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--- davinci_resolve_notes [2023.10.25 11:38] – Steve Isenberg
+++ davinci_resolve_notes [2025.06.08 11:01] (current) – [Captioning your Movie] Steve Isenberg
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-[[https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/|Davinci Resolve page]]\\
+==selected links==
-[[davinci videos smi to watch|Selected videos on Resolve]]\\ [[sight and sound resources]]
+  * [[https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/|Davinci Resolve page]]
+  * [[davinci videos smi to watch|Selected videos on Resolve]]
+  * [[sight and sound resources]]
+  * [[https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-export-video-davinci-resolve/|Exporting (thanks for this, Makeuseof)]]
+  * [[http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion|All-inclusive manual]] under Latest Support Notes. There are many manuals there, including: new feature guide, instruction manual for Resolve and Fusion, Fuse plugin guide, and more.
 =====DaVinci Resolve - Notes=====
-Resolve is used for video editing. ([[MacBook|MacBook shorts]])
+Resolve is used for video editing. ([[MacBook|MacBook shortcuts]])
 ====Timesaving Keystrokes====
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 In Media Storage, under Master, create a bin for each camera.\\
 Then find clips on top and copy them below, into the appropriate bin
+====Edit with Two Monitors====
+in Workspace:
+   * Dual Screen > On (see that it is checked)
+   * Primary Display (will hold: Timeline Viewer (video at cursor), Timeline, and Inspector) - this is where you do most of the editing
+   * Secondary Display (will hold: Items in the bin, Effects.)
+   * Single Viewer Mode (else will see two screens above timeline)
+Primary display, turn on:
+  * Inspector
+Secondary display, turn on:
+  * Index (and in it, Markers)
+  * Effects
 ====1440x1080 to 1920x1080====
 You want the narrow image to fill the frame.
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   - For Pixel Aspect Ratio, select “1.3x Anamorphic” from the dropdown
   - OK
 ====Sorting clips in Media Manager====
 Note that selecting a bin and doing Sort By, sorts the bins and not the clips in the bin.  To sort the clips in a bin:
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   - Click on Clip Name heading and see them sort
   - Use the icon on top to display by icons
 ====Renaming clips====
 Useful to help when setting up your B-rolls.\\
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 You have one or more timelines and you want to rename one or more of them.\\
 Select Media view.  See: list of media including timelines.  Click on name of timeline and you can edit/change it.
-====Adjust volume====
-Show waveforms.  You see white line; move line up/down to change volume level of the track.
-To adjust within a track, put cursor on the white line press Alt(option) key and click. This adds a white circle, you can add several, and change volume between them.
+====Adjusting volume====
+You want to adjust the volume of an entire track or a portion of it (to lower volume of a loud speaker or noise or raise volume of a speaker too far from the microphone)
+Here's how to fix this; make sure the audio waveforms are visible.
+  - Using the Blade Edit Tool (B - looks like razor blade), cut the track just before and just after the section needing sound adjustment
+  - Return to the Selection Mode (A) tool
+  - Move the horizontal volume white bar up or down over the target passage as needed to increase or decrease the volume
+Other volume adjustment notes.
+  * Change volume for whole track.
+    * Move the horizontal volume white bar up or down as needed to increase or decrease the volume of the entire track
+  * Change volume for part of a track.
+    * Using selection tool (A) put cursor to left of area needing volume adjustment
+      * //Use the zoom function, Alt(Option)-mouse scroll, to zoom in or out on the timeline//
+    * Put two dots to the left of the area needing adjustment by: put cursor over horizontal white line and press Alt(Option)
+    * Repeat with two dots to the right of the area needing adjustment
+    * Then using Selection tool, drag the horizontal white bar up or down to adjust volume
+(You can see that I prefer the previous 3-step method!)
 ====Dynamic Zoom====
-You want to zoom in or out, or pan an existing clip.
+You want to add a visual effect, either to zoom in or out or pan an existing clip.
-  - Select the clip.  (You might cut its start and end so you have the range of video you want to zoom on isolated into a single clip.)
+  - Select the clip.  (You might cut its start and end (use Blade tool) so you have the range of video you want to zoom on isolated into a single clip.)
   - In Inspector, turn on Dynamic Zoom, and Linear
   - In preview window in lower left, select from the dropdown Dynamic Zoom
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 You can further refine the animation by adjusting the keyframe interpolation curves.  Click on the keyframe diamonds on the timeline, and the ''Keyframe Editor'' will appear on the bottom.  You can use this panel to adjust the animation curve for smoother or more abrupt transitions.
