How to Edit Your Vlog in 2026 Using Davinci Resolve 20!
If you're new to Davinci Resolve, THIS is the video for you! I'll walk you through everything, from setting up the screen (your workspace), to adding footage, editing, stabilization, basic color grading and sound design, and finally rendering out a video I published on my other channel! There are chapters, so you can skip around, and below there are a bunch of links to other videos that go more in-depth on Resolve's features that I use regularly to edit my videos.
If you'd like to see it, I published the video edited in this video, over on Road Reality: • EVERYTHING goes better with VLOGGING! Che...
Yep, I totally got ahead of myself and ran out of info cards, so here are some handy links to videos that'll help you expand upon what I showed in this video:
Customize Your Space video: • QUICK TIP: Customize AND Save your Workspa...
Fusion Playlist: • Masking in Davinci Resolve Fusion FREE is ...
How to create Fairlight Presets: • Use this simple trick to save time setting...
Audio Plugins I use: • Get great audio anywhere with these Davinc...
How to use Power Bins and Power Grades: • 2 time-saving Power Tips for sharing asset...
FREESOUND.ORG: https://freesound.org/
Magic Mask 2.0: • Davinci Resolve's Magic Mask 2.0 MASTER CL...
Logo Shine Video: • THE WHOLE WORKFLOW! Make this REUSABLE Shi...
Stabilization in Davinci Resolve: • No more shaky footage! Stabilize footage ...
Letterbox Effect Video: • REUSABLE ANIMATED LetterBox Effect in Davi...
AI Audio Assistant Video: • Davinci Resolve 20's AI Audio Assistant is...
Render Presets: • New to Davinci Resolve? Save time with RE...
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:49 Setting up your Work Space
02:02 Adding Footage to your Project
02:26 Creating a new Timeline
03:13 - Adding Video Tracks
03:26 - Set Project Defaults
04:13 - Fairlight Page
04:54 - Audio Tracks in the Edit Page
06:00 - Adding Footage to a Timeline
06:36 - Adjusting the View of Timeline and Viewer
07:02 - Basic Editing - Deletes and Ripple Deletes
07:36 - Scrubbing through Footage
08:06 - Moving Audio and Video clips
08:51 - Adding Audio Tracks and the Fx icon
09:23 - Fading Audio with Crossfade Transition
10:03 - Fading Audio with Handles
10:46 - Moving around the Timeline via Keyboard Shortcuts
11:30 - How to do Speed Ramps
13:09 - Optical Flow to smooth ramps
13:58 - J and L Cuts
15:10 - Disconnecting Video and Audio clips
17:35 - How to select Multiple Clips
18:08 - Adding Transition
19:06 - Match Cuts and the Trim Edit Mode Tool
20:26 - Adding Audio for Sound Design
22:01 - Changing Timeline Start Timecode
23:12 - Timeline View Buttons
23:54 - Adding B Roll (using Magic Mask)
25:19 - How to use Compound Clips
26:19 - Stabilizing Footage
27:05 - Scaling
28:01 - Basic Color Grading - Brighten Shadows
28:31 - Copy and Paste Attributes
28:57 - More Stabilization
29:32 - Adjusting Multiple Clips at Once
29:51 - Different Stabilization Methods
31:10 - Adding Letterboxing and Color Grading
33:03 - How to Duplicate Clips
34:07 - Adding Music
36:29 - Basic Audio Mixing and AI Audio Assistant
38:25 - Timeline Backups
38:56 - Rendering out the Final Video
40:30 - Throttling Render Speed
40:56 - Did I miss anything?