BEST YOUTUBE RENDER SETTINGS IN RESOLVE 17 - DaVinci Resolve Basics Tutorial

Let's take a look at the best settings for a KZbin Render out of Resolve 17! There are a few ways of thinking behind this, and to make an educated decision, I decided to do some SCIENCE!
So I spent the better part of a day making renders, uploading to KZbin, and then screen capturing them and pixel peeping. It was arduous, it was boring, it was...enlightening?
Basically, my findings are this:
If you have H.265, use that. Then upscale it to UHD to get the best quality for the smallest size.
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[@boomnomics9902]

I really appreciate the effort you put into making this video. thanks casey!

[@marcusjosephfilm]

Thank you for doing all the work behind these tests and sharing your results. Really appreciate the effort and precision!

[@xjet]

Those are the settings I've been using for quite a while now... nice to know my choices are backed by "the science" :-D

[@badthingfpv1229]

Happy flying

[@definingslawek4731]

AND AGAIN, I find you somewhere I wouldn't have expected :)

[@xjet]

@@definingslawek4731 I keep telling people.. I am *EVERYWHERE* on the internet :-D

[@abdullahmagnus325]

Instablaster.

[@PSBEadventures]

Just wanted to say I've been learning DR over the past year and these videos have helped me tremendously! Really appreciate you taking the time to do these!

[@1dullgeek]

Thank you for this! That looked like it was a ton of work. I very much appreciate your having done it. (So that I don't have to!)

[@PetersPieces]

An absolute masterpiece. Casey Faris has done it again 👏👏👏

[@SamSine]

Golden tip! Thanks for going through the hassle of uploading different codecs and settings to give us an insight at the quality outcome after KZbin compression! 🙏

[@ElliotMurphy]

Thanks for testing this and presenting the results in a way that is simple and easy to remember!

[@esmpmedia8586]

Thank you for taking your time to make this video. Your channel is the reason I switched from Final Cut to Resolve.

[@Andrew_marr]

Awesome Casey, very helpful mate. Thanks for spending all those hours and sharing the information. 👍

[@eliblar5822]

Thank you so much. I messed around with VSDC before and I really wanted a high quality with a cheap editor. You made my life so much easier. I had considered doing comparisons myself. Once again, thank you for this.

[@77dris]

Yes, the BEST Davinci Resolve channel on the KZbins. I say this every video: If this channel didn't exist, I never would have stuck with Davinci Resolve because I was so frustrated trying to learn it... until I found Casey. And humorous as well! LOL. Easily this channel should have 1M-2M subs.

[@kelvinfunkner]

I agree...I started on Davinci Resolve before it was a "thing" and Casey has been there for me from the beginning!

[@DavideTravelli]

You're assuming there are 1M-2M people interested in learing Davinci Resolve

[@joeymascarenhas6749]

Absolutely

[@blainecovert8374]

I agree. Casey is my favorite!

[@tasosm7x]

Same here!!

[@VahidCullsberg]

You have quickly become my go-to! Huge thank you .

[@joshmoxey.]

Thanks for taking the time to research and compare all of these!

[@JoshuaDavidson]

Legend. Thank you for doing the hard work and coming up with a simple method for us to get these awesome results.

[@SoyanOsman]

Instant follow, this has helped so much

[@VideoGameKillCounts]

Instant follow ha I like that, my thoughts exactly in this video alone. 👌

[@mortengu1385]

Thanks for all the work that went into this video Casey... this is super useful!

[@unitedhallucinations]

Thanks for this Casey, it seems to have really fixed quality issues I'd been having with a short (but really important) film I needed to upload. Now it looks pretty much perfect!

[@skyhr]

Dude, your lighting setup is sooo much better from your previous videos. You look amazing here!

[@SoundService-Lienz]

Thank you for testing the settings and sharing the knowlage with us! Keep on your excellant work!

[@JohnonaBike]

Now that was a comprehensive test - THANK YOU for taking the time to do that and I will try that out and report back here on how it went. Got to be better than my current settings

[@kelvinfunkner]

we know...we know...don't we...we sure do!!!!! Another awesome video Casey...thanks for enduring all those render, upload and comparison hours to bring us the low down!!! Your channel remains one of my best and most "looked forward to" sub's I have...keep up the amazing and fun work!

[@ChrisPlough]

This video is truly useful and entertaining to watch. Thank you for taking the time to figure it out and share.

[@richardkim4855]

Awesome, Casey! I recently switched from Premiere Pro to DaVinci Resolve Studio 17. Thank you so much for making the transition so much easier! I have a tip sheet on my desk with all sorts of handy shortcuts (a lot of them from you)! Keep it up! Subscribed!

