- Discover 3D compositing and motion graphics in a 3D compositing workflow.
- Learn to incorporate 3D objects as you design graphics with extruded 3D text.
- Find out how to apply materials and animated cameras and use multiple light sources.
- Discover how to create additional effects.
DaVinci Resolve Bootcamp: Course topics
Creating a rough cut of video using DaVinci Resolve
- Setting Up a DaVinci Resolve Project
- Navigating the Edit Page
- Assembling the Sound Bites
- Working with subclips
- Adding Sound Bites
- Adding B-Roll and Pacing Sound Bites
- Painting an Interview clip
- Backtiming Edits
- Adding Music
Refining a rough cut video in DaVinci Resolve
- Duplicating a Timeline
- Trimming Timeline Clips
- Rolling Edits
- Ripple Trimming Multiple Edit Points
- Slide Edits
- Replacing Clips
- Audio Mixing
- Adjusting Music Levels
- Adding Logos
- Adding Closing Titles
- Making Final Edits
- Completing a full screen Review
- Using Quick Export to Deliver a Finished Project
Cutting an interview using DaVinci Resolve
- Using the Smooth Cut Transition
- Importing a “Selects” Timeline
- Working Across Multiple Timelines
- Refining the Radio Edit
- Editing Between Timelines
- Working with Stacked Timelines
Editing dramatic scenes
- Working with and Assembling Separate Takes
- Editing for Continuity
- Comparing Different Takes
- Cleaning-Up Audio
- Utilizing Split Edits
- Using Dynamic Trimming
- Filling “Dead Air”
Multicamera editing using DaVinci Resolve
- Editing a Multicamera Interview
- Switching Multicam Angles
- Editing a Multicamera Video
- Real-Time Multicamera Editing
- Adjusting the Multicamera Edit
- Adjusting a Multicam Clip
DaVinci Resolve project organization
- Creating a New Project and Project Settings
- Importing Media
- Generating Proxy Files
- Syncing Audio to Video
- Configuring Metadata Presets
- Importing and Using Metadata
- Creating subclips
- Using Power Bins
Using the DaVinci Resolve Edit page visual effects
- Compositing Using Traveling Mattes
- Variable Speed Changes
- Creating Freeze Frames
- 3D Keyer FX
- Transform FX
- Video Collage
- Creating Tiles with Video Collage
Editing and mixing audio
- Preparing the Project
- Determining When to Start Mixing
- Replacing Lines from Other Takes
- Balancing the Dialogue Clips
- Enhancing the Scene
- Panning Tracks in Acoustic Space
- Adding More Atmosphere
- Creating a Radio Effect
- Simplifying the Mix
- Mixing with the Mixer
- Using Buses for Alternative Mixes
Delivering DaVinci Resolve projects
- Preparing the Projects
- Reformatting a Timeline for Different Aspect Ratios
- Reframing Shots
- Smart Reframe (Studio Version Only)
- Customizing Deliver Page Presets
- Exporting AAF for Pro Tools
- Adding Subtitles
- Importing Subtitle Files
- Adjusting Subtitles
- Styling Subtitles
- Exporting with Subtitles
- Exporting Audio Tracks
- Changing and Rendering Jobs from Multiple Projects
- Managing Media Timelines
Getting started with DaVinci Resolve effects and animation
- Exploring the Fusion Interface
- Combining Images Using Nodes
- Adding Effects
- Understanding node flow
- Working with Masks
- Secondary Color Correction
- Animating with Keyframes
- Adding Vignettes
- Returning to the Timeline
Compositing split screens in DaVinci Resolve
- Using Layers from the Edit Page
- Tracking in the Fusion Page
- Drawing a Matte
- Aligning the Clips Using Nudging
- Restoring Camera Motion
Replacing sky using DaVinci Resolve compositing
- Retaining Clip Resolution
- Controlling a Composition’s Resolution
- Compositing Using the Darken Apply Mode
- Adding Effects from the Effects Library
- Fixing Holes in a Key
- Embedding Alpha into an Image
- Tracking the Sky into Position
- Fixing Interrupted Trackers
- Blending Original Footage
Replacing signs and screens in DaVinci Resolve
- Tracking Planar Surfaces
- Painting with the Clone Tool
- Using Photoshop PSD Layers
- Corner Pinning an Image
- Combining Mattes and Images
- Match Moving with the Planar Transform
- Finalizing Composites
Compositing green‑screen content with DaVinci Resolve
- Managing Color for Visual Effects
- Why Use Linear Color Space?
- Pulling a Green-Screen Key
- Refining a Matte
- Rotoscoping Auxiliary Mattes
- Lining Up the Background
- Color Correcting Elements
- Sending a Matte to the Color Page
Titling and motion graphics in DaVinci Resolve
- Starting with a Fusion Generator
- Adding a Text plus Node
- Aligning Text with Tabs
- Formatting a Single Line
- Inserting Logos and Graphics
- Making Credits Roll
- Converting to Pixel Values
- Setting and Looping Keyframes
Creating title templates with DaVinci Resolve
- Styling Text in the Edit Page
- Moving Text to the Fusion Page
- Creating a Background Banner
- Revealing Text with Mattes
- Animating with the Follower
- Adjusting Keyframe Timing
- Testing Versions
- Saving a Template
Animating with keyframes and modifiers using DaVinci Resolve
- Identifying Clip Resolution
- Keyframing a Motion Path
- Auto-Orienting Objects
- Straightening Out Alpha Channels
- Painting a Motion Path
- Linking Parameters
- Making Acceleration Adjustments
- Applying Random Animation Modifiers
- Customizing Motion Blur
DaVinci Resolve 3D compositing
- Setting Up 3D Scenes
- Placing Elements on 3D Shapes
- Navigating in 3D
- Using Shapes in 3D
- Entering Simple Expressions
- Creating Multiple Axes of Rotation
- Adding Lights and Cameras
Designing 3D graphics for video
- Adding 3D Text to a Scene
- Animating 3D Text
- Playing Around with 3D Shapes
- Working with Materials
- Converting 3D into a 3D Image
- Adding 3D Look Design
Exploring 3D particle systems in DaVinci Resolve
- Setting Up a Particle System
- Adding Motion to Particles
- Defining the Emitter Shape
- Using Images for Particle Cells
- Optimizing Performance
- Controlling the Timing and Look of Particles
- Introducing Particle Forces
3D camera tracking in DaVinci Resolve
- Rotoscoping for 3D Tracking
- Combining Garbage Mattes
- Preparing the Camera Tracker
- Solving for the Camera
- Refining the Solve
- Setting the Ground Plane and Exporting the Scene
- Positioning Objects in a 3D Set
- Matching Color and Light
Creating light wraps and rendering
- Overview of a Light Wrap
- Staying Organized with Color
- Combining Mattes
- Merging the Light Wrap and Foreground
- Creating Smoke with Fast Noise
- Using Fast Noise for Particle Cells
- Rendering from the Fusion Page
Because each course is adapted to the needs of each small group class, the topics may include additional materials not listed or may vary slightly from those listed based upon the needs of each course section.
Custom and private DaVinci Resolve classes
This DaVinci Resolve course is available as a private class. Curriculum can be customized for your specific needs. DaVinci Resolve classes can be delivered at your location, online, or in our classrooms. For more information, call 781-376-6044 to speak with a training consultant or contact us.
We recommend that you download and install DaVinci Resolve before starting the bootcamp so that you can follow along with in-class projects. For classes in our classroom, a computer with DaVinci Resolve will be provided.
You will receive comprehensive course materials for this class along with project files that you will use in-class as part of the training.