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DaVinci Resolve Course Online January 29, 2025 for Effects and Motion Graphics
DaVinci Resolve Course for Effects and Motion Graphics
$895.00
In this two-day DaVinci Resolve course, you'll gain skills in effects, animation, and motion graphics. This DaVinci Resolve class teaches you to effectively use the workspace as you learn real-world visual effects and motion graphics skills that readily apply to your work. Gain an understanding of the essential tools used in most VFX and motion graphics projects. Discover commonly used 3D visual effects techniques to remove objects or integrate objects into shots realistically. Find out 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 and objects while using animated cameras and multiple light sources. Learn DaVinci Resolve quickly and easily in small-group classes led by live expert expert instructors.
Topics Covered in DaVinci Resolve Course for Effects
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 Llayers 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 on the needs of each course section.
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.