Video Editing on a Computer: DaVinci Resolve Zero to Pro
Professional editing with DaVinci Resolve — the free software used on Hollywood films: editing, motion graphics, colour grading, sound and export, plus the storytelling cuts pros use.
What you'll learn
- Organise media and edit efficiently on Resolve's Cut and Edit pages
- Use the cuts professional editors use to tell a story
- Create titles and motion graphics in Fusion
- Colour-correct and grade footage on the Color page
- Clean up and mix sound in Fairlight
- Export for YouTube, social media and clients
Course content
Part 1. Start here2 lessons
Part 2. The complete DaVinci Resolve course8 lessons
- Resolve course: What is Resolve?by Casey Faris9 min
- Resolve course: The Media Pageby Casey Faris20 min
- Resolve course: The Edit Pageby Casey Faris1h 2m
- Resolve course: The Cut Pageby Casey Faris13 min
- Resolve course: The Fusion Pageby Casey Faris1h 7m
- Edit like a pro: a quick beginner workflow (Ben Claremont)by Ben Claremont12 min
- Complete beginner tutorial for the latest DaVinci Resolve (Primal Video)by Justin Brown - Primal Video29 min
- Practice: edit a 2-minute story
Part 3. Colour, sound and delivery8 lessons
- Resolve course: The Color Pageby Casey Faris1h 27m
- Resolve course: The Fairlight Pageby Casey Faris36 min
- Resolve course: The Deliver Pageby Casey Faris13 min
- Resolve course: How to Learn Resolve the BEST WAYby Casey Faris1 min
- How to colour grade in DaVinci Resolve for beginners (Think Media)by Think Media16 min
- Colour grading tutorial, start to finish (Ben Claremont)by Ben Claremont13 min
- Colour grading for beginners (Declan Jenkinson)by Declan Jenkinson20 min
- Quiz: colour and sound
Part 4. Storytelling with cuts4 lessons
Part 5. Final project1 lesson
Capstone project: Capstone: a portfolio-quality short film or advert. You finish by building something real; a mentor reviews it before your certificate is issued.
About this course
DaVinci Resolve is free, runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, and is used to edit and colour-grade blockbuster films and Netflix series. Learn it and you can edit anything: YouTube videos, adverts, music videos, documentaries, weddings and Nollywood productions. This course follows Casey Faris's complete five-hour Resolve course, page by page — Media, Cut, Edit, Fusion (motion graphics), Color, Fairlight (sound) and Deliver — with extra lessons on colour grading from Think Media and Ben Claremont, and the cuts that turn footage into a story. You'll finish with a polished short film or advert for your portfolio. About 7 hours of video plus practice.
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