I'm actually working with DVR18 (I begined editing with DVR15) just from time to time. But with your video, I think I learned more in half an hour than with all those years I used it because you showed what every buttons does and you try them right on the screen so I saw what the use are for plus you explained quickly in the same time (sometime a little to fast for me though but hey... that's me...) Thanks for yoir videos and be shure I will check the other ones you made! Have a nice day dude! 😃
Woohoo! Glad you got something out of it, sorry for speeding through some sections - I was definitely trying to live up to the concept of a quick start guide! ⚡I promise I go a little slower in the main course if you want to check it out! ruclips.net/video/4m4SSw_qGds/видео.html
@@Envato_Tom Look... maybe it's because I know a little bit of DVR already, so I was able to follow you more "easily". Maybe for a complete newbe it would have been really hard to follow without re-listening it. But for me who I just work on a project and did a lot of work only with the mouse, the short cuts that you explained was like "holly cows... I needed those tricks" thing! 🤣 Thank for your help! I will take a look at that vid you shared! 😃 Have a good one! 😁
This was great, I used to do video editing back in the 90s with AB roll editors on Umatic tapes and the video toaster 2000 for graphics. Then I had another career that did not involve video editing for the past 20+ years. Now I wanted to to edit a video and I had no idea how people do that these days. Let me just say it is crazy what you can download for free on the internet. Your quick-start was perfect to get me up to speed on the latest video editor. Thanks!
Mate things must have changed so much since last time you cut a video! Going to assume it's slightly easier these days, even with having to learn a new software? Glad this video could help you get up to speed and get cracking again.
Fantastic tutorial! I've used Camtasia for many years and am ready to step up my game! Thank you for your detailed explanation about the basic controls. I've always wanted to use Davinci Resolve and the UI wasn't too intuitive. I didn't know where to start. I tried watching other tutorials but they were really hard to sit through. Yours was entertaining, engaging as well as informative! I've subscribed and am going to watch the Color Grading for Beginners next. I'm filming my first project this Sunday and I can see now how powerful this editor really is and how much of a difference it will make on the finished video! Thank you very much for posting this awesome tutorial! 😊
Hey thanks for the feedback and for checking out our tutorial - I hope your filming went well this past weekend, now for the really fun part, the edit! Good luck.
Thanks Tom for a great video. I was so pleased to find DaVinci Resolve after Adobe CC became so expensive and this learning video gives me the confidence to start and learn the new system.
Wow... thanks for this. Took a lot of the mystery out. Now it does not look that scary. I have a couple of co-workers moving over to this from another one and I was spooked. Going to give it a shot!
Thanks for the awesome vid! I've had DaVinci Resolve downloaded on my pc for almost 2 years but never used it because it was a little intimidating at first. This tutorial helped me realize it's a lot easier than I thought and helped me understand the different tabs/options. I will be making the full switch from Olive to DaVinci, hopefully very soon, thanks to this tutorial!
If you're an absolute beginner like myself, wondering why you can't see the sidebar to add a project library, click the tiny split box icon, top(ish) left, and it'll appear.
@Jafran_Helstorm I'd be keen to understand the crucial details that you were missing out on in this video so that I can cover them in any further tutorials. Where did you lose track?
You're most welcome! Now that you've got this video under your belt, maybe the longer version might be of interest? I go into way more detail about how I craft an edit / story vs simply showing where the tools are located. ruclips.net/video/4m4SSw_qGds/видео.html
This was really helpful. I've been working with Premiere elements, and was looking for a more powerful editing software, and I landed on DVR18. It's pretty intimidating to just hop into it, so this was really good as a starting point
Glad this could help! As with anything, there's going to be a learning curve but I feel like once you've got the fundamentals down with DVR you go from strength to strength with each project. I'd have been very happy to come up on DVR vs learning Premiere 15 years ago....too many quirks of that software that stop beginners in their tracks!
Thank you to the host,opened it up and was stuck in the cut tab and was fighting to figure out how to do the basics.Moving from premier to davinci and so far it been fun,wont miss needing a second software to export.will probably take the colour correction course next,but for know I have my bearings.
Thanks for tuning in team! Like I said in the video, DaVinci Resolve is super powerful especially given there is a great free version so getting you up to speed and getting you editing right away is my number 1 focus in this guide. If you want to learn more about my actual creative process when editing, then check out the more in depth look here! 😀 ruclips.net/video/4m4SSw_qGds/видео.html
I really loved the video. Now thats a crash course we're talkin about. But I have one problem: I cannot afford buying envato elements subscription. How do I get the assets or how should I follow accordingly? Please guide.
Great guide! Just picked this up after spending 2 years hating Premiere, and am absolutely loving the program! Everything just works in DaVinci, compared to PP (premiere "pro") where you run into glitches, slow loading times, audio import bugs, and overall terrible quality... And I payed $500 annually for the adobe crap XD Anyways, DaVinci is clearly more professional, works better, and is more user-friendly (as far as workflow goes) than PP, so I guess I'm never looking back! :)
Hi Tom, great videos, Can you help me, Have you made any videos where you show a step-by-step guide on how you download a video template from Envato and edit it in Davinci resolve?
I really loved the video. Now thats a crash course we're talkin about. But I have one problem: I cannot afford buying envato elements subscription. How do I get the assets or how should I follow accordingly? Please guide.
