Great history vid thank you! I love to use DaVinci Resolve and since I've required the Studio version it is even more fun. I'm torturing my multi GPU system HAHA XD But the Speed Cutter was a great deal to me and it really opened the world of video editing to me :))
Davinci Resolve has been one of the primary reasons I even have a career in video production today. Even just the workflow it allows for, I couldn't imagine using any other system. And man, Learn Color Grading you have been an amazing resource. Thank you and thanks for this great video!
This was a really interesting history, thanks! I started making videos on RU-vid in 2019, having no idea what I was doing. I tried Premiere and found it frustrating to work with, and I'm SO glad that someone recommended Davinci Resolve. The free version let me start up a RU-vid channel for next to nothing, and I've since bought the Studio version. It's amazing to me that my little RU-vid channel uses the same software as multi-million dollar Hollywood feature films. Now I just have to learn how to use it better ... but that's where your channel comes in.
I am in the same boat.... Im so happy that I joined the Devinci team... I bought Premiere Pro and waisted over 6 months of time and money trying to figure out that frustrating software... Now I am in such at Ahhhh of how powerful and simple it is to use DaVinci...... Yesssssssssss thanking God for this software....
I was around post production facilities a lot back in the day and remember DaVinci and Houdini rooms next to the digital online room. The version we get for free now is so much better than those million dollar rooms...
Daryl Campbell yes. I appreciate that old ppl sacrificed their whole lives so that now I don’t have to waste my time on obsolete tools from the past. I couldn’t even begin to imagine how torturous and laboriously painful those caveman days of film would have been like. Just thinking about it makes me shudder 😬
@@leeentertainmentchannel247 So when I started in 99 editing, I had a teacher who would not let us use the Avid system we had until we went through what students called "The gauntlet". You had to start with cutting 35mm, doing manual syncing with audio, do some type of manual masking, put that all together with a fast pace and a slow pace. Then you would graduate to reel to reel, do the same thing. Then once you had that locked in you could touch avid. Really helped with understanding the importance of making good choices first time around and appreciate what was going to be the future. I still to this day harken back to it as the prehistoric tools are now digitized in your modern day. Truth be told, I often miss the physical cutting of film as it was a huge decision and once you made it, it was done. Plus there is something soothing about cutting the filmstock.
"However now, if you meet someone who works in Hollywood, you're only limited by your imagination...of course he has 2 million dollars more than you to spend on other stuff..." Ouch! And that's why we love you, man!!! 👍👍👍
I'm so impressed with BMD's software ethics and competency that if I ever find myself in a position where I need pro-level movie-making hardware, BMD will be at the absolute top of my shopping list.
@@reanetsemoleleki8219 Indeed. I remember when Adobe ran a similar campaign, making student versions of Photoshop and Illustrator which were much more affordable than the professional releases. Very smart, and at the time, also the best software on the market.
@@MarkOakleyComics There has always been student or education versions of software, from many companies. It wasn't a "campaign". Nothing like this at all.
I started with Davinci Resolve 15 and was blown away with the sheer power of the software. Giving those possibilities into the hands of small time RU-vidrs is insane and a blessing. Editing can be quite tedious, so it's great to work with a software that also provides endless possibibilities for experimentation and improvements.
This was an interesting video. I was a partner in a small commercial production co. in Charlotte, NC, we started in 1980. We started on video and eventually moved to film. We processed our film in Atlanta so we tried several post houses for transfers and editing. We ended up at VTA Atlanta. I remember the Wiz, it was based on an Apple II. We did a few transfers on that then they installed a New Bosch Scanner with the Davinci system and it was such an improvement over the Film chain and Wiz you wouldn't believe it. You could pull so much DR out of the negative via the scanner and Davinci it was like having a new way to shoot. I started in TV in 1973 so everything was analog and cranky to deal with. Every device only did one thing due to the signal processing but it was an exciting time because everything was changing.
I watched this entire video from start to finish and this was GOD-SENT. Thank you for bringing me up to speed, as I just purchased my first Blackmagic URSA last year and that introduced me to DaVinci Resolve (Studio). Coming from Premiere, it's definitely a different approach, but you helped me better understand WHY! This is gold and should be incorporated into someone's film school. Thanks for such a thorough explanation.
You are my hero! You just explained in less than an hour 98.5% of what I’ve been explaining ceaselessly for over two decades now. There’s obviously much more to the story, and you made great editorial choices for what Not to include, but the one thing I’d inject into the Blackmagic story, is that at NAB of whatever year, they released a 4K Camera for 4K Dollars when all the other 4K cameras were like $16,000. Crucially though, they Included a DaVinci Resolve Studio dongle with each camera purchase. Like you say, $1000 at the time. To your point about democratizing Digital Filmmaking, or leveling the playing field, aside from the Canon 5D Mark II, then unleashed by Magic Lantern, nothing has empowered the little guy more than the story you just told. So Thank You!
