6 FREE Davinci Resolve Effects I Use On EVERY PROJECT!

Too often, video editors ignore the built in effects in Davinci Resolve when they could be saving a ton of time on keyframing and making custom effects. In this video, I show you 6 must use effects that I use on EVERY PROJECT I edit in Davinci Resolve.
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Table of Contents:
0:00 - Davinci Resolve Effects
0:41 - Where To Find The Effects
1:06 - Push
2:48 - Edge Wipe
4:07 - Adjustment Clip
5:32 - Drop Shadow
7:05 - Camera Shake
8:12 - Blanking Fill
9:38 - Saving For Easy Access
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[@TobiasWeberRSA]

It's crazy that this is all part of a free software.

[@dunnadidit]

Right!? Pretty nuts!

[@ismaelferreira6447]

Man, you didnt see capcut yet. (For sure is not the best software for other things, but for good presers like this it it King

[@TobiasWeberRSA]

@@ismaelferreira6447 I use it on my phone all the time. Couldn’t really get into it on my computer though. Davinci still works best for me there.

[@Jonathan-zg3sc]

Just pirate the studio version

[@Sustainavore]

Push is my go to! One quick tip: instead of copying, clicking the other clip to highlight it green, and then pasting--you can instead just hold 'alt' and drag the transition to the clip you want, and it will duplicate it. It's super fast. You can also use that method to duplicate most anything on the timeline, and if you want to just select one thing in a linked clip (like just the audio or video) without unlinking them, 'alt' and clicking on what you want will allow you to select just that one clip without anything else associated with it. Edit: I learned another quick way to add to multiple: if you select all of the clips you want to apply the transition to, and then click on the edge as if you were going to change the length of all clips, it will highlight ALL of them green along the edge, and then when you paste, it will apply to all of them. This is actually incredibly helpful for me! The green highlight thing to allow paste is new to me though, and will definitely come in handy when I am adding to a bunch of tracks. Thank you!

[@dunnadidit]

Absolutely! Great addition, thanks for sharing! Glad you found the video helpful too!

[@JonatanCastro]

Please do more of these videos about simple, quick, and easy motion graphics on DaVinci Resolve that actually look cool and make your videos look professional. Thanks a bunch for this one!

[@dunnadidit]

Noted! I’ll keep that in mind!

[@keccoaching]

The Blanking fill one is CRAZY!!!

[@prestonurvina]

Crazy how you can use all of the effects, watch a video, and find out how many more useful ways you can use it! Thanks, Sir.

[@dunnadidit]

Right!? That’s why it’s so important that video editors and creators talk to eachother! We can learn so much from eachother!

[@prestonurvina]

@@dunnadidit 100%. Working on getting more consistent on my uploads as we speak

[@dunnadidit]

@prestonurvina love that!

[@simonrhys]

Great video ! Thank you, looking forward to having a play with these soon!

[@bharaninathkomandur6330]

Great video. To the point with examples. Thank you for sharing.

[@TLOverlander]

Blanking fill... You just changed my life!

[@dunnadidit]

Boom!

[@ConnorEckdahl]

I just started using davinci and these tips were super helpful! Was very easy to follow. Thanks dude!

[@HelloDanzel]

THANK YOU, always loving your tips because its just so easy to digest even though they are simple you truly take it step by step. Appreciate ya

[@natepotter6911]

Good to see ya, Dunna! Great tips, thanks much!

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@ItsMeDiz]

Concise and brief! Very helpful ty!!

[@adrielalves531]

i'm just getting into DVR (as of... yesterday), and omg Camera Shake and Blanking Fill will be so helpful!!! tysm for this video

[@marshalljvanderhoofphoto]

Thank you for the great tips. Super helpful to speed up and up level my editing skills. Thanks for the information.

[@samsmythsenior811]

Super awesome. Clear and easy to understand. 💡

[@achimforst6097]

Thanks, Dunna, for the useful tips ! Used the Drop Shadow till now only within the Inspector !

[@j.r.outdoors247]

These are awesome. Thanks so much for sharing. I love learning this stuff and you do a great job of explaining it. The push is definitely something that i will be adding.

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@finaltouchautodetailingllc]

Thank you for making this video. You are pretty easy to learn from.

[@philipsbrett]

Thanks Dunna, these are so useful! Adding this video to my list of "glad I found it, but also agonizing over the hours lost before hand" playlist. I've been shooting an interview series for about a year now, and only just found out about remote grades last month. All these tips to avoid endless copy & pastes are welcome!

[@dunnadidit]

Haha those seem to be the playlists I live on most of the time! Glad it was helpful 😁

[@DanielBrown-cc4hw]

GREAT Tips!! I really appreciate this!!!

[@Semion.]

Love it man, that was really helpful, thanks a lot.

[@dunnadidit]

Glad it helped!