-This information was originally obtained from ChatGPT.
+//This information was originally obtained from ChatGPT.//
 ====Media Offline! Fixing====
 You're re-editing a project and some or all of the media reports “Media Offline”. Here's how I fixed it once.
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 from [[https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?t=57380]]
+(After I edit a project I move the project files to another storage medium.  If I need to re-edit the video, I move them back, where this comes into play.)
 ====Track and Blur an Object====
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   - track right and track left
   - Open FX, drag Box Blur to the boxie
+====Save a Frame as an Image -- Export Frame====
+from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnainUbQ4qY]]
+  - Select clip in timeline
+  - Go to the Color tab
+  - In video preview, move the time marker to the frame you'd like to save
+  - Right-click on the video preview, and select Grab Still
+  - On the left in the Gallery, right-click on the still and select Export
+  - Find the place on your computer to save it and name it
+  - Change file type to JPEG or whatever, and hit Export to save the frame as an image
+=====Rendering=====
 ====Captioning your Movie====
-First, you need a caption file that Resolve can read.  If you use Zoom you may have a VTT or caption file.  For Resolve you need a SRT file.  Two ways to get this SRT file.  (You can also manually enter the captions but I'm not discussing that here.)
+First, you need a caption file that Resolve can read; if you use Zoom you may have a transcript VTT file. (You can also manually enter the captions but I'm not discussing that here.)
 ===Prepare the caption file===
-  - Copy the .vtt file to new file with an .srt extension
+for Resolve version 19+, it's easier than before.
-  - Edit the new .srt file
+  * Optionally remove the names from the captions  (so the caption is “hello world” instead of “John Smith: hello world”). To do this:
-    - Delete the first two lines: the WEBVTT file and the blank line beneath it
+    - Copy the ...transcript.vtt file (to save its original form) to a new file, say XX.vtt.
-    - For each timestamp, replace the period with a comma.
+    - Edit the XX.vtt file and remove the names from the captions
-      * From: 00:00:03.090 (from VTT)
+      * remove names from captions using vim: ''<color #666666>:g/[A-Za-z].*:/s/^.*: ⁄⁄ </color>''
-      * To: 00:00:03,090 (in SRT)
-    - Optionally, you can removed the names from the captions (so the caption is “hello world” instead of “John Smith: hello world”)
-Preparing the file using vim:
-  - fix dot to comma: ''<color #666666>:g/^[0-9]/s/\./\,/g</color>''
-  - remove names from captions: ''<color #666666>:g/[A-Za-z].*:/s/^.*: ⁄⁄ </color>''
 //There may be programs that do this conversion but that's not what I'm using.//
 ===Adding the captions to your movie===
   * In Resolve, Timeline Edit
-  * File > Import file > Import Subtitle, select the .srt file.
+  * File > Import file > Import Subtitle, select the ...transcript.vtt or XX.vtt file.
   * In timeline, above Video 1, right-click and add subtitle track.
-  * It becomes a third track area, above audio and video track areas.
+  * It becomes a third track area, above the audio and video track areas.
   * Move the timeline cursor to the place where the first caption should go (if captions start at 00:00:03,090, then move cursor to approximately there)
-  * Copy the srt file to this track to align with this cursor (at approximately 00:00:03,090).
+  * Copy the ...transcript.vtt or XX.vtt file to this track to align with this cursor (at approximately 00:00:03,090).
-  * On the caption track, choose the eyeball to make captions visible.
+  * (might not need to do this:) On the caption track, choose the eyeball to make captions visible.
   * Then select the caption track, and go to inspector.  I have found these to be useful, but play around till you're happy:
     * Open Sans size 35 line spacing -10 Left alignment
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 ===Rendering with Captions Showing===
-  * Use Custom (you can't export to YouTube directly, for example)
+  * Use Custom
-  * Video
+  * Video tab
   * Open Subtitle Settings
-  * Export Subtitle
+    * Select export Subtitle
-  * Format ”Burn into video”
+    * Format ”As a separate file” -- it'll have a ''.srt'' extension
+  * Open YouTube settings
+    * Select Upload directly to YouTube
+    * Enter title, description, privacy, and category
+  * After the upload to YouTube completes, edit it, select language, and upload the ''.srt'' captions file that Resolve created, use its timing information.
