Comment by robbrown451 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by robbrown451 | Hacker News Reader

I've tried to use Resolve (on other platforms). I am quite competent in, for instance, ScreenFlow for the mac. Works great for regular video editing (not just screen capture stuff), and while there is a lot to learn, it is quite intuitive. Unfortunatley my mac is old and I need windows for work, so I thought Resolve would come to the rescue.

But I just can't wrap my head around the Resolve workflow. To do really basic stuff it seems to have a huge learning curve. I have no doubt it is powerful, but there is a point where I just can't justify the time to learn it. (I use a lot of video in my job as well as hobby/family stuff, but I'm not a professional video editor per se)

Is this anyone else's experience? Is it really only targeted at professionals? I was very excited to see that they are giving away such a sophisticated product for free, but man....

I'm an amateur, using Resolve for holiday/family clips. It took one or two YouTube tutorials for me to get it, but I've got a smooth workflow now.

    * Create project *and set the frame rate before importing video clips, because you can't change it once you've got clips*.
    * Choose "DaVinci YRGB Color Managed" under project settings, Color Managment - this is more flexible for coloring later on.
    * Add your media, then choose any clip(s), right-click and and create timeline from it.
    * Use NLE functions to make the edit.
    * Color grade (and stabilise clips).
      - Turn on Scopes -> Waveform (UI bottom right) and set the white balance by dragging the 'dot' in the middle of the Offset wheel.
        You want the red/green/blue waves to overlap where there's a region of grey/white in your video frame.
        This can be tough if you have no grey/white, but you can copy color settings from other clips.
      - Adjust other settings as necessary.
    * Deliver/export.

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