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DaVinci Resolve Video Editing for Beginners - 2024

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Overview

Embark on a comprehensive video editing journey with this nearly 4-hour course designed for beginners. Master the powerful DaVinci Resolve software, used in professional feature film production, from installation to creating high-quality videos. Explore the Edit Page layout, import media files, and craft a commercial step-by-step. Dive into advanced techniques on the Fusion Page, learning compositing, masking, and special effects creation. Create sci-fi movie trailer elements, including alien objects and futuristic city scenes. Develop iconic visual effects like lightsaber ignition and Sith Lord eyes. Conclude with rendering your projects and gaining practical skills applicable to both free and premium versions of DaVinci Resolve.

Syllabus

⌨️ Introduction
⌨️ Overview and installation of DaVinci Resolve
⌨️ Create a new DaVinci Resolve Project
⌨️ Import “TravelHooray” Media files into DaVinci Resolve
⌨️ Overview of the Layout of the Edit Page
⌨️ Add Media Files to the Timeline Edit Page
⌨️ Create “TravelHooray” Commercial Video Step by Step
⌨️ Adding Effects using the Fusion Page vs The Edit Page
⌨️ Let’s Look at the Fusion Page
⌨️ Creating a Fusion Composition
⌨️ Use Compositing on the Fusion Page SciFi Move Trailer Example
⌨️ Use a Polygon Mask Node to Reveal Text from Behind a Building
⌨️ Use a Background Node and Ellipse Node to Create Alien Object in the Sky
⌨️ Use a Planer Tracker Node to Pin a Stock Video onto a Building Blade Runner Effect
⌨️ Should city in Fog using FastNoise Node.
⌨️ Render SciFi Move Trailer using Deliver Page in DaVinci Resolve
⌨️ Create Lightsaber Ignition Effect
⌨️ Create the Wielding of the Lightsaber Effect
⌨️ Creating Sith Lord Eyes Effect using B-Spline Node
⌨️ Outro

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