[@ChrissieCaulfield]

Good work, thanks for this information and all your hard work on the 'science'. Nice glasses too

[@RVKevin]

Casey THANK YOU, THANK YOU for taking all that time to test what you did and how you did it, sharing with us your findings, allowing us to improve our videos. BAM! you rock Brother.. Your next master Class 2 is fantastic thank you for that hard work as well.. That is why I AM subscribed, You make a difference.

[@EdinBurghDronePilot]

Hi Casey, thank you so much for this very clear and helpful video. I've re-rendered my videos for KZbin using the settings you recommended, and they're transformed! Thumbs up from me 🙂 As an aside, I'm using Resolve 18 free version and it seems to have the H.265 codec in this new release, so all good.

[@Kshitijj]

Does this work for shorts as well?

[@flemdogscience]

Casey I was having a issue with youtube short quality that has been driving me cra-cra. I have uploaded a bunch of trials trying to figure it out but...all failures. I just did a trial with your findings and...WIN (I think). So thanks a ton. That was days and days I would have been trying to figure this out. Probably the most helpful video I have seen this year and I watch way too much.

[@raineamihan]

You made my day! This is so helpful. Thank you so much! :D

[@gigihanmandarin]

A big thank you to Casey. You are still helping people in mid 2022.

[@yvonnebramble]

Thanks for taking the time to do the research. Your work is appreciated.

[@GrupoEscarlata]

Awesome channel! I downloaded DVR17 yesterday and made my first video with fancy stuff, color correction, text and so on. It's been great

[@patrickhay2561]

Thank you for this Casey! Suuuuuuper helpful.

[@AmillionCo]

Great video and thanks for taking the time out to investigate

[@AlaskaPirates]

every time I search for something you pop up with ace content! thanks so much!

[@mysterycrimearcade]

This is a great video, finally! THANK YOU Casey!

[@JepesBrodieman]

thanks a lot, these settings were a huge improvement

[@Jamd]

Thanks Casey. This is just what I was looking for. Excited to try it.

[@kaffeeskateboards]

This content is pure gold🏆! Awesome tip to render Skateboard footage. I'm glad to be one of your subscriber. Cheers and happy new year 2022

[@TrueEssencePhotography]

Thanks for the help on this, it wasn't many videos on this on the internet.

[@wes9331]

I love your style of humor and your videos.

[@urswild4097]

Thanks for spending hours of testing and teaching us your insights on this.

[@pushstartpodcastwithandile6997]

Thank you for this video Casey. Really loved the comparisons and rules of thumb to make it more understandable. I can only imagine how many hours it took to make this. All for....SCIENCE!!

[@BalancedLugger]

Thanks for doing all of that work. I appreciate it. And will use it.

[@johnlawson2147]

Casey, this is SO helpful!!! Take the rest of the day off!

[@thelbc3351]

Sorry for watching so many videos without having subscribed (we're good now). You're a real one. Thanks for everything!

[@TemperYourExpectations]

Dude. Thank you! This is exactly the video I was looking for because I'm a dingus and didn't know how to up the quality of my uploads, using the free version of Resolve. Render me speechless by your scientific method!

[@SeanMiller318]

Thanks for all the hard work and the advice!

[@PhantomGaz]

Huge effort... greatly appreciated... Thank you!

[@jawnysparklez]

wow ive been wondering for a LONG what tl:dr meant and this guy finally said it. I will remember this moment forever

[@1AXMRDR]

Excellent work! Thanks for sharing this. I have been using a Fusion 360 camera and my file sizes where huge to get good quality, this helped so much.

[@livingoutsideseattle]

Really helps, new to making videos and Starting out learning Resolve 17. Whey start with Imovie then have to change!! Thakks for the content

[@docwou]

Thank you, Casey! This is so useful!

[@benmenashe]

Honestly, this just solved a big problem I had with action vids from 360 cameras, especially in the woods etc. Subscribed!

[@mattidahlgren]

Awesome stuff, thanks so much!

[@nataliamoscoso1850]

this video is the best export video out here. thanks lad

[@fabiomorich]

Im very happy to know that! Thanks Casey🔨

[@Zerowasteman]

Love the pickup line at the end. Thanks for your science :)

[@TankTastic]

Whoaaa, appreciate the work put into this

[@stephenwang4621]

mans put in hella work, appreciate this

[@marcdelaunay1]

Casey you are my GOTO GOAT for DaVinci Resolve...I love you videos and humorous yet brilliant delivery and content...so thank you!!!!! ;-)

[@nagyvk1]

excellent content, great style, funny but not annoying.. keep up the good work Casey!

[@nv8505]

Thanks for sharing the helpful advice and instructions on how to use Davinci Resolve.

[@bryanrowland]

VERY helpful. Thank you!

