Film & Photography Webinars

This official Blackmagic Design hands-on training class takes you through a series of practical exercises that teach you how to use DaVinci Resolve’s color correction tools in detail. You’ll learn a wide variety of workflows, effects, and tools necessary to perform Hollywood-caliber grades.

The last step of any digital video project is the delivery. It is also among the most misunderstood. As more creatives enter the world of post production, they have to deal with increasingly technical jargon and inaccessible papers detailing the many aspects of codecs and compression. As a result, they often rely on presets, hoping the result will be 'good enough'. In this 2-hour workshop, we will go over the common compression techniques employed by various codecs and build an understanding of what they do and when/why we need to adjust their parameters. There will be plenty of imagery and examples used throughout, ideal for visual learners and those who learn best from practical examples. In the curriculum, you will: - Differentiate between codecs and containers - Learn about temporal and spatial compression methods - Observe quantisation - Read data rates and review how they affect posterization and banding Understanding how to correctly setup and render out a project will allow you to faithfully reproduce the colours and clarity of your video, just as you saw it in the DaVinci Resolve viewer. After this workshop, exporting will stop feeling like a guessing game!

AE Workshop Synopsis: This workshop is tailored specifically to assistant editors working on projects of all scopes and in all industries. Whether you are an industry veteran thinking of switching to DaVinci Resolve, or a newcomer interested in learning more about your role in the post production pipeline, this workshop is bound to reinforce your best practices and teach you many new tricks along the way! Hour 1: Set up DaVinci Resolve workflow overview Project Libraries Local, Network and Cloud Collaborative Mode DaVinci Resolve Project Server Setting up a New Project Project Settings and Preferences Keyboard customization...

Ever feel uncertain about what's happening with the colors when working in DaVinci Resolve's Fusion page? Have you avoided the DaVinci Wide Gamut or ACES to avoid over-complicating your Fusion workflow? In this workshop, we will explore 4 common color management setups in DaVinci Resolve: - No Resolve color management - SDR color management - HDR/DWG color management - ACES color management We will take a look at the unique features of these systems and learn how they interpret the sRGB Linear Fusion signal. Based on our understanding of how colors are mapped between Resolve pages, we will be able to find solutions to fix expected (and unexpected) color and gamma shifts. These solutions will range from the beginner-friendly (CSTs), to more advanced concepts (OCIOs and custom LUTs).

Join us for this "watch & learn" workshop where we will review Fusion Green Screen Techniques in DaVinci Resolve. Learn how to handle Greenscreen footage in DaVinci Resolve and create convincing composites. We look at different workflows for a wide range of applications. You can improve your Greenscreen work, no matter if you are working with talking head video in front of a pop-up screen or with high-end footage from a green screen studio. Starting from the Edit page we can use the 3D Keyer to solve simple scenarios or build previews for the Edit. In Fusion, we have additional options via the Delta Keyer and we can build custom keying solutions for the most advanced scenarios. We can also utilize state-of-the-art AI features like the Magic Mask within our Keying workflow. We will look at: - the most important parameters of the Fusion Delta Keyer - Clean Plates for Background Correction - Solid- and Garbage Masks - Despill Methods - Edge treatment - Light Effects & Relighting - Working with Tracking Markers.

DaVinci Resolve features a dedicated Fairlight audio page built right in! This official Blackmagic Design hands-on training guide will teach you the art of sound editing, sweetening, recording, mixing, and delivering.

The Fusion page in DaVinci Resolve features hundreds of advanced tools for compositing, animating titles and 2D graphics, generating particle systems and 3D effects for use in feature films, music videos, commercials, and much more. This official hands-on training guide teaches you how to create visual effects and motion graphics directly inside DaVinci Resolve, without importing or exporting large media files between applications. You’ll learn how its node-based interface makes it easy to quickly build sophisticated effects and quickly make changes.

In this watch and learn workshop you’ll explore the powerful Flex Bus bussing architecture for mixing, output and delivery. Additionally, you’ll learn dozens of Fairlight tips and tricks for managing high track counts, building templates, creating and sharing presets and more. • Flex Bus vs Fixed Bus • Creating and assigning busses • Working with submix busses • Using multiple output busses • Using an Aux bus for shared effects processing • Splitting output buses for different deliverable requirements • Monitoring busses • Automating bus tracks • Bouncing busses • Creating busses for Dolby Atmos mixing • Managing high track counts • Assigning track groups • Working with track groups • Exploring the Presets Library • Customizing and exporting presets • Saving and restoring a mix • Misc. tips and tricks along the way

The Editor’s Guide to DaVinci Resolve is tailored to the art and craft of video editing. The hands-on lessons demonstrate how to cut interviews, dramatic scenes, documentary material, and music videos in both the edit page and the cut page, as well as how to use the new Speed Editor. Specific lessons also show you how to build eye-catching effects using the new 3D Keyer and Video Collage effects, and how to mix audio and deliver your final film for online distribution, broadcast TV, or streaming services.

Part 1: Introduction • What does DCTL mean? • What can DCTLs do? • What can't DCTLs do? • What do I need to make DCTLs? Part 2: Basic Image Science • The RGB color model • Understanding the behavior and underlying math of lift, gamma, gain, offset and contrast 10 minute break Part 3: Building our first DCTLs (Hands-on) • Setting up the workspace • Exercise 1: Boilerplate • Exercise 2: Static Lift, Gamma, Gain, Offset • Exercise 3: Adding UI Parameters • Exercise 4: Functions • Exercise 5: Contrast • Exercise 6: Grayscale Ramp IMPORTANT NOTES: • You will need the Studio version of Resolve in order to follow along with the hands-on exercises. If you are on the non-Studio version, you can still watch and learn. • Please download and extract the following .zip file, which contains several example DCTL scripts which will be used during the presentation: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14JE0A9toXay6AMcWlbeOZ_9sw9Earofe • You will need a plain-text editor or IDE to follow along with the hands-on exercises (install one of the following): - Visual Studio Code (the trainer will use this): https://code.visualstudio.com/download - Sublime Text: https://www.sublimetext.com/3 - Notepad++: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads