LIFETIME Access - 52 Lessons, 9 Hours of Training and 15GB of Sample Media
DaVinci Resolve is the fastest growing professional editing package. There's a good reason why. It's the only solution that integrates the entire post-production workflow (edit, graphics, vfx, audio and colour) into a single program. For some, DaVinci Resolve will be their first experience editing. Welcome, you'll love the thorough way that we explain everything.
Others have already spent years editing on other programs like Premiere Pro. DaVinci Resolve can help improve the quality of your videos, it can also help you save money! Imagine no longer having to pay a monthly subscription to retain access to your creative work. The Free version of Resolve is incredible but even better, the Studio version is a simple one-time-purchase with lifetime access.
As an approved training partner, our training is certified by Blackmagic Design. At the end of the course you'll be able to take Blackmagic's official Davinci Resolve exam. Use your certificate to demonstrate your DaVinci skills to prospective employers. You'll even be able to list it on LinkedIn using a special authentication code.
Each lesson is carefully planned and written to the same high quality that you will see on our Youtube Channel. There's notes with each lesson that contains hotkeys and a reminder of the key points.
Most classroom courses only run for 4 hours. There's even less training when you consider how much of the day you'll spend on your own while the teacher helps other students. There's so much incredible information crammed into these 9 hours!
We scheduled a high-end shoot with a premier ballerina so you can work with professionally shot rushes. You'll have access to 2 hours of footage shot on a Red V-Raptor, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 6K Pro, and Kodak Vision 3 35mm film on an Arriflex 35-III.
Both Natalie and Leon teach lessons in this course. We've worked together on the entire course to craft what we think is the best Davinci Resolve editing course out there.
This course is optimised for editors who already have experience (especially in other programs like Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro) and have decided to switch to Davinci Resolve. We focus on what you need to know so you can learn what you need to learn and get back to creating awesome videos for your clients, your boss or just yourself as quickly as possible. New editors also love our course as our structured teaching makes it easy to pick up new topics.
We don't just teach theory. This is a practical course where we show you how these tools and techniques can be used in real-life workflows. Every time we discuss a new tool or technique we use it to build our edit, and then you get to use it to build yours.
This course is not only packed with technical information, but also with creative insights. As we're crafting an edit while we learn, naturally there's lot's of opportunities to talk about the art of editing and workflows that will help you to maximise your creativity.
Almost every lesson contains a section where we talk about the differences between Premiere Pro and Resolve. This will help you to transition your existing skills to Resolve, and where Resolve is substantially different understand its advantages. If you're not a Premiere Pro user, don't worry. You will still find these industry observations helpful.
We're here to help. If you get stuck while following the course, we'll gladly help you. It's as simple as that. You don't have to do this alone!
We'll teach you everything you need to know to make the video below. All the footage featured in this example edit is included in the course.
Below is a breakdown of ALL the lessons included in the course.
Before you get started, learn about how the course works, and download the accompanying media.
Introduction
Media Download
This module is all about ingesting and organising your media. We'll deal with the Project Manager and the Media Page.
1.1 Project Manager
1.2 Interface Overview
1.3 Importing Media
1.4 Organising Media
1.5 Colour Management
1.6 Project Settings
Now that we've ingested and organised our media, we're moving to the edit page. In this module we'll cover all the fundamentals of working in the edit page and building edits in a timeline. We'll do all that while building visuals with the beautiful b-roll in the media package.
2.1 Interface Overview
2.2 Adding Footage
2.3 Timeline Editing
2.4 Timeline Navigation
2.5 Mismatched Resolutions
2.6 Three-Point Editing
2.7 Duration Markers
2.8 Editing Tips
This is another module based in the edit page, but this one focuses on techniques that you'll need to work with interviews or other dialog. Turning an hour long interview into the best possible interview you can pack into a 90 seconds requires some very specific skills and techniques.
3.1 Fixing Timecode
3.2 Audio Channels
3.3 Creating Multicams
3.4 Editing With Multicams
Interview Editing Workflows
3.6 Pancake Editing
One last editing module, based in the edit page. We need to combine our visuals and interview into a single timeline. Our timeline is going to start getting crowded, so we'll cover even more tools and techniques that will help you keep your edit in order while being creative.
4.1 Adding Music
4.2 Balancing Audio
4.3 Track Tools
4.4 Inspector
4.5 Keyframing and Dynamic Zoom
4.6 Slow Motion and Speed Ramping
4.7 Advanced Editing Techniques
Our edit isn't finished yet, but this is one of the awesome things about DaVinci Resolve, you don't need to wait until your edit is finished to start colour grading. This module will give you an awesome foundation in colour grading with DaVinci Resolve. We'll cover workflow as well as tools and techniques. Knowing why you're using a tool is just as important as knowing how the tool works.
5.1 Primer
5.2 Interface
5.3 Nodes
5.4 Scopes
5.5 Primaries
5.6 Secondaries
5.7 Match Grading and Groups
5.8 Creative Looks
We've got an awesome edit with beautiful visuals. What's missing? Sound! In this module we'll add sound design and cover techniques for mixing dialog and music.
6.1 Cleaning Up the Dialogue
6.2 Automating Music
6.3 Sound Design
6.4 Creating the Final Mix
Back to the edit page! Our edit is almost finished, but there's problems that need to be fixed and we need to add some simple graphics. In this module we'll cover things like stabilisation, video effects, timeline compositing and more. It's all about finessing our edit so it's ready for delivery.
7.1 Video Effects
7.2 Transitions
7.3 Markers and Flags
7.4 Text and Timeline Compositing
7.5 Conforming From Premiere
7.6 Proxies and Caching
That's it, our edit is finished! But there's still more to learn. In this module we'll cover things like rendering, sharing, preparing alternative deliveries and more. We'll even talk show how you can take your existing edits from Premiere and continue to work on them in DaVinci Resolve. This might be the last module, but it's just as informative as all the others!
8.1 Blackmagic Cloud
8.2 Sharing Projects
8.3 Sharing Assets
8.4 Subtitles
8.5 Deliver Page
8.6 Transcoding and Data Burn In
8.7 Vertical Deliveries
We encourage our students to engage with us inside the course. We'll do our best to answer questions, you'll even be able to engage with other students too.
Yes. Many lessons focus on core features in Resolve that do not change from version to version. If fundamental new features are introduced to Resolve, we'll update lessons and add supplementary material.
No, while we do demonstrate some DaVinci Resolve Studio features, it is not required. This course focuses on features found in the free version of DaVinci Resolve.
"… amazed at what you two have done with this comprehensive course for Editing! The lessons are really so well done!"
"… logically organised project-based approach to learning the features of DaVinci Resolve. The presentation and teaching quality set your program apart from the sea of information out there."
"… the practice footage is a great addition. Following along using the media makes it easy to learn."
If you're still not sure whether this course is for you, here's three suggestions:
We invite you to watch a free sample lesson here.
If you want to get sense of how thoroughly and we cover a topic and how engaging our teaching is, check out our YouTube content.
If you're still not sure, get in touch. We'd love to help answer your questions.
We make our courses the same way Pixar makes movies! There is something for everyone. To help newcomers, whenever a new topic is introduced we always give a concise explanation. And if you're already an experienced professional our thorough approach will help you to fill those inevitable potholes in your knowledge.