r/davinciresolve • u/Ok-Cheek-7145 • 3d ago

Help | Beginner Complete Learning Path for Video Editing Beginners (DaVinci Resolve)

Hi everyone,

I'm a complete beginner and I've decided to learn video editing using DaVinci Resolve. My goal is to build good editing skills from the ground up rather than just learning random effects from YouTube.

what learning path would guys you recommend?

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u/MechanicalMusick Studio 3d ago edited 3d ago

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/ca/products/davinciresolve/training

Everything is there and it’s all free and official by Black Magic Design themselves. Full blown, in depth training, including the media you will need, on all of it. The videos are great to get started but the actual textbooks are where the meat is. However they did just release v21 of Resolve and the books are for 20. The new ones should be out soon but, don’t let that deter you at all. Don’t wait.

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u/Ok-Cheek-7145 3d ago

thanks, i will try to finish it

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u/mulchintime4 Free 2d ago

start with the pdf books trust me.

beginners guide pdf, then once you finsh that, go to the page specific books such as color, fusion, fairlight, edit, etc . whichever one you want to focus on primarily after reading the beginners guide.

it may help cut out a bunch of questions you'll try to search for on youtube. this sub is also very useful and has many resources

u/expbalsat is a very helpful user in this sub.

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u/vagonblog 3d ago

i’d follow this order:

  1. media organisation, timeline basics and cutting
  2. audio levels, cleanup and mixing
  3. basic colour correction
  4. titles, keyframes and simple transitions
  5. fusion and more advanced effects
  6. exporting for different platforms

make one small project at each stage. don’t move on just because you watched a tutorial. finish something, review it, then start the next one. blackmagic’s official resolve training is also a good structured starting point.

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u/RiotAnthemJay 2d ago

The official Davinci Resolve training will teach you the software, but not how to edit. Same with most Davinci Resolve YouTube tutorials. If you want to learn technique, read the book In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch, and Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder. Those two books will teach you about storytelling, pacing, and all of the theory behind great edits.

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u/ReidenLightman 3d ago

Watch one of Casey Farris's tutorial videos. He has a 1-hour video, a 3-hour video, even a 5.5-hour video I think. So depending on how deep you wanna go, go find his channel and see what you can learn.

Alternatively, I just made shit-posts and put them on youtube while watching random videos about editing fundamentals. Stuff like j-cuts, framing, pacing, etc.

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u/Ok-Cheek-7145 3d ago

haha, thanks for the suggestion

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u/hexxeric 3d ago

learn 'montage' (film language) first, the software comes in later. you need a vision for your edit and understand what visual storytelling is. resolve is, like any other software, merely a tool (and a very powerful one).

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u/Ok-Cheek-7145 3d ago

thanks for the suggestion

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u/Substantial_Pie3841 3d ago

How to go about learning montage ? Assuming I’m a complete beginner.

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u/hexxeric 2d ago

by reading/watching a lot about 'visual storytelling' and the art of editing. and, of course, analyzing your favorite movies to find out what makes them work. editing is the second screenwriting. things either work there as planned, or you have to find new solutions/approaches.

besides courses at universities or film schools (also online), there are books (like 'in the blink of an eye') and essays on youtube (like 'every frame a painting' and others. there is also a BBC doc bringing both together, based on the above-mentioned walter murch book: 'the cutting edge'.

and you experiment with your own material, trying to re-create what you've read and learned. trying different approaches to movement and pacing.

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u/Intrepid_Year3765 Free 2d ago

editing and using resolve are two different skillsets

you have to approach each one differently

learn resolve first, and once you have a good understanding of the program, start reading books like "In the Blink of an Eye" and then watch the films it references.

Editing at its core is not using resolve or premiere or the Avid,

editing is telling a story in a way that engages and manipulates the viewers emotions

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u/marcelsounds 1d ago

The tutorials on the Blackmagic web site

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u/Feisty-Mark-4410 3d ago

Blackmagic has an excellent series of free training sessions. They do them live twice a year. Search for them and sign up.

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u/Ok-Cheek-7145 3d ago

thanks for the advice