Hey guys, today I just bought DaVinci Resolve 20. I've been watching a lot of YouTube videos trying to turn a long video into a few short clips, and it was so frustrating that I almost felt like giving up. ----- Sorry for the side note! My question is: how do you speed up a video to export at twice the speed?

Just dropping this in here for you guys, Resolve 21 is officially out in beta, and there’s actually a lot in this update. I grabbed two solid videos that break everything down so you can skim through the features and see what actually matters without wasting time digging through release notes. A few things that stood out to me right away: - AI IntelliSearch → being able to search clips by what’s in them (objects, faces, dialogue) is a big workflow shift - AI Cine Focus → finally a blur tool that actually looks natural and handles edges well - Speech Generator → built-in text-to-speech with custom voice options, more useful than I expected for small fixes - Magic Mask caching → not having to re-track masks every time is a legit quality of life win - New Photo Page → full photo workflow inside Resolve, feels like they’re pushing toward replacing Lightroom There’s also a bunch of smaller quality-of-life stuff that honestly adds up more than the headline features. Quick heads up, though, this is beta. Expect bugs, and don’t throw it on a critical project without backing things up first. Go check out the videos and see what stands out to you. Curious what you guys actually think is useful vs just new and shiny 👇

Let’s say you’ve got a decent setup. You know your way around editing. You’ve watched the tutorials. But your videos still don’t look like others in your niche. Not bad, just not as clean, not as intentional, not quite at that level yet. And the frustrating part is you don’t really know what’s causing it. That’s exactly what I’m building Video Maker School around. WHAT THIS IS I’m putting together a 6-week cohort for educational creators who are serious about building authority or a business, but feel like their video quality isn’t there yet. No more random tips. No more tutorial rabbit holes. This is about: 👉 understanding what’s actually causing that gap 👉 fixing it step by step 👉 building a process you can rely on every time you record WHAT WE’LL DO Each week, we focus on what actually moves the needle: - lighting - framing and setup - color and image control - audio and on-camera presence - the small details that elevate everything Plus: - live sessions - real feedback on your footage - clear direction on what to fix THE GOAL By the end of the 6 weeks: 👉 you know what’s wrong with your videos 👉 you can fix it without guessing 👉 your content actually looks like the level you’re trying to build WANT IN? I’m keeping the first group small. If this sounds like you, join the waitlist here 👈

Hey everyone! I need to display a "wall" of YouTube thumbnails. The Problem: All my source images have different original sizes and aspect ratios. When I bring them in, the scales are all over the place. I want them all to be the exact same width/height and aligned perfectly in a grid (X and Y). I've been using guides and manually typing numbers into the Inspector, but it’s taking long. Is there any way to auto-scale these to match and snap them into a grid layout? Maybe a specific Fusion effects I’m missing?

I didn''t see this coming..... https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/photo