I followed these instructions (which are great btw!) and everything worked fine, but the next day when I opened my project again the audio had become really distorted, sort of robotic and doubled... I tried deleting and installing the whole DaVinci again but the audio is still messed up. What could have caused this? It sounds fine when i let it play by hitting the spacebar, but when I play it in slowmo by dragging the red progress line the distortion happens even though it worked fine yesterday
Hi! Thank you for the great video. I'm a non-pro who is just trying to do some simple video editing for my private use and this helped me get started. Unfortunately, I've run into what's surely a beginner's problem and I don't know how to solve it. I don't know if you or anyone could offer some help, but here goes: All I want to do is take a preexisting video and trim a little bit off the beginning and end. I'm not putting multiple clips together or adding effects or editing the audio or anything. Just trimming the edges off both ends. My source file is 4.8 GB and when I deliver it, it balloons up to 22 GB (!!!). The source video is 1920x1080 H.264 Main L4.0 at 29.97 fps with AC3 48000 stereo audio. I'm encoding it at 1920x1080 using H.264 master, resolution set to timeline resolution (1920x1080), quality set to Automatic (Best), encoding profile: Auto, Preset: Quality. On the audio side, the codec is AAC (I don't see an option to keep it at AC3 -- do I have to install a codec to make AC3 an option? I don't really want to re-encode the audio.) with a track data rate of 320 kbps. It looks like the only thing I'm changing is AC3 to AAC, and there's no way that the audio is what's causing it to balloon by a factor of 450%. Am I missing something? I've come across this before with other editing software and this is always a problem! Thanks in advance for anyone who can help.
Hi! Thanks for the kind words, and we're glad the video helped you get started! 💚 Regarding the file size issue, it sounds like the problem might be related to the encoding settings. When trimming a video without adding effects, the editing process itself shouldn't increase the file size by that much. Here are a few things you could check: Bitrate Settings: In the "Deliver" tab, make sure your bitrate settings are appropriate for the final file size you want. If it's set to Automatic or "Best," it could be increasing the bitrate and, therefore, the file size. Try manually setting a lower bitrate. Audio Settings: The audio conversion from AC3 to AAC could be impacting the file size, but it shouldn't cause that huge of a jump. If you're not adding new audio or changing it, try setting the audio codec back to AC3 if that's important for you. You might need a third-party encoder for this. Encoding Profile: Double-check the encoding profile settings. Using a "High" profile instead of "Auto" or "Main" might reduce the file size. Also, make sure you're using the same compression settings for video as your source file. Hope this clears things up! Cheers!
Oh wow, thank you for responding to this! I really didn't expect someone with 1.58M subscribers and a year-old video to reply. Thank you thank you thank you!! Indeed, it was the bandwidth. What tripped me up was I was looking for some kind of metric like that by looking at my source file's properties in DaVinci Resolve, and I simply couldn't find it. (It seems like a worthwhile thing for DaVinci to add in there, but I never found it.) But apparently, Windows does contain that information, so I was able to grab it there. Thank you again! I have spent hours looking for a solution to this, and you were so helpful.
Sure is, what you're looking for is Fairlight which you can see at 5:28 in this video however I moved past pretty quick as it wasn't what we were focusing on for this course sorry!
Hi, I have loads of my parents old VHS videos converted in digital format- Both video & audio quality are very poor, so can I use DaVinci or any other app to enhance the video quality (perhaps using AI) and most important, is enhance the audio quality. It will really be a great help if you can assist. I don't mind buying a paid app. I use a Mac.
Question: When I am using 4K high-bitrate GoPro footage and I use a 1080p timeline, am I losing quality when I choose to Export in 4K? I ask because there is a warning that the images, etc will be upscaled and I could lose quality. Thanks for the great video!
Good question, simple answer is no you're not loosing quality - but it does depend on some factors. Say you have 4K footage (assuming we're talking 3840x2160) and you put that on your timeline which is set to 1920x1080, at that point the footage has been scaled down by a factor of 2 (if it's set to 'fit to frame'). If you export that timeline at 4K, then the timeline is going to upscale by a factor of 2 to get from 1920 to 3840. So effectively what you've done is scaled it down, then scaled it back up again to it's original resolution. Now this is only accurate if you've done no additional scaling of your 4K footage in your 1080 timeline. Let's say you bring that 4K footage into your 1080 timeline and you want to 'punch in' on a section and you do this by a factor of 2, now when you export that 1080 timeline, any footage that you've already scaled up, is automatically going to get scaled up again by that 1080 > 4K factor of 2...which is now a factor of 4, therefore resulting in a loss of quality. That said, there are instances where you can get away with a bit of a quality loss in terms of resolution, it's definitely up to personal taste and what you're willing to sacrifice in terms of quality for the creative direction of the piece. And on top of that, I think Resolve does a pretty good job in maintaining quality when upscaling footage past it's native resolution, but again your mileage may vary depending on the quality (resolution, bitrate, codec etc) of the footage you're working with. I hope that long winded ramble somewhat answered your question!
@@Envato_Tom - Thank you for the thorough answer - that definitely answers my follow-up question as well regarding "punch in" or "zooming in" to capture more closely a specific part of the frame.
