How to Smart Reframe Video to the PERFECT size! DaVinci Resolve 17 Tutorial

[@glen-draketoolworks7186]

Thank you for the tutorial, and thank you especially for letting us focus on your voice and actions without having to filter out some stupid 3-chord background music loop. Corrupting posts with background noise seems to be very popular. I have no idea why content providers seem to think that the harder they make something to hear, the better it is when what they should be doing is making it easier to hear. You seem to understand this, so thanks again. I was able to get through your post without having to bail for the sake of my sanity.

[@diamondfacetsproductions]

You've always been a HERO in these quick but powerful tips with RESOLVE. Thanks and GOD BLESS

[@andrewoeffinger9173]

This is the kind of tutorial there needs to be more of. Thank you.

[@stephentalent]

You are creating absolute gold. Lots of great Resolve content on KZbin but yours is standout the most useful. Thank you 🙏

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Wow, thank you! I really appreciate the kind feedback. More to come.

[@PKRproductionsuk]

This has saved me SOOOO much time! Thankyou!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks so much for watching Jack, the automated feature can be hit or miss, but typically is a good starting point.

[@nabil201197]

You gained one loyal subscriber you saved me man that what i was looking for i was in work and i needed it for the company project thanks to you

[@izzy-mew]

this has been really helpful!! now i can start doing faceless tiktoks!

[@martinclay7557]

Nice one Chadwick, very helpful. I like the tip to reframe on the edit page to make use of the keyframe editor.. Thanks

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thank you Martin! :). That keyframe editor is a pandora's box full of options to explore. Cheers.

[@lamagdalenadejon3270]

Another great video solving the exact present problem I had. Thank you for your existence in this world hahaha!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

You're very welcome! Thank you for kindness. I appreciate you.

[@josuefilms]

Another great tutorial, great pointing out the scene detection part to make the re-frame better.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks Josue - I love that they added that scene cut option!

[@studiodreamken]

Thanks for the info and tips man! Super helpful! Here I am about ready to give up on posting to social media because I'm an idiot who's been reframing stuff manually all this time...

[@CreativeVideoTips]

00:00 - Smart Reframe Tutorial 01:18 - How to use Smart Reframe 02:17 - Scale Full Frame with Crop 04:10 - Smart Reframe Reference Point 05:25 - Object of Interest 06:12 - Detect Scene Cuts 07:14 - Perfect Post Size for Instagram - 4x5 07:41 - Custom Timeline Settings - 1080x1350 08:50 - Fix a bad Auto Smart Reframe 10:05 - Custom Quick Export in Resolve 17 10:30 - Quick Export in Edit Page and Color Page 13:24 - One Catch to Custom Presets 14:18 - Airdrop to Post on Social Networks

[@monsterandmaster]

Hi, whoa your video is full of tips, thanks. I just wanna say, when you're exporting on g drive and so on, it's not very eco-friendly. When it's possible, we should go for usb data transfer 👍

[@marvincolon]

Nice. Will try this tomorrow

[@CreativeVideoTips]

awesome - let me know how it goes 👍🏼

[@brucedeloop9494]

Thanks for this. I like the way you teach.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Absolutely Bruce! Thanks for watching - feel free to always reach out with things you would like help with figuring out in the post-production or video world. Cheers!

[@TheVocalCoach]

Nice! Thanks man! lots of info there that I haven't seen in other videos....even tho I'm a very new Davinci user, this will improve my work flow!

[@LaPetiteMort_]

Great tips, thank you!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks for watching :)

[@011THEWALL]

REAL LEGEND!!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

You are the legend!

[@richard-sim]

This was super helpful, and has so many tips squeezed in there - thanks!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Glad it was helpful Richard, thanks so much for watching! :)

[@ST7GOLDTRIDENT]

Thank you for the useful tips and the deep dive.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!

[@MikeBifulco]

Big subscribe energy - love this, thank you Chadwick!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Awesome, thank you Mike!

[@piratapro_4kFPV]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you just what I needed for an upcoming project that is requesting different formats! Thank you keep EM ROLLIN

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Hey thanks so much! That’s great to hear it will be helpful. Much more to come.

[@GemGames3]

This is what I'm after! I need to change the reframe of the video (For places like Instagram) thank you!

