Video Editing Made Easy with DaVinci Resolve 18: Create quick video content for your business, the web, or social media

Boost your audience on social media by leveraging DaVinci Resolve 18 and share impressive micro-content with the guidance of a certified Blackmagic Design training partner

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Key Features

• Enhance your content with creative editing, VFX composition, color grading, and sound editing techniques
• Learn techniques to generate quick video content to engage and increase your audience
• Discover the latest features and hacks of DaVinci Resolve 18 to realize your creative ideas

Book Description

Micro content dominates social media marketing, but subpar editing and low-quality videos can shrink your audience. Elevate your social media game with DaVinci Resolve - the world's most trusted name in color grading that has been used to grade Hollywood films, TV shows, and commercials. Version 18 enables you to edit, compose VFX, mix sound, and deliver videos for different platforms, including social media and the web.

You'll learn the basics of using DaVinci Resolve 18 to create video content, by first gaining an overview of creating a complete short video for social media distribution directly from within the “Cut” page. You'll discover advanced editing, VFX composition, color grading, and sound editing techniques to enhance your content and fix common video content issues that occur while using consumer cameras or mobile phones.

By the end of this book, you'll be well-equipped to use DaVinci Resolve to edit, fix, finish, and publish short-form video content directly to social media sites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Vimeo.

What you will learn

• Explore how to edit, add effects, and post to social media using the new Cut page
• Deliver video projects swiftly to a variety of social media formats using the Cut page
• Fix problems with videos, such as stabilizing footage and syncing audio
• Enhance the quality of your videos through color correction and other visual effects techniques
• Discover how to use the Neural Engine AI in the Studio Version of DaVinci Resolve to speed up your work
• Add subtitles and dubbed audio to help your videos reach a wider audience

Who this book is for

This book is for beginner content makers looking for quick techniques to improve their skills and work. It's also useful for experienced content makers who want to begin using DaVinci Resolve for its advanced features. The book acts as a practical training manual for social media marketers, influencers, short film makers, small business owners creating their own content, vloggers, and film/media studies students at schools, colleges, or universities.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with Resolve - Publishing your first Cut
2. Adding Titles and Motion Graphics
3. Polishing the Camera Audio - Getting it in Sync
4. Adding Narration, Voice Dubbing, and Subtitles
5. Creating Additional Sound
6. Working with Archive footage
7. Stabilizing Footage
8. Hiding the EditCut: Making our Edit Invisible
9. Green Screen
10. Split screens and Picture in Picture
11. Enhancing Colour for mood or style
12. Studio only techniques - so much quicker
13. Glossary of Terms

Lance Phillips (B.Hort, Dip. Drama, GTP (Secondary Education: Drama), Cert. Public Health Practice, Certified DaVinci Resolve Trainer). He founded Physical Folk, a Blackmagic Design Training Partner, to train diverse talent for the U.K. film industry. Lance has 30 years of experience training people from all backgrounds (including young people, prisoners, and people with disabilities) to develop their creative skills. After completing a Horticulture Degree, Lance studied Drama and worked as a Professional Actor on Television and Radio. He also freelanced in Lighting for Live Events, which started his love for all things technical. Lance is currently teaching a Color Grading module in the MA in Editing & Post Production at London Southbank University.