Confused on the copy grade (to all the other clips portion). Can't you just copy and paste the grading (command+C, command+V) to the other clips without generating the still?
Good shout, you can also copy the grade to various clips use the copy and paste method. I prefer the generating stills method, especially when you have many varying pieces of media that need grading, because it serves as a really easy visual reference as to which clips you're replicating. It really does just come down to personal preference though, both ways will lead to the same outcome.
I am very excited to use this and actually bought a computer to do this. I am using the apple 2021 all in one with m1 chipe 8 core gpu and 8gb with 512 SSD. I have tried 4 times to download and the only thing I get is an icon that says Black Magic Raw. Are we suppose to install something called PostgreSQL 13? love to get some input here. Thanks
It's hard to say without more information but the dead simplest way is to drag your media from your finder/explorer window into the media pool on the edit page. Media pool is located on the top left. Alternatively you can also drag files directly onto the timeline if you have a timeline setup already. This section should cover it but if you're still struggling maybe drop some more information in a reply here and I'll see if I can help! ruclips.net/video/P73m0p8JbV0/видео.html
Hi. This is great but, your speed in moving your mouse is way to fast for me. I have been over & over & over this vid I look at it again when my brain can handle the speed. Q. I have a film made in iMovie. Could I move it over and improve it ???
Hi! Sorry to hear the pace was too fast. You can try slowing down the playback speed in the video settings to help keep up. Regarding your question, yes, you can import your iMovie project into DaVinci Resolve for further editing and improvement. Just export your iMovie project as a video file, then import that file into Resolve. Hope this helps, cheers!
Hi! I have a question! I was wondering if you knew how to solve my problem. I have 2 videos taken separately (basically one video has instrumentalists playing, and the other has a vocalist but they're doing the same song) which I want to put side by side so it looks like everyone is in the same room. The same room was used for the video and we used the same lighting and camera. What we didn't consider, however, is setting the ISO to a specific one when filming both videos. It ended up being in auto when we recorded both videos so the lighting for both videos changed gradually and it didn't look seamless when I put them side by side (because they're having 2 different lightings due to the ISO being set in auto during recording). I wanted to try and make them have the same lighting. Is this possible? Thanks in advance!!!
I need to make a vid for our website. They did ask me to make it for 1920px per 755px. How the hell do i do that without losing any content part ?? Please, any advice would be really apreciated. Thanks a lot. I might check all your vids cause im newb to all of this. :) cheers
I put the Quick in Quickstart! ⚡ That said, you can see all of the various program tabs at the bottom of the screen. From left to right you have Media > Cut > Edit > Fusion > Colour > Fairlight > Deliver
Hello, I bought the license for DaVinci Resolve Studio 18 earlier, everything looks very good in the program, but when I try to export the final film, it exports it colorless, desaturated with specifications, I shoot with A7IV and Ninja 5 / ProRes / 442 / and the Enable Flat setting Pass is OFF.
I need your help in solving a problem, I have bought some 3rd party transitions from Envato Elements and each of the help files says to go to, Macintosh HD/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Templates/Edit then transitions. But when I get to the templates file there is nothing in it, it is empty, with no edit or transition folders. I am using an M1 Macbook Pro. What am I doing wrong?
I dont get how i input a 4k video 5gigs in size and tell it to output for youtube and the file doubles in size. I mean its shrinking from 3840 to 1920 how is it now twice as big?
Please can someone help me? I have downloaded davinci resolve free version. I cannot import any clip into the software. Mp4, MOV or even still images. It will not open into DVR. I am using RX 580. I know it's old but still should work??
good day...I am using at the moment DaVinci 18 free version and it is simply great and easy to use even though you're an absolutly newbie. I was really thinking to purchase full version but I have still some questions you might can answear me please. 1) I read that when you have had pruchased once full version, up coming versions are free as well...for life time. 2) Is there any 4K option for render queue? videos on youtube will look of course much better with 4K than usual....thank you very much for your answear.
I believe you pay for the studio version once and you have the license for a lifetime. So, whenever updates are released you can update the software continuously. As for the second question, there is a 4k option for the render queue.
@@rukydeez1030 correct, the license is (currently) for a lifetime upgrade path. There are 4K (and above) export options as well. @arescyp Just remember that in order to export 4K videos for RUclips you want to start with 4K footage or otherwise you're relying on digital upscaling and not actually providing your viewers with true 4K images. Good quality FHD (1080p) images are still more than acceptable in this day and age! Make sure to also learn about and understand the various export settings such as the delivery codec and bitrate settings for the desired upload location.
Where is the default project database stored? I'm going crazy because one day this program is working and then all of a sudden I try to start it up and it's not responding when it gets to that first screen. I've even uninstalled everything as far as I know completely and I manually deleted folders and I still can't get the stupid ass program to work anymore. It doesn't say untitled project though it says project 1 and I'm thinking there's something wrong with that and I can't get rid of it. That's the only thing I can think of maybe if I can delete that project one it will stop hanging up when I start the program but I can't figure out where it's at. And I can't search for it through the program because the program won't respond. I did update my GPU to a modern midteier nvidia card, and yes the drivers are up to date and so is Windows 11.