[@TheShamansQuestion]

Love it! We appreciate you and your upscaled brain moves. (that escalated quickly at the end LOL)

[@skyvistaproductions118]

Thanks for taking the time to do this. Very helpful - and, I have subscribed ;)

[@UraFlight]

Amazing information. Thank you so much for your advice and work

[@CooldownsYT]

Thank you for your work! Very helpful. You the man of SCIENCE!

[@aptitudexfood]

Thanks for the tips, will try it for my next video 😆

[@straitjacketstudios]

Great vid and appreciate all the leg work!

[@KZ-yu4jz]

Awesome. I knew about rendering at a higher resolution, but didnt realize H.265 would be better. Thanks!!

[@petsontherocks]

Very useful. Thank you! Also subscribed, honestly!

[@o.c8951]

‏ Thank you very much I always learn so much from you

[@lordh4rk0nn3n]

Thanks a lot for this. I found so many tutorials saying the exact opposite and they are just wrong. Nobody proves their points they just base it on theory "upscaling is bad", "putting a higher bitrate than KZbin recommends doesn't make sense" blablabla. I tested it all out myself after watching your video and the other bad tutorials and I can only confirm what you are saying. Upscaling will have exactly that effect that KZbin will allow for a higher bitrate and therefore less compression and better quality. Good job man, really appreciate the proof and facts!

[@defender7709]

WOW! you has alot of work to gave us this SCIENCE! ty. our teacher

[@frankinblackpool]

This was really helpful and I like the rule-of-thumb of doubling your kb/s in relation to frame rate when rendering h.265. When I had my four year old AMD graphics card, I was able to render all my masterpieces in h.265 with Noise Reduction and all sorts of transitions and colour corrections. Basically I could go nuts and projects would render every time. I now have a new RTX 3070 and at the moment it is temperamental with Davinci Resolve Studio 16 and Resolve Studio 17 Beta. If I want to render a project in h.265, then I have to ensure that all Noise Reduction is turned off/disabled on any colour node. Just one active node of Noise Reduction causes every single render to fail, without exception. If you have large h.264 files and want to transcode to h.265 for smaller file sizes, but keeping good quality, to upload to KZbin-Land then I can highly recommend this tutorial that I found. Its not exactly "Work Safe" because the tutor says the occasional rude word. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXWVnGSCZ52FY6s

[@songofalchemy]

I come to this video every time I render a video! Thanks so much man, you're a legend. Sincerely, me coming here for the 7th time

[@gordonrobertson6599]

Brilliant clear video

[@deans.4705]

awesome as always

[@KuroKuroChannel]

Thank you, Casey. That was the best pick up line ever.

[@robojim4000]

Really excellent! I’ll give this a try as KZbin has been looking terrible of late. Could you do Vimeo and Instagram next?!

[@AlonaEspanol]

Thanks for that! We are going to rock it!

[@Eiffigy2077]

Casey you are a gentleman and a scholar! This video was so helpful and man do I appreciate your channel.

[@theadventurebiker]

Wow. The info in this video is pure gold..

[@YannMetalhead]

I had followed a few other 'guides' in how to obtain a good quality and the video always ended up looking like crap, your information worked perfectly, thank you!!!

[@EternalProphecyTV]

This is incredible, thank you!

[@johnski2175]

This was a very helpful video. Frankly, it was awesome. It answered so many questions. You are a class act!

[@ronmayo4041]

👏this was Sciency! Thank you for providing quality edutainment

[@BenPhanStudios]

Actually....your videos are awesome! Really appreciate the quality instruction and sense of humor. I have the free version, but for some reason it's allowing me to export in H265. Not sure why, but I'll take it! Thanks brother happy holidays!

[@cmqjapan]

Thanks for the hard work. That was interesting.

[@Solveiga555]

I bet if there were Oscar nominations for best KZbin content, you would undoubtedly get one right now. Well done, Casey :)

[@calmrhythms5413]

Awesome content. Love your humor too!

[@hunter8980]

Very Informative! Very Impressive! Thanks!

[@JoeCastellon]

Doing my very first 4K export on my Mac Studio using these settings. Thanks Casey!

[@MaikSchott]

Thanks a lot for the tips and taking a lot of effort to try all these settings! Render Madness . . .

[@philipp7pc]

Thanks for all that work You took off my shoulders!

[@MotoRidesAustralia]

Classic and nice work! Saves me having to do the same thing :-) Your time and effort is greatly appreciated.

[@untamedexpeditions6094]

Very informative and helpful video, thanks! :)

[@FFKupoNut]

Another awesome insightful and fun video from the sensai himself!!! Thank you so much!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ I use the free version and your insights have helped me render out some game footage that doesn't seem to have lost any quality !!

[@cosminabadescu6000]

awesome! thanks for doing all those tests :)