These free caption files are for Larry Jordan’s Creative Bundles for Apple Final Cut Pro 11, Adobe Premiere 25, and DaVinci Resolve 20. These are caption file only, not the media files themselves.
Any backup is better than no backup. In this tutorial, I explain how I backup my computer system and data, along with the gear I use and the challenges I’ve overcome.
This began, as many articles do, with a question from a reader, He asked: “How do I zoom the Viewer in DaVinci Resolve 20 full-screen and, equally important, how do I get it back to normal?”
There are many ways to color correct and match shots using Resolve. This tutorial illustrates a variety of techniques you can use to improve the look of your next project.
The digital video landscape evolves constantly. The result: creators must manage multiple aspect ratios, audio levels, compression rates, and export standards — all while preserving brand consistency. Here are some tips to help optimize your projects for social media.
Resolve has lots of titles available in its Effects panel. But, most times, you want something custom that matches the look of your project. Fusion templates are exactly what you need – they are shared between projects and you can customize them as much as you want. The only problem is that they are impossible to figure out without a map.
This illustrates different workflows for transferring media between DaVinci Resolve and Axle AI, a popular media asset management system. It also provides recommendations on working with metadata.
Bill Clough is a retired journalist, having spent 60 years behind a viewfinder, a microphone or a keyboard. He’s developed two acronyms to prevent problems during production and post.
While not as critical as in years past, the goal of compressing video is to make a very large file as small as possible. In this short video, Larry Jordan explains what factors determine the size of a compressed file
Regardless of which video editing software you use, safely archiving your media and projects when the editing is done is always a priority. But, what should you archive?
There is a secret to color grading multicam clips in DaVinci Resolve 20 – it can’t be done, unless you click this one icon.
A detailed, illustrated tutorial on adding and modifying animation keyframes in DaVinci Resolve 20, plus a close look at the new Keyframe Editor which appeared in this latest version.
The rules governing closed captions are changing significantly with the WCAG 2.1 spec. Bob O’Brien shared his research. If all this is true, it will affect caption content, timing, video players and, most importantly, budgets.
In almost all cases, the key to any documentary is restoring old photographs and films. In this detailed tutorial, I show how to improve scanning old photos to create better images for print or video.
These interviews of leading developers for the media industry were recorded at IBC 2025 by Laura Peters, a member of the Larry Jordan team.
While Fusion can do lots of amazing things, it also has a learning curve that goes straight up. In this short video excerpt from his webinar, Larry Jordan introduces the Fusion interface, moves a clip from the Edit page into the Fusion page, then add a simple embedded text title into the clip.
These are the two animated titles we’ll create this week in Larry’s DaVinci Resolve Fusion webinar.
UPDATED with how to create complex garbage masks using the Color page. Earlier, I wrote about creating a green-screen key in Resolve 20 but failed to show how to create garbage masks. There are multiple options – here’s how they all work.
Creating favorites of titles and clips to share between projects is easy in DaVinci Resolve 20. Except… the entire process is hidden by default. Here’s how to create favorites for your own projects.
Chroma-keys, also called green-screen keys, are a staple of video production. They allow us to replace one background with another, without damaging the foreground image. Here’s how to create one- or two-color keys on the Cut or Edit page of Resolve 20.
While you probably wouldn’t pick an NLE based upon its export speeds, performance tests are always interesting. This time, I compared render and export speeds ad storage bandwidth between Apple Final Cut Pro 11, Adobe Premiere Pro 2025, and DaVinci Resolve 20.
A couple of months ago, as I was editing dozens of interviews to post to the web, I discovered an odd quirk about batch exports in Resolve that was not what I expected. In fact, it cost me time. Here’s what you need to know to reduce your stress.
CAUTION: I’ve spent time working with subtitles recently. I grew increasingly puzzled because all the subtitles created by DaVinci Resolve 20 were in a bold font. The problem was the SRT file. Here’s how to fix it.
For something that’s supposed to be fast and accurate, adding captions to video could not be more cumbersome – regardless of which NLE you use. None of them do a great job and all of them will require FAR more time to get it right than you expect. Here are the details.
Unlike project files in Premiere and Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve tracks files using a master database. Here’s how to move the main database from an old to new drive, without losing your work.
Magic Mask 2 is a powerful tool for creating masks in DaVinci Resolve 20. But did you know you can also use it to separate the foreground from the background? In this short tutorial, Larry Jordan illustrates how to create a mask, then use it to remove the background. It only takes a few seconds – once you know how it works.
Reducing background noise has always been a problem. However, AI tools in DaVinci Resolve 20 make this a lot easier. Here, Larry Jordan explains the differences between AI Voice Isolation, in the free version, with AI Dialogue Leveler and AI Dialogue Separator, in the Studio Version.
