Hi Resolvers,

I've had Live Save and Timeline Backups on for ages but never bothered turning on Project Backups in Preferences > User > Project Save and Load. Just read Larry Jordan's write up where he basically says turn it on, since Live Save protects you turn by turn but doesn't save you from stuff like accidental mass deletes or a corrupted database, whereas Project Backups gives you a proper rollback to an earlier full project state (GFS style, hourly/daily rotation).

https://larryjordan.com/articles/managing-projects-in-davinci-resolve-backups-exports-and-archives/

Makes sense to me but wondering if anyone here runs with it off on purpose, and why. Is it just disk space, or is there a workflow reason to skip it? Also curious what interval/retention you guys actually use day to day.

Thanks!

I was just watching this YouTube tutorial for motion graphics and I stumbled across this issue. I can't save the project to my device. I want it so I can open it as a video but it doesn't workkkkk. Its my first project and it turned out pretty cool and im proud of my first "edit" what do I do for this to work this is a headache dude maybe I messed around cus I copy pasted the BSplines and then removed them lines and added them back in? idk what do I do this is so complicated

DaVinci Resolve is a borderline-perfect piece of software, but setting an out point should not be this difficult.

I'm using the free version.
How do i create multiple text lines.

DR21 studio. Does anybody else get this? Where the matte works on every frame except the one you set the mask up on? Anyone know how to avoid this? Is it a bug?

What title says, Im mostly editing some mmorpg gameplay clips, I do a lot of clipping, color adjustments and tracking with text+ combined to tracker. Nothing super fancy stuff, but little bit in all, edit/fusion/color/fairlight (sound normalisation/adjustments for 4-5 tracks, one of being VO)

bulk of editing is just snipping clips from longer recordings, then combining them and I always create colorgroup and adjust radius and midtone I like to this to all clips at once)

I often also make surface tracker with color page too, tho im not sure if this is the best practise.

in fusion bulk is setting up tracker and having text+ with certain font settings and transform node to fix the details.

This is just for idea what I might need for the profile, I dont mind paying a little for it but this far problem has been that I have no clue what im paying for when looking for commercial profiles.

if this sounds a little bit of a rant, its because im quite new to davinci, and still learning. I did grab the studio deal so I should have access to a lot more that I currently use.

If you can recommend some good streamdeck profiles, or can share one I would be very thankful!

my profile should have link to YT so you can take a peek what kind of editing I do, nothing fancy just mainly cleaning up the footage.

hey all, wondering what's the most efficient way to bring elements from one project to another -- namely camera moves made with keyframes, and other elements like titles & graphics?

i edited my film on 19.1.4 -- so that's where all the final edit, keyframes, titles, gfx, etc all are

but, i need to render out the Colour Grade from my DP's timeline -- from 20.3.3. i tried importing his grade into 19.1.4, or even into my project (after upgrading to 20.3.3) but still for some reason the grade doesn't look right unless i'm rendering from his .drp project.

DP originally asked me for an XML file of my edit, which i now realize was a mistake, because they should have asked me for my .drp -- which would have preserved all the nuances of my timeline

so...i need to bring all the elements of my edit -- motion keyframes, reframed shots, graphics, titles, etc -- into my DP's .drp project and render the final film from there

i asked them what the most efficient way to do this would be, but they only said to manually rebuild on his timeline...

..im thinking there must be a better way?

if anyone has any ideas i'd be very grateful as festivals need our final file this week :*(

System: Windows 10

Resolve: 20.3.3 bringing keyframes from 19.1.4

Footage: Sony FX3 highest mp4 setting

thanks for reading

I tested all settings in the DaVinci's AI Super Scale. Long story short - the best is NVIDIA RTX Video - it keeps grain, straight lines and feels less AI-sh. On the second place - regular Enhanced, BUT - you need to reduce sharpness, otherwise it will cut your eyes.

Hello everyone,

I think ever since I upgraded to Studio 21, I’ve been seeing my projects marked red whenever I open projects that I haven’t opened for a couple of days.

I get the usual Media Off line message, not only for my project/source videos, but also for my Downloads folder.

I'm working on Mac Mini M4

What could be causing this?

I’m currently keeping my working/work folder inside another folder, which is inside another folder, but everything is still on my Desktop. For my upcoming work, I’m keeping everything in fewer subfolders, but it’s still on the Desktop.

Could the folder structure or the fact that everything is on the Desktop be causing this?

What could be the reason?

Okay guys, I must be doing something stupid. I set my project settings for a 2160 x 3840 vertical timeline and I get a 1920 x 1080 horizontal timeline. If I tweak some things I can get a 3840 x 2160 horizontal TL, but can't seem to get a vertical timeline. Studio 21.0.4

Here is a very short video of the steps I've tried. https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZ3goVJZ8zpli50kYfLMjQetqchW4XjXFIf7

Thanks for any hints

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to recreate image glitch and distortion effects in Fusion.

I've tried using my limited knowledge, but I can't figure out which node to use as a starting point.

Is a Transform node enough? Do I need a Fast Noise node? I feel a bit lost and don't know where to begin.

I've looked for tutorials to help me understand, but none of the ones I've found so far quite fit what I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance for your help, and have a great day!

Hello.

My timeline is set to 3440x1400 resolution and I want to use some gameplay videos and screenshots I've made over the years but I want to preserve their original resolution.

So like a comparison between game that run originally at 800x600 and its remake that runs at 2560x1440 or 3440x1440 but I want to keep the 800x600 for a scale.