Hi! The default project database is typically stored in your system’s AppData folder (on Windows) or in Library (on Mac). For Windows, try checking C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\Roaming\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Resolve Disk Database. If the program still won’t start after deleting the project, you might want to consider creating a new database when launching Resolve. If that doesn’t work, try uninstalling Resolve using a third-party uninstaller to make sure everything is removed properly, then reinstalling it. Hope this helps, cheers!
@@envatotuts thanks for the reply. I already tried deleting that folder. I cannot create a new database cos the program stops responding before anything can be done at all. I'll try looking for a third party uninstaller though. I manually deleted things from the registry too so Idk what else short of reformat can be done. :/
Sorry to hear that it's still giving you trouble! If a third-party uninstaller doesn’t help and you’ve already tried cleaning up the registry manually, it might be worth checking if there are any lingering processes or services related to DaVinci Resolve running in the background. You could also try creating a new user profile on your system to see if that helps. If all else fails, a fresh OS install might be the last resort, but hopefully, it won’t come to that. Sending good vibes your way to resolve the situation! Cheers!
This is increasing my stress level. When I render to upload to RUclips my video is jerky. (1920x1080, mp4, H.264) I shot the footage on a gopro at 30fps. everything set to 30fps. The original video is smooth but the final result is jerky. The clouds in the sky jump around, the foreground skips from point to point. I was using an external drive to store all my files. I thought that the jerky video was because of transfer speeds between the computer and external drive. It's not an ssd drive. I archived the files and moved everything to my internal disk. I still get the same crappy output. Can you help? any suggestions?
99% of the things covered in this video should translate across to the Windows version, is there anything that you're finding a barrier being on Windows using DVR?
you should slow your speech delivery a little, i could slow it to 75% but it becomes too slow, you have an accent and hence you should slow down if you want more people to understand, for example when you said you have a PAL system, it goes over fast, there are more examples where I had to hear again and again.
Hi, Thank you for your feedback! I appreciate the suggestion to slow down my speech. I’ll work on adjusting my pace to make it easier for everyone to follow along. Your input is really helpful! Cheers!
Geniuses, you can't see anything. Make it easy. White background, blue font. There should be intuitive directions for what you're creating...embarrassing.
Thanks 1 million for this 🤍😌🤍. Followed you at every step, though with the free version 😌 for now 😅. Loved how your explanations were very easy to understand 👍 This was a really great help. Thanks again 😌... +1 sub, so that I can learn more
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Transform your edits with this DaVinci Resolve color grading guide!🚀 ruclips.net/video/8FNxCYvVkag/видео.html
Great for beginners, well explained, detailed - but not tooo complicated - much appreciated, I'll be coming back for more!
I'm actually working with DVR18 (I begined editing with DVR15) just from time to time. But with your video, I think I learned more in half an hour than with all those years I used it because you showed what every buttons does and you try them right on the screen so I saw what the use are for plus you explained quickly in the same time (sometime a little to fast for me though but hey... that's me...) Thanks for yoir videos and be shure I will check the other ones you made! Have a nice day dude! 😃
Woohoo! Glad you got something out of it, sorry for speeding through some sections - I was definitely trying to live up to the concept of a quick start guide! ⚡I promise I go a little slower in the main course if you want to check it out! ruclips.net/video/4m4SSw_qGds/видео.html
@@Envato_Tom Look... maybe it's because I know a little bit of DVR already, so I was able to follow you more "easily". Maybe for a complete newbe it would have been really hard to follow without re-listening it. But for me who I just work on a project and did a lot of work only with the mouse, the short cuts that you explained was like "holly cows... I needed those tricks" thing! 🤣 Thank for your help! I will take a look at that vid you shared! 😃 Have a good one! 😁
@FrankGiroux Click the settings wheel in the bottom right corner of the video and you can decrease the playback speed.
This was great, I used to do video editing back in the 90s with AB roll editors on Umatic tapes and the video toaster 2000 for graphics. Then I had another career that did not involve video editing for the past 20+ years. Now I wanted to to edit a video and I had no idea how people do that these days. Let me just say it is crazy what you can download for free on the internet. Your quick-start was perfect to get me up to speed on the latest video editor. Thanks!
Mate things must have changed so much since last time you cut a video! Going to assume it's slightly easier these days, even with having to learn a new software? Glad this video could help you get up to speed and get cracking again.
Its easier and more fun now for sure, thanks again for the video. @@Envato_Tom
Fantastic tutorial! I've used Camtasia for many years and am ready to step up my game! Thank you for your detailed explanation about the basic controls. I've always wanted to use Davinci Resolve and the UI wasn't too intuitive. I didn't know where to start. I tried watching other tutorials but they were really hard to sit through. Yours was entertaining, engaging as well as informative! I've subscribed and am going to watch the Color Grading for Beginners next. I'm filming my first project this Sunday and I can see now how powerful this editor really is and how much of a difference it will make on the finished video! Thank you very much for posting this awesome tutorial! 😊
Hey thanks for the feedback and for checking out our tutorial - I hope your filming went well this past weekend, now for the really fun part, the edit! Good luck.
Thank you for a great quick start guide. It really has got me off the ground. I will check out your other videos too. Thanks again.
You're so welcome! 💪
Thank you so very much Envato!!!!!! I now feel more confident in my editing! 🔥
Happy to help!
Confidence is key! 🔥
Thanks Tom for a great video. I was so pleased to find DaVinci Resolve after Adobe CC became so expensive and this learning video gives me the confidence to start and learn the new system.
