The Page-Based Workflow

Chapter 1 flagged a real learning curve without explaining it concretely. This chapter is that concrete explanation — the seven pages Resolve organizes its entire workflow around, and how that compares to Premiere Pro's own genuinely different design.

Seven Pages, Seven Dedicated Environments

Media, Cut, Edit, Fusion, Color, Fairlight, Deliver — each one a full, dedicated workspace for one part of the editing process, switched between via tabs at the bottom of the window, rather than one single window trying to accommodate every task at once.

Media Page

The entry point for any project — importing and organizing footage. This is the first stop for any project, with its own full treatment in Chapter 3.

Cut vs. Edit Page

A genuinely unusual design choice: two separate editing pages rather than one. Cut is a fast, simplified editing environment built for quick assemblies and simple cuts. Edit is the full, traditional multi-track timeline editor with deeper control. Cut is optional — Edit page alone covers everything Cut does and more — but Cut exists specifically for speed on simpler projects where Edit's own greater depth isn't actually needed.

Fusion, Color, Fairlight, Deliver Pages

Each gets its own dedicated chapter later in this course: Fusion — node-based compositing and motion graphics (a first look in Chapter 5). Color — professional color grading (Chapter 6). Fairlight — full audio post-production (Chapter 7). Deliver — export and rendering (Chapter 8).

Premiere Pro's Contrasting Philosophy

Premiere Pro instead uses a single, unified window — panels for effects, timeline, color, and audio all exist within one interface, rearranged via panel layout rather than switched via dedicated top-level pages. Neither approach is objectively better; this is a genuine design philosophy difference, not a feature gap between the two.

Hands-On Exercises