Tutorials

9 min read Fairlight EQ: Clean Dialogue in DaVinci Resolve Use Fairlight EQ for dialogue in DaVinci Resolve 21. Choose clip or track EQ, set high-pass and Q by ear, order processors, and avoid copied curves. 10 min read DaVinci Resolve Fusion Tracking: Point, Planar & 3D For motion tracking in DaVinci Resolve, use Tracker for one or more 2D features, Planar Tracker for a rigid surface, and Camera Tracker for a parallax-rich 3D solve. Point and planar tracking work in Free; Camera Tracker requires Studio. 9 min read How to Round Corners in DaVinci Resolve To round a video in DaVinci Resolve, open the clip in Fusion, select MediaIn1, and add a Rectangle mask. Confirm Rectangle1 feeds MediaIn1’s blue mask input, then increase Corner Radius in the Inspector. 9 min read DaVinci Resolve Rotoscoping: Polygon, B-Spline & MultiPoly For rotoscoping in DaVinci Resolve Fusion, split the subject into simple overlapping Polygon, B-Spline, or MultiPoly shapes. Draw a clean key pose, animate the end and middle poses, then keep dividing only the sections where interpolation fails. 10 min read How to Update DaVinci Resolve Safely Update DaVinci Resolve without sacrificing active work. Export DRP files, back up the Project Library, protect media and plug-ins, retain the old installer, test an imported copy, and keep a verified rollback path. 9 min read Voice Isolation vs Dialogue Leveler in DaVinci Resolve Compare Voice Isolation and Dialogue Leveler in DaVinci Resolve 21: controls, Free vs Studio limits, processing order, artifacts, and cleaner dialogue. 10 min read Where DaVinci Resolve Projects Are Saved Resolve stores projects inside a Project Library, not beside your footage. In Project Manager, open Project Libraries and use the details icon or Reveal in Finder to confirm the active local path. Export a DRP for one project, a DRA when media must travel, and a library backup for all projects. 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. 12 min read How to Copy a Color Grade in DaVinci Resolve Copy the graded clip with Cmd or Ctrl+C, select the destinations, paste. Middle-click does it in one action; both replace the target grade. To add a saved look without wiping existing nodes, right-click a Gallery still and choose Append Node Graph. Groups and shared nodes scale it to whole scenes. 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. 9 min read DaVinci Resolve Auto Color: How It Works, When It Fails Auto Color analyzes the frame under the playhead and writes a balance correction into the selected node. It works on clean, evenly lit footage and fails on mixed light, heavy casts and log clips. Use it on its own node, check the scopes after, and reach for Shot Match when matching between clips.