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Welcome to My DaVinci Resolved course.

First,
I just want to say thank you so much

for giving me the opportunity to teach you
and for believing in me.

Because at the end of the day,

I wouldn't be able to do what I do
if it wasn't for you and your support.

So thank you.

This is a course
I've been working on for a very long time

now, and it feels so good to me to finally
be able to put this out into the world.

Now, before we dive into
any of the actual lessons,

I wanted to first start off
with a bit of an introduction

as to how and why

I switched over to Da Vinci resolve
after using Adobe for over a decade.

So as I opened up my video editing school
for the first time back in

November of 2020, I had really only use
Adobe software for my video editing needs.

Through the process
of recording my first 80 video lessons.

I was reminded of all the issues
that I have with Premiere Pro.

Main one being reliability.

It was a common thing for major issues
to arise deep into large projects, issues

that would literally make me sick,

especially when they came up
right before a deadline.

It was through this process
that I first considered

trying out the other options
once I had launched the school.

So later on, early 2021, I had tried out
final Cut for the first time.

It had its little quirks
that didn't make sense to me.

Coming from Premiere Pro, but I was hooked
on its reliability and performance.

I couldn't believe how fast I could scrub
through my timelines without having

to make proxies
and get real time playback in my preview.

The program would also crash far
less than Premiere Pro,

and when it did Crash, which was rare,
I had never actually lost any progress

on any of my project.

Now I love the fact that I was getting

long uninterrupted flow
state work sessions in the program.

It was just easier to create.

And I was so used to running into issues
all the time in Premiere Pro

and then having to spend
long periods of time troubleshooting.

And that's the absolute worst thing

when it comes
to staying in a creative flow state.

Now, Final Cut was cool,

but I had heard a lot
about DaVinci Resolve

and how everyone was switching over to it

for its advanced color
grating capabilities.

I had already been using the program

for over five years,
but really only to export my time lapses

because it allowed me
to work with raw CRT photos.

So once I got a taste of final cut,
I decided to dive a little more

into the world of Da Vinci.

After transferring my keyboard
shortcut layout,

I was able to start to flow in the program
right away.

It was just as fast
and reliable as final cut,

and I was starting to like it even more.

Now Da Vinci is at a page,

has a very similar layout
to both Final Cut and premiere.

But unlike Final Cut and Premiere,

Da Vinci also has two other
very powerful softwares built in.

It has fusion, a node based advanced
compositing software, similar

to After Effects and the color page,
which is a designated node based color

grading workspace that is miles ahead
of anything else out there right now.

And it also has Fairlight,
which is a designated audio workspace

so capable
you can master professional music

from right within the program
if you wanted to.

Overall, Da
Vinci looked like an amusement park

to me as an editor,
and I had to dive deeper.

And after a few months of playing
with Da Vinci Resolve, I was hooked.

Once I understood the beauty of node
based editing, there was no going back.

And now I can truly say that this is
by far my favorite video editing software.

I've ever used.

It's a beautifully thought out workspace
that makes me feel more capable to do

everything I need in one space,
and it's a place I now truly enjoy

spending lots of time in and as an editor,
that's really what's most important.

And even during this time
of learning and teaching,

I've seen DaVinci pushed several updates
that are all really good.

They're a company that listens
to its users and is willing to innovate.

To me, it's clear that they are
the ones leading the way in this space.

So as a professional, why would I choose
to use any other program?

That's why I decided to make this course,
because I know a lot of professionals out

there still use Final Cut or Premiere Pro

because it can be intimidating
to switch softwares.

But I can assure you that once

you commit and learn the foundations,
there's no going back.

I put my heart and soul into this course,
and now I genuinely believe that this is

the best place to go to get an overall
understanding of the entire program.

Studying this program has now
become one of my new passions,

and I'm excited to continue learning
and developing this course.

Again, thank you so much for the support
and welcome to DaVinci Resolve.