DaVinci Resolve: Software Features and Workflows

Introduction

• Software features and workflows within DaVinci Resolve
• Using the exercise files

1. Project Management and Preferences

• Databases vs. projects
• Understanding Resolve databases
• Creating a disk database
• Backing up and restoring databases
• Deleting and relinking databases
• Using the Davinci Resolve project server software
• Organizing databases and projects
• Sharing and backing up projects
• Exporting DaVinci Resolve bins and timelines
• Sharing bins and galleries in the same database

2. User Interface: Getting Resolve to Operate Like You Think

• Assigning menu items as keyboard shortcuts
• The middle scroll wheel
• Edit page viewer options
• Color page viewer options
• Managing timeline overwhelm
• Advanced timeline view options
• Simplify the Resolve user interface

3. Enhancing Playback Performance

• Playback optimizations: What are your options?
• Performance mode
• Render Cache: Overview
• Render Cache: Smart mode
• Render Cache: User mode
• Using optimized media
• Enabling timeline proxy mode
• Proxy media: Resolve 17+ overview
• Proxy media: Proxy archives (R17+)
• Additional performance tweaks

4. Sharing Timelines with Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro

• The challenges of importing/exporting timelines
• What is an XML?
• How to prepare the timeline for XML sharing
• Exporting a reference movie
• Exporting a timeline for XML
• How to conform XMLs
• Understanding the flat file workflow

5. Hardware Options for DaVinci Resolve

• Using external hardware
• Blackmagic Speed Editor and Mini Panel
• DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard: Overview
• Using third-party hardware with DaVinci Resolve
• Dedicated client displays: Concept and overview

Conclusion

• Thank you and goodbye