Beginner Guides

10 min read DaVinci Resolve Subtitles: Create, Style, Import & Export Build captions as a delivery workflow, not a last-minute text layer. Learn when to use a subtitle track, Studio transcription or Text+, then import, time, style, check and export captions without losing sync or readability. 10 min read DaVinci Resolve Multicam Editing: Sync to SmartSwitch Build the multicam clip correctly before you start cutting. This guide shows how to choose a sync method, keep one clean audio source, switch or replace angles without breaking sync, and use Studio's SmartSwitch as a first pass rather than a finished edit. 10 min read DaVinci Resolve Inspector: Core Controls Explained Select a timeline item and open Inspector at the upper right. This Resolve 21 guide explains Transform, Crop, Audio, Effects, keyframes, resets, and blank-panel fixes. 9 min read DaVinci Resolve Keyboard Shortcuts That Save Time Learn Resolve 21 shortcuts in practical groups: J/K/L, I/O, A and B modes, Ctrl+\ or Cmd+\ for Split Clip, Ripple Delete, markers, snapping, timeline fit, and safe custom presets. 12 min read How to Change Clip Speed in DaVinci Resolve Right-click and Change Clip Speed handles fixed changes; Retime Controls (Cmd or Ctrl+R) add speed points, ramps and freeze frames; the Retime Curve shapes them. Choppy slow motion is usually the Retime Process setting, not the footage, and audio follows its own pitch and mute rules. 8 min read How to Duplicate a Clip in DaVinci Resolve (Fast Ways) Alt-drag is the fastest duplicate: hold Alt or Option, drag the clip, release the mouse before the key. Copy and paste follows the auto-select track controls, Paste Insert ripples instead of overwriting, and a Media Pool duplicate is the only truly independent copy. 10 min read How to Clone Yourself in DaVinci Resolve (Clone Effect) Lock the camera on a tripod, film two takes, and composite them: the free split-screen crop, a tracked power window, or Studio's Magic Mask. Manual exposure and white balance between takes matter more than the masking, and crossing paths just means an animated mask edge. 15 min read DaVinci Resolve Scopes Explained: How to Read Every Scope Five scopes live on the Color page and you rarely need all five open: waveform for exposure and clipping, RGB parade for color casts, vectorscope for hue, saturation and skin tone, histogram for distribution, CIE for gamut. Scopes measure the signal at the end of the node tree, not your monitor. 10 min read DaVinci Resolve Fusion Tutorial for Beginners Build three real Fusion comps node by node: a tracked title that sticks to a surface, a basic green screen key, and an animated lower third from scratch. Along the way: why nodes beat layers, why nothing shows up in your viewer, and when the Edit page is honestly the better tool. 11 min read How to Use LUTs in DaVinci Resolve Copy .cube files into Resolve's LUT folder, click Update Lists, then apply the LUT to its own node on the Color page instead of to the clip directly. Node placement, DaVinci Wide Gamut compatibility, Key Output Gain and Generate LUT decide whether the look holds up across a full timeline. 12 min read How to Color Grade in DaVinci Resolve: Beginner Tutorial Set a deliberate input, working and output color path first; then correct exposure and balance, match the sequence, build the look, and inspect every secondary correction in motion. 8 min read How to Save Work in DaVinci Resolve Keep Live Save on for the current state, enable Project and Timeline Backups for rollback, export a DRP when you need project data outside the library, and create a DRA when the media must travel with the project. None of these replaces a separate storage backup.