This is a good video for people with a lot of editing experience, but are new to resolve.
Thank you, this is a fantastic beginner guide and for a non-professional like me has made Da Vinci less intimidating.
Wow... thanks for this. Took a lot of the mystery out. Now it does not look that scary. I have a couple of co-workers moving over to this from another one and I was spooked. Going to give it a shot!
Thanks for the awesome vid! I've had DaVinci Resolve downloaded on my pc for almost 2 years but never used it because it was a little intimidating at first. This tutorial helped me realize it's a lot easier than I thought and helped me understand the different tabs/options.
I will be making the full switch from Olive to DaVinci, hopefully very soon, thanks to this tutorial!
Thank you so much. I never use Da Vinci Resolve b4 but I will now . I will watch the course you mentioned. Regards.
Most useful information I have needed for myself as a beginner with DaVinci Resolve Thank you
You're most welcome! Glad it could help.
Thanks Tom for a great video... love your energy - perfectly communicated, on Point for a beginner such as Moi! 😉
Glad you enjoyed it!
If you're an absolute beginner like myself, wondering why you can't see the sidebar to add a project library, click the tiny split box icon, top(ish) left, and it'll appear.
@Jafran_Helstorm I'd be keen to understand the crucial details that you were missing out on in this video so that I can cover them in any further tutorials. Where did you lose track?
When opening up the program I don't get a screen like you are showing in marker 1:48. What am I doing wrong?
Despite sudden crashes every now and then. It’s a solid piece of open source software
I am brand new to editing, thank you for the quick spin around the block. cheers!
You're most welcome! Now that you've got this video under your belt, maybe the longer version might be of interest? I go into way more detail about how I craft an edit / story vs simply showing where the tools are located.
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Oh thank you!! yes! @@Envato_Tom *rolls up her sleeves to get busy*
@HaunaniPao 💪💪💪
This was really helpful. I've been working with Premiere elements, and was looking for a more powerful editing software, and I landed on DVR18. It's pretty intimidating to just hop into it, so this was really good as a starting point
Glad this could help! As with anything, there's going to be a learning curve but I feel like once you've got the fundamentals down with DVR you go from strength to strength with each project. I'd have been very happy to come up on DVR vs learning Premiere 15 years ago....too many quirks of that software that stop beginners in their tracks!
AWESOME!! Definitely going to binge watch your other videos. Thx.
Awesome! Thank you!
thank you so much for this shorter version straight to the point and informative
No worries, glad it has helped!
Great intro to DaVinci Resolve, thanks!
Glad you like it!
Great tutorial, loved it. It really helped me
Thank you
You're most welcome!
Thanks so much for this glad I found it I'm just starting my video editing journey!
You got this!
Love Envato tuts! 💚
Awesome video! I`m transferring from the CapCut, so Davinci is really intimidating, but you made it so "affordable for my brains"
Great to hear!
This was really helpful. Thank you very much !!
You're most welcome! 💪
Thank you to the host,opened it up and was stuck in the cut tab and was fighting to figure out how to do the basics.Moving from premier to davinci and so far it been fun,wont miss needing a second software to export.will probably take the colour correction course next,but for know I have my bearings.
Glad it helped!
Honestly, the Cut tab in Resolve is a whole other world especially when you're trying to come over from another NLE like Premiere!
Thanks for tuning in team! Like I said in the video, DaVinci Resolve is super powerful especially given there is a great free version so getting you up to speed and getting you editing right away is my number 1 focus in this guide. If you want to learn more about my actual creative process when editing, then check out the more in depth look here! 😀 ruclips.net/video/4m4SSw_qGds/видео.html
I really loved the video. Now thats a crash course we're talkin about. But I have one problem: I cannot afford buying envato elements subscription. How do I get the assets or how should I follow accordingly? Please guide.
Got a sub, stating my video editing career using this software, thanks for the helpful guide and links
Great video. I'm curious what OS you are using?
I'm not 100% sure because this was recorded some time ago now but I believe it would have been MacOS Monterey
Great video, just what I needed! Thanks
Great guide!
Just picked this up after spending 2 years hating Premiere, and am absolutely loving the program!
Everything just works in DaVinci, compared to PP (premiere "pro") where you run into glitches, slow loading times, audio import bugs, and overall terrible quality... And I payed $500 annually for the adobe crap XD
Anyways, DaVinci is clearly more professional, works better, and is more user-friendly (as far as workflow goes) than PP, so I guess I'm never looking back! :)
Hi Tom, great videos, Can you help me, Have you made any videos where you show a step-by-step guide on how you download a video template from Envato and edit it in Davinci resolve?
Thanks John! I actually haven't specifically made that video but great idea - I'll get cracking on one! Keep an eye on the channel 👀
Awesome tutorial, all the basics in a digestible nutshell. Shall try the follow-up videos, too.
Glad it was helpful!
Huge help, thank you!!!
You're welcome!
Thank you.
Thanks for this! I've been using iMovie for a while and am looking to start getting more serious about editing!
Thank you for this ! Well explained ! 🙏🏿
This helped me so much as an entry point! Thank you!👍
You're welcome mate!
Thanks for the vid. Very helpful
Glad it helped
Great tutorial
Thank you!
