BEST YOUTUBE RENDER SETTINGS IN RESOLVE 17 - DaVinci Resolve Basics Tutorial

Let's take a look at the best settings for a YouTube Render out of Resolve 17! There are a few ways of thinking behind this, and to make an educated decision, I decided to do some SCIENCE!

So I spent the better part of a day making renders, uploading to YouTube, and then screen capturing them and pixel peeping. It was arduous, it was boring, it was...enlightening?

Basically, my findings are this:

If you have H.265, use that. Then upscale it to UHD to get the best quality for the smallest size.

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[flemdogscience]

Casey I was having a issue with youtube short quality that has been driving me cra-cra. I have uploaded a bunch of trials trying to figure it out but...all failures. I just did a trial with your findings and...WIN (I think). So thanks a ton. That was days and days I would have been trying to figure this out. Probably the most helpful video I have seen this year and I watch way too much.

[gigihanmandarin]

A big thank you to Casey. You are still helping people in mid 2022.

[PSBEadventures]

Just wanted to say I've been learning DR over the past year and these videos have helped me tremendously! Really appreciate you taking the time to do these!

[dris]

Yes, the BEST Davinci Resolve channel on the Youtubes. I say this every video: If this channel didn't exist, I never would have stuck with Davinci Resolve because I was so frustrated trying to learn it... until I found Casey. And humorous as well! LOL. Easily this channel should have 1M-2M subs.

[lordhrknnn]

Thanks a lot for this. I found so many tutorials saying the exact opposite and they are just wrong. Nobody proves their points they just base it on theory "upscaling is bad", "putting a higher bitrate than YouTube recommends doesn't make sense" blablabla. I tested it all out myself after watching your video and the other bad tutorials and I can only confirm what you are saying. Upscaling will have exactly that effect that YouTube will allow for a higher bitrate and therefore less compression and better quality. Good job man, really appreciate the proof and facts!

[esmpmedia]

Thank you for taking your time to make this video. Your channel is the reason I switched from Final Cut to Resolve.

[jawnysparklez]

wow ive been wondering for a LONG what tl:dr meant and this guy finally said it. I will remember this moment forever

[joshmoxey.]

Thanks for taking the time to research and compare all of these!

[EdinBurghDronePilot]

Hi Casey, thank you so much for this very clear and helpful video. I've re-rendered my videos for YouTube using the settings you recommended, and they're transformed! Thumbs up from me 🙂 As an aside, I'm using Resolve 18 free version and it seems to have the H.265 codec in this new release, so all good.

[boomnomics]

I really appreciate the effort you put into making this video. thanks casey!

[Solveiga]

I bet if there were Oscar nominations for best Youtube content, you would undoubtedly get one right now. Well done, Casey :)

[carlosreyesf]

I'm curious, was this video recorded in 1080p and uploaded in 4K? Or is this real 4K? Because it looks very good (though a bit grainy).

[marcusjosephfilm]

Thank you for doing all the work behind these tests and sharing your results. Really appreciate the effort and precision!

[marcdelaunay]

Casey you are my GOTO GOAT for DaVinci Resolve...I love you videos and humorous yet brilliant delivery and content...so thank ;-)

[nv]

Thanks for sharing the helpful advice and instructions on how to use Davinci Resolve.

[skyhr]

Dude, your lighting setup is sooo much better from your previous videos. You look amazing here!

[thelbc]

Sorry for watching so many videos without having subscribed (we're good now). You're a real one. Thanks for everything!

[songofalchemy]

I come to this video every time I render a video! Thanks so much man, you're a legend. Sincerely, me coming here for the 7th time

[johnlawson]

Casey, this is SO helpful!!! Take the rest of the day off!

[AmillionCo]

Great video and thanks for taking the time out to investigate