How To Edit & Export High Quality YouTube Shorts In DaVinci Resolve 18

This tutorial will walk you through how to edit and export high quality YouTube Shorts videos using DaVinci Resolve, as well as how to copy your video to your phone for uploading. These steps work for all platforms including Mac, PC, iOS, and Android.

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0:00 Download my FREE YouTube Shorts Template
0:24 DaVinci Project Setup
1:48 Scaling Clips
3:11 Export Settings
4:59 Copy Your Video To Your Phone
5:15 Download my FREE YouTube Shorts Template!

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[cutiepiepup]

Matt you are a literal life saver!!! I filmed a short using my canon m200 in vertical and have never posted a short before. I had everything already filmed and edited when I realized something was wrong. After 3 frustrating hours of trying to figure out what the issue was I came across this video and realized that my timeline was in the wrong resolution... such a simple fix and didn't have to redo anything, thanks a trillion!!

[pedro_devargas]

Hey thanks so much for this turorial, this is very helpful and straight to the point. it makes editing your shorts so easy and fast.

[jacobmendez]

you are a saint good sir. Thank you again for sharing your shortcuts and helping us focus on creating content along with you!

[palomasgaming]

0:44 - Matt from the future is da real MVP!!!

[LUCSchnl]

This was a huge help for me!
I've been stuck for a while now trying to get shorts figured out.

Now i can finally get stuff done! Thanks!

[Solder_king]

You're such an awesome dude! I've been following your Davinci tutorials for a while now and can't thank you enough for them!

[RiceSackRiceSack]

love that you put in the update with the vertical option

[Vioblight]

Thank you so much! I was frustrated my short was a horizontal block when I uploaded it the first time. Clear video and guide!

[vacxey]

Hey, I exported my video, nothing wrong except for the fact that the black bars are still there even though they arent there when i exported it? any ideas on how to help?

[psychologystars]

I followed all of these directions, but I'm getting the error message "Unable to preview video" when trying to upload my video to youtube shorts. Googling the error message, it seems to be a problem with Davinci Resolve. How are you able to upload without getting this message? Thanks

[petraral]

I was pulling off editing the videos I filmed but this video was exactly what I the most thanks mate for the huuuge help !!

[CookingHorizonbyTaz]

Thank you for this video, I used your link to download the templates. Appreciate it.

[AdventuresFactory]

after doing all that when I try to upload the clip, youtube refuses to upload it. {unable to preview video}

[lance]

OMG. That mismatched resolution dropdown is going to save me so much time! Thanks!

[Menelik.videos]

This video is going on my save folder. Thanks a bunch

[carpemomentumfoto]

Hey Matt, I followed the steps you described and used the same export settings but when I get my video file from dropbox and I select it in the YT app I'm getting the "Unable to preview video" message and nothing gets added to the short I'm trying to create. Other videos made on my phone work fine. Any idea why this is happening? Thanks in advance! ;)

[cfwproductions]

so do you prefer da Vinci resolve or premiere pro? for editing weddings and other projects

[SeededMedia_Ink]

the instruction PDF are for Premiere not Davinchi in the download???

[ryanblack]

Dude this has been so helpful, ive been stuck with this forever - thank you!

[motordemic]

I have an UNABLE TO PREVIEW notice whenever I try upload a short video to YouTube (that has been exported from resolve...) Any assistance?