Equinet Academy
Edit with clarity. Build the story with precision.
Course Description
What is This Course About?
DaVinci Resolve is not just a more capable editing application than CapCut. It is a fundamentally different production environment built around a page-based workflow that separates assembly, precision editing, audio finishing, colour grading, and delivery into distinct professional workspaces.
Understanding how these pages work together and why professional post-production is structured this way is the foundation of this module.
This capstone course develops professional desktop video-editing capabilities for longer-form, commercial-quality video work. The production contexts differ from Module 5: interviews assembled from multiple camera angles and audio sources; branded short films with a deliberate colour identity; corporate communications videos with consistent audio treatment across multiple scenes; and commercial content that must be delivered to broadcast or client specifications.
At the core of this module is a commitment to the disciplines that most self-taught DaVinci Resolve users never develop: using the Cut page for fast assembly before moving to the Edit page for precision work, applying the Fairlight page for proper audio mixing and dialogue cleanup rather than applying basic level adjustments on the timeline, and using the Colour page for grading to a visual identity rather than just correcting technical problems.
By the end of this course, you will be able to organise footage and assemble sequences using Resolve’s professional workflow architecture, execute precision edits that match script narrative requirements, mix and clean audio in Fairlight to a deliverable standard, grade footage to a consistent visual identity using the Colour page, and export files correctly specified for broadcast, digital, and commercial delivery.
DaVinci Resolve (free version) must be installed before Day 1.
Target Audience
Who This Course is For
This capstone course is for videographers and content professionals who are ready to develop professional desktop editing capability for longer-form, commercial-quality video work.
- Graduates completing the full Certified Digital Videographer programme
- Videographers transitioning from mobile to desktop editing environments
- Content creators and marketing professionals are producing longer-form branded videos
- Editors who are self-taught on DaVinci Resolve and want structured professional workflow capability
- Anyone who needs to produce video output that meets broadcast or commercial delivery specifications
Basic video editing understanding is required. CapCut experience from Module 5 is appropriate preparation.
Prerequisites
What You’ll Need to Get Started
This capstone module requires both basic editing knowledge and a system capable of running DaVinci Resolve.
- Basic understanding of video editing concepts, Module 5 or equivalent experience
- DaVinci Resolve (free version) installed and functional before Day 1, available from the Blackmagic Design website
- Laptop with a minimum 16GB RAM (more is better for Color page work)
- Familiarity with timeline-based editing concepts, knowing what a cut and a trim are, before Day 1, is sufficient
Course Highlights
What You’ll Learn
DaVinci Resolve’s page-based architecture is the most important concept in this course. Every skill developed here is understood in the context of which page it belongs to and why.
- How to interpret a script or production brief and analyse the scene-by-scene requirements that drive the editing sequence, what each scene needs from the edit before a single clip is placed on the timeline
- How to import and organise multi-source footage in DaVinci Resolve, the Media Pool, bins, smart bins, metadata tagging, and the organisation workflow that makes a 30-minute raw footage package manageable
- How to create editing logs and shot selection documents for selected footage, the decision documentation that makes collaboration and revision efficient
- DaVinci Resolve’s Cut page, designed for fast, efficient assembly from a large footage package, explains how the dual-timeline view, source tape, and smart insert tools work and when to use them
- DaVinci Resolve’s Edit page is designed for precision editing and sequence refinement. The blade tool, trim modes (ripple, roll, slide), position lock, and the Inspector work for precise timeline control
- Principles of video theory and continuity applied to multi-source, multi-camera assembly, how to cut for story logic and visual flow across a sequence that may include 3-point and 4-point edits, cutaway coverage, and multi-camera angles
- Principles of pacing and rhythm for longer-form professional content, interview documentary pacing, corporate communications rhythm, and branded film structure
- DaVinci Resolve’s Fairlight page, the dedicated audio workspace: how to work with dialogue tracks, music beds, and ambient audio tracks as separate, managed elements; applying EQ and compression to clean dialogue; noise reduction using Fairlight’s built-in tools; audio mixing to broadcast-standard levels (-23 LUFS for broadcast, -14 LUFS for online delivery)
