DaVinci Resolve Questions & Answers

• To add text to a video in Davinci Resolve, follow the steps given below:
• Open DaVinci Resolve and create a new project
• Import your video and drag it into the timeline
• Navigate to ‘Effects Library’ in the upper left part of the screen
• Under the ‘Titles’ option, drag and drop ‘Text’ onto the timeline above the video
• Click on the text clip in the timeline
• Navigate to the ‘Inspector’ on the right, Input the text and alter size and font
• Set the length of the text clip by dragging its edges
• Press the ‘Deliver’ option to export the video

To import footage into DaVinci Resolve, follow the steps given below:

• Go to the location where the original files are stored
• select all the files
• right click and choose the ‘Add to Media Pool’ option or just click and drag them
• A dialogue window from DaVinci will appear, asking if you wish to adjust your sequence settings to match.

• Go to the Fusion page.
• Create a new Fusion composition.
• Import your logo image (if pre-designed) or use Fusion's tools to build the logo from scratch using shapes, text, and effects.
• Fusion offers a node-based workflow for building complex animations and effects.

To flip a video DaVinci Resolve, follow the steps given below:

• On the timeline, click on the clip that you wish to flip
• Navigate to the ‘Inspector’ option on the top right corner of the screen
• Under the video option, navigate to the ‘transform’ menu
• Under the ‘Transform’ menu, go to the flip option
• Now, you can flip the clip horizontally and vertically as per your requirements.

No, DaVinci Resolve has high system requirements and might run slow on a low-end PC. Try the free version with proxy editing for basic tasks, otherwise, consider editing software with lower resource requirements.

Davinci Resolve offers various color grading tools to perform different functions. Here's a basic breakdown of all the colour grading tools in DaVinci Resolve:

• White Balance: This ensures neutral colors appear correct. Use the eyedropper tool on a white or grey area to set a neutral reference point.

• Exposure and Contrast: Adjust Lift (shadows), Gamma (midtones), and Gain (highlights) to achieve the desired brightness and contrast.

• Color Balance: Use the color wheels to adjust the overall tint of your image.

• Qualifiers: Isolate specific areas like skin tones or backgrounds for targeted color adjustments.

• Curves: Offer precise control over color shifts and saturation in different parts of the image.

• Power Grade Wheels: Provide a more creative approach to color grading, allowing for broader color shifts and artistic effects.

• LUTs (Lookup Tables): LUTs are presets that can be applied to your footage for quick stylistic color grades. DaVinci Resolve offers built-in LUTs and allows importing custom LUTs.

Mentioned below are the system requirements of DaVinci Resolve:

• OS: Windows 10 or later, macOS 11 Big Sur or later, Linux CentOS 7.3 or later
• RAM: 16 GB (32 GB recommended for demanding work)
• CPU: Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7 (or Apple M1 Silicon for Mac)
• GPU: 2 GB VRAM minimum, supporting OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 11
• Storage: SSD is highly recommended

Some really great movies have been edited on DaVinci Resolve, including Barbarian,The Water Man, Alien: Covenant, and Avatar

Edit your project as usual with your 4K footage.
Go to the Deliver page.
Under Format, ensure the video codec and other settings are chosen for your desired output format.
In the Scaling section, choose Scale Entire Image to Fit. This will downscale your 4K footage to fit within the 1080p frame.
You can also explore other scaling options like Center Crop or adjust custom scaling factors here.
Click Add Render Queue and choose your desired export settings (filename, location) and initiate the rendering process.

Select the Clip: In the Edit tab timeline, click on the clip you want to stabilize.
Open Inspector: Locate the Inspector panel and ensure the video tab is selected. Scroll down to the Stabilization section.
Choose Stabilization Mode: A dropdown menu offers different stabilization modes:
Apply Stabilization: Click the Stabilize button. Davinci Resolve will analyze the clip and apply stabilization.