[@llpreiss]

WOW!!! Where were you when I needed these on previous projects? I did it the hard way -- searched until it was found; UGH! Thanks again.

[@dunnadidit]

Haha… sorry… and you’re welcome 😂😂 I guess I should have made this one a while ago

[@AvisBoone]

This WAS an AWESOME tutorial!!

[@JasonLorette]

Ohhh...Push & Blanking Fill are definitely going to get used! Those plus making presets for them and the favs list! Thanks Dunna! 📷😎

[@dunnadidit]

My pleasure dude!

[@SauceIsMyPersonality]

I had no idea about some of these - thank you!! 🙏🏻

[@dunnadidit]

Nice! That’s always the goal!

[@theMobileHuntersEXPO]

Amazing vid bro. Thank you!

[@adrianalback5085]

mate, top shelf...you are the bomb !

[@cbleemd]

Great video - thank you!!

[@BruscoTheBoar]

Bro you've shown me a ton of stuff i used to animate by hand in the fusion tab lol And the drop shadow is an awesome thing that will come handy in future videos. Thanks a lot!

[@DennisKing]

I really needed a creative kick today. This was it and I'm ready to edit. Thanks!

[@dunnadidit]

I’m so glad to hear that!!!

[@DFD1]

These are the most common effects most of us use or should be using anyway. Very good use cases too. Great tips 👍👍

[@gaborujhelyi8365]

Instant sub! Big thank you!

[@flyDJIuk]

Wow! What a cracking video! Thank you!!

[@wildzenventures]

These are all very interesting! I look forward to trying these!

[@dunnadidit]

I hope they’re useful for you!

[@FenzirL]

Daamn This is crazy! Esp that blanking fill 🤯 Thank dunna! 🙌🏻

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@tortoisecamera]

Great video. Thanks!

[@sharonbh]

Very informative tutorial Thanks

[@danielroujansky6420]

Thanks for the great tips & tricks and look forward to your next video.

[@dunnadidit]

Cheers!!

[@RyanGreen]

Dunna did it again I reckon I’m going to make use of pretty much all of these! Thanks man

[@dunnadidit]

Nice!! Stoked to hear it!

[@geotsaou]

Great video man, shows how to use resolve but also gives examples to make your brain create different senarios as to when to use them. Awesome!

[@dunnadidit]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@CarCountHackers]

Watch again? I book marked this! I'll be spending a lot of time on this one! Great video! Thank you!

[@dibyabt]

atleast a video tht talks about the right thing someone needs to teach.. very helpful.. thank you.

[@Captain_Clark_CDoryAdventures]

I'm new. This video moved kinda fast for me. I appreciate your efforts brother. I think I may simply need more coffee before I get after this. Thanks again. 😉

[@EandY-Videography]

That was Amazing!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@dunnadidit]

Cheers!

[@BrokerBasil]

Awesome video - some great, easy-to-use ideas.

[@dunnadidit]

That’s what I love to hear! Thanks!

[@KoolCreation]

Awesome tips thanks!

[@dunnadidit]

Happy to help!

[@IanKristoffer]

As a newbie moving from premiere to davinci this saves me a lot! More power to your amazing content maan ⚡

[@dunnadidit]

Cheers! So glad to hear it! Welcome to the DVR squad!

[@charlesdavidmedia]

Blanking fill for the win, I didn't know about this effect ! I'm already using it on a project, thanks

[@dunnadidit]

Nice! Great to hear I helped you find it!

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Great tips...subscribed!

[@MichaelWTurner]

Good stuff, man. Thanks!

[@dunnadidit]

Cheers!

[@yoshi-movies]

So good :) Thank you!

[@dunnadidit]

Glad you like it!

[@RIKIBRO]

thank you, super helpful

[@xfauzi]

BROOOOOOOO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THIS IS I LOOKING FOR in 1 year. especially saving preset transition 10:00 , bro i didnt know that. I hope next davinci update preset can save in Power Bins. (bcs i need export to another PC) AAAAAAAAA right now you save my time!!!! more efficient. SUBBED!

[@jacobzatorsky]

Yoooo, i'm switching to Danvici this is soo beautiful!

[@dunnadidit]

Good choice!

[@mike_s_media]

Duuuuude... I've been doing the blanking fill manually this whole time.... FML hahaha

[@dunnadidit]

Haha I did it for so long too!

[@m_reis]

Great video. Thanks

[@dunnadidit]

You are welcome!

[@whatchannel3679]

Great video and explanation

[@dunnadidit]

Cheers!

[@photo911]

Good stuff!! Thanks man!!

[@dunnadidit]

Cheers!

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Thanks for these suggestions.

[@dunnadidit]

Cheers!

