Video Editing Made Easy with Davinci Resolve 20 : Create Quick Video Content for Your Social Media, the Web, and Business.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Lance.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

DaVinci technology.

Technical editing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, Limited, 2026.

Summary:

Boost your social media reach by using DaVinci Resolve 20 to create impressive micro-content with guidance from a Blackmagic Design Certified Training PartnerFree with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader* Key Features Learn how to make quick video content to engage and grow your audience Enrich your content with.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright and credit

Foreword

Contributors

About the reviewer

Table of Contents

Preface

Free benefits with your book

Part 1: Starting with DaVinci Resolve 20

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Resolve - Publishing Your First Cut

Technical requirements

Creating your first project in DaVinci Resolve

Opening Resolve for the first time

Cache files

Stills

Creating your first project

Customizing your digital workspace

Understanding Resolve's pages

Simplifying the workspace

Getting your media files in and organized

Import Media

Media Pool - changing your views

A few words about bins

Creating a new bin

Import Media Folder

Importing bins

Deleting bins

Exporting bins

Reviewing your shots and cutting them all together

Reviewing your footage

Source Tape

Fast Review

Editing your footage together

The Cut page's timelines

Timecode

Upper Timeline

Lower Timeline

Track 1 versus track 2

Adding footage to the timeline - using track 1

The timeline playhead

Setting in and out points

Smart Insert

Append

Ripple Overwrite

Adding footage to the timeline - using track 2

Close Up

Place on Top

Source Overwrite

Publishing your video to social media

Setting up your social media accounts in Resolve

Publishing to social media within Resolve

Publishing directly to YouTube

Publishing directly to Vimeo

Publishing directly to TikTok

Preparing a video to upload to social media outside Resolve

Duplicating your timeline

Checking your content for a different aspect ratio

Reframing our video using Transform controls

Changing the timeline resolution

Exporting video using Quick Export

Summary

Questions

Further reading

Chapter 2: Adding Titles, Transitions, and Simple Visual Effects.

Technical requirements

Opening, saving, and sharing projects

Exporting a project

Exporting a project archive

Importing a project

Importing a project archive

Relinking media (version 17 onward)

Transitions - moving from shot to shot

Transitions button (Cross Dissolve)

Transitions browser

Saving favorite transitions

Customizing transitions

Saving customized transitions (Edit page feature)

Removing transitions

Adding a title and changing it

Basic titles

Using the Tools button and onscreen text controls

Stroke controls

Drop Shadow controls

Background controls

Text+ titles

Fusion Titles

Saving titles as favorites

Adding visual effects

Chapter 3: Polishing the Camera Audio - Getting It in Sync

Understanding sound and different ways to record it

The properties of sound

Microphone types

Microphone pickup patterns

Microphone placement

Syncing audio

Auto-syncing audio to video

Manually syncing audio to video

Fixing sound using Fairlight FX

De-Esser

Removing hum

Changing stereo to mono

Noise reduction

Using AI Dialogue Leveler

Chapter 4: Adding Narration, Voice Dubbing, and Subtitles

Understanding the importance of subtitles and closed captions

Subtitling and SEO

Comparing subtitles, closed captions, and lower thirds

Creating and working with subtitles

Creating and editing your own subtitles

Adding a new subtitle clip

Adding a new subtitle track

Changing default subtitle settings

Formatting our subtitles

Exporting and importing subtitles

Exporting subtitles to upload to YouTube or Vimeo

Exporting subtitles in the File menu

Exporting subtitles on the Edit page.

