DaVinci Resolve for Beginners

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Begin by meeting your instructor and learning about colour grading's concepts and purposes.
• Learn how to prepare your video material for colouring by exploring the DaVinci Resolve interface.
• Then, learn how to use the various tools to begin balancing and correcting colour.
• Learn how to use scopes and levels to measure and compare modifications to match footage between multiple shoots.
• Learn how to use secondary controls like keys, power windows, curves, and keyframes to make accurate colour modifications.
• Learn how to use the Qualifier tool to make edits to particular parts of an image.
• Learn Alex's preferred approaches for creating a unique stylized appearance in your video. Explore LUTs and learn how to use scopes to dissect and mimic real-world effects.
• Finally, learn how to share your video footage with your clients by exporting it. Learn how to backup a project and database in DaVinci Resolve, as well as how to avoid difficulties with third-party software.

Syllabus:

• Course 1: Preparing Your Project

  1.  Why Do We Colour Grade?

  2.  Opening Davinci Resolve for the First Time

  3.  Exporting Your Film from Premiere

  4.  Importing Footage with XML or Flattened QT

  5.  Finding Still Images as References

  6.  Log and Raw Terminology

  7.  Exploring Nodes

  8.  Playback Speed and Creating Caches

  9.  Practice: Preparing Our Media for Grading
      

• Course 2: Primary Color Correction

  1.  Primary Controls

  2.  Learning to Use Scopes

  3.  First Correction - Changing Levels

  4.  Second Correction - Changing Colour

  5.  Matching Colour and Contrast between Shots

  6.  Giving Your Film a Feel

  7.  Practice: Balancing Then Giving Shots Feeling
      

• Course 3: Secondary Color Correction

  1.  Meaning of Secondaries and Using the Qualifier

  2.  Power Windows and Drawing Shapes

  3.  Tracking with Power Windows

  4.  Curves as Secondaries

  5.  Parallel vs Serial Nodes, and Alpha Channels

  6.  Using Keyframes

  7.  Practice: Keys, Trackers, and Keyframes
      

• Course 4: Creating a Look

  1.  Luts

  2.  Easy Teal and Orange Split Tone Look

  3.  Bleach Bypass Look

  4.  Cross Processed Look

  5.  Low Contrast Vintage Film Look

  6.  Assessing and Recreating Looks from TV

  7.  Using Colour Theory in Your Work

  8.  Practice: Experimenting with Creative Looks
      

• Course 5: Organization and Efficiency

  1.  Remote Grades, Groups, and Colourtrace

  2.  Organizing the Node Tree

  3.  Useful Terms

  4.  Grading Control Surfaces

  5.  Practice: Being More Efficient
      

• Course 6: Delivering a Graded Film

  1.  Delivery Interface and Exporting

  2.  Exporting with Handles to Return to Premiere

  3.  Export Colours and Why They Change

  4.  Databases and Project Archiving

  5.  Practice: Exporting Our Work