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Course Overview
Develop professional video editing skills using DaVinci Resolve through hands-on, project-based training. This course covers the complete post-production workflow, from building rough cuts and multicamera editing to AI-powered editing, audio post-production, visual effects, project organization, and professional delivery. Participants will gain the practical skills required to produce high-quality content efficiently for broadcast, corporate, commercial, documentary, and digital media productions.
Official Blackmagic Design Authorized Training Center
Exceed Media is an Authorized Blackmagic Design Training Center, delivering official training for DaVinci Resolve, Fusion, and Fairlight using the latest Blackmagic Design curriculum and course materials. All training is delivered by Blackmagic Design Certified Trainers, providing participants with internationally recognized, industry-standard instruction and practical, hands-on production experience.
Our courses are designed to prepare participants for the Blackmagic Design Certified End User examinations. Upon successfully passing the official certification exam, participants earn the internationally recognized Blackmagic Design Certified End User credential, validating their professional knowledge and practical skills in the relevant Blackmagic Design application.
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Prerequisite
Successful completion of DaVinci Resolve Essentials is recommended before enrolling in this course. Participants with equivalent DaVinci Resolve knowledge and practical experience may also enroll.
Who This Course Is For
This course is designed for aspiring and professional video editors, content creators, filmmakers, and media professionals who want to develop professional editing skills using DaVinci Resolve. It is suitable for beginners as well as experienced editors transitioning from other editing platforms.
Skills & Professional Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Edit professional video productions using industry-standard workflows.
• Organize, manage, and deliver complex editing projects efficiently.
• Apply AI-powered editing, multicamera, audio, and visual effects workflows.
• Produce professional-quality content for broadcast, corporate, commercial, documentary, and digital media.
Training Methodology
This course follows a practical, hands-on training approach combining instructor-led demonstrations, guided exercises, real-world editing projects, and workflow optimization techniques. Participants develop professional editing skills by completing practical assignments using industry-standard production scenarios and best practices.
Certification
Upon successfully completing the program, participants will receive an Exceed Media Certificate of Completion. Participants who successfully pass the official Blackmagic Design Certified End User examinations will also earn three internationally recognized Blackmagic Design Certified End User certifications in:
• DaVinci Resolve Certified User (Beginner/Essentials)
• DaVinci Resolve Certified Editor
Course Outlines
1. Setup & Media Management
Interface & Projects: Workspace navigation, project settings, databases, and preferences.
Asset Organization: Importing video, stems, and graphics into Bins, Smart Bins, Power Bins, Subclips, and Subclip Organization.
Metadata & AI Tagging: Metadata management, Clip Ratings, filters, and AI Slate ID (automatic clapperboard metadata extraction).
AI Search: AI IntelliSearch (media pool search via natural language, spoken keywords, and facial recognition).
Sync & Proxies: Proxy workflows, timeline creation, and auto-synchronizing audio to video.
2. Core Editing & AI Storytelling
Core Edits: 3-point and 4-point editing (Insert, Overwrite, Append, Replace).
Assembly & Pacing: Rough cuts, fine cuts, B-Roll, backtiming, and narrative/music pacing.
AI Scripting & Text Editing: AI Transcription, transcript-based editing, screenplay import via IntelliScript, and AI-assisted timeline assembly.
Titles & Overlays: Static/animated titles, lower thirds, font previews, and multi-language spell check.
3. Precision Trimming & Retiming
Trimming: Ripple, Roll, Slip, Slide, and Dynamic Trimming.
Narrative Editing: Dramatic scene editing, dialogue mechanics, split edits (J/L Cuts), and reverse shot editing.
Take Selection: Multiple take management, Match Frame, and Take Selector.
Retiming & Motion FX: Speed changes, freeze frames, 4-point Bézier keyframing, AI Motion Deblur, and AI UltraSharpen.
4. Multicamera Workflows
Multicam Setup: Project creation and angle organization for interviews and music videos.
Live Switching: Real-time angle switching, cut refinement, clip splitting, and angle audio assignment.
5. Visual Effects & Compositing
Timeline FX: Transforms (scale/position), Picture-in-Picture, and Video Collage grid layouts.
Compositing: Traveling Mattes, blend modes, and video transitions.
6. Audio Post-Production & AI Mixing
Audio Foundations: Timeline track management, clip normalization, audio fades, and transitions.
Restoration & Recording: Live Voiceover recording directly to track and Noise Reduction processing.
AI Audio Tools: AI Dialogue Leveler, AI Speech Generator (text-to-speech), and AI Music Editor (automated retiming).
Mixing: Track EQ, clip level adjustments, music mixing, and final track balancing.
7. Primary & Secondary Color Grading
Color Basics: Interface navigation, scopes (Parade, Waveform, Vectorscope, Histogram), and Lift/Gamma/Gain.
Primary Grading: Primary curves, HDR Wheels, node workflows, color management, and camera matching.
Secondary Grading: Qualifiers, HSL Curves, Color Slice, Chroma Warper, Power Windows, and motion tracking.
8. Grade Management & AI Finishing
Grade Management: Ungraded clip identification, copying/managing grades, LUTs, and grade export/import.
AI Finishing FX: Resolve FX, AI CineFocus (rack-focus/bokeh), AI Face Age Transformer, AI Face Reshaper, and AI Blemish Removal.
9. Delivery, Hardware & Archiving
Hardware: DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor tactile timeline navigation and editing execution.
Multi-Platform Output: Deliver Page configuration, render presets, AI Smart Reframe (social aspect ratios), and automated Subtitle Generation.
Archiving: Media management, timeline/project export, asset consolidation, and Project Archives.
