Video Editing Made Easy with DaVinci Resolve 18: Create quick video content for your business, the web, or social media

by Lance Phillips, Stefania Marangoni (Foreword)

Boost your audience on social media by leveraging DaVinci Resolve 18 and share impressive micro-content with the guidance of a certified Blackmagic Design training partner Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Micro content dominates social media marketing, but subpar editing and low-quality videos can shrink your audience. Elevate your social media game with DaVinci Resolve - the world's most trusted name in color grading that has been used to grade Hollywood films, TV shows, and commercials. Version 18 enables you to edit, compose VFX, mix sound, and deliver videos for different platforms, including social media and the web. You'll learn the basics of using DaVinci Resolve 18 to create video content, by first gaining an overview of creating a complete short video for social media distribution directly from within the “Cut” page. You'll discover advanced editing, VFX composition, color grading, and sound editing techniques to enhance your content and fix common video content issues that occur while using consumer cameras or mobile phones. By the end of this book, you'll be well-equipped to use DaVinci Resolve to edit, fix, finish, and publish short-form video content directly to social media sites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Vimeo. This book is for beginner content makers looking for quick techniques to improve their skills and work. It's also useful for experienced content makers who want to begin using DaVinci Resolve for its advanced features. The book acts as a practical training manual for social media marketers, influencers, short film makers, small business owners creating their own content, vloggers, and film/media studies students at schools, colleges, or universities.

340 pages, Paperback

Published May 8, 2023

About the author

Lance Phillips attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is the creator and facilitator of the interview blog Here Comes Everybody.

He has a book of experimental autobiography, Imposture Notebook, forthcoming from Blaze Vox [books] in spring 2008 and his third book of poetry, These indicium tales, is forthcoming from Ahsahta Press in 2009.