[@HikingWithCooper]

That is crazy how good it works. My first foray into Instagram and that Tic Tac thing. I love your consistent fast, clear and concise descriptions on all of your videos. I'll watch this video many times I'm sure :) Going to have to use the...gulp...cut page.

[@ChrisCollinsGuitar]

I love your videos. So well organised, relaxed, logical, etc. Fantastic

[@redappleedits]

Great tutorial! I've been looking for a breakdown like this on aspect ratios but also a way to easily format it without manually resizing and shifting each frame like I had been 🤯

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Glad it was helpful! It sure can be tedious to do it 100% manually.

[@redappleedits]

@@CreativeVideoTips Also - is the resolve editing keyboard worth it? Been debating on getting it to speed up workflow.

[@themontemoto]

Thank you friend. Exactly the information I was looking for AND some really useful bonus tips. I'm new to resolve from Premiere so its really helpful when you share those little side treasures that make your work faster 👍🤝💋

[@politicscentral6473]

Amazing tutorial man! Helped a lot

[@VAsHachiRoku]

Do you have a cheat spreadsheet (public Google Doc) with recommending Size x Size, the Pixel size to set in Resolve, and which platform like Instagram, Twitter, etc? That’s would be super helpful! Thanks for the tips!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

I personally don't have anything like that up right now. Maybe I'll add it to my website at some point, but for now - I found this infographic that looks to do a pretty good job (at least with IG) - later.com/blog/instagram-image-size/

[@PebblesMcWilly]

Hey Chadwick, random question. Could you make a tutorial on how you edited the fullscreen of your talking head into the small circle in the bottom right corner?

[@Dubious_George]

Damn, I thought you could only detect scene cuts while importing! Thank you!!

[@MarkBowenPiano]

Really great video thank you for it. I was wondering if there is any way to use Smart Reframe but then if it's not quite getting enough of the shot in still then is there a way to say back out of the crop of the video to get some of it back? I know that would obviously introduce black bars at the top and bottom but I'm not fussed by that as I have a fairly unique need to be able to do that. Hopefully there is some way to get it to follow the action as it were but then back the whole clip of somewhat to get the parts that it missed in? Thanks.

[@JibaroTech]

will be better to upload in prores to IG?

[@leopulce]

You are awesome! Thanks!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

You're awesome Leonardo. I super appreciate you watching.

[@TriggeredLimey]

@Creative Video Tips Hi Chadwick! I was wondering if I could ask a couple of questions, please. I am pretty new to DaVinci Resolve, and am absolutely loving it! However, I have a small KZbin channel, and can not really invest in the paid version of Resolve yet. I was wondering, is there a better option than just keyframing it manually on the free version? Also, if I get the paid version, will I have to pay again when new versions come out? Thank you so much!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Hey - Absolutely ask any and all questions! That is my favorite part of the whole channel and how I personally learn the best myself. There isn't another option other than keyframing, but there are some tricks to setting those to do it faster. Without making a whole video on it. Set a start keyframe with a shortcut key while in selection follows edit mode. Then use the transform control edit mode on the viewer it self to reposition the start, then move the timeline and reposition in the viewer again and it will set the 2nd keyframe for you automatically and you are just working visually in the viewer the whole time. This beats manually moving numbers in the inspector. Side note - I have the paid version, but still need to do this most of the time and can't rely on the auto controls of the paid neural engine for me on this. So while it's cool, it's not fool proof. 2 - Once you buy resolve, you have it for life. I started using resolve in about 2012 or so and have never paid for an upgraded version since. I have only bought several more licenses for different facilities and computers. It is worth it, but not soley for the reframing feature. The best way to buy it is with a product and have it included (the speed editor bundle, a color surface, a camera all come with it).

[@trizzleseven]

Excellent! You're the best channel for resolve right now. Keep it up! Question: Do you use prores files for instagram? What are your export settings regarding instagram?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

You are too kind - there are a lot of great people teaching resolve on youtube. I don't use prores for IG - but I will most of the time export a prores master out of Resolve. Instead I'm usually running most final deliverables through adobe media encoder out of old habit with the match source high bit rate setting. H264 out of Resolve isn't bad though but the youtube presets are terrible. I would use the built in H264 quick export preset if I didn't kick out ProRes masters (which is really overkill, just an old habbit). You get a good 15-16mpbs file which is perfect with quick export.

