DaVinci Resolve 18 Core Training will guide you through Resolve’s end-to-end editing workflow from initial media import to final delivery and everything in between. In the first series of lessons you’ll edit a teaser in the Cut Page, before moving over to the Edit Page where you’ll learn essential trimming skills the pros rely on everyday.
Color Grade Like a Pro
At the heart of the DaVinci Resolve experience is the Color Page where you’ll learn how to perform primary color corrections with Lift, Gamma and Gain controls and Custom Curves while evaluating your changes objectively in the video scopes. You’ll then move on to performing targeted color corrections using Qualifiers, Power Windows and the awesome Color Warper to give your shot more punch.
Sound Edit & Mix
Moving into the Fairlight page, you’ll learn how to properly organize a mix and perform basic sound editing tasks such as cleaning up dialogue, performing audio repairs, and employing Fairlight’s unique approach for copying and pasting audio clips using the playhead. Additionally, you’ll learn how to record voice over, create submixes, and record fade automation data using the Mixer.
Create Motion Graphics
Fusion is a node-based compositing tool built right into Resolve 18. You’ll learn how to set up multiple trackers for stabilizing a shot and how to clone out unwanted elements in the frame. Once you are comfortable in Fusion’s nodal compositing environment, you’ll learn how to animate a title then track it to a moving object using another shot from your timeline.
Applying Transitions & Effects from the Effects Library
Smooth Cut Transitions
Applying Filter Effects
Copying & Pasting Effects
Reframing a Clip
Animating Transforms
Refining the Animation
Adding Opacity Fades
Rendering & Background Caching
Constant Speed Changes
Change Retiming Processing
Retiming Clips
Reversing Clip Speed
11. Working with Titles
Hard Unlinking a Clip
Applying Titles from the Toolbox
Changing Text Parameters
Animating the Text Plus Title
Adding a Fusion Lower Third
Altering the Lower Third in Fusion
12. Editing Sound in the Edit Page
Configure the UI for Sound Editing
Adding & Naming Markers
Using Duration Markers
Adding Annotation Markers
Scrubbing & Marking a Sound Clip
Patching & Adding Tracks
Naming & Color Coding Audio Tracks
Synching Wild Effects
Linking Clips
Copying & Pasting Audio Clips
13. Monitoring & Adjusting Volume Levels
Monitoring, Soloing & Muting Audio
Reading Audio Meters
Normalizing Audio
Clip Level Adjustments
Adding Fades
Controlling Volume Over Time
14. Building Effects in Fusion
Exploring the UI
Viewing Images
Naming Nodes
Navigating the Time Ruler
Adding the First Effect
Node Inputs and Outputs
Adding a Tracker
Adding a Second Tracker
Stabilizing a Shot
Improving Playback Performance
Adding a Paint Node
Cloning Out an Object
15. Creating Motion Graphics in Fusion
Working with Connections
The Anatomy of a Merge Node
Styling the Text
Creating Text Sequence Animation
Animating the Text Opacity
Changing the Animation Timing
Tracking the Text
Adding a Transform Node
16. Introduction to Color Correction
Navigating the Color Page
Unmixing Clips
Modifying Lift, Gamma & Gain
Boosting Color and Detail
Analyzing Video with Scopes
Expanding the Image Latitude
Correcting a Color Cast
Understanding Nodes
Using Nodes and Curves
Creating a Look
17. Color Grading Workflows
Color Correction or Color Grading?
DaVinci Color Management
Changing the Project Color Space
Changing the Timeline Color Space
Black & White Point Corrections
Adding a Power Window
Creating a Look using the Offset Control
Copying Grades to Other Clips
Saving and Applying Stills
Comparing Shots
18. Primary Corrections using Curves
Restoring a Project Archive
Understanding the Curve Graph
Creating an S-Curve
Using the Primaries Bars to Color Balance
Stabilizing a Shot
Unganging Custom Curves
Tracking a Power Window
19. Secondary Corrections with Qualifiers
Using an HSL Qualifier
Viewing the Matte
Isolating Color Components
Cleaning up the Key
Using a Window with a Qualifier
Qualifying a Face
Using the Vectorscope to Judge Skin Tones
20. The Color Warper
Locating the Color Warper
Switching Modes
Sampling the Image
Adjusting Saturation & Hue
Resetting a Control Point
Selecting a Range of Hues
Changing the Mesh Resolution
Using the Pencil Tool
Applying Smoothing
21. Grading with LUTS
Using Color to Evoke Emotion
Using a Lookup Table
Reading a Histogram
Browsing and Applying a LUT
Loading Third-Party LUTs
Grading with a LUT
Saving a LUT
22. Editing Sound in the Fairlight Page
Exploring the Fairlight UI
Previewing Video
Viewing the Mixer
Navigating the Timeline
Renaming and Color Coding Tracks
Viewing a Spotting List
Changing Track Formats
Selecting Clips
Pointer Mode Trimming
Range Mode Selections
Fairlight Copy and Paste
Editing Music & Sound Effects
23. Audio Effects & Mixing in Fairlight
Recording Voice Over
Choosing an Audio Input Device
Choosing a Mixer Input
Arming a Track for Recording
Locating Fairlight Effects
Using a De-Esser
Targeting the Frequency Range
Saving an Effect Preset
Applying an Effect to a Track
Organizing Tracks into Submixes
Creating Buses
Assigning Tracks
Setting Track Levels
Automating Track Volume
24. Delivering a Final Program
Exploring the UI
Choosing a Web Preset
Customizing a Web Preset
Customizing Video Settings
Customizing Audio Settings
Customizing the File Name
Adding a Watermark
Choosing a Render Range
Sending Jobs to the Render Queue
25. Managing Project Libraries
Database Types
Creating a New Project Library
Creatina Backup Library
Restoring a Backup Library
Removing a Database
Creating a Blackmagic Cloud Library
Exporting a Project
Exporting an Archive
Restoring an Archive
Exporting a Timeline
Exporting a Bin
Media Managing a Project
Types of Media Management
Consolidating Media
Relinking to New Files
Who this Tutorial is for:
DaVinci Resolve 18 Core Training is an entry-level tutorial and assumes no prior knowledge of DaVinci Resolve. This tutorial guides you through the complete post production workflow, from initial media import to final output and everything in between. Previous experience with other editing software is not required. This course was specifically designed to prepare users for taking and ultimately passing Blackmagic Design’s Certified end-user exam.
