in this video i'm going to share 10 tips that will instantly improve your workflow in davinci resolve
and help to raise the overall production value of your films tip number one display qualifier focus
in the color tab go to your scopes and select the three dots at the top right and check the
box that says display qualifier focus select the qualifier and hover your mouse over your image
and the circle will show exactly where it falls on the scopes this is a massive time saver and
allows you to quickly check if your skin tones are accurate on the vectorscope instead of having to
isolate it first when the line is in the middle of the circle for the relevant skin area that's
your confirmation it also helps to check white balance so if you hover over an object that's true
white and perfectly balanced you will see just one circle but when the white balance is off you will
see the circle split apart for example here you have more blue and less red tip number two instant
swap swap lets you change the order of clips and shuffle them around in your timeline without
the need to manually move them up and down on the timeline unnecessary steps taking unnecessary time
to do this go to your keyboard settings and select a custom button of your choice mine is the left
bracket to swap left and the right bracket to swap right when working on a busy timeline with audio
and other elements like titles and adjustment layers on top just make sure you deselect the auto
track selector which will ignore these tracks when making changes between clips tip number three easy
bin folders gone are the days of creating new bins for all your folders and individually dragging
files into their own bins if your folder is well organized on your drive you can easily import
it with accompanying bins labeled exactly the way it is on your drive go to the cut page and select
import media folder select your main folder and voila everything in that folder will be imported
exactly the way it is on your drive as long as resolve recognizes the file types tip number four
extend edit when you start stacking clips on top of each other you'll often find yourself
needing to change the length with extend edit you can do it instantly by just tapping e on
your keyboard but make sure you're in trim mode which you can select over here or by pressing
t on the keyboard now instead of manually trying to match up each clip you can do it instantly on
the keyboard make sure you select all the clips and move your player to the desired location this
feature also works backwards as long as you're in trim mode where the blade is that's where it
will cut to tip number five reference lines using reference lines in the waveform is a great way to
set a benchmark for contrast when creating a group of clips in other words if you don't want your
shadows just above the clipping line but you still want them consistent set a reference line for your
first lip and then adjust the rest accordingly tip number six clip comparison without a doubt
one of the features i use the most compare two clips next to each other for consistency in color
and contrast in the color tab select split screen and then on your right this drop down menu and
click selected clips now you can actually click on a clip in a monitor and make adjustments to that
clip but the best part about this is the ability to see both waveforms next to each other and this
makes it even easier to guarantee consistency you can select as many clips as you want and this
gives you a great overview of the flow of color again making it easier to spot inconsistencies
tip number seven plugins if you watch any of my last videos you might have noticed a significant
improvement in motion graphics and the way i explain things that's because i finally started
using plugins with more and more people moving over from premiere pro and final cut the amount of
plugins available for resolve is growing rapidly after trying out the m tuber back from motion vfx
i was hooked so i grabbed a bunch more these plugins are incredibly easy to use and you don't
need to read a guide or watch the tutorial to understand how they function now motion vfx didn't
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all their latest promos for a discount tip number eight select clips forward with this feature you
can instantly select all clips to the right of your play without touching anything before the
playhead perfect for when you have a busy timeline and you want to add in a new clip without the need
to try and select everything the default button for this is option y on mac or alt y on windows
but you can make it any key you want just go to keyboard customization click on all commands and
in the search bar type select clips forward and choose your own key tip number 9 restoring synced
audio you can easily bring back deleted audio from a clip synchronized to its original position
select the clip in your timeline click on match frame and drag the audio picture back under
your clip just make sure snapping is enabled to ensure it snaps perfectly in sync tip number 10
media management one of the most underrated tools in resolve so many uses but my favorites are
saving hard drive space and collecting scattered media in one place you can tell resolve to copy
an entire timeline or entire project to a new destination but only bring along with it the
files used in the timeline or project you can take it a step further and only copy the cuts in
other words resolve will trim the original files and only keep the in and out points made in the
timeline but for safety you can add a few frames on both sides but this will drastically reduce
the size an old project takes up when working with scattered media from multiple drives you can copy
specific clips either selected in the media pool or selected in the timeline and to relink it to a
new destination if you have any more questions feel free to drop it in the comments below and
i'll do my best to answer thanks so much for watching and i'll see you on the next one