I really loved the video. Now thats a crash course we're talkin about. But I have one problem: I cannot afford buying envato elements subscription. How do I get the assets or how should I follow accordingly? Please guide.
Check out Mixkit ✌️
Thank you. Just starting a vlogging.
You're welcome. Best of luck with the vlog!
Do you recommend MBP 14” - M2 Pro / 19c GPU, 32GB and 1TB for video editing?
Thank you so much for this video. To the point. A+
You're very welcome!
really good
Hey mate
Have you made a video about using the effects in Davinci like the blur and stuff like that
THANKYOUUUUU SIRRR
Very helpful. Using now. Much appreciated!
You're welcome!
I followed these instructions (which are great btw!) and everything worked fine, but the next day when I opened my project again the audio had become really distorted, sort of robotic and doubled... I tried deleting and installing the whole DaVinci again but the audio is still messed up. What could have caused this? It sounds fine when i let it play by hitting the spacebar, but when I play it in slowmo by dragging the red progress line the distortion happens even though it worked fine yesterday
Please make Fusion tutorials. The only one I can find on this channel was uploaded 8 years ago.
Hi! Thank you for the great video. I'm a non-pro who is just trying to do some simple video editing for my private use and this helped me get started.
Unfortunately, I've run into what's surely a beginner's problem and I don't know how to solve it. I don't know if you or anyone could offer some help, but here goes:
All I want to do is take a preexisting video and trim a little bit off the beginning and end. I'm not putting multiple clips together or adding effects or editing the audio or anything. Just trimming the edges off both ends. My source file is 4.8 GB and when I deliver it, it balloons up to 22 GB (!!!).
The source video is 1920x1080 H.264 Main L4.0 at 29.97 fps with AC3 48000 stereo audio.
I'm encoding it at 1920x1080 using H.264 master, resolution set to timeline resolution (1920x1080), quality set to Automatic (Best), encoding profile: Auto, Preset: Quality. On the audio side, the codec is AAC (I don't see an option to keep it at AC3 -- do I have to install a codec to make AC3 an option? I don't really want to re-encode the audio.) with a track data rate of 320 kbps.
It looks like the only thing I'm changing is AC3 to AAC, and there's no way that the audio is what's causing it to balloon by a factor of 450%.
Am I missing something? I've come across this before with other editing software and this is always a problem!
Thanks in advance for anyone who can help.
Hi! Thanks for the kind words, and we're glad the video helped you get started! 💚
Regarding the file size issue, it sounds like the problem might be related to the encoding settings. When trimming a video without adding effects, the editing process itself shouldn't increase the file size by that much. Here are a few things you could check:
Bitrate Settings: In the "Deliver" tab, make sure your bitrate settings are appropriate for the final file size you want. If it's set to Automatic or "Best," it could be increasing the bitrate and, therefore, the file size. Try manually setting a lower bitrate.
Audio Settings: The audio conversion from AC3 to AAC could be impacting the file size, but it shouldn't cause that huge of a jump. If you're not adding new audio or changing it, try setting the audio codec back to AC3 if that's important for you. You might need a third-party encoder for this.
Encoding Profile: Double-check the encoding profile settings. Using a "High" profile instead of "Auto" or "Main" might reduce the file size. Also, make sure you're using the same compression settings for video as your source file.
Hope this clears things up! Cheers!
Oh wow, thank you for responding to this! I really didn't expect someone with 1.58M subscribers and a year-old video to reply. Thank you thank you thank you!!
Indeed, it was the bandwidth. What tripped me up was I was looking for some kind of metric like that by looking at my source file's properties in DaVinci Resolve, and I simply couldn't find it. (It seems like a worthwhile thing for DaVinci to add in there, but I never found it.) But apparently, Windows does contain that information, so I was able to grab it there.
Thank you again! I have spent hours looking for a solution to this, and you were so helpful.
Do you offer training on Zoom or Microsoft Teams?
Thank you 🌞🎀👍
You are so welcome!
Is it possible to edit audio only on this software? Thanks
Sure is, what you're looking for is Fairlight which you can see at 5:28 in this video however I moved past pretty quick as it wasn't what we were focusing on for this course sorry!
Hi, I have loads of my parents old VHS videos converted in digital format- Both video & audio quality are very poor, so can I use DaVinci or any other app to enhance the video quality (perhaps using AI) and most important, is enhance the audio quality. It will really be a great help if you can assist. I don't mind buying a paid app. I use a Mac.
Question: When I am using 4K high-bitrate GoPro footage and I use a 1080p timeline, am I losing quality when I choose to Export in 4K? I ask because there is a warning that the images, etc will be upscaled and I could lose quality. Thanks for the great video!
Good question, simple answer is no you're not loosing quality - but it does depend on some factors. Say you have 4K footage (assuming we're talking 3840x2160) and you put that on your timeline which is set to 1920x1080, at that point the footage has been scaled down by a factor of 2 (if it's set to 'fit to frame'). If you export that timeline at 4K, then the timeline is going to upscale by a factor of 2 to get from 1920 to 3840. So effectively what you've done is scaled it down, then scaled it back up again to it's original resolution.