[@trizzleseven]

@@CreativeVideoTips I had that habit, too, but Resolve renders really quick, what I really like. I can't decide whether to render a smaller file that won't get too much compression from instagram (which can't be measured I think) or to render the best quality with a higher bitrate. I often read the theory that the first version would have better results but I can't find any proof or data about that. What is your experience?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

@@trizzleseven the only reason to render it smaller with a low data rate is to not send a big video file to your phone. I understand your thinking behind that but that is circa youtube from 2007 or so. Instagram will apply the same compression based on the resolution regardless so it's better to give it something better.

[@trizzleseven]

@@CreativeVideoTips and that's exactly what I was wrapping my brain around for a long time, haha. Thanks for the info! Helped a lot!

[@landonporter77]

Thanks, man, very helpful. Totally off-topic... what keyboard is that (the regular kb, not the speed editor)?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Thanks Landon, this one is just the standard Apple keyboard that came with my Mac Pro. Although I also have a mechanical Logitech that I prefer. I’ll do a video on that one sometime.

[@peterdams]

Hi Chatwick, great video. Whenever i set the timeline porperties to "full frame crop" my videos (which are 16:9) cannot be moved to the side (reframed) cause they are cropped although there should be space left of my wide original video. Any idea what i missed...?

[@LaHoraMaker]

Chadwick, this video is super useful! I learned lots about the Quick Export feature! Last month I started doing a one-minute daily news video. My plan was to repurpose it for Twitter/Instagram/KZbin shorts. I created the main version, then duplicated the timeline twice and created the 1:1 and 9:16 versions, but had to export manually. With the quick export settings for h264, I assume I could accelerate it further. This is a wonderful tip! Anyway, I trying to create a custom script to duplicate the timelines, rename them, set the custom settings. Worked with the DR16 and DR17 betas but broke with the DR17 final version. Time to learn more!!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Oh wow! I didn’t know it was possible to do a script like that. Was that all inside of Resolve that you did that? Or using a macro from a 3rd party software tool? Thanks so much for the encouragement! I’m glad you see the value in quick export like me 😀

[@LaHoraMaker]

@@CreativeVideoTips you can do it just inside Resolve. Information about the features is available under Help menu - Documentation - Developer. I am still ironing out some details but plan to release it next week. I will get back in touch so you can try it out!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

@@LaHoraMaker that sounds really interesting and useful!

[@brucecolgate]

Thanks!

[@CreativeVideoTips]

dude thank you! I'm sorry i'm so far behind on comments and missed this. I really appreciate your generosity!

[@naaklerimed]

This was really helpful, thanks! I'm currently working on converting a horizontal video containing two people into a vertical one for Instagram Reels but it feels like I have to do a looot of cuts (on top of the scene cuts feature) to make it work with smart reframe. I'm shooting for an end result where the frame smoothly slides back and forth between two people whenever one of them is speaking but it's really challenging to make reframing as smooth as I'd like. Any suggestions?

[@fjouper]

Legend! Love your videos and Quick tips. Keep them coming 😃. Do you have any tips when it comes to editing photos for social media in davinci?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

You are too kind. This idea could make for a good video on it's own - I'm adding it to the list. At the core - you will want to be in the color page, get your image looking great - grab a still of the frame you like (right click on the image to do that) - then export the still from your gallery as a jpeg.

[@MrMB2652]

Interesting stuff. I do like the way you zoom in and out to your camera and to the details of menus and the like, at 12:16 & 13:06 for example. Feels very smooth to me, any tips or do you already have a video on this? All the best.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

I actually picked this tip up from Mike Murphy on youtube who teaches a lot on Screenflow which is the app I record tutorials in. He goes over the technique in this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGnPYZiOZdp5bpo This would be doable in some of the traditional editing apps too, but I try to edit the screen captures as much as possible inside of screenflow. Anyway - that video linked above is how I do that. It's kind of fun. Thanks for watching and asking :)

[@MrMB2652]

@@CreativeVideoTips Hi, thanks for the rapid reply. I'll take a look at Mike's video. I'll probably look at doing it in DVR 17 as it seemed to me when watching your video that using video collage would be pretty simple. But, this is all pretty new to me at the moment, getting there slowly.....Cheers Marshall

[@ml1067]

Thank you so much...

[@CreativeVideoTips]

So nice of you - Thanks for watching.

