Hello everyone, I’m going to try and share a quick update like this once per week, so you can see what’s happening inside the Academy (when there’s something worth reporting). Over the last week I’ve been building and updating a couple of courses: - New course for beginners: a full starter course for creators who are just getting going - choosing a camera, super basic settings, and a simple setup workflow. - Big DaVinci Resolve course updates: - 30+ new lessons added to the Colour Editing section - 10 new lessons added on Fusion (titling + transitions) - A quick note on where the Resolve course is at: - The Academy is still in Early Access, and it’ll stay that way until the Resolve course is complete (the structure and written lessons are being built now, and I’ll add the video lessons once the entire academy is built). - If Skool allows it, I’ll honour the Early Access price for life for current premium members. You’ll also notice some of the new Resolve lessons are marked with **. That just means they’re not 100% polished yet, they might be missing a small piece, or a detail needs fine-tuning to match Resolve perfectly. I’ll be tightening those up as I add the screenshots. There’s already plenty to learn in the new content, and I’m excited to keep building this with you. See you in the Academy, Jake

Hi Jake, I’m running through the Da Vinci resolve course which is absolutely damn awesome by the way (almost Jackie-proof but not quite!) I’ve got to the creating proxies bit (which I so wished I’d know about earlier) I’ve imported the media and I have right clicked to create proxy and it does its thing all OK. But once I select ‘prefer proxy’ I immediately get a media off-line error however if I go back to prefer originals everything’s fine. Nowhere in the proxies step did it give me the option to say where they would be saved so when I go to re-connect proxy I don’t know where to look. I’m sure this is a Jackie problem and the rest of the planet knows what they’re doing but I’ve gone back to the beginning of the lesson multiple times and I still don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. Thanks.

I am fascinated by bioluminescence so, when I purchased my new dive light I chose one capable of emitting blue light (Dive Lantern V7000) - I have only used it once (and I do not have a yellow filter) but the GoPro11 footage was completely blown out even though it looked OK on the back screen. My question - I have my GoPro settings as per recommended in the Action camera course - should I make changes for night with blue light or am I doing something wrong with the way the light is set. Thanks

I've made some updates to the DaVinci Resolve course over the past few days. I'm working through the colour workflow (its a big one and theres a lot to cover) - due to the amount of work that needs to go into it I took a break and finished up the EXPORTING part of the course. Now you can export in the right quality for the right platform. As an additional bonus theres 2 new downloadables for Resolve in the Resource Vault: 1. The UCA Pre-made Project - A blank canvas with a pre-made organisational structure and pre-made timelines set up so you can jump in straight away. 2. Export Presets - Theres so many different options and settings when exporting through DaVinci Resolve, so i've made it simple. Download and import the presets to get cinematic exports, as well as my custom built bulk export for reels (vertical clips), which exports all of the individual clips as individuals instead of one large clip. This is just the start - much more to come. Comment if theres anything you specifically want to see in this course. Jake

Hello everyone — and a big welcome to all the new arrivals to the community. Early Access to DaVinci Resolve for Ocean Creators (and the rest of the Underwater Creator Academy) is officially live. Right now you’ll get: - 68 lessons already available, taking you from downloading DaVinci Resolve all the way through to exporting finished films - 50+ photo presets inside the Resource Vault to keep you busy until the Lightroom course drops - I’ll also personally welcome you, giving you a direct line to message me anytime via the Skool platform - here we can talk anything within the course, I’ll provide direct feedback and tips to help you improve Because this is Early Access, membership is currently $15 USD/month. - When the DaVinci Resolve course is complete, it will increase to $20 USD/month - When the rest of the Academy is fully built out, it will move to $25 USD/month If you’ve been meaning to level up your editing (or finally learn Resolve properly), now’s the best time to jump in. Important: make sure you download the Skool app so you can learn on the go — it makes it way easier to get lessons in between dives, travel, and work. Also don’t forget to introduce yourself in the ‘introductions’ part of the community! Any questions, reply to this post/email and I’ll help you out.