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DaVinci Resolve
27 tutorials
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VFX & MotionIntermediate
Creating 3D Text Effects in Video Editing
VFX & MotionBeginner
Green Screen and Chroma Key Technique
VFX & MotionIntermediate
Motion Tracking in Video Editing
VisualsIntermediate
Mask and Shape Animations in Video Editing
VisualsIntermediate
Overlay Blending Modes in Video Editing
EditingBeginner
Cutaway Shot: Using B-Roll to Elevate Your Story
EditingBeginner
Jump Cut: Master the Art of Seamless Edits
EditingBeginner
Match Cut: Seamless Shot Transitions
EditingIntermediate
Montage Editing: Compressing Time and Building Meaning
EditingIntermediate
Rhythmic Editing: Cutting to the Beat
VisualsBeginner
LUT Application: Transform Your Footage with Color Looks
VisualsBeginner
Transition Effects: From Cuts to Creative Visual Flow
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What DaVinci Resolve is
DaVinci Resolve started as a colour grading system and still has the strongest grading tools of any editor, organised as nodes rather than a stack of effects. Blackmagic added editing, Fusion for compositing and Fairlight for audio, so a whole finish can happen in one application. The free version is unusually complete: the paid Studio edition mostly adds hardware acceleration, noise reduction and some machine-learning features rather than gating the basics.
Runs on macOS, Windows, Linux.
Where it is the right choice
- Colour grading and matching shots between cameras, which is what it is genuinely best in class at
- Finishing a project end to end without moving between applications
- Anyone who needs professional capability without a subscription
Where it stops fitting
- The learning curve is the steepest of the mainstream editors, and the node-based approach is unfamiliar at first.
- It expects a capable GPU and is unhappy without one.
- HEVC support on the free version has historically been awkward, particularly on Windows.
Jobs you can do here instead, free and without uploading
Plenty of what sends people to DaVinci Resolve is a single operation rather than an edit. These run in your browser, so the file never leaves your device and there is nothing to install or subscribe to.