Chadwick Shoults of Creative Video Tips on the Take Selector in DaVinci Resolve

I have to say Chadwick's videos are quickly becoming my favorite videos on DaVinci Resolve, I literally always learn something watching his videos, so they are really worth checking out. I have liked this feature in Final Cut Pro X, and honestly didn't even realize it was available in DaVinci. Now Premiere needs to add it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRj5ZoiQEs0

CineD on newly released Colourlab Ai color grading software using Artificial Intelligence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm4N6bndB1M Jeff Loch at CineD has an article on Colourlab Ai which works with DaVinci Resolve to match color using Ai. You can check out Colourlab Ai at their site and try a free trial, or you can get it as well as Look Desinger and Grain Lab for $49 a month or $490 a year. What this sounds like is it takes a sequence from DaVinci Resolve and then can quickly match it to a look that you show it, and it does it with standard corrections that can be sent back to Resolve without using XML at all and it puts the grade on nodes. It is supposed to be perceptual matching of shots to reference shots. Obviously I need to try it out before I can comment on how it works, because I have just watched a few videos on it for now. And most impressively is how it creates 8 versions of the match so you can pick your favorite. The video above is pretty long winded, but very interesting. I certainly want to give it a try.

Blackmagic Design updates DaVinci Resolve to 17.3

Blackmagic has updated it’s DaVinci Resolve software to 17.3. The big feature is 3x faster with Apple Silicon M1 enabling 8k editing and grading. As well as H.265 encoder enhancements. It also includes the ability to rotate garbage mattes. Another great sounding free update. Can’t wait to give it a try.

Billy Rybka’s 4 top DaVinci Resolve Plugins for 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcl2SJjLRhM You can also read about these 4 plugs in at 4K Shooter. OK I haven't used these yet, but I want to try them all out. I use Optical Flares from Video Copilot for flares in my motion graphics all the time, so I do love having access to flares and $39 for LensMaster Flares is ridiculously cheap. And I have to admit to hating doing audio mixes and cleanup, and though I do use Essential Sound in Premiere it doesn't do as much as it looks like Alex Audio Butler does. And I really want to get my hands on the ERA 5 Bundle. I don't really mess with EQ and compression unless I have to, so these tools would be amazing to have. And I just installed Reactor from We Suck Less. I haven't delved too deep into Fusion as of yet, but I have played a bit. And to have this amazing set of tools for free. Wow! I can't wait.

Oliver Peters on Audio Plug-ins for editors

Oliver Peters at his digitalfilms blog has written 2 article son Audio Plug-ins for Editors. Parts 1 & 2 focus on categories, such as equalizers and compressors, part 3 is on the audio plug-ins from FabFilter Software Instruments and 4 is on Free Plug-ins. You should go to his blog and check out parts 1, 2 , 3 and 4. Sound is my worst part of editing. So often of late I am working for companies that expect me to mix, when an audio guy can add so much to a mix. Maybe this can help a little with audio if you want to dive into it.