For most editing jobs, you will initially receive a timeline prepared in a different software platform than Da Vinci Resolve. This can be confusing and makes color editing more difficult when a native timeline would be easier. This tutorial shows how to prepare a timeline for color correction in Da Vinci Resolve 11.
- For most jobs, you're going to have a timeline delivered…to you that was created in a different piece of software,…Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Avid,…those are the most common ones.…Now this particular music video was edited in Premiere Pro.…Now I'm sitting here in the DaVinci Resolve project…that we wrapped up Chapter 3 with…where we imported a timeline and notice…how messy this timeline is.…And as a colorist, this can be very confusing.…Why have I got these shots all over the place?…If I come in here to the very beginning and take a look,…I've got this Title on track v3…but it's also with footage on track v3…this is what I call a poorly prepped timeline.…
It's not ready to hand off to someone.…Whether you're an editor who hands these jobs off…to someone else from time to time,…or you're a colorist who has to communicate with an editor,…this chapter is for you.…It's designed to do two things.…One, show you how to properly prep a timeline…to hand off to someone who's not…as familiar with the project as you are,…
Author
Patrick Inhofer
Released
11/7/2014In these tutorials, indie-feature-film and broadcast colorist Patrick Inhofer guides viewers through color grading with DaVinci Resolve and Resolve Lite 11. With emphasis placed on real-world techniques and workflows, the course will help editors and aspiring colorists edit in the timeline, perform primary and secondary color corrections, match shots from multiple cameras, create mood-rich looks, and render out movies to share with clients. Interspersed throughout the course are "lingo" movies, which will help you learn the language of colorists, and "in action" chapters, where Patrick applies the lessons learned to a real-world music video for the band Minimus the Poet.
- Building a Revolve system
- Comparing Resolve and Resolve Lite
- Tweaking preferences for better performance
- Getting clips, timelines, and projects into Resolve
- Editing footage in Resolve
- Evaluating images like a colorist
- Working with serial nodes
- Making contrast and color adjustments
- Making targeted secondary corrections with keys and shapes
- Creating looks with third-party plugins
- Matching shots
- Rendering, delivering, and archiving footage
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome3m 16s
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Using the exercise files9m 50s
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1. Building a Resolve System
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Who uses DaVinci Resolve?3m 52s
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Upgrading DaVinci Resolve5m 30s
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2. Understanding Databases, Users, and Projects
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Databases: Disk-based5m 30s
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Updating databases6m 36s
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Managing users4m 27s
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3. Getting Started with DaVinci Resolve 11
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Interface overview7m 36s
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Customizing the interface8m 50s
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Working with dual displays5m 19s
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4. Editing a Project in DaVinci Resolve 11
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The Edit page in detail4m 45s
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Keyboard shortcuts5m 38s
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Editing into a timeline7m 32s
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Working in the Edit mode6m 39s
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Working in the Trim mode7m 5s
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Working with audio8m 51s
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5. Moving a Project from a Nonlinear Editor (NLE) to Resolve
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6. Image Evaluation: Seeing Like a Colorist
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7. Understanding Nodes
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What is a serial node?9m 39s
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8. Primary Color Correction Tools
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The Primary sliders4m 9s
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Y-only vs. YRGB adjustments5m 57s
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Adjusting hue and saturation2m 16s
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The RGB mixer5m 1s
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Raw controls7m 50s
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Working with log footage7m 59s
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LUTs in action5m 22s
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What are 1D and 3D LUTs?4m 53s
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9. In Action: Primary Color Correction
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10. Secondary Color Correction Tools
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Using the Hue Vs. curves8m 4s
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Tracker: Fundamentals8m 31s
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Tracker: Advanced tracking3m 59s
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Tracker: Stabilizing shots5m 25s
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11. Shot Matching
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What is shot matching?4m 31s
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Overview: The gallery8m 40s
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Gallery: The Reference Wipe7m 42s
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The split-screen view6m 46s
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Matching exposure8m 13s
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Matching color7m 53s
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12. In Action: Secondaries and Shot Matching
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Hero shots: Fixing problems6m 51s
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13. Building Looks: Essential Tools
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Node and input resizing6m 46s
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Render cache: User mode8m 33s
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Render cache: Smart mode7m 37s
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Keyframing fundamentals8m 27s
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Temporal noise reduction7m 58s
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14. In Action: Building a Look
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15. Rendering, Delivering, and Archiving
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Rendering: Individual shots10m 56s
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Final rendering and delivery4m 52s
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Backing up and archiving5m 30s
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16. DaVinci Resolve Updates
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Conclusion
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Goodbye2m 54s
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