I’ve known since RAW-format media was introduced that we could go from RAW to video, but not video to RAW. In this short tutorial, Larry Jordan explains why.
I made a mistake in this week’s webinar – Apple Final Cut Pro 11 Power Tips – when I said that ProRes did not support Log video. (I corrected this in the edited final version.) It does. WHAT IS LOG …
While much of AI requires the cloud, for media asset management, running locally makes more sense. Here, Sam Bogoch, CEO of Axel AI, shares four benefits to creative workflows: Cost, Trust, Speed and Guilt.
All three NLEs – Final Cut, Premiere and Resolve – provide AI-powered audio tools to remove background noise. DaVinci Resolve 20 provides tools in both the free and Studio versions. Here’s how they work.
In this age of smartphones with incredible cameras, it is easy to take high-quality images for granted. But when working with older film prints or slides, quality is not a given; especially for images shot by non-professionals. In this tutorial, I show how to adjust scanner settings to rescue images and make them look great.
All NLEs today can convert speech to text, then generate captions for video. However, following in the steps of CapCut, which popularized this feature, DaVinci Resolve now animates subtitles in a variety of ways. Here’s how this works.
Upgrades, whether for the macOS or your favorite NLE, are always a balancing act. We need to decide whether the new features (and security improvements) are worth risking breaking a feature we depend upon. Here are my recommendations.
Sometimes, in spite of our best efforts during production, something gets into the shot that we just don’t notice until it is too late. DaVinci Resolve has two effects that can quickly remove elements from a shot: Patch Replacer and Object Remover. Here’s a tutorial on how they work.
Recently, I contacted Blackmagic Design to learn which features in DaVinci Resolve 20 were powered by AI. Here’s what I learned, along with a video demo at the end of this article.
Recently, my social media team asked me to create several vertical videos with captions. Since I can only shoot horizontal video, here’s how I did it, using DaVinci Resolve 20.
Far too often, you need to change color settings in the middle of a clip so that the colors change during playback. While you can simply dissolve between two clips, using keyframes gives you more control – allowing you to change settings multiple times during a clip. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to create color keyframes and change settings to convert a clip from daylight to indoor lighting.
All recent versions of DaVinci Resolve provide an outstanding motion tracker. In this short video, Larry Jordan shows how to configure a Power Window (mask) for tracking, then, seconds later, apply a secondary color correction effect. The whole process takes less than a minute and can be used with any Power Window!
The free version of DaVinci Resolve 20 is amazing. But the Studio version will blow your mind! In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan showcases four color effects only available in the Studio version of Resolve that will alter your view of reality and leave your jaw on the floor!
The Color page in DaVinci Resolve 20 is jam-packed with features to adjust color. Because of this, the page is totally overwhelming. To overcome this, Larry Jordan shows how to use four automatic features in Resolve – Auto Color, Auto White Balance, Auto White Level, and Auto Black Level – to fix common color problems without requiring learning how the rest of the Color page works.
DaVinci Resolve is an industry-legend as color grading software. In this short video tutorial, Larry Jordan shows how to transfer projects from Apple Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro into Resolve, then how to transfer them back.
Unlike Final Cut or Premiere, DaVinci Resolve does not store libraries (Final Cut) or projects (Premiere) as separate files. However, there are times when you need to save a specific project. Resolve provides three ways to do this: Backup, export, and archive. Here’s how each of these work.
Generative AI is commanding all the fear and attention in media today. But, there are a wealth of AI-assisted tools in Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve that are enabling editors to do more, rather than replacing them en masse. In this presentation to the Los Angeles Creative Pro User Group, Larry Jordan highlights nearly two dozen AI-assisted tools across all three of these applications.
I found myself giving bad advice recently – which I hate to do – and it started with this panic email which I misinterpreted.
Resolve can easily display two timelines using either a single or dual monitor display. But it’s a bit fiddly. Here’s how this works.
Adobe Premiere supports displaying two or more timelines at the same time. For example, this can help when you need to compare two versions of an edit. This isn’t hard to do, but it isn’t obvious. Here’s how this works.
All the hype surrounding AI presents software developers making tools for creatives with a dilemma. How do they find the right balance between creating features that improve their tools versus replacing the editor?
I spent this last week immersed in editing in DaVinci Resolve Studio 19. Here’s how it compares to Final Cut and Premiere, along with features that drive me nuts.
The challenge I faced was that, once I finished a horizontal version of a video, I needed to create a vertical version for social media posts. Resolve makes it easy, but not obvious. Here’s what you need to know.
