45 Minutes of Free DaVinci Resolve 11 Training

Patrick Inhofer and the boys from Mixing Light.com have recently released a huge new training series of 131 individual lessons lasting over 14 hours! You can read all about it on the Mixing Light Davinci Resolve 11 Deep Insights page. If you’ve never heard of Mixing Light.com, it is a subscription membership site for colorist’s of all skill levels and I’ve previously reviewed it here.

With the launch of the Deep Insights training they are giving away 45 minutes of free training from the tutorial series which you can enjoy below. If you want to download Resolve 11.1.1 (out this week) then you can grab it from blackmagicdesign.com.

With so much paid for training available online how do you know which one you should invest in with not only your money, but your precious time?

I’ve been in touch with Mixing Light, Ripple Training and FXPHD to get hold of review copies of all of their DaVinci Resolve tutorial packages, which they have all generously supplied and once I get through them all, I’ll be posting an extensive review on the blog, so stay tuned for that or sign up for my free weekly newsletter to not miss it.

Free DaVinci Resolve 11.1 Training

Even though the tutorial series has been months in the making, Patrick has created a smaller series of tutorials for the details of important updates in the recent release of DaVinci Resolve 11.1.

34 Days of DaVinci Resolve 11 Tips from Alexis Van Hurkman

Now, in penance for all the promotional tweeting I've been doing lately, I'll do 34 days of #Resolve tip madness, one per business day. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 7, 2014

Not to be out-done Alexis Van Hurkman has recently released his own 19 hour training series (in two parts – Editing in Resolve 11 and Colour Grading in Resolve 11) over on Ripple Training. As mentioned many times Alexis is the author of the very excellent Resolve manual and the even more excellent Colour Correction Handbook.

For the past month or so, Alexis has been tweeting some great Resolve tips and tricks and I’ve gathered them all together for your edification. I’ll be updating this post with any new tip tweets.

#Resolve Tip (1 of 3)—To improve almost any key using the Qualifier palette, first increase the Width parameter of the Hue qualifier. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) January 16, 2015

#Resolve Tip (2 of 3)—The initial Hue Width after eyedropper sampling is almost never wide enough. Ditto for sampling to adjust Hue Curves… — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) January 16, 2015

#Resolve Tip (3 of 3)—Of the 3 points that get added, the outer two are usually too close together. Widening them improves your result. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) January 16, 2015

#Resolve Tip—To clear all Timeline markers in Edit page, deselect all clips (Cmd-Shift-A) & choose Clear All from the toolbar marker pop-up. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) January 7, 2015

#Resolve Tip—Gang the Source and Timeline Viewers together in the Edit page by choosing “Gang Viewers” from either viewer’s option menu. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) December 15, 2014

#Resolve Tip—Rt-click clips in Media page Library & choose “Convert Format” to open format conversion tool for use prior to importing media. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) December 5, 2014

#Resolve Tip—Select multiple folders in the Media Pool folder list to expose all of their contents in the Media Pool browser at once. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) December 2, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 3)—You can mix Local and Remote versions in the same timeline to combine auto-rippling grades w/non-rippling grades. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) December 1, 2014

#Resolve Tip (2 of 3)—Use local versions for clips needing unique grades, and use remote versions for mult. clips that can share a grade. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) December 1, 2014

#Resolve Tip (3 of 3)—Versions can really speed up your workflow. For more information, see p.755 of the Resolve manual for complete info. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) December 1, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 2)—You can add additional PowerGrade albums by Rt-clicking in the Gallery browser and choosing “Add PowerGrade Album.” — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 25, 2014

#Resolve Tip (2 of 2)—Stills/Grades in PowerGrade albums are shared among all of a User's projects within the current project database. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 25, 2014

#Resolve Tip—Reset a color balance control without resetting its contrast wheel by double-clicking anywhere in the color balance control. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 21, 2014

#Resolve Tip Commentary—Alternately, you could buy a control surface and push one of two buttons… — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 21, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 2)—In the Edit page, double-click the filmstrip in the Media Pool (in list view) to open a clip into the Source Viewer… — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 20, 2014

#Resolve Tip (2 of 2)—…you can also drag a clip out of the filmstrip and into the Timeline to make an edit if you're a drag and drop fan. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 20, 2014

Being able to adjust downstream nodes without resetting cached upstream nodes (w/noise reduction, OFX, comp modes) improved in Resolve 11.1. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 19, 2014

#Resolve Tip—Use noise reduction in a grade's 1st node, & enable Smart Cache. You can adjust all downstream nodes w/out re-caching. (v11.1) — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 19, 2014

#Resolve Tip—Turn off “Gang Render Text Styles” in the Data Burn In palette Option menu to independently style different metadata text. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 18, 2014

