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davinci_resolve_notes [2023.11.09 06:11] – [DaVinci Resolve - Notes] Steve Isenbergdavinci_resolve_notes [2025.06.08 11:01] (current) – [Captioning your Movie] Steve Isenberg
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 In Media Storage, under Master, create a bin for each camera.\\ In Media Storage, under Master, create a bin for each camera.\\
 Then find clips on top and copy them below, into the appropriate bin 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==== ====1440x1080 to 1920x1080====
 You want the narrow image to fill the frame.  You want the narrow image to fill the frame. 
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   - For Pixel Aspect Ratio, select “1.3x Anamorphic” from the dropdown   - For Pixel Aspect Ratio, select “1.3x Anamorphic” from the dropdown
   - OK   - OK
 +
 ====Sorting clips in Media Manager==== ====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: 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   - Click on Clip Name heading and see them sort
   - Use the icon on top to display by icons   - Use the icon on top to display by icons
 +
 ====Renaming clips==== ====Renaming clips====
 Useful to help when setting up your B-rolls.\\  Useful to help when setting up your B-rolls.\\ 
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   - track right and track left   - track right and track left
   - Open FX, drag Box Blur to the boxie   - 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==== ====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=== ===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.// //There may be programs that do this conversion but that's not what I'm using.//
 ===Adding the captions to your movie=== ===Adding the captions to your movie===
   * In Resolve, Timeline Edit   * 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.   * 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)   * 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:   * 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     * Open Sans size 35 line spacing -10 Left alignment
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 ===Rendering with Captions Showing=== ===Rendering with Captions Showing===
-  * Use Custom (you can not export to YouTube directly) +  * Use Custom 
-  * Video+  * Video tab
   * Open Subtitle Settings   * 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.//  
 + 
 +====Render just part of your timeline==== 
 +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. 
 + 
 +  - Create your video with the multiple separate parts. 
 +  - Deliver tab 
 +  - Just above timeline, see ''Entire Timeline'', drop it down and select ''In/Out Range'' 
 +  - Move cursor to start of desired output, right click and select ''Mark In'' 
 +  - Move cursor to end of desired output, right click and select ''Mark Out'' 
 +  - Set up rest of parameters for your export, eg, YouTube, file name, etc, as usual. 
 +  - Add to Render Queue 
 + 
 +That's all to it.\\  
 +To undo the In/Out, select a spot on the timeline and select ''Entire Timeline'' 
 + 
 +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. 
  
-====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 
  
-====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 
  
 =====Other Notes===== =====Other Notes=====
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 From and with great thanks to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge4b_Ktw5bk]] 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==== ====Cleaning Up After====
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