Davinci Resolve Competency

“Davinci Resolve is a video editing program that unlike Premier, has many different professional interfaces under one roof. It is a leading program in the filmmaking industry. This means that to truly understand its benefits and fully utilize this program, you may have to stretch your filmmaking capabilities a bit. Lucky you.”

-Harrison Koford

Level 1

  • Media Tab
    • Importing video/audio files
  • Cut Tab
    • Adding in and out points
    • Adding clips to timeline
  • Edit Tab
    • Add clips to timeline
    • Using the razor tool
    • Fading in/out with corner handles
    • Unlinking audio from video
    • Adding background music
    • Controlling audio with rack slider in Mixer
    • Keyframing rubber band
  • Deliver Tab
    • Exporting
  • What are keyframes?
  • What is the most compatible format to use when exporting?

Level 2

  • Fusion Tab
    • Adding Nodes
    • Adjusting effects in Inspector
    • Merging nodes
    • Keyframing nodes
    • Creating masks
    • Applying masks to multiple nodes
    • Adjusting spline
  • Color Tab
    • Adjusting color grade with curves or color wheels
    • Applying color grade to masks
    • Keyframing color
  • Fairlight Tab
    • Adjusting Audio with Fairlight
    • Removing background noise
  • What are nodes and how do they work in Fusion?
  • What does the offset wheel do in Color?