What are some solutions to everyday Resolve problems? - DaVinci Resolve Tutorial

- Welcome to the DaVinci Resolve Problems and Solutions Course, which is designed to give you answers to many common questions and stumbling blocks when using DaVinci Resolve. This is part of a much larger series on learning how to use DaVinci Resolve. Now this course can be used as a frequently asked questions resource where you can just dip in and out to get specific answers to specific questions. It's also designed around several broader topics and works through all the many ways you can solve the same problem within Resolve. If you were to start at the beginning and work your way through this course, you'll find the topics start building on each other, deepening your understanding of DaVinci Resolve. We begin by looking at the common problems that can be easily solved by leveraging Resolve's automatic tools. You'll learn about using Resolve's project presets to reuse your preferences between databases, how to automatically name files and exports, how to control Resolve's automatic resizing when working with multiple frame resolutions, how to use Camera RAW, and a deeper look at tracking and automated mask creation, including using the new Magic Mask tool. Then you'll get an introduction into Resolve's recently revised Resolve color management. You'll learn how and why you need to tag your images for proper image manipulation and how Resolve's color management interacts with RAW footage. I'll also give you some advice on when Resolve color management may be inappropriate for your projects. In Chapter 3, I provide solutions to common questions about making speed changes and speed ramps on the edit page. Then switching back to the color page, I show you the half dozen different ways you can control saturation beyond the simple Saturation tool, including the Hue Vs, Lum Vs, and Sat Vs control, an introduction into Resolve's new Color Warper tool, how you can use custom curves for saturation manipulation, and why the new HDR tool is one of my favorite tools for targeted saturation adjustments. Then we move into controlling highlights and shadows. You'll learn about how to think about placing your highlights and shadows across a scene. Then we move into a few scatter tools for making very specific highlight and shadow adjustments. Plus you'll learn how I personally like to work with custom curves. Finally, we wrap this course as I teach you how color managed pipelines are designed to save you time and effort while increasing the quality of your results. As you watch this course, if much of what I just said sounds foreign to you, then be sure to watch the next movie where I run through the various other courses in this bigger series. You should feel free to jump between these courses, as they're designed to compliment each other while minimizing the duplication of content. Who am I? My name's Patrick Inhofer. I've been working in postproduction for over 30 years. I started in New York City as an editor, but I've dedicated myself to digital finishing and color grading for, now it's over 20 years. Among other things, I'm the owner and co-founder of the membership website mixinglight.com, which is dedicated to teaching the art, craft, and business of digital color grading. I also publish a free weekly color grading newsletter at taoofcolor.com. And I urge you, subscribe if you want to keep up with color grading related news, trends, and tutorials from around the web. So settle in as we continue your education in the fantastically satisfying, deep, but, yes, sometimes steep DaVinci Resolve and DaVinci Resolve Studio.