[@owlmuso]

Very useful, thank you, thank you man for your generosity and time in creating videos like this. I been trying to figure out how to make more use out of the Davinci FX and this video goes a long way to helping me with that goal. I am still on a mission to learn how to get even more creative with fx like glitching, waviness etc. I have tried some of these before but its tough to not end up with something cheesy. Another question I have is this... on my music DAW I have options to create LFO generator effects (sine, square, random etc) that can be mapped to parameters in separate effects to create interesting movements in these other effects... is there a way to do the same in Davinci?

[@jer3006]

Huge tip about difference between Drop Shadow Effect vs Text+ Drop Shadow! Thanks for clearly explaining those gotchas.

[@dunnadidit]

Heck yeah! Always glad to help!

[@user-vx1hs4mv6q]

Blanking fill you presented is a game changer, so far i applied 3tracks including adjustment clip to get this blurry background effect for vertical shots. I also liked this soft zoom effect that we can replicate easily to any clip thanks to adjustment clip. I've learned recently from your channel how to make 'editing to the bit' more user friendly. Very good content, thank you

[@dunnadidit]

So glad to hear that my content has been helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@celestepalm6949]

I'm always learning new vid lingo: what does 'editing to the bit' mean? I love the Blanking Fill too!

[@dunnadidit]

@@celestepalm6949 it’s “editing to the beat” (of the music) I think it was just a typo. I had a recent video on that topic!

[@pixelrancher]

Great tips. Cheers!

[@dunnadidit]

Cheers!!

[@robbyalzn]

i do blanking fill manually before watched this video. Thanks bro

[@dunnadidit]

Happy to help!

[@hrsror]

Secured the cup and let's get into it. Thanks!

[@dunnadidit]

Yessss! Let’s get into it!!

[@danielruff5693]

Dude.. thanks to your videos and my practice in davinci resolve, I'm able to earn my money with video editing. Can't thank you enough man! And again: very nice and important tips. Especially the Blanking Fill was a huge face palm moment for me :D

[@dunnadidit]

That’s such an amazing thing to hear! Thanks for letting me know!

[@russell6294]

Absolute legend 🙏

[@dunnadidit]

Let’s goooo!

[@usamatouqeer3883]

Thanks Dunna. Really useful stuff

[@dunnadidit]

Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching!

[@usamatouqeer3883]

@@dunnadiditalways. i also learned color grading from your video a few months back. It really helped 🖤🖤

[@dunnadidit]

@usamatouqeer3883 that’s so awesome! Glad I could help!!

[@The_Idea_of_Dream_Vision]

Blanking fill is super helpful

[@dunnadidit]

Handy hey!?

[@manoftheculture]

I wish I knew about the blanking fill earlier. Could’ve saved so much time with that one

[@pedroarruda7878]

Very good! Tank you!

[@dunnadidit]

Cheers!

[@HeyThisIsAndrew]

Seriously! Thank you! I need to make it a mission of mine to watch a minimum 3 of your videos per day to master resolve! You just helped me in several ways. Every tip was something I needed and googled but could not find the answer for. Like the background with text! The way you described and showed it to be so seamless! Thanks man!

[@dunnadidit]

Haha I’m gonna need to make some more videos fast or you’re gonna run out!!

[@HeyThisIsAndrew]

@@dunnadidit Do you have any tips on recording VO in davinci resolve? I followed a couple tutorials and each of them caused my video to export with left channel only audio. I am using a Blue Yeti Mic

[@dunnadidit]

@HeyThisIsAndrew sounds like the track that you’re recording to is a stereo track. 2 fixes, either patch your input channel to BOTH the left and right channel of that track, or make a mono track to do your VO on.

[@HeyThisIsAndrew]

@@dunnadidit thank you!

[@YeetMusic]

you can also use the blanking effect to change the aspect ratio of your video - for a more cinematic look rather than adding black bars

[@dunnadidit]

Great idea!

[@marc_likes_stuff]

Davinci rocks! I'm still an Adobe fanboy, but Resolve's color grading is next level (I own the Studio version).

[@dunnadidit]

So true!

[@EmmettLiv]

Great stuff! Where can one access your awesome backgrounds (black paper etc).

[@EastPh1lly]

love it! i now have a idea how to edit photoshowcase-stories for instagram with the push transition. + the dropshadow effect will separate them from background

[@dunnadidit]

These are SOOO handy for vertical content!

[@EastPh1lly]

@@dunnadidit thank you very much for all of your content! Even after nearly 2 years in this software - there are always things you’re not aware of in your actual workflow. 😁

[@dunnadidit]

Totally!

[@toplayfantasy]

wow! Great video...

[@dunnadidit]

Thank you!

[@Dardjiskien]

Thanks a lot!

[@dunnadidit]

My pleasure!

[@ruhani-rabin]

Thanks for this. However, I am having trouble zooming in on a screen area (for tutorial videos with screen recording) and making them reusable. How should I go about it? Should I Use Adjustment Clips?

