davinci-resolve-claude-skills

Use when a user has podcast, interview, or talking-head audio that needs cleanup — denoise, de-hum, level dialogue, and duck music under voice. Triggering symptoms include phrases like "podcast audio is noisy", "background hum in interview", "music too loud under voice", "level out my voiceover", "fix my podcast", or any DaVinci Resolve Fairlight audio cleanup question.

Use when the user wants Codex to learn DaVinci Resolve through Blackmagic Design lesson homework, operate the Resolve UI with Computer Use, validate skills against real Resolve behavior, or build a capstone workflow that turns local/T7 media into Instagram and YouTube cuts.

Use when a user needs to export the same DaVinci Resolve edit for multiple platforms — YouTube (16:9), LinkedIn (square 1:1), Reels/Shorts/TikTok (9:16) — with correct dimensions, loudness, and optionally batch automation. Triggering symptoms include phrases like "export for YouTube and LinkedIn", "make a vertical version", "9:16 from my 16:9 edit", "render the same edit three times", "batch render", "generate captions", or any DaVinci Resolve Deliver/render question.

Plan, analyze, and build professional DaVinci Resolve social edits from multicam video/audio folders, podcast/interview footage, vertical 9:16 deliverables, branded social promos, burned-in captions, B-roll/overlay coverage, Resolve timelines, FCPXML/EDL handoff, or FFmpeg preview renders. Use when Codex must avoid jump cuts, preserve narrative coherence, keep the speaker in frame, balance dialogue/music, create reviewable edit decisions, or automate Resolve media/timeline setup.

Plan repeatable hard-drive folder-to-video pipelines for speaker-led multicam content, including 9:16 Reels/Shorts up to 3 minutes at 1.1x talking speed and 16:9 long-form 3-7 minute cuts, with Resolve handoff, Editframe asset generation, audio/caption gates, and narrative beat planning.

Use when a user wants webcam, interview, or talking-head footage to look broadcast-quality — corrects exposure, white balance, skin tones, and overall color. Triggering symptoms include phrases like "my webcam footage looks dull", "skin tones look orange/green", "wash out background", "make the face pop", "match shots from two cameras", or any DaVinci Resolve color page question for talking-head content.

Use when a user has a long screen recording, tutorial, conference talk, or demo recording and needs to cut it down to a tight watchable version — removes dead air, mistakes, "ums", and silences. Triggering symptoms include phrases like "raw recording is too long", "edit out the bad takes", "fix the ums", "remove silences", "rough cut my demo", or any DaVinci Resolve cutting question for long-form content.

Use when a user wants a reusable DaVinci Resolve project structure for shipping DevRel videos repeatedly — sets up bins, timeline, render presets, and a color preset so future videos start with one click instead of one hour. Triggering symptoms include phrases like "set up a Resolve template", "reusable project structure", "every video starts from scratch", "save my Resolve setup as a preset", or "DevRel video workflow."

Use when a user is installing DaVinci Resolve for the first time, switching machines, configuring a media drive for video editing, or asking about backup/proxy settings. Triggering symptoms include phrases like "just installed Resolve", "set up DaVinci Resolve", "drop frames during playback", "where should my media live", "how do I configure backups", or any DaVinci Resolve installation/preferences question.

Use when a user needs branded titles, animated lower-thirds, or a logo intro for their video — uses Resolve's Text+ node and Fusion's animation modifiers to create reusable title templates. Triggering symptoms include phrases like "add a name lower third", "animated logo intro", "title card with gradient", "save title as a template", "introduce a guest", or any DaVinci Resolve title/text question.

Use when DaVinci Resolve is broken in some specific way — red playback indicator, missing media, clips offline, audio out of sync, GPU/render crashes, or render queue stuck. Triggering symptoms include phrases like "Resolve is dropping frames", "media offline", "clips show red diagonal", "audio drifts", "Resolve crashes when rendering", "GPU error", or any DaVinci Resolve "why is X broken" question.