+//The subtitle format “Burn into video” permanently overlays the captions into the video and they are always visible during playback. \\
+The subtitle format “As a separate file” produces a .srt file that can be separately uploaded to YouTube and allows the viewer to turn captioning on and off.\\
+The subtitle format “As embedded captions” embeds the captions into the video file's metadata and they are not visible unles the playback device or software explicitly supports and enables them.//
-====Save a Frame as an Image -- Export Frame====
+====Render just part of your timeline====
-from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnainUbQ4qY]]
+Suppose you want to render just a part of your timeline (to a MP4 or to YouTube for example), rather than the whole timeline.  I'll do this when I have a meeting with several totally different topics and I want to save each topic as its own YouTube video.
-  - Select clip in timeline
-  - Go to the Color tab
-  - In video preview, move the time marker to the frame you'd like to save
-  - Right-click on the video preview, and select Grab Still
-  - On the left in the Gallery, right-click on the still and select Export
-  - Find the place on your computer to save it and name it
-  - Change file type to JPEG or whatever, and hit Export to save the frame as an image
-====Combine MTS files to MP4====
+  - Create your video with the multiple separate parts.
-In Any Video Converter Ultimate...
+  - Deliver tab
-  - Select Convert Videos
+  - Just above timeline, see ''Entire Timeline'', drop it down and select ''In/Out Range''
-  - In Finder, go to the directory private
+  - Move cursor to start of desired output, right click and select ''Mark In''
-  - See: AVCHD, right click on it and Show Package Contents
+  - Move cursor to end of desired output, right click and select ''Mark Out''
-  - See: BDMV, right click on it and Show Package Contents
+  - Set up rest of parameters for your export, eg, YouTube, file name, etc, as usual.
-  - See: a bunch of MTS files like 00000.MTS, 00001.MTS
+  - Add to Render Queue
-  - Select all of these (shift click)
-  - Copy these to Any Video Converter
+That's all to it.\\
-  - Make sure they are in the right order, 00000, 00001, 00002, etc
+To undo the In/Out, select a spot on the timeline and select ''Entire Timeline''
-  - Choose the output format, I use: HD MP4 Video (X264, Auto size up to 1920x1080, AAC, Stereo, 44100 Hz
-  - Put checkmark in the box Merge All Files
+As of 3/15/2024, during my first attempt, it appears that you can in/out one part of your timeline, set it to be rendered; then in/out another part and set it to be rendered; and then render both.  Thus one timeline can produce two or more rendered files.  Nice.
-  - Specify file name
-  - Select output folder (e.g., Any Video Converter)
-  - Convert Now
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     * Image may appear a bit blurry, but the playback won't jump.
     * Does not affect final output of your project.
 ====Archiving/offloading projects to preserve disk space====
 You have (finally!) finished working on a project and you want to put it away some place so it won't take up space on your prime drive and also so that you can pull it back intro Resolve to work on it some more, if that's ever needed.
-https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/understand-project-files-davinci-resolve/ (with some mods by smi)\\
+From [[https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/understand-project-files-davinci-resolve/]] (with some mods by smi)
 When you initially open Resolve, you’ll see a project window called the Project Manager. Here, you can load an existing project, or you can create a new project from scratch. However, you may notice that you don’t get to choose where the project file will be stored. Even when saving your project through the “Save Copy As” function, you still don’t get to choose the location — only the name. This is because Resolve operates within an industry-standard database system. Any item that isn’t a media file will be stored in the database. Admittedly, if you haven’t worked with a system like this, it can seem daunting at first. A quick Google search for “DaVinci Resolve save location” will bring up hundreds of frantic search queries from worried users.
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 Import and Export are very different from Archive and Restore -- Import/Export only deals with the project files (timelines, bins, settings), everything but the media.
-====Recent Findings and Process 17oct2020====
+====Findings and Process 17oct2020====
 I have been using one project for many programs.  So what I am doing now is:
   - Projects > right click on the project > Export Project.
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 From and with great thanks to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge4b_Ktw5bk]]
+====Combine MTS files to MP4====
+In Any Video Converter Ultimate...
+  - Select Convert Videos
+  - In Finder, go to the directory private
+  - See: AVCHD, right click on it and Show Package Contents
+  - See: BDMV, right click on it and Show Package Contents
+  - See: a bunch of MTS files like 00000.MTS, 00001.MTS
+  - Select all of these (shift click)
+  - Copy these to Any Video Converter
+  - Make sure they are in the right order, 00000, 00001, 00002, etc
+  - Choose the output format, I use: HD MP4 Video (X264, Auto size up to 1920x1080, AAC, Stereo, 44100 Hz
+  - Put checkmark in the box Merge All Files
+  - Specify file name
+  - Select output folder (e.g., Any Video Converter)
+  - Convert Now
 ====Cleaning Up After====