As always from Motion Array it is in depth and really a good tutorial, so check it out. This is for Chroma Keying with the color page, which is very powerful. Of course I have been going further with the Fusion page (necessary for some of the keying i am doing for my next short), but that is another step ahead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfKpbfZBwOU Chadwick Shouts at Creative Video Tips has a great video on quickly going from Premiere Pro to DaVinci Resolve. Hid videos are always great, so check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73CUWtTs0kM Blackmagic Design has upgraded DaVinci Resolve to 17.4, with support for the M1 Pro and M1 Max and a ton of new features. Unfortunately they have gone Full Screen as default and it took me a while to figure out how to turn it the hell off, but when I did it fixed a big complaint which was DaVinci hiding my damn dock. I love DaVinci, and I love all the free updates at a rapid pace, but my biggest complaint about DaVinci is it's lack of customization, and I find forcing full screen mode to be another customization annoyance. My big complaint with Final Cut Pro (x) is that it feels designed by engineers who want to force you to use a program how they want to, and not how you want to. I have always felt AVID and Premiere allow you to set things up how they work best for you, and I always customize allot, with DaVinci you are forced to work how they want to, down to being forced to hide my dock, and now being forced into full screen mode. And honestly my biggest complaint of this is the menus. i want the menus there all the time, not dissapearing and coming back when I put my mouse there, that loses efficiency! OK anyway, to turn it off, you have to bring up the menu, then when you see the stop sings, hit the green one. Full Screen Mode in Davinci with Hidden menus When you put your cursor in the menu, the dots come up under the menu and the green turns off full screen. Exit Full Screen And even better once I exited Full Screen mode, DaVinci added something new, for the main screen I can now resize the window and it even shows my dock! WOOHOOO. I have never liked Full Screen nor having my dock go away, as I leave it up always on my main monitor, so actually I think this is great. Now if only the second screen worked like this as well, this is how the second monitor works in Final Cut Pro and I hate it there as well. And there is a ton more to like in the new update, look at all these features: What's new in DaVinci Resolve 17.4 Key Features• Hardware accelerated Apple ProRes on Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max.• Faster DaVinci Neural Engine performance on Mac OS Monterey.• Native HDR viewers and 120 Hz playback on supported MacBook Pros.• Native Dropbox and Dropbox Replay integration with render presets.• Sync markers, comments, annotations with Dropbox and Dropbox Replay.• Export timeline markers as YouTube video or QuickTime chapters.• Steinberg VST3 support with access to even more audio effects.• Simplified auto color management settings with SDR and HDR selection.• Improved 3D keyer and matte finesse controls.• New Resolve FX including film halation and custom mixers.• Text+ support for combined glyphs, right to left text and vertical layouts.• Subtitles can auto resize backgrounds and…
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSoNI8bTpFA You can check out Chadwick's site or his YouTube channel and he has many videos that will get you working even better at DaVinci. This is on the media management tools within DaVinci.
Logan Baker at Premium Beats has posted a great article on the stabilization tools within DaVinci Resolve and how to use them. Worth a read for sure.
Lewis McGregor at the Beat Blog at Premium Beat has written a great article on Methods for Debanding Footage in DaVinci Resolve. Well worth a quick read if you have 8 Bit Footage that shows banding and you need to get rid of it. I often have the issue with graphics and ramps, so this is always good to know.
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkNEEBOftco I stumbled across this video and was literally blown away. Great tips, and a must listen. And you can check out his site Creative Video Tips, and his tutorials are awesome, you can also see his videos directly on YouTube. Well worth the time to check out if you use DaVinci regularly.
Daria Fissuon literally wrote the DaVinci Resolve 17 Training Guide, and she has some great tips and tricks for using DaVinci. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqxNSHuit-g From Casey Faris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqxNSHuit-g Aslo from Casey Faris's YouTube Channel And this one from Craig Beckta at FStoppers which I need to watch again, because she goes into how to setup and export your videos to deal with the Mac Color shift, which is huge!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dLM7D-flH4