Video Production Essentials
Learn how to create and edit high-quality screen recordings using free tools, perfect for tutorials, presentations, and online content.
- No watermark, no limits, no subscriptions
- Clean, polished results ready to share anywhere
- Export smaller files for email and social media
- Simple setup and recording, even for beginners
Overview
This course teaches you how to create professional screen-recorded videos from start to finish. You’ll learn how to install and set up OBS Studio to capture high-quality recordings, and how to use DaVinci Resolve to edit and produce polished final videos.
Starting with project setup and media management, the course walks you through core editing techniques such as trimming, splitting clips, and working efficiently on the timeline. You’ll also explore more advanced editing tools, including ripple edits and timeline manipulation, to speed up your workflow.
Finally, you’ll learn how to render and export your videos in the right formats, optimise file sizes for sharing via email and social media, and manage your projects with backups and media re-linking to keep everything organised and secure.
4 May 2026
What You’ll Learn
- Set up and configure OBS Studio for high-quality screen recordings
- Record clear, professional screenshot videos with the right settings and workflow
- Install and configure DaVinci Resolve for efficient video editing
- Create and manage video editing projects from scratch
- Understand project management, including backups and file organisation
- Navigate and control the timeline with confidence
- Perform essential edits such as trimming, splitting, and arranging clips
- Use ripple edits and timeline tools to speed up editing
- Apply more advanced editing techniques to improve video quality
- Render and export finished videos in the correct formats
- Create multiple outputs from a single project
- Reduce video file size for sharing via email and social media
- Move and relink source media without breaking your project
Course Materials
What’s you’ll need:
- Access to a laptop
- An internet connection
- A microphone
