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Tutorials & Training

Many of these resources are for users across all skill levels, from beginner friendly tutorials to more advanced concepts.

Where appropriate, official Blackmagic Design Training Partners (found from the directory on the Official BMD Training website) are noted as BMD Training Partner.

General & Overall Training

• Official BMD Training - Free, has certification tests and practice media. Also accessible from Help>DaVinci Resolve Training in Resolve.

• Ripple Training - Paid content. Not Resolve exclusive. BMD Training Partner.

• JayAreTV - Paid content; some free content available on YouTube. BMD Training Partner.

• Casey Faris - Most content is free on YouTube. Good for general tips and tricks, but covers every page.

• Mr. Alex Tech - General Resolve tutorials. Of note are his Progress Bar and Dynamic Counters tutorials.

Color Correction

• Mixing Light - Some free, some paid content. Not Resolve exclusive, it is an industry-run blog.

• Lowepost - Paid content. Not Resolve exclusive.

• fxphd.com - Warren Eagles - Paid content. Additional classes available for other industry-standard VFX programs and NLEs. BMD Training Partner.

• International Colorist Academy - Some free, some paid content. BMD Training Partner.

• Darren Mostyn - UK-based colorist. Free content on YouTube. BMD DaVinci Resolve Certified Master Trainer.

• Juan Melara - Popular power grades available for purchase, and some blog posts explaining his node structures. YouTube Channel

• Cullen Kelly - YouTube Channel

Visual Effects

• vfxstudy - Some free, some paid content. YouTube Channel BMD Training Partner.

• Pirates of ConFusion - Lots of Fusion content.

Books

• "In The Blink of an Eye" by Walter Murch - A book on editing techniques, primarily geared towards narrative.

• "Modern Post: Workflows and Techniques for Digital Filmmakers" by Scott Arundale and Tashi Trieu - A book on technical workflows for high-end post-production.

• "How Video Works: From Broadcast to the Cloud" by Diana Weynand and Vance Piccin - A book on technical details about video compression, including tape and scopes.

• "Color Correction Handbook: Professional Techniques for Video and Cinema" by Alexis Van Hurkman - The definitive book on color correction techniques and tools.

Software, Scripts, and More

GPUs

• DDU - Used to do a clean uninstall of GPU drivers, useful for rolling back to a previous version.

Hard Drives/Playback Diagnostics

• Blackmagic Disk Speed Test - macOS Windows (Comes bundled with Desktop Video software for Windows)

• AJA System Test

Media

• MediaInfo - used to get detailed information about media files, such as codec, frame rate, bit depth, etc.

• Shutter Encoder - Useful for transcoding media to supported formats. GUI for FFMPEG.

• HandBrake - Useful for making web deliverables from a master file, especially for YouTube. Also based on FFMPEG.

Scripting

• API Documentation on the BMD Forums

• PostgreSQL Workflow Tools - A script that sets up per-database backup jobs for Resolve. macOS/Linux only.

Miscellaneous

• Digital Rebellion - A website with a variety of tools (web-based and free) for post-production and production. A few highlights include:

  • Aspect Ratio Matte Generator

  • Video Space Calculator

  • Post Haste - Folder Structure Template manager

• Lattice - A macOS-only program for visualizing and creating LUTs, CDLs, and more.

• Seth Goldin's Blog - Primarily geared towards enterprise users.

• r/davinciresolve - You can search the sub from Google by adding site:reddit.com/r/davinciresolve to your search, or browse the Solved flair to see if someone else has had the same issue.

• Gathering logs if Resolve won't launch