Now this is only accurate if you've done no additional scaling of your 4K footage in your 1080 timeline. Let's say you bring that 4K footage into your 1080 timeline and you want to 'punch in' on a section and you do this by a factor of 2, now when you export that 1080 timeline, any footage that you've already scaled up, is automatically going to get scaled up again by that 1080 > 4K factor of 2...which is now a factor of 4, therefore resulting in a loss of quality.
That said, there are instances where you can get away with a bit of a quality loss in terms of resolution, it's definitely up to personal taste and what you're willing to sacrifice in terms of quality for the creative direction of the piece.
And on top of that, I think Resolve does a pretty good job in maintaining quality when upscaling footage past it's native resolution, but again your mileage may vary depending on the quality (resolution, bitrate, codec etc) of the footage you're working with.
I hope that long winded ramble somewhat answered your question!
@@Envato_Tom - Thank you for the thorough answer - that definitely answers my follow-up question as well regarding "punch in" or "zooming in" to capture more closely a specific part of the frame.
Good video
How do you import RUclips videos to edit on Davinci Resolve 18?
lets hope the new one has better txt scrolling with center alignment added
Very helpful
Glad it helped
Confused on the copy grade (to all the other clips portion). Can't you just copy and paste the grading (command+C, command+V) to the other clips without generating the still?
Good shout, you can also copy the grade to various clips use the copy and paste method. I prefer the generating stills method, especially when you have many varying pieces of media that need grading, because it serves as a really easy visual reference as to which clips you're replicating. It really does just come down to personal preference though, both ways will lead to the same outcome.
I’m new to DVR. For some reason I cannot import media in using the import media in the file tab. Any ideas please? It’s driving me nuts.
I am very excited to use this and actually bought a computer to do this. I am using the apple 2021 all in one with m1 chipe 8 core gpu and 8gb with 512 SSD. I have tried 4 times to download and the only thing I get is an icon that says Black Magic Raw. Are we suppose to install something called PostgreSQL 13? love to get some input here. Thanks
update! got it figured out and we are rockin and rolling now!
can't import media. how do I do that please? thx a lot great content
It's hard to say without more information but the dead simplest way is to drag your media from your finder/explorer window into the media pool on the edit page. Media pool is located on the top left. Alternatively you can also drag files directly onto the timeline if you have a timeline setup already. This section should cover it but if you're still struggling maybe drop some more information in a reply here and I'll see if I can help!
ruclips.net/video/P73m0p8JbV0/видео.html
@@Envato_Tom thank you... I've Benn trying to drag from "photos" to media pool or edit timeline nothing works. do you have a video showing this steps?
@@motiversityhood what file format are you trying to import?
Hi. This is great but, your speed in moving your mouse is way to fast for me. I have been over & over & over this vid I look at it again when my brain can handle the speed. Q. I have a film made in iMovie. Could I move it over and improve it ???
Hi!
Sorry to hear the pace was too fast. You can try slowing down the playback speed in the video settings to help keep up. Regarding your question, yes, you can import your iMovie project into DaVinci Resolve for further editing and improvement. Just export your iMovie project as a video file, then import that file into Resolve. Hope this helps, cheers!
Hi! I have a question! I was wondering if you knew how to solve my problem. I have 2 videos taken separately (basically one video has instrumentalists playing, and the other has a vocalist but they're doing the same song) which I want to put side by side so it looks like everyone is in the same room. The same room was used for the video and we used the same lighting and camera. What we didn't consider, however, is setting the ISO to a specific one when filming both videos. It ended up being in auto when we recorded both videos so the lighting for both videos changed gradually and it didn't look seamless when I put them side by side (because they're having 2 different lightings due to the ISO being set in auto during recording). I wanted to try and make them have the same lighting. Is this possible? Thanks in advance!!!
I need to make a vid for our website. They did ask me to make it for 1920px per 755px. How the hell do i do that without losing any content part ?? Please, any advice would be really apreciated. Thanks a lot. I might check all your vids cause im newb to all of this. :) cheers
How do you install and edit pre Envato Templates (transitions, video template)?
how do I enlarge the viewer or video playback window. it's way too small.
Thanks. Goes by too fast and I can't see where you found the simple Edit tab???
I put the Quick in Quickstart! ⚡ That said, you can see all of the various program tabs at the bottom of the screen. From left to right you have Media > Cut > Edit > Fusion > Colour > Fairlight > Deliver
Hello, I bought the license for DaVinci Resolve Studio 18 earlier, everything looks very good in the program, but when I try to export the final film, it exports it colorless, desaturated with specifications, I shoot with A7IV and Ninja 5 / ProRes / 442 / and the Enable Flat setting Pass is OFF.
I need your help in solving a problem, I have bought some 3rd party transitions from Envato Elements and each of the help files says to go to, Macintosh HD/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Templates/Edit then transitions. But when I get to the templates file there is nothing in it, it is empty, with no edit or transition folders. I am using an M1 Macbook Pro. What am I doing wrong?
Hi! You can find help here help.elements.envato.com/hc/en-us/sections/360000117123-Envato-Elements-Help
Do anyone have a recommendation on a laptop to run the program?
I dont get how i input a 4k video 5gigs in size and tell it to output for youtube and the file doubles in size. I mean its shrinking from 3840 to 1920 how is it now twice as big?
I can't import my mp4 footage in my Mac. please help me.
