I like to explore and mess around with things. I was doing that with Davinci Resolve, the video editing software that I use, and came across some exciting new things. Talk about accidental discoveries which grab the heart and pull you in.
Now in case any of you haven’t watched one of my recent videos about my Tuxedo Linux laptop, my workflow setup and that big journey, It’s here:
One of the reasons for me delaying getting back into posting videos earlier this year was that I had to change my entire workflow. I assure you that’s not a small thing to do.
Since 2015 when I started video creation on youtube. My first ever project was a hackintosh build. On that machine I had Final Cut Pro X, which has been my editing software since, up until January 2023. 8 years on youtube and all that editing. FCPX just became an extension of my limbs (well the two upper ones anyway).
Now all of a sudden, after so long I decide to upgrade and get a new laptop specifically for Linux and have got myself Davinci Resolve Studio 18. There is a fair amount of unlearning and re-learning to do.
If you know me well, you’ll know that I’m the type who makes her tech last until it’s kicking and screaming for mercy. Heck I’ve only had two mobile phones this past decade and one of those was a hand me down. My hackintosh build has been showing signs of shakiness. If that goes belly up, there would be no way for me to edit videos, photos or audio.
I’m not an Apple person at all. The last time I bought a brand new laptop was 2007, when I was into Apple (when they were still all right). Now getting one in 2023, yeah too freakin right I’m going to make sure it’s a good one. I know I’m going to make it last as long as I can!
As a result, I’ve had to change my entire system of editing videos, including the software itself. Moving from OS X and FCPX to Fedora and Davinci Resolve 18. (I’ve been a Linux user, properly, since 2016 but only on a secondary computer). My way of editing has changed and unlearning FCPX was tough as old habits die hard. But after creating a few videos since, I’m talking about a handful, I’m already starting to get to know Davinci resolve, quicker than I expected! Let’s just hope I don’t ever need to use FCPX again or my head will be mashed.
Davinci Resolve Studio is what I’m using and I’ve discovered a few things on there. You have effects and you can combine and construct along with your footage. As you can imagine a visual and arty soul like me, I’ve been having fuuun! As a result I’ve created a new outro for my videos.
How it started as a nasty accident actually, I was clearing up my project manager on Davinci Resolve and deleting projects that I had already uploaded. The thing is, I had a (bad) habit of pinching the outros from the previous video and that’s how I always did it (of course add and subtract Patron’s names whenever need be and change the music listing). But after this clear up, I was editing my latest video and once I completed and got to the outro bit. *Screams* No video to pinch it from, it’s gone! I freakin deleted it didn’t I.
So I’ve had to reconstruct it from the beginning and this time in an isolated project of it’s own so I don’t delete it accidentally. That’ll teach me to be lazy!
Anyway, this is how the new discoveries came about, me being arty I started faffing around with the video effects and have fallen in love. Check out my outro on my latest video!!! I HAVE PLANS!!! 😀
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