Learn how to enhance the color, contrast, mood, and style of your video projects with DaVinci Resolve 12, the powerful color grading and color correction software from BlackMagic.
- Hello, welcome to Lynda.com's DaVinci Resolve 12 essential training. I'm Patrick Inhofer and in this title we're gonna dig deep into Blackmagic Design's color correction software, DaVinci Resolve 12. My goal for you in this title is to have you comfortably color correcting, grading, and even editing in Resolve. You'll be able to work on any type of project, corporate video, documentary, short, feature film even Whisker the Cat's YouTube channel, and you'll be able to do editing and color correction.
Now color correction is a finishing step appropriate for every project. The minimum end goal of color correction is the seamless flow of your images. If your audience is mentally fixing problems the video plays down, they will never get drawn into your message. After you fix problems with the image you need to be sure your audience always knows where to look. And with today's fast paced editing, they'll need your help or they'll get lost and that is what DaVinci Resolve is here to help you do.
Solve problems, control the audience's eye, and draw your viewers into your message. And I'm here to help you learn how to use DaVinci Resolve and here's lesson number one about working with Resolve. It's version 12, yes, the software team has done an amazing job updating the user interface, but the core workflows can feel very, very confusing. The number of options often threaten to overwhelm you. That's what happens with software that's over a decade in development.
That's why we're gonna take this slow, and be methodical. To get you started learning DaVinci Resolve, we're gonna start by understanding operating systems and the computer hardware that Resolve 12 supports. You'll learn the differences between DaVinci Resolve, which is free, and DaVinci Resolve Studio, which costs money, and yes, you can use either Resolve, or Resolve Studio with this training. Only a handful of features are specific to Resolve Studio, otherwise the two pieces of software are identical.
Now, after learning how to build a reliable system for Resolve, I'll get you up to speed on Resolve's interface and have you creating projects. I'll show you how to import footage and timelines, organize those footage and timelines. And we'll cover the essentials of how to use Resolve 12's enhanced nonlinear editing tool set. For the rest of the training, it's a grand tour of the famous DaVinci Resolve color correction workflow. You'll learn how to use primary tools and secondary tools, you'll learn how those tools can be controlled using shapes and keys.
All of which allow us to make really big, honking color corrections, or very targeted, precise subtle corrections. There are also Resolve-specific concepts, like powergrades and nodes that you'll learn. And if any of this sounds foreign to you, I've scattered colorist lingo movies throughout this training. I'll explain concepts such as primary corrections, secondary corrections, vignettes, serial nodes. You'll get an intro into shot matching, and creating multiple versions, grouping shots and color correcting those groups.
The basics of creating looks and using third party plug-ins. And from the footage we've licensed for this training, we'll pool together the hero shots timeline. It's a workflow that jump starts our discussions with our directors, producers, clients, coworkers. Now, what if you're familiar with earlier versions of DaVinci Resolve, well we've got a what's new chapter just for you. But unless you took our Resolve 11 training, I urge you, go through this series.
Why? You know that one feature you wish DaVinci Resolve had? It probably has it, you just missed it when it rolled out. Training like this is a perfect time to find a bunch of features that Resolve has that you missed. All it takes is to discover a few of those, and this training will have paid for itself 100 times over. Does this sound like a lot? Well like I said, we're gonna move slow. This training builds upon itself, and introduces new tools, only after the concepts that are built upon, are first taught to you.
And when you're done here, don't forget to look for our other DaVinci Resolve 12 training here on Lynda.com. Who am I? I'm Patrick Inhofer, a professional colorist with over 25 years experience in video post production and color correction. Many of the concepts I'll be sharing with you here were hard-learned lessons. And everything you're seeing me do, it's what I do. And my color correction software skills are mostly self-taught so I've gone through your pain and will share with you my tips and tricks for avoiding all the mine fields in really, what's essentially, a subjective endeavor.
Without further delay, let's get you up and running in DaVinci Resolve 12. Thank you for joining me, happy learning!
