This intensive three-day course provides comprehensive instruction on DaVinci Resolve's interface, professional tools, advanced features, and complete production workflow. Through hands-on practical lessons, you'll master editing interviews, dramatic sequences, documentary footage, and music videos using both the edit page and the specialized cut page. You'll also gain proficiency with the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor, a dedicated control surface for streamlined editing. The course covers foundational principles of contrast and color correction while introducing the many sophisticated professional capabilities Resolve offers in modern post-production. You'll develop skills in balancing imagery, creating visual continuity, and establishing distinctive styles and visual looks that convey mood, atmosphere, and narrative intent. Throughout the course, you'll learn to construct dynamic visual effects, mix audio with precision, and prepare final deliverables optimized for online platforms, broadcast television, or streaming services.
Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
- Apply advanced editing and trimming techniques used by professional editors in multiple genres worldwide
- Generate and effectively manage proxy media using the Blackmagic Proxy Generator
- Execute variable speed adjustments to enhance action sequences and dramatic impact
- Employ advanced trimming techniques and real-time dynamic trimming methods
- Apply multicamera synchronization and professional editing techniques
- Organize expansive projects efficiently using metadata tagging and intelligent bin organization
- Build sophisticated composite elements on the edit timeline
- Use keyframe animation to create complex visual effects
- Edit and mix audio for both stereo and surround sound formats
- Create, import, and professionally edit subtitles for multiple languages
- Deliver finished projects optimized for online distribution, broadcast television, and streaming platforms
Ideal Student Profile:
- Video editors working on professional projects
- Assistant editors supporting post-production teams
- Multimedia producers creating diverse content
- Cinematographers looking to expand post-production skills
Prerequisites:
- Completion of DaVinci Resolve 101 (Essentials) or equivalent hands-on experience
- Comfortable working knowledge of Windows or Macintosh operating systems
