The Blackmagic Design certified training program, designed for beginners and professionals, teaches you to develop real know-how to be more creative and work faster. Our training network includes more than 250 certified instructors and 100 training centers. Discover the art of editing with DaVinci Resolve!
Foundations of editing and storytelling
Editing is essential in cinematic storytelling. This guide traces the core features of the Edit page and shows how to build compelling narratives through precise cuts, rhythm, and pacing. The step-by-step approach helps you learn to assemble interviews, fictional scenes, documentaries, and music videos with confidence.
In practice, joining the Edit page tools with efficient organization accelerates the workflow and supports clearer storytelling, while maintaining creative control. The content you prepare for export is streamlined through clear timelines, markers, and timelines that keep your project ready for delivery.
Multicam editing, transitions, and effects on the Edit page
Discover multicam editing with DaVinci Resolve, enabling seamless switching between multiple camera angles for a cohesive performance. On the Edit page, you’ll work with powerful trimming, cutting, and timing tools designed to speed up complex projects. This guide also explores how to enhance your project with visual effects directly on the Edit page.
The commentary on the Cut page highlights revolutionary editing tools designed to move projects forward quickly, while the Montage tools on the Edit page offer precision for more demanding timelines. Integrating these capabilities ensures you can craft polished sequences with both speed and accuracy.
Color grading mastery and Hollywood-grade workflows
This guide covers legendary Resolve color-grading features, including advanced node-based workflows that enable nuanced looks and consistent skin tones. The official training materials present practical exercises to explore DaVinci Resolve’s color tooling in detail, from basic corrections to sophisticated grading pipelines.
Blackmagic Design’s color tools are complemented by Fusion VFX and Fairlight audio, providing a robust post-production suite. The Studio edition introduces 3D camera tracking and USD nodes that ease moving from 2D to 3D space, expanding possibilities for cinematic visuals and complex composites.
Fusion: compositing, effects, and 3D space
Explore the powerful Fusion page for visual effects and cinematic motion graphics. Learn to perform common compositing tasks on the Fusion page and experience the true 3D workspace realm. The guide details 3D compositing tools and advanced Fusion node workflows for impressive VFX sequences.
Practical exercises in Fusion teach essential techniques for creating visually striking effects and animations directly within DaVinci Resolve, without importing or exporting files between different applications. This integrated approach reduces complexity and speeds up production pipelines.
Audio production with Fairlight and mixing
The training covers essential steps of audio mixing, voice-over recording, ADR tooling to replace dialogue, and mastering. It demonstrates how to work with channel mapping and grouped tracks in DaVinci Resolve, enabling efficient management of large-scale projects and broadcast-ready sound design.
Fairlight offers ultra-fast audio editing with consoles used by Hollywood and broadcasters to mix extensive projects across many channels. The dedicated Fairlight workflow includes hardware panels to optimize work speed and precision, including angled playback and control surfaces for comfortable, long-form mixing sessions.
Hardware panels, workflow optimization, and collaboration
DaVinci Resolve Studio expands with advanced features such as full tracking and nuanced color correction via dedicated control surfaces that combine high tactile feedback with deep software control. These tools are designed to help editors and colorists achieve cinematic results efficiently, whether working solo or in a collaborative studio environment.
The training network emphasizes hands-on exercises and real-world workflows, with mentors who are passionate Resolve users and active ambassadors. Partnerships with training centers, online partners, and academic institutions extend access to top-tier Resolve education across formats and locations.
Practical exercises and real-world projects
Many practical exercises guide you through assembling interviews, fiction scenes, documentaries, and music videos. The course emphasizes sound editing, sweetening, recording, mixing, and mastering as a cohesive skill set, ensuring you can deliver broadcast-ready audio along with polished visuals.
From editing to color, VFX, and audio, the training presents a comprehensive path to mastering DaVinci Resolve. You’ll learn to create VFX directly in Resolve, reducing the need to export or import files between apps and streamlining your pipeline.
- Introduction to the Edit page and narrative structure
- Multicam editing and fast cuts
- Color grading workflows and node-based grading
- Fusion VFX and 3D compositing concepts
- Fairlight audio, ADR, voice-over, and mastering
- Hardware panels and ergonomic control surfaces
- Project export preparation and delivery standards
The training resource suite includes official Blackmagic Design guides with practical exercises covering Resolve’s color tools, and a dedicated VFX guide for constructing visual effects and 3D elements. All content is designed to help you perform at a professional level in editing, color, VFX, and audio disciplines.
Visual aids like workflow diagrams can help contextualize the sequence of operations across Edit, Fusion, Color, and Fairlight stages.
DaVinci Resolve's NEW Edit Page... for NOOBS!
Short introductory videos can boost understanding of the Edit page timeline and basic editing actions.