Please can someone help me? I have downloaded davinci resolve free version. I cannot import any clip into the software. Mp4, MOV or even still images. It will not open into DVR. I am using RX 580. I know it's old but still should work??
good day...I am using at the moment DaVinci 18 free version and it is simply great and easy to use even though you're an absolutly newbie. I was really thinking to purchase full version but I have still some questions you might can answear me please. 1) I read that when you have had pruchased once full version, up coming versions are free as well...for life time. 2) Is there any 4K option for render queue? videos on youtube will look of course much better with 4K than usual....thank you very much for your answear.
I believe you pay for the studio version once and you have the license for a lifetime. So, whenever updates are released you can update the software continuously.
As for the second question, there is a 4k option for the render queue.
@@rukydeez1030 correct, the license is (currently) for a lifetime upgrade path. There are 4K (and above) export options as well.
@arescyp Just remember that in order to export 4K videos for RUclips you want to start with 4K footage or otherwise you're relying on digital upscaling and not actually providing your viewers with true 4K images. Good quality FHD (1080p) images are still more than acceptable in this day and age! Make sure to also learn about and understand the various export settings such as the delivery codec and bitrate settings for the desired upload location.
Where is the default project database stored? I'm going crazy because one day this program is working and then all of a sudden I try to start it up and it's not responding when it gets to that first screen. I've even uninstalled everything as far as I know completely and I manually deleted folders and I still can't get the stupid ass program to work anymore. It doesn't say untitled project though it says project 1 and I'm thinking there's something wrong with that and I can't get rid of it. That's the only thing I can think of maybe if I can delete that project one it will stop hanging up when I start the program but I can't figure out where it's at. And I can't search for it through the program because the program won't respond.
I did update my GPU to a modern midteier nvidia card, and yes the drivers are up to date and so is Windows 11.
Hi!
The default project database is typically stored in your system’s AppData folder (on Windows) or in Library (on Mac). For Windows, try checking C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\Roaming\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Support\Resolve Disk Database.
If the program still won’t start after deleting the project, you might want to consider creating a new database when launching Resolve. If that doesn’t work, try uninstalling Resolve using a third-party uninstaller to make sure everything is removed properly, then reinstalling it.
Hope this helps, cheers!
@@envatotuts thanks for the reply. I already tried deleting that folder. I cannot create a new database cos the program stops responding before anything can be done at all.
I'll try looking for a third party uninstaller though. I manually deleted things from the registry too so Idk what else short of reformat can be done. :/
Sorry to hear that it's still giving you trouble! If a third-party uninstaller doesn’t help and you’ve already tried cleaning up the registry manually, it might be worth checking if there are any lingering processes or services related to DaVinci Resolve running in the background. You could also try creating a new user profile on your system to see if that helps. If all else fails, a fresh OS install might be the last resort, but hopefully, it won’t come to that.
Sending good vibes your way to resolve the situation!
Cheers!
This is increasing my stress level. When I render to upload to RUclips my video is jerky. (1920x1080, mp4, H.264) I shot the footage on a gopro at 30fps. everything set to 30fps. The original video is smooth but the final result is jerky. The clouds in the sky jump around, the foreground skips from point to point. I was using an external drive to store all my files. I thought that the jerky video was because of transfer speeds between the computer and external drive. It's not an ssd drive. I archived the files and moved everything to my internal disk. I still get the same crappy output. Can you help? any suggestions?
I can't seem to find a "Bin." How I get a new one?
Right click anywhere in the media pool and select New Bin, you can see the setting pop up on screen at 00:08:39 😀
Davinci Resolve kept rejecting my mp4 videos that other programs recognized as good.
Working but will be watching it this evening...
#thanks
need for windows.
99% of the things covered in this video should translate across to the Windows version, is there anything that you're finding a barrier being on Windows using DVR?
@@Envato_Tom @TutsPlusTom i m novice here..i had doubt on short cuts soi asked stupid question hehe..i think that's not an issue now
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Davinici resolve is the hardest editing software I have ever used just trying to split clips is hard
you should slow your speech delivery a little, i could slow it to 75% but it becomes too slow, you have an accent and hence you should slow down if you want more people to understand, for example when you said you have a PAL system, it goes over fast, there are more examples where I had to hear again and again.
Hi,
Thank you for your feedback! I appreciate the suggestion to slow down my speech. I’ll work on adjusting my pace to make it easier for everyone to follow along. Your input is really helpful!
Cheers!
Why do all these guys talk like they're in a race? While we're still trying to absorb what you said, you're already two items ahead.
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Probably the greatest comment I've ever received...on any work...that I've ever completed. Thanks Mr Hotdogseed. 🌭
Geniuses, you can't see anything.
Make it easy. White background, blue font.
There should be intuitive directions for what you're creating...embarrassing.
your too fast
For a beginner video you speak way too fast.
As far as I'm concerned this was useless.
Thanks 1 million for this 🤍😌🤍.
Followed you at every step, though with the free version 😌 for now 😅. Loved how your explanations were very easy to understand 👍
This was a really great help. Thanks again 😌... +1 sub, so that I can learn more
You’re welcome 😊
@@envatotuts 💪🤍
Do you have videos on transitions, cos I'll be using a lot while I make AMVs (Anime Edits) for my channel.
Thanks 💪
I appreciate all the info!
You're so welcome!