December 2, 2024

I have five new tutorials for you this week. But, in keeping with the sales frenzy that is Black Friday weekend, I have two special offers for you.

First, with the completion of my Color page webinar, I now have an Essential Workflow for DaVinci Resolve 19 bundle that covers the essentials of using this program based on my recent webinars. Four sessions, all for only $49.95.

Link: DaVinci Resolve 19 -- Master Bundle

Second, I've updated my Final Cut Pro - Complete training to include the new features FCP 11 and reduced the price to only $49.95. This is a limited time offer.

Link: Apple Final Cut Pro 11: Complete

IMPORTANT: I will be removing this Final Cut training from my store - but NOT my Video Training Library - at the end of this year. So, if you want to add this to your collection, please do so now. This contains 13 files spanning 28 GB of data - so these take a while to download.

As I was learning Resolve I managed to delete all my projects - including two webinar edits - by not understanding the differences between Final Cut, Premiere and Resolve. What I learned is my lead story.

Link: How I Lost All My DaVinci Resolve Projects & How You Can Save Yours

TOP NEWS STORIES THIS WEEK

News is on my home page, updated as news rolls in. Seven new stories this week.

This week's webinar presents the "Essential Workflow and Features in Adobe Premiere Pro 25." I am often asked for an overview of how Premiere works - preferably in a very short amount of time. (We are living in a distracted world, after all.) So this session covers key features from import to editing to export. 

NOTE: This event is tomorrow - Tuesday. Not our normal Wednesday. Registration is free!

Link: FREE Registration to Larry's Premiere Pro Webinar

Last week's webinar "The Color Page in DaVinci Resolve 19" was amazing. We explored the interface, moved projects into Resolve from Premiere or FCP, learned about new video scopes, new color correction tools, fixed problems and created visual looks. It was a jam-packed session. If color is important to you - you need to see this. Because regardless of which NLE you use to edit, you can move your project into the free version of Resolve for color grading.. 

Link: Webinar: The Color Page in DaVinci Resolve 19

Here are several short video tutorials for you this week. The first corrects an error I made in my Fairlight webinar on how to edit audio in Resolve.

Link: Edit Audio Using Fairlight in DaVinci Resolve 19 [v]

Next, this explains how to transfer a timeline from either Final Cut or Premiere into Resolve for color grading, then how to get it back.

Link: Import Projects from Premiere or Final Cut Into DaVinci Resolve

One of the primary color grading tools in Resolve are the Lift - Gamma - Gain gray-scale wheels. These are not the same as Shadows - Mids - Highlights. This short video illustrates the differences.

Link: How Lift-Gamma-Gain Differs from Shadows-Mids-Highlights in Resolve

Finally, something fun that we can't do in Final Cut or Premiere - how to use a setting in Resolve that reduces - or exaggerates - skin wrinkles in an actor. This is both fast and fun.

Link: Reduce or Emphasize Wrinkles in an Actor’s Face Using DaVinci Resolve

As the holidays rush toward us, now is a good time to plan for next year before we settle into that relaxed lethargy at the end of the month. All signs point to next year being just as disruptive as this year. In times of change, polishing existing skills and developing new ones is always a good idea.

Folks hire us for how our skills can help them tell their stories. The more tools we know, the more options we have in our story-telling - and in making ourselves attractive to new clients. 

Until next Monday, stay warm, stay hopeful and edit well.

TUTORIALS & REVIEWS

» How I Lost All My DaVinci Resolve Projects & How to Save Yours (Tutorial)

» Gone. Totally lost. Why? Because I didn't know how Resolves stores projects.

» Import Projects Into Resolve from Final Cut or Premiere (Tutorial)

» Excerpt from this week's Resolve's Color page webinar.

» The Difference: Lift-Gamma-Gain vs. Shadows-Mids-Highlights (Tutorial)

» Simliar, but not the same, Each with their own settings.

» Edit Audio Using Resolve's Fairlight (Tutorial)

» There's a bad default setting. Here's what you need to change.

» Reduce Wrinkles on an Actor's Face Using Resolve (Tutorial)

» Simple, fast, and only in Resolve. Help all your actors look better.

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