5 HUGE MISTAKES New Resolve Editors Make (And How to Avoid Them) - DaVinci Resolve Tips

Audio is just as Important as the video. Sometimes EVEN MORESO!

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Hi Casey, Need some adult editing guidance, still can't get keyboard customization to work with Ripple end to playhead with the letter "W" as in the video. How does the speed editor recognize this command? Do I have to use the virtual keyboard on the screen? Probably making this too complicated and there is one checkbox that keeps this from working. Your help would be appreciated. Not seeing anything in the members blogs that comes close to this.

Thank you so much sir. I just got DR18 and theres too much to learn. Sometimes I'm so lazy or afraid to touch it and learn. But these videos always gets me right back in.

Proxies are huge indeed. It's great looking through some footage at 64x speed when editing.
The only issue with it is, depending on what you edit, it may take a lot of disk space.
500~ GB of raw footage turned into 2.5~ TB of proxies. Not ideal, but can probably be reduced with lower resolution ones.
Also, it did take hours to make, but that can all be done while I'm not at the PC, sleeping, eating, etc.

Thanks Casey. You and Jason are my lifelines. I will check out the other references and try in 2024 to not make these 5 mistakes.

Congratulations on reaching 400,000 subscribers! You really deserve it. Thanks for the great videos! Keep it up man🥳🥳🎉

Great tips. Do you change the proxy resolution or leave it on auto? I've observed that for 4K material, the proxies are 4K as well, and I've assumed that the proxies would be smaller.

Maaaaannn...that proxy trick is amazing...my pc is doing an ok job editing but it takes a long time when i have 1 hour videos or more...and now it's so much smoother to edit with proxy...only downside it takes a while to generate it...but it's nothing compared to the time i have to spend editing....so thank you for the tip👍👍👍👍

I love fusion, I edit gaming videos mostly and I ditched Vegas Pro and After Effects to use only DaVinci, I've been using the tracker a lot and recently learned to do water reflections in Fusion

The color page is where I go to have fun after i finished editing! ;)

Great video Casey! I agree @jasonyadlovski is the man when it comes to audio. His videos have gotten me out of a jam more than once, just like your videos!

How do you delete old proxy files?

I actually swapped to Davinci (bought the studio version after making a few videos with free) because of the colour page. Maybe because I am a photographer first, but I couldn't imagine not 'fixing' colours as part of the process. The interface is just a different league compared to PP, just to me personally more intuitive. Watched a few tutes from different people and I'm using I guess a intermediate level node tree. Love nodes, the modularity just makes sense to me.

That OK at the end 😄
Thanks for those precious tips !

am dealing with this right now so it would be cool if u made a video on how to restore a database and get all the macros and shortcut u used like a hands on video , there isnt one on utube , basically switching to a new computer scenerio.

I appreciate the bejeezus outta you for sharing your hard earned knowledge. Thank you so much.

You Rock! These are great tips for a noobie like me.

Happy Holidays to you Casey, Been watching and learning Resolve for years and still not there. But your latest 5 mistakes was great...I started using Proxies, jumped into the Cut Page with the Speed Editor and lots more.....With your help, getting better in the Color Page, maybe next year.

RE: Keyboard shortcuts, can I just say the ones you mention are the MOST important I think. The ones most editors will use are blade tool, ripple end and start and there are a handful of similar ones. I use a Logitech G503 Hero mouse, and I can map them to my index and thumb while I'm editing. It makes editing almost faster than I'm able to think about it. I think besides keyboard shortcuts, you can't understate the importance of a good mouse with mappable keys.

In regards to Audio, you should always get 30 seconds of room tone so you can put that into the silent parts of your video

Okay, I did not know I could select the empty space and delete that. Been selecting everything after the cut and dragging it to where I cut the last clip. 🤦‍♂️

Casey, as always a great video, between you and Mostyn, Darren that is, you are both the best at explaining DaVinci, oh and Alex. What would have been interesting is what proxy settings you would've used. For example, use a next studio ultra with those types of encoders, which type of proxies is the million dollar question my friend. I shoot with a Sony A1, 8K, mainly because I'm rubbish, but at least I can reframe up to 4 times and still keep 4K resolution. Appreciate your busy and wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas.

Thanks for the video, will definitely need to use proxy more since my friends laptop lags a lot during editing. :)

additionally with audio, learn what True Peak is and pay attention to it. If you ever upload to a platform and your audio is quieter than it sounds in resolve, it's because your true peak level was too high!

Love your channel and Fusion 🎉

Do you delete project proxies after you've rendered the project?

Merry Christmas Casey! 🎄

Another great video !

Thanks Casey. I've been learning as much as I can about all the rudimentary basics. I'm extremely slow, but after about two months, I'm halfway through my first video. The majority of my frustration comes from lag when I try to rewatch and critique my efforts. Unfortunately, even if I pre-render clips, I still experience latency issues and it hinders my progress.

Well, maybe I do something wrong, but the thing with the proxies is that they don't disappear from your computer after you're finished. A couple of months ago I suddenly noticed that my PC ran out of free space, and spent a few hours trying to understand why. Turned out, proxies from several projects ate up around 250 GB of disc space. I used them while I was working on the projects, but after I was done, they just stayed and it stacked over time. And now I don't use proxies.

Enjoyed this - switched from PP/AE during th15 & 16 releases.

Have to say that using nodes in Fusion is 1000 times more effective / intuitive than AE. Fusion might intimidate new users, it is so much better than AE.

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I have been using Resolve commercially since 2017, ditching all Adobe after 15 years. I still watch all your vids, as often I'll learn something new, even if it seems minor, it still makes a difference. Thank you :)

omg thanks for proxy representation!!!! it is NOT overkill to make proxies on an M1 Max Mac Studio and it should be said!!! 🤣

Love your channel mate, although i am just trying to get the confidence to do a reaction channel, your videos have been super helpful for me learning the editing side

Guys I need mega help when I'm exporting any type of video I'm getting flickering up the top all the way through can anyone help?

Yes! Audio is super SUPER important 💯! Thank you for the mention Casey, love you man! 😁👍

Dear Casey, your channel is one of the most helpful for my workflow. Many many thanks!

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