10 Tips To Get You Started with DaVinci Resolve!

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[Ichdenkeeinbisschen]

We SERIOUSLY NEED MORE Davinci resolve tutorials!

[Slattwilliams]

It would be a shame if he’s not back in the next videos giving us more tips he obviously told us several times he enjoys doing this and we have to support him supporting us

[omergulcu]

Shortcuts Mentioned
S - Split Clip
D - Delete Selected
W - End to Playhead
Q - Start to Playhead
3 - Swap Clips Towards Left
4 - Swap Clips Towards Right
A - Select Clips Forward on All Tracks
1 - Zoom In
2 - Zoom Out

Personal Note
I find the key A to be useful when switching from Trim Edit to Normal Edit mode so I assigned Select Clips Forward on All Tracks to the key E instead.

[pegcitybit]

Love seeing Kirk on camera! As someone who's new to the talking head space, it really puts into perspective that a "perfect video" is just a million cuts to create a seemless video

[styleandbeautydirect]

The two of you together is so fun no matter what you’re doing.
We need more of BOTH of you in every video. Like maybe we could hear Kirk from behind the camera more like Peter was doing in this one. 😎

[TheHardrada]

Just made the switch from adobe premiere to DaVinci Resolve myself and haven’t looked back since! really happy you are starting to share your tips on it. Feel like we are all learning together🏴‍☠️

[TRAHEDRON]

Hey Guys, This video has been by far the single most useful knowledge for a beginner. I have only recently started editing and I've only used Davince Resolve for around 40-50 hours now. In that time I have had to ask a lot of questions that I don't even know how to phrase because I don't know editing terms for them. This video has so greatly explained these concepts and really useful hotkey binds. Just by implementing the hotkeys into my work flow, it's just so well expedited my production. Thank you very much!

[itsathingimagery]

I’ve been using Resolve for a year now and still learned a bunch from these tips! One thing to do about the smart rendering too would be to set your cache location (or at least know where it is) so your computer doesn’t start hoarding the media. If it’s on your computer, check your storage every few months, and if it seems jacked up for no reason, it’s probably the cache growing to unprecedented sizes 😅

[aydenpeters]

THIS IS GOLD! WE MUST HAVE KIRK NEXT MONTH FOR ANOTHER DAVINCI VIDEO! This was actually so helpful! Amazing guys 🤩

[PUCKYPACHECO]

Kirk: Don't click like on this video!

Me: CLICK LIKE IMMEDIATELY

[DutchDiederik]

Consider making this a recurring theme. I've been playing around with Davinci for a year now and the sheer amount of features is daunting. Videos like this are super helpful.

[jeandrebadenhorst]

I've been editing on Resolve for 2 years now and ONLY TODAY, you made my life so much easier! Thanx for the tip on the Blanking Fill FX. Highly appreciated Captain!

[markelliott]

this was gold. As someone who is considering starting to use DaVinci - I loved these simple tips. Incredible

[JasonYadlovski]

Happy to see you and Pete are using Resolve and bringing more awareness to the program! You guys rock! Keep on making awesome videos!

[AnthonyHadleyJr]

I've been using Davinci for a few years now, but these shortcuts are definitely an upgrade to my workflow. Thanks!

[MatthewGPhotography]

I’ve just started my photography YouTube channel and I use DaVinci to edit. I can’t tell you the amount of time all these tips will save me. Literally everything you pointed out has slowed me down so this is a HUUUUGE help!

[avdcam]

Give Group Grades a try too! You can group scenes or cameras however you like, and do colour transforms after clip adjustments and noise reduction before. So you can tie the look of a scene to the group while allowing you do clip level adjustments before the look and transform luts are applied, maintaining access to all of your colour information.

[TimVels]

WE NEED MORE!
Seriously, that swap technique and the blur background option on a single click, was epic!

[SameerN]

You've given me more pro tips than every other "pro" tutorials. I'm an industry editor switching over, so I need this.

[kevinmallick]

Leaving a comment for Capt. Kirk. You crushed it dude. I need more of these. I am just starting out with true video editing and I learned more in this 9-minute video than so many 30-minute tutorials that just don't hit the important stuff like you did. Well done. More please 🤣