Course Materials

Download DaVinci Resolve 

1. Open a web browser on your Windows or macOS computer. 

2.  In the address field of your web browser, type: www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve. 

3.  On the DaVinci Resolve landing page, click the Download button. 

4.  On the download page, click the button corresponding to your computer’s operating system. 

5.  Follow the installation instructions to complete the DaVinci Resolve installation. 

Copying the Lesson Files 

The DaVinci Resolve lesson files must be downloaded to your macOS or Windows computer to perform the exercises in this book. After you save the files to your hard drive, extract the file and copy the folder to your Movies folder (macOS) or Videos folder (Windows). 

To Download and Install the DaVinci Resolve Lessons Files: 

When you are ready to download the lesson files, follow these steps: 

1 Open a web browser on your Windows or macOS computer. 

2 In the address field of your web browser, type: www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/training 

3 Scroll the page until you locate the The Beginner’s Guide to DaVinci Resolve 18. 

4 Click the Part 1 link to download the media. The file is roughly 3.06 GB in size. 

5 After downloading the zip file to your macOS or Windows computer, open your Downloads folder and double-click R18_Beginner_Guide_Lessons.zip to unzip it if it doesn’t unzip automatically. You’ll end up with a folder named “R18 Beginner Lessons” that contains all the content for this book. 

6 From your Downloads folder, drag the R18 Beginner Guide Lessons folder to your Movies folder (macOS) or Videos folder (Windows). These folders can be found within your User folder on either platform