Jason Miller

Oct 29, 2026 · 13 min read Blackmagic RAW Common Components: What It Is and Can You Uninstall It? It's Blackmagic Design's free Blackmagic RAW package: the Player, Speed Test, the SDK and the Premiere Pro and Avid plugins for .braw camera files. Keep it on any machine that edits .braw, remove it on a PC that never sees Blackmagic footage, and reinstall it when the Player breaks. Oct 29, 2026 · 17 min read ntsc-rs in DaVinci Resolve: Install, 480-Line Setup and VHS Settings Get the OpenFX build, drop the NtscRs.ofx.bundle folder into OFX Plugins and find NTSC-rs under Open FX > Filters. Then give it 480 lines with a Resize node on the Fusion page, set Apply sRGB gamma by the shadows and tune tape speed, snow and head switching. Oct 29, 2026 · 14 min read DaVinci Resolve Number Counter: Text+ Expression, Easing and Formats Right-click Styled Text in a Text+ title, choose Expression and enter one line that turns the frame number into text. A keyframed Count slider adds easing, holds and hand-placed steps, and ready formats cover dollars, percent, commas, decimals and a countdown clock. Oct 29, 2026 · 13 min read DaVinci Resolve No Panels Found: What It Means and How to Fix It The message comes from DaVinci Control Panels Setup, not the editor. Without Blackmagic hardware, open DaVinci Resolve instead. With a Speed Editor, Micro Color Panel or other panel, check the cable, the OS, firmware, Resolve's preferences and the reset keys in that order. Oct 29, 2026 · 12 min read DaVinci Resolve Unable to Run in CUDA Mode: Fix the NVIDIA Driver Error The CUDA mode warning means your NVIDIA driver is older than that Resolve version's minimum. Here's the driver floor for every release from 18.6.6 to 21.1.2, how to read your driver number, and the fixes for Windows, laptops, Linux and older GTX cards. Oct 29, 2026 · 12 min read How to Use Speed Warp in DaVinci Resolve for Smooth Slow Motion Speed Warp builds new in-between frames so a slowed clip plays smoothly. Here's where to turn it on for one clip or a whole project, Faster vs Better vs AI Speed Warp Metal, the Fusion node, Smooth Cut, GPU test results and fixes when it won't work. Oct 29, 2026 · 15 min read How to Use Relight in DaVinci Resolve: Fast Two-Node Setup Relight adds a virtual light to footage you've already shot, and the picture only changes once you grade it. Here's the fast setup with a cached Surface Map node, the three light types and their controls, Magic Mask and tracking, the Fusion version, GPU test results and fixes. Oct 29, 2026 · 17 min read DaVinci Resolve vs Movavi: Which Video Editor Should You Use? Movavi Video Editor runs on Intel Macs and 4 GB PCs and puts captions, background removal and a vertical crop one click away, for a paid plan. DaVinci Resolve Free has no watermark and adds node grading, Fairlight audio and Fusion. Here's how price, requirements, AI tools and export times compare. Oct 29, 2026 · 23 min read DaVinci Resolve vs Kdenlive: Which Free Editor Should You Use? Both editors are free. Kdenlive runs on Intel Macs, modest PCs and 64-bit Linux and adds free Whisper captions and AI background removal; DaVinci Resolve is the pick for node grading, Fairlight audio and effect-heavy exports. Here's how requirements, AI tools, export times and OTIO moves compare. Oct 29, 2026 · 20 min read DaVinci Resolve vs Shotcut: Which Free Editor Should You Use? Both editors are free. Shotcut runs on older PCs, Intel Macs and lean Linux boxes and adds free speech-to-text captions; DaVinci Resolve is the pick for a real grade, cleaner dialogue, effects and faster GPU exports. Here's how requirements, captions, export times and project moves compare. Oct 29, 2026 · 15 min read Free LUTs and PowerGrades for DaVinci Resolve: Choose the Right Look Free LUTs for DaVinci Resolve come from three places: the factory LUTs already installed, your camera maker's conversion LUTs and a few creative packs that name their input. Here's what each source gives you, what 119 free .cube files contain, and when a free PowerGrade is the better pick. Oct 28, 2026 · 9 min read How to Get a Full Screen Preview in DaVinci Resolve Cinema Viewer fills the screen with your picture. Here's the shortcut on each page, how to exit, what changes on Color and Fusion, and the second-monitor options in Free and Studio.