Toolfarm’s Top 10 Tutorials of 2023

Everyone wants to improve performance, am I right? Even in 2023, not everyone is lucky enough to own the latest machines. For example, on my 5-year-old iMac, which I replaced in 2023 with an M1, DaVinci Resolve chugged. If you’re in the same boat, we collected tips from pros like Frame.io, Ripple Training, Chris’ Tutorials, and more, to help you get Resolve running smoothly on your older or non-robust computer.

The idea of network rendering, or distributed rendering, is to distribute your render over a network, or farm, of computers, to speed up your render times.

Creating the right storage and management can be a challenge but it’s important to get that in place first. Click below to learn how!

This tutorial is short and gets right to the point! Reset PSR resets the Position, Scale, and Rotation.

Learn to center any object in Cinema 4D with Reset PSR, hidden by default. As of Cinema 4D R25, the name changed to Reset Transformations. And, it likely is the same in other versions of Cinema 4D as well.

OpenFX, or OFX, is a standardized software interface between the host and plug-ins for visual effects, editing, compositing, and finishing. It is now widely used for visual effects and video processing and is supported by numerous hosts such as Assimilate, Blackmagic Design, Digital Anarchy, FXHOME, NewBlueFX, RE:Vision Effects, and more.

This article gets updated at least once a year with new information and has continued to be popular.

Learn about upscaling videos in your NLE and with plugins to get high-quality results. Many of the tools use AI to fill in the details as your video is scaled. Get the rundown on what’s available and some best practices.

@jamielejeune@postchat.io jumped in to answer a question on Twitter regarding how to get ideal colors for YouTube uploads using DaVinci Resolve and one key factor: Rec.709-A color space (which we’ll explain more!). So if you’re wondering about getting your color just right, take note of this Twitter thread. It could be your guide toward perfect hues on YouTube!

If your Trapcode Particular v4 license won’t work with a fresh install of Trapcode Suite, here is the fix you’re looking for! These fixes should work for any Red Giant plugin, but at the time that this article was published, Trapcode Particular was giving people some trouble. This one wins for the lamest blog post graphic I’ve made!

Learn about the features and capabilities of different renderers so that you can compare and narrow down your choices to suit your needs. This article is not “biased” toward any particular but is all facts!