[@coreyparker587]

Thank you!

[@davidleemoveforlife6332]

This is brilliant, you just got me to spend the money on Resolve studio, they should give you a commission. Hey, while I've got you, do a video on automation in fairlight. Sometimes I can figure it out and then sometimes I lose the plot and it doesn't't work.

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Haha - I'm glad to hear the video was helpful but sorry for your pocketbook. Although it's nice they have never yet charged for software updates. V17 had a nice update with automation that is clip-aware - thanks for the feedback and suggestion.

[@MrTrapo56]

Awesome tutorial! This help me a lot!!!

[@nikilragav]

What are you using to show the keyboard buttons that you're pressing?

[@zvbair]

Awesome content. New here. Mind if i ask that if i shoot in 4k then what would the aspect ratios for insta or is it the same. If yes, am i loosing any quality here as the video shot in 4k. Thank you x subscribed :)

[@CreativeVideoTips]

thanks for being here - for insta, I typically use 1080x1920, Resolve will smartly scale the 4k footage to get the best quality. Sometimes for a post instead you will need 1080x1350, but for stories and reels use 1080x1920 to fill up the frame

[@stehume]

Hi Chadwick hope you can help me on a problem similar to this. i have some 1080 video that i took with my iPhone 13pro, i also have some photos that i took with the same phone, i spent ages editing them but when i render the video the photos are massive in the finished project, almost zoomed into a 1/4 of the photo. I have changed all the rescale settings but no joy. so far the only way i have managed to sort it is to take the photo into photoshop resize it to 1080 then take it in to Davinci. hope you can help or maybe do a video on it , the photo size from my iPhone is 4032 x 3024. would be good if DaVinci could just shrink them down. many thanks steve

[@rolithesecond]

It's weird, I've done this in the past and it worked fine. Tried again today, and when I try to move the video position in the frame, the full image of the source video isn't there, like everything outside the 9x16 just got cropped away.

[@W0KNI]

Another great video Chadwick. Question for ya. I saw a render FPS of 135+ What CPU/GPU setup are you using?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Hey thanks so much Stephen, haha a very old one for these tutorials. This is a 2015 iMac that I hope to replace later this summer. It was running fast because this was probably a 1080 prores sequence. Let's see I'm running at 4GHz Quad Core i7 with a Radeon R9 MR395X with 4GB of memory. Very underpowered computer compared to almost everyone watching my videos :)

[@urwaeid319]

I have a issue. I added a mask and blur effect then tracking on face in video 1920*1080 , but when i resize time line size into 1080*1080 all masks on clips changed position and lose all tracking ?? any Ideas to solve it please ?

[@jhonhenriano8]

Thank you

[@bounia]

Hi guys, i have a question, i have the free davinci resolve version, and i dont have the "Smart Reframe" button, is that normal because we have to pay to use it ? Thanks

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Yes. I maybe forgot to mention. That is a paid feature because it is an AI thing. It’s part of studio.

[@laurentiudll]

Chadwick, how do i deal with black bars appearing on top and bottom of my videos? for some of them, the reframe tool did not work perfectly and it looks like it needs to zoom more

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Unfortunately it’s not a fix all especially if it’s hard for the AI to determine things like fast moving faces. To deal with the bars open the inspector an zoom in, push in making the scale larger. You can also adjust your x, left right position there as well. Hope this helps.

[@Andrew-vi7je]

Smart reframe seems to sometimes work and other times it does nothing. What am I missing?

[@emileravenet]

SUBBED

[@vizdon9625]

Ty

[@alejandrum13]

Cgad, i dont have the ProRes option. What is that?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

In that case, I would choose DNXHR - this is pretty much the same type of codec but available on Windows.

[@alejandrum13]

@@CreativeVideoTips Excellent, thank you very much. Learning from your videos every day, very helpful 👌🏻

[@nikilragav]

What happens if you don't cut it up?

[@CreativeVideoTips]

Resolve won’t know it’s a new shot so the results might not be very good.

[@scottlehman4068]

smart reframe changes the y axis as well that is frustrating. there is no way for me to isolate the x axis. why would anyone want the video to go off the screen

[@CreativeVideoTips]

I don't think there is a way to restrict it other than placing a point of interest on your subject.

[@mylifepart2]

You said it..for paid version..that's why I couldn't find mine lol...

[@memuhrbx]

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