Exporting subtitles on the Deliver page

Importing subtitles into Resolve

Positioning subtitle clips on the timeline

Recording audio on the Cut page

Voiceover Settings

Script Menu

Creating a new timeline using selected footage

Adding scene cuts

Scene Detect on the Media page

Ripple-deleting clips on the Cut page

Creating a new audio track

Recording audio

Choosing where to save recorded audio clips

Begin recording

Stop recording

Creating cues

Recording tools

Chapter 5: Creating Additional Sound

Enhancing the vocals

Pitch

Vocal Channel

Dialogue Processor

Importing audio effects plugins

Installing AU or VST plugins into Resolve

Applying plugins

Navigating the Fairlight page

Meters

Automated Dialogue Replacement

Importing an SFX library

Importing the Fairlight Sound Library

Creating your own SFX library

Creating a new project library for SFX

Creating a new sound library

Auditioning and adding SFX to the Fairlight timeline

Part 2: Fixing Audio and Video

Chapter 6: Working with Archive Footage

Restoring video using Resolve FX Revival (Studio only)

Using Deflicker

Automatic Dirt Removal

Frame Replacer

Changing audio speed

Changing the audio speed in the Inspector

Changing the audio speed using the Cut page tools

Using Elastic Wave

Normalizing audio

Chapter 7: Stabilizing Shaky Footage

How video stabilization works

Outlining the steps of video stabilization

Creating a new timeline and reviewing our footage

Stabilizing video on the Cut page

Stabilizing video in the Inspector on the Cut and Edit pages.

Stabilizing video on the Color page

The Classic Stabilizer

Classic stabilizing using the Cloud Tracker

Classic stabilizing using the Point Tracker

Chapter 8: Hiding the Cut - Making Our Edits Invisible

Understanding cutaways, cut-ins, and the editing process

Cut-ins

Cutaways

The editing process

Understanding continuity editing

Creating cut-ins

Creating cutaways

Using Smooth Cut to hide an edit

Hiding cuts with a split edit

Part 3: Advanced Techniques with DaVinci Resolve 20

Chapter 9: Split Screens and Picture-in-Picture

Creating a simple split-screen effect

Auto-aligning clips on the timeline

Creating compound clips

Picture-in-picture effects using Video Collage | Create Background

Preparing our timeline for Create Background

Applying the Video Collage | Create Background effect

Adjusting Video Collage | Create Background

Repositioning the videos under the tiles

Picture-in-picture effects using Video Collage | Create Tile

Preparing our timeline for Create Tile

Applying the Video Collage | Create Tile effect

Adjusting Video Collage | Create Tile

Assigning video tracks to tiles using Paste Attributes

Repositioning the videos in the tile frames

Chapter 10: Enhancing Color for Mood or Style

Understanding basic color theory

Color science

Additive (RGB) color model

Subtractive (CMYK) color model

Color temperature

Color psychology

Color sociology

Color technology

Color space

Applying Auto Color

DaVinci Resolve Color Management

Using Chromatic Adaptation FX

Applying the Chromatic Adaptation effect.

Adjusting the Chromatic Adaptation controls

Using Color Compressor FX

Applying the Color Compressor effect

Chapter 11: Adding Greenscreen Effects

Understanding codecs

What is a codec?

Types of compression

Temporal compression

Chroma subsampling

Types and uses of codecs

Acquisition codecs

Intermediary codecs (proxy media)

Delivery codecs

Shooting video for green screen

What is a chroma key?

Lighting your background

Camera settings

Filming your subject

Preparing our chroma key in DaVinci Resolve

Creating a greenscreen effect on the Cut page using 3D Keyer

Applying the 3D Keyer

Adjusting the 3D Keyer

Creating a greenscreen effect on the Cut page using the HSL Keyer

Applying the HSL Keyer

Adjusting the HSL Keyer

Removing chroma key background spill using the Despill Resolve FX Color plugin

Applying the Despill plugin

Adjusting the Despill plugin

Chapter 12: Studio-Only Techniques - Mostly AI

Using AI Smart Reframe on the Cut page

Changing our timeline aspect ratio

Using AI Smart Reframe

Manually selecting a reference point

Using the AI Audio Transcribe tool to create subtitles

Using AI Voice Isolation to remove background noise

Smart bins for people on the Edit page

Enabling smart bins

Using face detection on the Cut page

Chapter 13: Glossary

Chapter 14: Answers to Questions

Chapter 15: Unlock Your Exclusive Benefits

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ISBN:

1-83620-882-0

OCLC:

1573147180