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DaVinci Resolve Quiz — 10 Questions

Test your DaVinci Resolve basics. Choose an answer for each question, then press "Check my answers" to see your score and an explanation for every question. No sign-up.

1. Which page of DaVinci Resolve is used for colour grading?

Answer: Color. Grading happens on the Color page, with nodes, wheels and scopes.

2. Which page do you use to export (render) the final video?

Answer: Deliver. The Deliver page has the render settings and the render queue.

3. What is the Fairlight page used for?

Answer: Audio editing and mixing. Fairlight is the audio page: mixing, EQ, noise removal and audio effects.

4. What is the shortcut to add a serial node on the Color page?

Answer: Alt+S. Alt+S (Option+S on Mac) adds a serial node after the current node. Alt+P adds a parallel node.

5. Lift, Gamma and Gain mainly control which parts of the image?

Answer: Shadows, midtones and highlights. Lift affects the shadows, Gamma the midtones and Gain the highlights.

6. Which scope shows the brightness of the image from left to right of the frame?

Answer: Waveform. The Waveform plots the brightness of each part of the frame, from black at the bottom to white at the top.

7. What does the Vectorscope show?

Answer: Hue and saturation. The Vectorscope shows which colours are in the picture and how saturated they are. Skin tones should sit near the skin tone line.

8. What is the Fusion page used for?

Answer: Visual effects and motion graphics. Fusion is the node-based compositing page for VFX, titles and motion graphics.

9. Which feature needs the paid DaVinci Resolve Studio version?

Answer: Spatial and temporal noise reduction. Noise reduction (spatial and temporal) is a Studio feature. The other three are in the free version.

10. On the Edit page, which shortcut splits the clip at the playhead?

Answer: Ctrl+B. Ctrl+B (Cmd+B on Mac) splits the clip at the playhead. Ctrl+K is the Premiere Pro shortcut.

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