How to Use the Perturb Modifier

April 16, 2021July 21, 2022 ScottLeave a comment

In this video I explain the basics of how to use the perturb modifier in DaVinci Resolve Fusion to create wiggle effects and more. Using this technique you can quickly and easily add seemingly randomized wiggle motion to any element of your animation, or add intelligently randomized values to any element of a Fusion composition that can be modified with expressions. This way you can introduce just the right amount of chaos to an animation.

As always thank you for watching and/or reading. We are Sword & Shield Studio and we create weekly DaVinci Resolve tutorials on YouTube. In addition we offer full service video production services for local commercial clients in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Please reach out if you are in need of professional video production, motion graphics, visual effects, video advertisement, event videography, an interview piece, aerial drone photography, aerial drone videography, or other multimedia work.

How to Keyframe your Audio in DaVinci Resolve 17 Fairlight

April 2, 2021April 15, 2021 Scott1 Comment

In this week’s video I discuss how to keyframe your audio in Davinci Resolve 17 Fairlight. This will allow you to tweak specific sections of audio to even the loudness level throughout your recordings. Using these techniques you can even remove unwanted sounds between sentences without much effort. Keyframing your audio can be a good way to correct unwanted level adjustments caused after normalization.

How to Normalize Audio to Get Consistent Audio Levels

March 26, 2021March 24, 2021 ScottLeave a comment

In this week’s video we learn how to normalize audio to get consistent audio levels in DaVinci Resolve 17 and discuss some of the basics of how DaVinci Resolve measure audio. Knowing how Resolve measures audio you can intelligently normalize your voice over and other audio to give yourself a head start in getting consistent levels in your projects.

How to Use Dynamic Zoom

March 19, 2021March 22, 2021 ScottLeave a comment

In this week’s video you will learn how to use Dynamic Zoom in DaVinci Resolve 17. This features allows you to quickly and easily add a subtle zooming effect to a clip without setting any manual keyframes. This can be greatly handy if you are working with a lot of static material that you want to add some dynamic motion to.

How to Use Displacement to Create Simple Warp and Ripple Effects

March 12, 2021March 17, 2021 ScottLeave a comment

In this week’s video you will learn how to use displacement to create simple warp and ripple effects in DaVinci Resolve 17 Fusion. Knowing the basics of how displacement works will give you a lot of flexibility to create grass motion, water ripple, text warping, glitch effects and more. This effect is relatively light on your computer and can save you a lot of time when you create dynamic, natural looking fluid effects.

How to Turn a Flat 2D Photo into a Dynamic 3D Image

March 5, 2021March 11, 2021 ScottLeave a comment

I got a really cool tutorial for you this week. Watch and learn how to turn a flat 2d photo into a dynamic 3d image in DaVinci Resolve 17 Fusion. Using this technique you can separate the foreground and background in an otherwise flat 2D photo so you can move the pieces independently and give the image some 3D depth. This is a really cool trick that goes above and beyond a simple pan/crop effect for your stills.

Fast Keyboard Editing Workflow in DaVinci Resolve 17 Edit Page

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021 ScottLeave a comment

In this video I explain the method of a fast keyboard editing workflow in DaVinci Resolve 17 on the Edit Page that will help you quickly gather all of your favorite b-roll clips and assemble a rough cut of a video in no time. Any time you have the ability to speed up your editing it is going to give you more time to focus on being creative. So get your typing hands ready, put the mouse aside, and get ready to learn a new Edit Page workflow.

How to Use Smart Reframe in DaVinci Resolve 17

February 19, 2021February 21, 2021 ScottLeave a comment

In this week’s video I go over how to use Smart Reframe in DaVinci Resolve 17 Studio. This feature utilizes DaVinci Resolve Studio’s built-in AI to automatically reframe your video to fit different aspect ratios for delivery on mobile and various social media platforms. This is a handy feature included with the Studio version of Resolve. Don’t worry if you have the free version of Resolve though, you can still manually reframe your footage with the zoom/position transform controls in the inspector.

As always thank you for watching and/or reading. We are Sword & Shield Studio and we create weekly DaVinci Resolve tutorials on YouTube and offer full service video production services for local commercial clients in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Please reach out if you are in need of an impactful video.

LED Panel Effect Free Preset for DaVinci Resolve 17

February 12, 2021February 17, 2021 ScottLeave a comment

Included with this week’s video is a LED Panel Effect Preset for Davinci Resolve 17. This is a fully-contained macro preset effect that will make your footage look like it’s being displayed on a large commercial LED Screen. The preset will work like any other preset Fusion node with its own contained controls in the inspector. All you have to do to use this is go to the download link included with the video to get the file. Once you’ve downloaded the file copy it to the provided directory, replace [YOURNAME] with your username. Included below is the Windows installation directory, the installation process will be the same for Mac it will just be a different directory.

How to Use Power Windows for Selective Color Grading in DaVinci Resolve 17

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 ScottLeave a comment

This week I go over the basics of how to use power windows for selective color grading in DaVinci Resolve 17. Power windows allow you to select specific parts of your video clips to color grade. They can be tracked to match movement and you can completely customize the shape of them. Overall they are an indispensable tool to take control of your image.