Steve Martin is the creative force behind Ripple Training and has been using and teaching Final Cut Pro since 1999. Since Final Cut Pro's introduction, he has introduced thousands of people to Final Cut Pro through his classes, workshops and training products. He has consulted and/or trained for Apple, Adobe, Disney, Canon, Walmart and other companies. He is also a writer, producer and avid photographer.Full Bio
4 reviews for DaVinci Resolve 18/18.5 Core Training
Rated 5 out of 5
Steve S. (verified owner)–
Great tutorial. Really goes through all of Resolve to give you a good overview of how the software works and what it is capable of doing. I’ve worked with Resolve somewhat, but have always gotten frustrated with not being able to make it work the way I think it should. This tutorial helped me to understand how to accomplish everyday tasks that you normally run into when editing and coloring a project. After taking the tutorial, I feel like I have a more solid understanding of Resolve and can take on a project, start to finish, keeping it entirely within Resolve. What this software can do is really astonishing. The more I work with it and understand it, the more I am deeply impressed with what Blackmagic has accomplished. The only critique I have for the tutorial is that there were multiple times where the instruction was going really quickly, and I had to back up the tutorial and go over the instructions once again. (But I guess that is a good problem to have. At least I wasn’t bored, waiting for the tutorial to catch up to my knowledge.). Be prepared to have to watch the lessons more than one time to really take in everything that is being discussed. And I have been a professional Avid editor for over 20 years. These tutorials at times can be very intense. But thank you for the instruction. It was exactly what I was looking for.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jason F. (verified owner)–
When it comes to my training I can always depend on the expert courses at Ripple Training. Even if I feel I know the subject matter I will still watch their courses just as refresher. Easy to understand, great pacing, excellent examples. In short I trust them to provide me with the industry knowledge I need to get and stay on top of my game.
Rated 5 out of 5
Timothy C. (verified owner)–
I just began transitioning from Premiere Pro to DaVinci Resolve in the last few weeks. Although there is lots of free information available on YouTube, the relatively small investment into the Ripple Training course was worth every cent. As I had already spent a fair amount of time learning the basics, I was at first a little concerned that it would be too boring or elementary. The learning pace was perfect–fast enough that I found myself going back frequently to make sure that I got all of the details right. The relatively quick pace that the information is given is a big plus and means that the course is content-rich. I have also purchased the Color Grading course and will most likely do the same for Resolve. Thank you, Ripple Training!
Rated 5 out of 5
Andrea L. (verified owner)–
Excellent course, taught very well in which I learned so much. I highly recommend it to professionals in the field as well as those who want to learn Resolve in all its powerful features.
Warp Speed Fusion will give you a solid grasp on how nodal compositing works in the Fusion Page and how to tackle basic motion graphics and visual effects shots.
Color Management in Resolve 17 is a tutorial created to optimize your workflow giving you the confidence that your final output will be the best that it can be.
Steve S. (verified owner) –
Great tutorial. Really goes through all of Resolve to give you a good overview of how the software works and what it is capable of doing. I’ve worked with Resolve somewhat, but have always gotten frustrated with not being able to make it work the way I think it should. This tutorial helped me to understand how to accomplish everyday tasks that you normally run into when editing and coloring a project. After taking the tutorial, I feel like I have a more solid understanding of Resolve and can take on a project, start to finish, keeping it entirely within Resolve. What this software can do is really astonishing. The more I work with it and understand it, the more I am deeply impressed with what Blackmagic has accomplished. The only critique I have for the tutorial is that there were multiple times where the instruction was going really quickly, and I had to back up the tutorial and go over the instructions once again. (But I guess that is a good problem to have. At least I wasn’t bored, waiting for the tutorial to catch up to my knowledge.). Be prepared to have to watch the lessons more than one time to really take in everything that is being discussed. And I have been a professional Avid editor for over 20 years. These tutorials at times can be very intense. But thank you for the instruction. It was exactly what I was looking for.
Jason F. (verified owner) –
When it comes to my training I can always depend on the expert courses at Ripple Training. Even if I feel I know the subject matter I will still watch their courses just as refresher. Easy to understand, great pacing, excellent examples. In short I trust them to provide me with the industry knowledge I need to get and stay on top of my game.
Timothy C. (verified owner) –
I just began transitioning from Premiere Pro to DaVinci Resolve in the last few weeks. Although there is lots of free information available on YouTube, the relatively small investment into the Ripple Training course was worth every cent. As I had already spent a fair amount of time learning the basics, I was at first a little concerned that it would be too boring or elementary. The learning pace was perfect–fast enough that I found myself going back frequently to make sure that I got all of the details right. The relatively quick pace that the information is given is a big plus and means that the course is content-rich. I have also purchased the Color Grading course and will most likely do the same for Resolve. Thank you, Ripple Training!
Andrea L. (verified owner) –
Excellent course, taught very well in which I learned so much. I highly recommend it to professionals in the field as well as those who want to learn Resolve in all its powerful features.