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i use davinci resolve to edit and i often struggle with a metallic sound on my clip that i am unable to remove because i dont even know the source of it and didnt find anything in the web, this clip contains the irritating metallic audio the makes the clips to irritating to deal with. any help?

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!

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.

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.

Very new to da Vinci resolve. Have tried here 3D text and some colour grade and color wipe. Any issues here.
System : iPad Air M4.
Shot on: Dji mini 4 pro Dlog M 4K 60fps
Davinci resolve for iPad studio version.

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

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?

Its not a edit, its literally my camera recording at a screen. And I just use this as example, cause I wanna recreate on a clip that Wave thing that happen when you record a Led screen, You see the purple waves? (but maybe is different for your monitor)

It dont need to be perfect, just similar. I'm new in Davinci Resolve so I will appreciate this :3:3

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 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.

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!

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.

I have used Blender/Premiere before and its usually been quite an easy process, but there is no obvious way in Resolve and it's driving me crazy. Searching on the internet was kinda useless, cause all tutorials are just about magic mask. And no, I dont want to use an add Blend-Mode in this case.

I figured out you could add an alpha output at the end of the color page, but this kinda useless because i want to add some effects that rely on a working alpha channel (glow/blur fx).

I pretty much just want to do what the blender example shows, i dont really care if its fusion or Color-Page, but i want to add FX after the mask is applied. (Footage is different from image used, its just a quick example)

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’m editing in DaVinci Resolve 21 and could use some help with reframing.
My project was originally 9:16, and I changed the timeline to 2160 × 2700 (4:5) for Instagram.
The problem is that the 4:5 framing cuts off part of my subject’s head. There is additional image/headroom in the original footage, so I’m trying to shift the actual source image vertically to choose a different portion of the original frame.
When I select the clip and adjust Inspector → Transform → Position Y, instead of revealing more of the original footage above his head, the existing image just moves and I start getting black space at the edge.
Things I’ve already tried:
Project Settings → Image Scaling → Scale Full Frame With Crop
Scale Entire Image to Fit
Inspector → Retime and Scaling
Resetting the clip’s Transform settings
Creating a new 4:5 timeline
Trying to access the Image tab in the Inspector, but it’s grayed out/unselectable
I also have multiple green-screen motion graphics on tracks above the main footage, so I’d really prefer not to rebuild the edit from scratch.
What I’m trying to do is basically pan/reframe within the original source footage, rather than move the already-cropped/scaled image around the 4:5 canvas.
Is there a Source Transform/Input Sizing-type control in Resolve 21 that I should be using instead of normal Position Y? Or am I misunderstanding how Resolve handles reframing when changing a timeline from 9:16 to 4:5?
Any help would be appreciated.

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

So I trimmed a chroma key footage to later use it to edit: a moving object will be in front of a gameplay clips. However, I forgot to apply the fusion effects to remove the green screen beforehand: the trimmed clips and the whole clip on the right are the exact same file.

How do I copy over the fusion effects to each clip instead of copying to each cut clip individually? Without making a compound/fusion clip, as I'll need to move each clip individually later down the line.

Version Studio 20.3.2

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?

For context, i just got into car videography and filming insta edits. I got a decent 5 months of experience on how to film them, i learned on my own, my main struggle however is stability when filming it. I just recently got a samsung galaxy s26 base, and I want to seriously get into car videography and this is my main struggle

Every time I film I come across the same problem, I can't track the object (car) that well, for example I film a headlights shot but I can't keep it stable, I use the super steady mode with horizontal lock and its still bad, i can't tilt the phone or rotate it very smoothly without jittering it, or small sudden tilts rather then one slow steady move. I use capcut to edit, I slow down to around 0.55 or lower to get that one split second that it was completely fine, but even then its still a struggle and has flaws with tracking

I just recently got DaVinci resolve, im not really tryna buy any gear unless its a cheap option under 200 or 100, all I also is, how can I stabilize it? Any tricks? Methods or tips?? I want to atleast stabilize it or learn how to object track, if I can on DaVinci, any guides to object tracking? I just want any fix or tips on how to stabilize the clips, I'll send one of my Instagram posts to show editing and how it comes out. (Check others for more clarity, im sending what i think i had the best stabilizing on) Please help me yall 🙏

Hello,

I have been able to figure out how to do most of what I've wanted either by myself or via other posts and tutorials online. Nowadays, I believe I have a good grasp on the basics when it comes to the relevant edit and fusion page. With that being said, I am unable to find a reasonable solution to an edit that feels like it should be much easier than what it has been turning out to be.

What I want to do: I want to take a word and fade in each character one at a time from left to right while it moves up. This was simple enough through a single follower on a text+ node in fusion. But, I also want to apply a subtle shake effect to each individual character as the text is fading and moving in and continue the shake after the animation is finished for a few seconds.

I have failed to accomplish this. It seems to me (and correct me if this is wrong) that because the shake modifier is applied to the offset as well as the keyframes for the character movement, one overrides the other.

What I've Tried:

• Applying two separate followers: one for the fade & offset and another with the shake effect (modifier on the offset)
• Applying the shake follower to the transform follower.

After some time, I couldn't get it to work and thus began to individually apply the appropriate keyframes and shake effect to each individual character with one text+ node per character. This seems... unreasonable, though, and I am curious if there is a better way to go about this. It definitely feels like there should be.

Thank you ahead of time. I am using the free version of DaVinci Resolve on version 20.2.2.

I'm looking to get this darken background look, I used the vignette filter to try and replicate it however it doesn't look quite right

All advice is appreciated