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2/2/2016In these tutorials, professional colorist Patrick Inhofer guides viewers through the basics of using DaVinci Resolve 12. Get a look over Patrick's shoulder as he touches on key features in Resolve, while introducing the lingo every colorist needs to understand the program and the workflow. He shows how to import footage, keep it all organized, edit clips in the timeline, and start color grading your project: applying primary and secondary corrections, vignettes, looks, and Power Windows. He also shows how to target corrections with shapes and keys, match shots, and create "hero shots" to jump-start discussions with directors, clients, and colleagues.
Most of the tutorials are compatible with both DaVinci Resolve and DaVinci Resolve Studio, the paid version of the software. If you have already watched DaVinci Resolve 11 Essential Training, check out "What's New in DaVinci Resolve 12" to brush up on the updates, as well as the new chapter on DaVinci 12.5.
- Understanding the DaVinci Resolve interface
- Building a Resolve system
- Working in different use modes
- Creating new projects
- Importing footage
- Editing and trimming footage
- Preparing timelines for color correction
- Analyzing color, contrast, and exposure with scopes
- Adjusting hue and saturation
- Understanding nodes
- Performing secondary color corrections
- Targeting corrections
- Matching shots
- Building looks
- Rendering individual shots and self-contained movies
Skill Level Beginner
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Q: This course was updated on 11/15/2016. What changed?
A: We added a new chapter, "DaVinci Resolve 12.5 Essential Updates." DaVinci Resolve 12.5 introduced nearly 250 new features. Blackmagic also tweaked over 1,000 other elements, speeding up the software, fixing bugs, and making tweaks to the User Interface. In this new chapter, author Patrick Inhofer walks through the updates you need to know when learning how to use the latest version of DaVinci Resolve.
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Introduction
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Welcome5m 14s
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Using this footage4m 3s
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About this rig4m 5s
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1. What's New in Resolve 12?
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The new single-user mode1m 15s
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Simple clip relinking2m 30s
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Smart Bins2m 15s
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Timeline Smart Filters3m 28s
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Bezier handles in Resolve 123m 49s
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Compound nodes3m 5s
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Keying: The new 3D keyer3m 3s
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Media Management panel3m 11s
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Avid Pro Tools export2m 2s
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2. Building a Resolve System
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Who uses DaVinci Resolve?3m 35s
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3. Understanding Disk Databases, User Modes, and Projects
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Relinking media3m 1s
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4. Getting Started with DaVinci Resolve 12
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Resolve System Preferences5m 23s
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Essential Project Settings7m 20s
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Overview: The Media page11m 4s
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Overview: The Edit page13m 44s
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Overview: The Color page5m 57s
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Overview: The Deliver page4m 22s
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Overview: Dual monitor setup6m 27s
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5. Editing a Project in DaVinci Resolve 12
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Navigating the Edit page11m 23s
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Keyboard mapping3m 49s
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Additional timeline commands6m 23s
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Working in the Edit mode7m 38s
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Track targeting 1015m 36s
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Working with audio9m 14s
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The Clip Inspector6m 52s
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Working with titles6m 6s
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6. Moving and Preparing a Timeline for Color Correction
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7. Image Evaluation: Seeing Like a Colorist
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8. In Action: Building a Look
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Adjusting hue and saturation4m 57s
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The RGB mixer8m 48s
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9. Understanding Nodes
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10. Secondary Color Correction Tools
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Using the Hue vs. curves6m 40s
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Fine-tuning your tracking8m 29s
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11. Matching Shots
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Overview: The Gallery3m 53s
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Gallery: The Reference Wipe3m 15s
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Matching skin tone: Examples9m 21s
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12. Building Looks: Essential Tools
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Render cache: Smart mode6m 8s
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Keyframing fundamentals9m 2s
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13. Rendering, Delivering, and Archiving
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Rendering: Individual shots8m 17s
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14. DaVinci Resolve 12 Essential Updates
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Welcome1m 47s
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Importing the update1m 47s
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Closer look: New menus5m 31s
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Save Status icon1m 11s
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Power bins in the Media Pool2m 33s
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Conclusion44s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye (Keynote)3m 43s
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