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A Beginner's Guide to Video Editing

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Overview

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Learn the complete video editing process from start to finish in this comprehensive tutorial that covers everything needed to begin editing videos today. Master the linear workflow of video editing, starting with importing and organizing raw footage, then progress through making selects, creating rough cuts, and applying final polish. Discover how to set up project files efficiently, understand proxy workflows, and configure DaVinci Resolve for optimal performance. Practice manually syncing audio and video, craft compelling narratives from raw footage, and learn essential techniques for creating motion titles, performing basic color correction and grading. Explore how to source music, sound effects, and graphics to enhance your projects, then master the export and delivery process to share your finished work. Follow along with provided project files as seasoned video editor Tom Graham demonstrates each step of the creative editing process using DaVinci Resolve, transforming raw footage into polished content ready for distribution.

Syllabus

00:00:00 Course overview
00:01:26 Video editing tools
00:02:43 The linear process of editing
00:05:48 Import
00:06:39 Setting up your project files
00:08:43 What is a proxy workflow?
00:09:17 Setting up DaVinci Resolve
00:09:31 DaVinci Resolve proxy settings
00:10:23 Making selects
00:12:27 Manually syncing audio and video
00:16:07 The rough cut
00:33:45 Crafting a narrative from your selects
00:55:19 Envato, the perfect creative companion
00:56:19 Finding music, sound effects and graphics
01:10:26 The polish pass
01:11:09 Creating motion titles in DaVinci Resolve
01:17:57 Doing a basic colour correction and grade
01:29:18 Our finished product!
01:32:43 Export & delivery
01:36:49 Congratulations, you’re now an editor

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