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Everything You Need to Know About DaVinci Resolve 12
7 years ago
I do love the new features but I'm mostly amazed with the performance improvement! I wasn't able to edit in Resolve (even though I have a maxed out 2013 Macbook Pro) because it was so slow! My laptop couldn't handle it! now It's amazing! It just soars through everything Even in the color tab it's much faster! I'm still discovering new things!!
I have to say that I'm really astounded with what Blackmagic Designs Team has accomplished with this new version of Resolve. It's a huge improvement in every sense and every time I open it I wonder where I would be without it. I'm able to grade my projects and videos whether they're personal or work. And it's huge! I can truly say the resolve makes me a better colourist. It's intuitive and it looks simple but at the same time it has all the features and capabilities you expect, and more, from the high end product that it is. Unlike many vfx softwares that look like you could set off a nuclear strike if you press the wrong button, Blackmagic Design put a great deal of work into the UI and for that I'm immensely grateful.
Just take a look at Autodesk's smoke for example, I tried to move form my premiere resolve workflow to Smoke so that I didn't have to move xml's around, roundtrip files, etc... When I first got it (the free student version) I was immediately overwhelmed by the complexity of creating the most simple of things; a user. But still I punches on watched tutorial, read most of the user manual but I at some point I just gave up. The UI is awful, dated, confusing and overly complex. What Resolve has that interests me is that I can keep my focus on the grade/Edit without having to worry about all the technical nonsense. I'd like to point that I do know the technical part of it, I just don't have to be thinking about it all the time.
I have always edited in Premiere, since it's CS3 Release. I love it it has everything I need and it's a good compromise between intuitive UI, speed, customisation and functionality. Personally FCPX lacks on Customisation, speed and functionality, though it has superb UI (intuitively).
What I'm considering now it whether or not to move to a resolve only workflow. Media management, transcoding, editing, grading and delivery. With the right plugins I can even do simple VFX on it like green screen Key/ screen replacement! The only thing that is lacking is the customisation that I love from Premiere.
How do you guys feel about this? Is anyone considering moving to Resolve entirely?
Sorry for the long post! Thanks!