- How to apply video enhancement in DaVinci Resolve, the Inspector panel’s image quality controls, stabilisation for shaky footage, and the use of Fusion effects for titles and motion graphics
- How to clean up visual imperfections, cut-on-action match issues, motion artefacts, and the use of the Speed Change and Retime tools for footage that needs adjustment
- DaVinci Resolve’s Colour page, designed for colour grading; how the node-based colour workflow differs from Lightroom or CapCut colour tools; using the Primary Corrector for technical correction (exposure, white balance, contrast), the Curves for creative grading, and the Qualifier for secondary colour selections
- Colour grading to a visual identity, what it means to grade consistently across an edit, how scopes (waveform, vectorscope, parade) are used to make objective grading decisions, and how to apply a grade as a base node that all clips share
- Relevant editing standards and guidelines for broadcast and commercial delivery, what the technical specification for broadcast content looks like, versus online brand delivery, versus client archive
- How to inspect edited footage for technical compliance in DaVinci Resolve, the Deliver page’s pre-export analysis tools, and the technical quality checks required before rendering
- How to export from DaVinci Resolve render queue management, delivery preset selection (264 for online, ProRes for archive, MXF for broadcast), and how to verify the rendered output before delivery
- How to collaborate with production teams using DaVinci Resolve’s review and export tools to resolve editing problems
Course Objectives
What You’ll Take Away
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Organise and assemble footage according to script narrative requirements using DaVinci Resolve’s page-based workflow
- Execute precision audio mixing, visual enhancement, and technical refinement to produce sequences that meet professional delivery standards
- Grade footage to a consistent visual identity and prepare edited sequences for professional delivery to broadcast, commercial, and client specifications
Skills You’ll Acquire
Completing this programme capstone, you will develop the following professional desktop editing capabilities that define commercial post-production practice.
Script-to-sequence translation
Interpret production briefs and build deliberate editing sequences that serve narrative and visual requirements
Professional project management
Organise large footage packages in DaVinci Resolve with bins, metadata, and editing logs
Cut page assembly
Use DaVinci Resolve’s fast assembly workflow for efficient rough cut construction from large footage packages
Edit page precision
Apply ripple, roll, slip, and slide trim modes with deliberate editorial purpose
Fairlight audio finishing
Mix dialogue, music, and ambient tracks to broadcast and online delivery level standards
Audio cleanup
Apply EQ, compression, and noise reduction to dialogue tracks in Fairlight
Visual enhancement
Apply stabilisation, titles, and effects in DaVinci Resolve’s Inspector and Fusion pages
Node-based colour grading
Build a structured colour workflow on the Colour page with primary correction, creative grading, and secondary selections
Consistency grading
Apply a base grade across multiple clips using group grading and scope monitoring
Professional delivery
Configure and execute exports for broadcast, online commercial, and client archive output contexts
Technical compliance inspection
Verify the sequence output against the delivery specification before rendering and sending
Certification Track
Level Up!
This is the final module and capstone of the Certified Digital Videographer programme. Every technical discipline, production workflow, and editorial capability developed across Modules 1 to 5 finds its most demanding application in the post-production workflow developed here.
The full certification pathway:
Module 1: Mobile Smartphone (iPhone & Android) Videography Essentials
Module 2: Advanced Cinematic Smartphone Videography
Module 3: Mirrorless & DSLR Videography Essentials
Module 4: Advanced Cinematic Mirrorless/DSLR Videography & Video Production Techniques
Module 5: Mobile Video Editing with CapCut
Module 6: Video Editing with DaVinci Resolve ←You are here
Completing all six modules qualifies you for the Certified Digital Videographer certification. This capstone is where raw footage from the production skills of Modules 1 to 4 becomes a commercially deliverable, professionally finished video product.
A Certification of Completion by Equinet Academy will be awarded to candidates who have demonstrated competency in the Video Editing with DaVinci Resolve Course assessment and achieved at least 75% attendance.
Course Outline
Inside The Course
This course moves from script interpretation and multi-source footage organisation using DaVinci Resolve’s Cut and Edit pages, through professional audio finishing in Fairlight and visual enhancement to structured colour grading on the Colour page and professional delivery preparation. Each page of DaVinci Resolve is introduced in the order a professional editor would use: assembly first, precision second, audio finishing third, colour last, and delivery last.