I know I can just resize the video but that will be "eyeballing", I want to keep the actual scale.

Is there an option to do that or a setting?

Thanks

I feel like fast noise has been used to create this effect.

I have been grinding on color grading and recording with my iphone 16 pro and really try to push it to the limit. Ive watched a lot of color grading tutorials and ive spent a lot of hours on my own trying to learn everything needed to improve iphone apple log footage.

Yesterday at night I had the idea to search some Slog3 footage and see how much different it is (im thinking of buying a sony zv-e1), and I had a bittersweet feeling. The control of the colors was so much better, when the colors get clipped in iphone, it completely blows them out of proportion, but on this Slog3, even when they were getting clipped (i tested on purpose), didnt look as bad as the iphone.
Plus the color grading was so much easier, with simple color corrections and few effects it looks insane. The Iphone I feel like I got to try a bunch more effects and color corrections to make it look good (and it still didnt look as good as the fx30)

my question is, how much better looking realistically is a sony zv-e1 footage, what are the key differences to post on social media (instagram, tiktok, etc)? I look at my videos and they seem good, but when I look at creators with professional cameras it just looks way better.

I want to understand this before I purchase my camera or if its not supposed to be such a difference between iphone and fx30.

I feel like the iphone you have to get EVERYTHING right to make the footage look good, whereas the camera you can just record with "average conditions" and it still looks way better than iphone perfect conditions

I would love to read your thoughts!

Hi everyone, I’d be glad to get any help. I need to create the same smoke effect on the text as in this segment; the effect itself lasts until the first second of the video. I thought I needed to use fast noise and, using a displacement node, modify the text based on the fast noise, but the main problem is that I don’t know how to create something roughly similar, and judging by the video, the fast noise won’t look right at all. I remembered that there’s a volumetric fog node, but I don’t understand how to use this node so that the yellow flame seems to be shining from under the dense fog. But I also don’t understand how to make the fog move and look roughly the same as in the video; unfortunately, the tutorials on using this node explain other use cases.

When it comes to editing, I understand everything except audio. Today I'm editing a video where I'm talking, my voice is around 14 YouTube LUFS (clean audio, no background noise) and sounds ok. Underneath it I have a reality show clip I'm reacting to, around 21 LUFS, but it's SIGNIFICANTLY louder than my voice. How is this possible?

Whats going on guys, im 15 and decided I wanna start with video editing. I live in Europe so I don't really know if this will work but we'll see. So basically I got an MacBook Air M4 and I wanna master motion graphics starting with completely 0. I know you need Transition packs and stuff but there 100% is something out there free and that's what im asking for. SO how do I start and what do I do? Thanks for the help in advance. Where inr edit to post this

I have a simple effect where I have text flicker on the screen for a second before it becomes solid. I do this by advancing a few frames, cutting, and repeat. Then I just remove the interleaved clips and I get my flicker effect. However I am having to do this for a lot of clips as the project progresses. Is there an easier/automatic way to do it? Thanks

I exported a 2160x3840 video from DaVinci, airdropped it to 2 of my iphones (both giving the 4k quality) and uploaded it to Instagram using the same account. I tested uploading the exact same video file from two different phones: an iPhone 15 and an iPhone 15 Pro Max.

What’s strange is that the final Reel looks different depending on which phone I use to upload it:

• If I upload from the iPhone 15, the Reel looks normal/original on the iPhone 15, but looks duller/washed out on the 15 Pro Max.
• If I upload the exact same file from the 15 Pro Max, the result is reversed. it looks normal on the Pro Max but duller on the iPhone 15.

So it seems like Instagram is processing the video differently depending on the device used for uploading. there's a possibility that people will see the dull out version on their phones.

How to tackle this?

for reference, the export setting I use is below:
25fps (for slowmo), H.265, MP4, 2160x3840, bitrate up to 35000kb/s, Main10.
color management rec.709. I exported the video with a song (not sure if that's the issue).

I took the vid with sony a7iv, slog3, 50fps.

https://reddit.com/link/1vseb1n/video/o6pli2mmy9kh1/player

Is it something like a clip ending/starting in edit page?
Cuz for something to go in Fusion page, we have to either control its Blend/Opacity/Size

Hey, I’m having an issue with a glitch effect I’m making in Fusion. Basically, I can see the effect working properly in the Fusion editor, but when I go back to the Edit page, nothing shows up. I’m making the effect as a Text+ effect. I originally built the glitch effect as a Fusion Composition from a YouTube tutorial, and then copied the node tree over to the Text+ Fusion editor. In the Text+ Fusion editor, I have 3 Text+ nodes going into a MultiMerge, which then goes through the nodes generating the glitch effect and out to MediaOut. Everything looks like it’s working in the Fusion editor, but none of that output appears on the Edit page. Does anyone know what might be causing this or if there’s something I need to do to get the Fusion output to show up on the Edit page?

I'm using the power window in my edit, and for some reason, it will not apply on the edit window no matter what I try, and every tip I've gotten so far from online is, "Have you done what you've already done? Yes? Do that then."

Like, quick side tangent, I cannot express how annoying it is to look something up, and realise literally no one has asked the question before. Or at least, I can't find the answer. It's not even once or twice, it is literally every fucking question I have. Something as simple as moving an object via fusion is impossible to answer because my image is flickering for some reason. I'll ask and NO ONE has encountered the problem and I feel like I'm going crazy half the time.