Basic Text Tracking in DaVinci Resolve 17 Fusion

January 29, 2021February 2, 2021 ScottLeave a comment

In this week’s video I share how to do some basic text tracking in DaVinci Resolve 17 Fusion so that you can make text follow anything you want in your videos. Fusion has some powerful tracking tools that make the process quick of tracking text and other media to parts of your video quick and easy. Try it out for yourself.

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.

How to Use Render in Place in DaVinci Resolve 17 for Smooth Playback

January 22, 2021 ScottLeave a comment

There is a feature that perhaps goes under the radar among all the new features in DaVinci Resolve 17 called Render in Place. This allows you to render an individual clip on your timeline in its entirety on the Edit Page so it will playback smoothly. In this video I talk about how to use render in place in DaVinci Resolve 17.

How to Create Custom Transition Presets in DaVinci Resolve 17

January 15, 2021January 20, 2021 ScottLeave a comment

In this video I go over the basics of how to create custom transition presets in DaVinci Resolve 17. This is one of the greatest new features in DaVinci Resolve 17 that allows you to quickly and easily make custom transitions within Fusion, incorporate them on the Edit page, and save them for later. It’s just as easy to save the transitions out as a .setting file to pass along to others to install too.

You can install transitions by copying the .setting file to one of the following locations depending on what operating system you are using:

Windows: C:\Program Files\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\Fusion\Templates\Edit\Transitions

Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Fusion/Templates/Edit/Transitions

Linux (Ubuntu): /opt/resolve/Fusion/Templates/Edit/Transitions

Free Simple Lower Third Template

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 ScottLeave a comment

Shared in this video is a Free Simple Lower Third Template for DaVinci Resolve 17. You will learn how to bring the animation into your project, some ways that you can modify it to make it your own, and at the end I will share some of the specifics of what went into making it so you can either use this animation as a jumping off point to make a more complex lower third or use some of the concepts involved in making it in other animations.

12 Time Saving Keyboard Shortcuts for Editing in DaVinci Resolve

December 25, 2020December 28, 2020 ScottLeave a comment

The video goes over 12 time saving keyboard shortcuts for DaVinci Resolve 17 that I use the most. Most of the featured shortcuts are focused around the Edit Page but a few of them carry over to other pages within Resolve. If you commit some of these shortcuts into your muscle memory you are guaranteed to save yourself a lot of time in the long run. If you already know a few of them, then all the better. Try them out for yourself!

DaVinci Resolve Bins + Smart Bins + Power Bins Basics

December 18, 2020December 23, 2020 ScottLeave a comment

This week’s video topic goes over the basics of DaVinci Resolve Bins, Smart Bins and Power Bins on the media page. Each of these types of bins work a bit differently from one another but they will all help keep you organized, especially if you are working with a lot of footage. Smart Bins are particularly handy for creating an automated file structure based on metadata either create in-camera or within Resolve using the metadata editor. Using the different bins in your project you can be sure that you do not get lost searching for footage in your larger projects. Check it out:

New Anim Curves Modifier in DaVinci Resolve 17

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 ScottLeave a comment

A lesson of the basics of the new Anim Curves Modifier in DaVinci Resolve 17. Using this animation modifier that is new to DaVinci Resolve 17 you can create animations that are adaptable to different frame rates because they will adjust as you stretch them on your Edit Page timeline. If you are an animator that uses Fusion this has got to be one of the more exciting features to come in the DaVinci Resolve 17 beta. Check out the video below for how to use it and some of the basics of how this new tool works:

How to Install Reactor for Free Effects and Plugins in DaVinci Resolve Fusion

November 27, 2020December 11, 2020 ScottLeave a comment

Reactor is a package manager that you can install within DaVinci Resolve Fusion that allows you to install third party content, scripts and plugins directly within Resolve. If you are looking to add additional functionality to the Fusion tab and would like to dip into some of the resources the third party community has developed then look no further than Reactor. In this video I go over the process to install Reactor and how to access it when you want to update any content or install more. Best of luck with your compositing.

New Fast Method to Use Scene Cut Detection

November 20, 2020December 11, 2020 ScottLeave a comment

Scene Cut Detection is an incredibly useful feature in DaVinci Resolve that uses the DaVinci Neural Engine to detect where cuts exist in a previously edited video and then separates the video into individual clips. Now in DaVinci Resolve 17 you can access the Scene Cut Detection feature on the edit page and make corrections to any mistakes the AI might have made from there. In my opinion this is a much easier way to use this feature than before where you had to use it on the media page prior to importing your clips.

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 for local commercial clients in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

Saving Your Audio Settings Using the Presets Library in DaVinci Resolve 17 Fairlight

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 ScottLeave a comment

If you use the same audio plug-ins, equalization and dynamics settings in your projects you can save yourself a lot of time by familiarizing yourself with the Audio Presets Library in Davinci Resolve’s Fairlight Audio page. I will show you in this video how you can save your audio settings and access them across all your projects on the same computer. Additionally you can even copy the preset files from one computer and transfer them to another computer all together. This is a really great time saving method if you tend to record audio under the same conditions often. Take a peak at the video below if you think you could benefit from the Audio Presets Library:

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 for local commercial clients in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.