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Video Editing Made Easy with DaVinci Resolve 18

By : Lance Phillips
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Book Image

Video Editing Made Easy with DaVinci Resolve 18

5 (1)
By: Lance Phillips

Overview of this book

Micro content dominates social media marketing, but subpar editing and low-quality videos can shrink your audience. Elevate your social media game with DaVinci Resolve - the world’s most trusted name in color grading that has been used to grade Hollywood films, TV shows, and commercials. Version 18 enables you to edit, compose VFX, mix sound, and deliver videos for different platforms, including social media and the web. You’ll learn the basics of using DaVinci Resolve 18 to create video content, by first gaining an overview of creating a complete short video for social media distribution directly from within the “Cut” page. You’ll discover advanced editing, VFX composition, color grading, and sound editing techniques to enhance your content and fix common video content issues that occur while using consumer cameras or mobile phones. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to use DaVinci Resolve to edit, fix, finish, and publish short-form video content directly to social media sites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Vimeo.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1: A Quick Start to DaVinci
7
Part 2: Fixing Audio and Video
11
Part 3: Advanced Techniques

Artificial intelligence (AI)

A general term used to describe a computer that makes its own decisions based on data it has received.

Archive

The process and name for video and audio files that are stored when no longer used.

B-roll

Video footage that is captured in addition to the main subject or story. B-roll footage is usually of cutaways, cut-ins, or reaction shots.

Bins

Folders that are used to store video and audio clips in your video editing software.

Cache

A temporary file storage location that is hidden on your computer and allows your computer to access files very quickly.

Caching

The process of your computer writing files to your cache.

Clip

A section of video or audio.

Code

A set of written instructions that tell a computer what to do.

Color cast

Where a white, gray, or black image is not pure grayscale but has a hint of color to it.

Color grading

The process of correcting and enhancing the color of a video.

Color management...