[@somi-world2033]

I really love your channel

[@somi-world2033]

One question though, the example that you showed during adjustment clip can be easily achieved by Dynamic zoom. Is therr any difference?

[@dunnadidit]

@somi-world2033 thanks! Yeah dynamic zoom is an option, just a more limited one. For example, if you want to zoom in a bit and hold on the zoom, or if you want to zoom once and then zoom again later, or any more complicated moves like that. But still totally an option for simple stuff!

[@crazystevejulian]

5:26 you could also use the dynamic zoom function it adjust's given on the clip's time. just a small trick :) (theres also a dynamic zoom editor which allows you to adjust the direction of the zoom the total size and more)

[@WhiskeyAlphaPilot]

Blanking fill!!!! YES!!!

[@RicardoBarbosaEVGA]

Thanks!

[@dunnadidit]

My pleasure!

[@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker]

Were those clips in this video from Escalante? We were just there checking out the slot canyons

[@SherardYu]

I prefer using Dynamic Zoom with an Adjustment layer instead of keyframing the Zoom. The best part about it is that I can easily make adjustments by modifying the Adjustment layer rather than having to go back and edit the keyframes. To make things more convenient, I have saved it in a Power Bin. 😊

[@dunnadidit]

That can totally be a good one! I personally find dynamic zoom a bit limiting and fidgety, I don’t like that it changes the speed of the zoom based on the length of the clip. But in certain situations it is definitely a handy call.

[@74mili]

Cheers!

[@Matein13]

Man, I've been an Avid-->Final Cut-->Premiere editor for many, many years, and I'm just now getting into DaVinci and man is this a game changer. I hope they eat Adobe's lunch.

[@celestepalm6949]

Yeah, I really loathe when popular app services try to hold hostage their customers with "rent-forever-never-to-own" tactics.

[@Matein13]

@@celestepalm6949 Yup...it just puts a bad taste in my mouth. Like, I've bought previous versions outright...what's the point if we don't own what we by? Why spend the money at all? Especially if they aren't making the products any better.

[@AbdelrahmanElshoney-in6ce]

Thank you ❤️🤍

[@dunnadidit]

You’re welcome 😊

[@MickeyMullin]

I did not know about Blanking Fill!!!

[@kanniyappan1976]

Thank you and you are great👍 I am from India (Chennai)

[@JonathanPalfrey]

I’ve done full animated videos in resolve just using the push transition. So much easier and faster than using after effects.

[@dunnadidit]

Nice!

[@isi_outdoor]

Little Question off topic, i wantet do Colorgrade some GoPro Footage, but i cant find informations about the colourspace of the GoPro (11), would you perform a CST and how? Thanks in advance, love your Videos!

[@dunnadidit]

As far as I’m aware, GoPro footage is generally already in a rec709 space so you should just be able to apply the corrections and looks that you want with no CST

[@eddiec4302]

That blanking fill will come in clutch.

[@dunnadidit]

100%

[@99rpm]

Hi Dunna, I was wondering, the title cards shown at 1:11 (Push) for example, do you hand-edit the text for every of these cards or is it one master sequence that you use instances of and enter the text via a separate text field?

[@dunnadidit]

This specific video is a bit different because I was trying to be cheeky by showing the effect I was going to talk about with each title card. But the push title card is the closest to what I typically use in my videos. All that is is the background on one layer and then a text+ on a layer above. When I need to create more, I just highlight those two clips (background and text) and either copy and paste or opt(alt) drag to copy them to the new location, change the text in the text+ clip and I’m done. Hope that answers your question.

[@99rpm]

@@dunnadiditthank you 👍

[@tuff_media]

k your videos are the best

[@tuff_media]

but is there a way to save OFX presets like camera shake or drop shadow settings for future use?

[@DANIELTIJERO]

Love the video but I have a question about the resolve transitions on the edit page, Every time I add them to my clips the clip goes black for the time of the transition. Any tips to help me fix this?

[@davidcamarda8723]

Diggin it

[@dunnadidit]

Cheers!

[@ezekielobabatunde]

Sick background! Prefer it to the old one. PS. Been a while I watched your videos so I can’t tell if this new background is no longer news. 😅

[@dunnadidit]

This is the very first video with the plants in the back! So even though I’ve been playing with the same room for a while, it feels new here haha.

[@badpixels_]

i started using DaVinci with Audacity Software to record any sound from the internet for my videos.

[@Aldsomegaming]

a better tip for that zooming adjustment clip, instead of manually using zoom, the use dynamic zoom.

[@dunnadidit]

Dynamic zoom can definitely be helpful in some cases but ultimately I find it limiting and kind of annoying to use unfortunately. But if it works for you, then that’s great!