Tristan Kneschke
Colorist, Writer
New York based freelance colorist and writer: www.exitedit.com, www.tristanwrites.com
There are an insane amount of features in this (and past) versions. They roll improvements out FAST and often.
Biggest thing I'm seeing is that it requires OS X 10.9.5.
Another quick update this morning from the Black Magic folks. Resolve 12 also has:
- Support for Intel Iris and Iris Pro GPUs, opening up more systems and laptops.
- DaVinci Resolve 12 can now create optimized media proxies with custom settings for both the codec and resolution for even faster editorial performance.
- New Smooth Cut transition uses proprietary DaVinci optical flow algorithms to create a seamless transition between different parts of an interview so you don’t have to cover jump cuts with b-roll
- "Resolve Studio" is what the $995 version is called now.
Glad you've jumped over to the color grading world - welcome! You're right, some of the features are only available for the Studio version, but over the years the free/paid versions have come so close to being identical they're *almost* the same.
Once you start generating revenue with coloring, it will be easy to invest in your career with a thousand bucks. The noise reduction alone is so good it's worth paying for - I use it literally in every single job and it improves the image quality a great deal. Certainly the paid Resolve is one of the cheaper purchases you can make, especially considering getting a control surface, monitoring, graphics cards, etc. Good luck! If you have any more questions please don't hesitate to reach out via social media.