Script Interpretation and Footage Organisation
- Interpret scripts and production briefs: analyse scene-by-scene requirements, identify what the edit needs to achieve in each scene, and produce a scene breakdown document
- Import and organise multi-source footage in DaVinci Resolve: Media Pool, bins, smart bins, metadata tagging, and the organisation workflow for large footage packages
- Create editing logs and shot selection documents: using DaVinci Resolve’s flagging, colour tagging, and notes tools to record selection decisions before timeline work begins
- DaVinci Resolve’s Cut page: fast assembly using dual-timeline view, source tape, smart insert, and sync bin tools for efficient multi-source and multi-camera assembly
- DaVinci Resolve’s Edit page: precision editing using the blade tool, trim modes (ripple, roll, slide, slip), position lock, and Inspector for sequence refinement
- Principles of video theory and continuity for multi-source assembly: 3-point and 4-point edits, cutaway coverage, multi-camera angle selection, and cut-for-story logic
- Principles of pacing and rhythm for longer-form professional content: interview documentary pacing, corporate communications rhythm, and branded film structure
Audio Finishing, Enhancement and Technical Refinement
- DaVinci Resolve’s Fairlight page: dedicated audio workspace for managing dialogue, music, and ambient tracks; applying EQ and compression to dialogue; Fairlight noise reduction; mixing to broadcast-standard levels (-23 LUFS broadcast, -14 LUFS online)
- Visual enhancement in DaVinci Resolve: Inspector panel quality controls, footage stabilisation, and Fusion effects for titles and motion graphics
- Clean up audio and visual imperfections: match-cut issues, motion artefacts, Retime and Speed Change tools, and systematic imperfection identification across a completed sequence
Colour Grading, Quality Inspection and Professional Delivery
- DaVinci Resolve’s Colour page: node-based colour workflow, Primary Corrector for technical correction, Curves for creative grading, and Qualifier for secondary colour selections
- Grading to a visual identity: consistency grading across an edit, using waveform, vectorscope, and parade scopes for objective grading decisions, and applying a base grade node across multiple clips
- Professional delivery specifications: broadcast (MXF, -23 LUFS, ProRes), online commercial (H.264, -14 LUFS), and client archive (ProRes or DNxHR)
- Export from DaVinci Resolve: render queue management, delivery preset selection and configuration, and output verification before delivery
- Inspect edited footage for technical compliance in DaVinci Resolve: Deliver page analysis tools and the technical quality checks required before rendering
- Collaborate to resolve editing problems: using DaVinci Resolve’s export and review tools to share sequences for client or team review and incorporate feedback
Assessment Methods
- Case Study Written Assessment
- Individual Project Presentation
Trainers
Meet Your Educators
Trainer Bio
Jerome Siew
Jerome Siew is a media director, trainer, and founder of CJ Pixels and Spark Social Lab, with over 15 years in visual storytelling. His portfolio includes international film work, large-scale live productions like NDP 2023, and high-impact corporate media. As a trainer at Equinet Academy, he focuses on helping creatives and business owners build confidence, clarity, and creative independence.
Course Fee & Funding
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Course Schedule
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2 Days | 16 Hours | Programme Capstone
Day 1: Script interpretation, footage organisation, editing logs, Cut page assembly, Edit page precision editing, video theory, and pacing for longer-form content.
Day 2: Fairlight audio page mixing and delivery targeting, visual enhancement and imperfection cleanup, Colour page grading and consistency, delivery specifications and export workflow, quality inspection, collaboration review exercise, and assessments, including a case study written assessment and individual project presentation.
| Learning Mode | Course Dates | Duration | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-Person | 18, 19 Aug 2026 (Tue, Wed) | 9.00am - 6.00pm | |
| In-Person | 19, 20 Nov 2026 (Thu, Fri) | 9.00am - 6.00pm |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The Need-to-Know Stuff, Fast
Everything you need to know about the course. Can’t find the answer you’re looking for? Please contact our friendly team.
No. The free version of DaVinci Resolve covers all exercises and assessments in this course. Download it from the Blackmagic Design website before Day 1.
Minimum 16GB RAM for comfortable Colour page performance. A dedicated GPU is strongly recommended; without one, Colour page previews will be sluggish. An M-series MacBook Pro, a Windows laptop with a mid-range dedicated GPU, or equivalent.
Yes. The Colour page, node-based workflow, scope-guided grading, and consistency grading across a multi-clip sequence are all covered in LU3. This is grading to a visual identity, not just technical correction.
Module 5 (CapCut) is the recommended preparation. Knowing what a cut, a trim, and an audio level adjustment are is sufficient before Day 1. DaVinci Resolve’s interface and workflow are taught from setup to completion.
A professionally edited, mixed, and graded sequence produced in DaVinci Resolve, exported as both an online commercial deliverable and a client archive file. A complete understanding of the Cut / Edit / Fairlight / Colour / Deliver page workflow. And the professional desktop editing capability that separates commercially deliverable post-production from technically adequate editing.
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