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How to quickly and easily create awesome transitions in DaVinci Resolve

Feb 17, 2020 by John Aldred Add Comment

One of the things I’ve found most challenging in my switch to Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve is transitions. Sure, there are a few that come supplied with Resolve, but when it comes to anything custom or fancy, you have to delve into Fusion – which feels like being dropped into an alien world after you’re used to Premiere Pro and After Effects.

So, this pair of videos from filmmaker and YouTuber Alex Matravers has come in particularly handy for me. Alex released a couple of transition packs recently for Resolve, but he also made a pair of videos to go along with them that shows exactly how he created them and how we can make for ourselves, and customise them to our own needs.

How to sync multiple cameras in DaVinci Resolve with and without audio

Nov 2, 2018 by John Aldred 1 Comment

As the new Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K has come closer to general release, I’ve started pushing myself to break away from Premiere Pro and really learn how to use DaVinci Resolve as an editor. I’m at the point where I know just enough to be dangerous, but I’ve still got a lot to learn. One of the things I’ve wanted to learn is multicam editing.

In these videos, photographer Alex Matravers shows us two different ways to sync up multiple cameras in Resolve for multicam editing. The first uses the audio recording from each camera to automatically align everything. The second shows us how we can sync multiple cameras without having to rely on audio at all.

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