#Resolve Tip—Color page, move pointer to mini-timeline & scroll wheel up until whole timeline appears; makes it fast to navigate timeline. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 17, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 2)—To select and move multiple keyframes in the Color page Keyframe Editor, hold the Shift key down and drag to select… — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 13, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 2)—…keep holding the Shift key down and drag within the keyframe track to move all selected keyframes left or right. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 13, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 2)—To make a freeze frame from a clip that’s in the timeline, drag the playhead to the frame you want to use… — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 11, 2014

#Resolve Tip (2 of 2)—…then Rt-click that clip and choose “Change Clip Speed,” turn on “Freeze Frame,” and click “Change.” — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 11, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 2)—In the Color page, you can set up a reference wipe against another clip without having to save a still first… — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 6, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 2)—…by Rt-clicking the thumbnail of any clip except the current one, and choosing “Wipe Timeline Clip.” — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 6, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 2)—You can add a graphic over an entire program using the Logo options of the Data Burn In palette. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 3, 2014

#Resolve Tip (2 of 2)—Turn on Logo1, click Import File, choose a graphics file with alpha channel, and use Pan & Tilt to position it. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) November 3, 2014

Tweets above are recently updated.

#Resolve Tip—Pressing U to change edit selection to the outgoing, incoming, or center, changes how transitions are applied with Command-T. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 30, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 2)—Edit page; press Option-Up Arrow/Down Arrow to move selected clip audio and video to higher/lower numbered tracks. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 29, 2014

#Resolve Tip (2 of 2)—Hold the Shift key while dragging clips in the Timeline to lock them in time while changing the track they're in. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 29, 2014

#Resolve Tip—In the Media Pool, choose “All Fields” from the popup menu at left of the Search field to search all metadata simultaneously. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 28, 2014

#Resolve Tip—To change the sort order of stills in the Gallery, Rt-click gallery background and choose option from “Sort Stills By” submenu. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 27, 2014

#Resolve Tip—To process Render Queue items from multiple projects, click the Render Queue option menu and choose “Show All Projects.” — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 24, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 2)—Text fields in the Data Burn-In palette and Deliver page can use tags, specified using the % symbol… — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 23, 2014

#Resolve Tip (2 of 2)—…to dynamically output clip-specific metadata such as tape %T, shot %{shot}, scene %{scene}, and take %{take} numbers. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 23, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 2)—For a list of all markers in the Edit page Timeline, open the Edit Index and choose Show Markers from its Option menu. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 22, 2014

#Resolve Tip (2 of 2)—Each marker's color and notes are shown in two columns at the far right of the Edit Index. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 22, 2014

#Resolve Tip (1 of 2)—For fast resizing of odd-sized archival footage, create an Input Sizing preset, then Rt-click the thumbnail of each… — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 21, 2014

#Resolve Tip (2 of 2)—…similarly sized clip in the Color page and choose that preset from the “Change Input Sizing Preset” context menu. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 21, 2014

#Resolve Tip—Assemble timelines quickly; sort and select clips in Media Pool, RT-click and choose “Create Timeline Using Selected Clips.” — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 20, 2014

#Resolve Tip—In v11.1, Option-click the close button of one category title bar in the Inspector/OFX Panel to open and close all of them. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 17, 2014

#Resolve Tip—In v11.1, you can now use the Trim tool to ripple edit the start and end of gaps in the timeline. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 16, 2014

#Resolve Tip—Generators, still images, and the standard transition all have separate default timings in the Project Settings>Editing panel. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 15, 2014

#Resolve Tip—When using the mouse to rebalance color, make fast absolute adjustments by Shift-dragging within a color balance control. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 14, 2014

#Resolve Tip—In the Edit Page, Rt-click the right-hand timecode window of the Timeline Viewer to switch between Source and Record timecode. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 13, 2014

#Resolve Tip—Click the V1, V2, V3 headers in the Color page mini timeline to disable clips on that track, hide them in Thumbnail timeline. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 10, 2014

#Resolve Tip—To make subclips in the Media & Edit pages, open clip in Viewer, set In/Out points, Rt-click scrub bar & choose “Make Subclip.” — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 9, 2014

#Resolve Tip—Shift-click the Auto-select, Lock, or Disable track controls to turn all similar controls on/off for all video or audio tracks. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 8, 2014

#Resolve tip—The Node Editor's Option menu lets you quickly choose the default behavior for which node is selected when you change clips. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) October 7, 2014

Incidentally, the new swap edit and "partial swap" (an insert edit that swaps) in #Resolve 11.1 are great, and there's so much more. — Alexis Van Hurkman (@hurkman) September 12, 2014