Is DaVinci Resolve Frustrating You?

DaVinci Resolve Fundamentals 101:
The Quickstart

Stop the struggle. Mixing Light’s introductory course (with downloadable practice footage) teaches the core logic behind any version of DaVinci Resolve – and gets you back to telling great stories.

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Introduction To DaVinci Resolve

End Your Frustration

DaVinci Resolve is a fantastic platform for digital video creatives. But we know it’s a struggle to learn.

This Course helps you make sense of Resolve’s complexity, quickly – without dumbing down the workflow. When you’re finished, a few hours later, get back to focusing on your storytelling.

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Untangle Complexity

Learn By Doing

Be Confident

Patrick Inhofer, Colorist

Meet your instructor

Patrick Inhofer is a post production professional with 34+ years of experience. He started as an editor and transitioned his career into a colorist. He’s also co-founder and CEO of MixingLight.com.

Patrick has demystified DaVinci Resolve for thousands of students and professionals at Universities, workshops, conferences, and in online courses – staring with DaVinci Resolve 8.

Mixing Light’s 3-Step Learning Process:

The Muscle Memory Method

1

Sign Up

Sign up for this course to gain access to our streaming learning platform – which keeps track of your progress and streams the lessons to your computer or device.

2

Download

Download the included practice footage and project files.

Follow along, step-by-step, on your computer and at your pace.

3

Build Muscle Memory

Following along with the streaming lessons develops your DaVinci Resolve confidence and helps with retention.

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Free Previews From This Course

Lesson 6: The Grand Tour of DaVinci Resolve, Part 2

Learn how to flow projects through DaVinci Resolve

Lesson 24: Building A Rough Cut On The Cut Page

How do you start editing on the Cut Page – using the footage and script in this Course?

Lesson 9: Essential System and User Preferences

What are the main preferences you should set first?

Lesson 49: Targeting Fixes – Hue vs Saturation vs Curves

Get comfortable adjusting your images on the Color Page

Lesson 56: Setting Track-Level Audio Levels

Bonus

Activate 15-day membership* to Mixing Light’s streaming Tutorial Library** when you’re ready to learn more – with over 1,000 additional insightful tutorials!

* 15-day Membership is offered at $5 and is not a subscription.
Membership is activated only when you’re ready for it.
**This Training is NOT included with a Mixing Light membership. Active Members earn credits to gain free access to Resolve Fundamentals training courses.

Additional Details

  • The fundamentals in this course are relevant to all recent versions of DaVinci Resolve and was recorded in DaVinci Resolve 17.
  • Resolve 18, 18.6, and 19 updates, including new Modules about Resolve’s machine-learning optimized subtitle workflow, will be added by the end of September 2024.
  • Works with both the free and paid versions of DaVinci Resolve
  • 30-Day Refund – No questions asked (not available after the Bonus Insights Library membership is activated; not available if purchased with Member Credits)
  • Includes Project Media, VO, and scripts for assembling, editing, color correcting, audio mixing, and rendering – to build your DaVinci Resolve muscle memory.
  • Runtime: 6h 52m
  • 64 Individual Lessons
  • 1.2 GB Project and Footage Download
  • Streaming, up to 1080p
  • Online Learning System to keep track of your progress

End The Confusion

Take a structured journey through DaVinci Resolve to understand how you can apply it to your stories or your career.

Stop Struggling

End your DaVinci Resolve ‘feature overwhelm’ by building a project under professional guidance in a logical manner.

Feel Competent

At the end of this course, you will work in DaVinci Resolve with confidence (and be ready to dig even deeper).

Training Access

Get introduced to DaVinci Resolve in a structured approach, guided by a 30+ year professional editor, colorist, and instructor.

This Training course is a stand-alone purchase and does NOT require a Mixing Light membership. Active members of the Mixing Light Insights Tutorial Library earn credits toward unlocking this training. All memberships are awarded 3 credits when activated (once per account) and then accrue 1 credit every month a membership is 'active'.

$39.00 USD

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What's Included
  • Fundamental topics that apply to DaVinci Resolve 12.5 and later
  • Recorded on Resolve 17, with Resolve 18, 18.6, and 19 updates coming in September 2024
  • Can be used with the Free and Paid version of DaVinci Resolve
  • 30-Day No Questions Asked Refund Policy (no refunds after activation of 15-day free access to Mixing Light's Tutorial Library)
  • Online learning management system streams the lessons to your computer and helps you keep track of your progress
  • Bonus: Includes 15-day streaming access to Mixing Light's Tutorial Library - with over 1,000 individual tutorials (not available to active members of the Insights Library).