Summary
Here is what you have achieved in Chapter 1:
- Learned about pages in DaVinci Resolve and how to hide them
- Saved your UI as an importable preset
- Imported footage into bins, and added, deleted, and exported bins
- Edited a rough cut using Track 1-specific editing tools such as Smart Insert, Append, and Place on Top
- Added cutaways using Track 2-specific editing tools such as Close Up and Place on Top
- Set up your social media accounts ready for publishing with Resolve
- Published your video to social media all within Resolve and not even leaving the Cut page
- Repurposed existing edits for different social media formats, reframing the footage using the Transform controls and adjusting the Timeline Resolution to change the aspect ratio
- Used Quick Export to create a copy suitable to upload to other social media accounts outside Resolve
You now know how to set up DaVinci Resolve to simplify the UI and use the editing tools on the Cut page to efficiently put together a rough cut and publish it directly to social media to save you time for your current and future video edits.
In Chapter 2, we will make the video you edited in Chapter 1 look even more amazing by adding titles, transitions, and motion graphics, to add more visual interest on top of your existing footage. Additionally, we will look at how your can share your work in progress with others in your team so that they can help you with your edit.