He probably left that part out because that would be more about the history of BMD. Which is, itself, quite fascinating. This video was about how Resolve came to be what is today.
@@reanetsemoleleki8219 Fair enough. But for anyone that doesn't know, what Blackmagic has done with the pipeline between thier Cameras, thier Blackmagic RAW codec, and Davinci Resolve is the most seamless Digital Cinema workflow thus far. And the lowest cost barrier to entry And production value imaginable.
Thanks, I love history and editing so it's the perfect combination for me. As I'm Australian, It's also great to see an Aussie company being so successful.
Your great video just confirmed What an amazing privilege it is to own a legitimate copy of Davinci Resolve Studio and to have gotten a free mini controller along with it and for a one time price of $299, like you said, it's mind blowing.
Love this, great job! The free version worked for mefoe some time. When the price dropped to $300 I could afford to buy a copy. Value for value as it were.
A fascinating history indeed. It’s crazy how much they decreased the price from the original. I just started using the software, still kind of shocked that all of this is free
I do actually agree that resolve isn't necessarily 'complete' yet, it has A LOT of features but at the same time there are a lot of small frustrating limitations that become particularly noticible if you're switching from other software packages. That being said, BMD is the one development team I actually trust with developing their product and that is exceptionally rare in software these days. Everything that they add feels well thought-out and purposeful as opposed to being just extra bells and whistles tacked on with little consideration for how it integrates with what's already there. As long as BMD keeps doing what it's doing - they are on the right track
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That's the only software history video I watched, as the Da Vinci Resolve is so amazing, as well as it's history, thanks
I’ve been coloring with Resolve for a decades switched to editing exclusively in Resolve 3 years ago and never looked back. It still lacks a few features, has some quirks, and annoyances but it’s easily my favorite way to edit.
Fascinating, BMD are a brilliant company, thanks so much for the history. I worked for one of the main TV stations in the UK throughout the 80s and 90s and up until 2004, and remember well the arrival of the Davinci system. I guess that would be around 1990. I was a cameraman / DOP and the Davinci desk had pride of place in our Telecine department. I often sat with the colourist after digitising my footage. We also had the Quantel Paintbox and HAL, Flame and Harriet hardware. Great video, thanks again.
Great video! Thanks for that. It's interesting for me to hear this because I have been working in VFX for films and commercials since 1998 at places like Dreamworks and DIgital Domain, but I had never heard of Davinci Resolve until I started doing live action a few years ago. I was at Digital Domain when Nuke was being developed, and it was the top of the heap for quite a while, but only became a product you could buy in the early 2000s. But it also was a program you could run on any store bought PC.
First of all: I love your content in general. Always interesting and hands-on info. Also your non-chanlant presentation, with the soothing voice and dry-like-a-Martini humor is just presten. As a Colorist, it was very interesting to hear the history of DVR. Well done! Thank you!!!
Loved this video. As someone new to Davinci Resolve I started to wonder where it all started. Man did I find the right video on my first try. This was Amazing and answered all my questions. Unbeleivable job and fanstastic explination. Super fun to watch. I had no idea how deep this would go.
I think the area that DaVinci Resolve can expand is actually pre-production. For example; imagine you write your script, design your shots, storyboard it inside resolve, and then shoot the film with BMPCC6K and take the footage back to resolve and the rest of the process…
Absolutely wonderful. I hope you know man, that your content is helping people. Sure knowing technical details is important for producing great quality work but knowing your history about topics such as this is what fills conversation at the parties when the work is done. Thanks.
Great research! As a long time user of DaVinci Resolve I recently discovered that Blackmagic Design corporate headquarters is situated here in Melbourne, in the next suburb. It never occurred to me that Blackmagic headquarters would be anywhere other than in CA. A while later, I recognised the CEO, founder of Blackmagic in my local supermarket. We had a good chat, and a couple of weeks later, caught up for an extended coffee. The history and achievements of Grant and Blackmagic Design are profound. I told Grant that he is Australia’s Steve Jobs, and that there should be a video documentary about his industry challenging achievements. Grant suggested, “perhaps a book”. Question: Is there a (growing) audience for such a publication?? Dan
A program that used to be for the privileged few is now accessible to many people than ever before. The history behind DaVinci Resolve is interesting and it made me realize how lucky we are to use it in this day and age. Having come from other NLEs, this program gave me the most options to express my artistic capabilities. It gave me the spark to love video editing again and I'm still learning every day! Likewise, thank you for the video talking about the history behind this program!
I gotta say Alex... I love what I learn from your vids, but this one takes the cake. Absolutely fascinating, couldn't stop watching it. The history of how products/companies evolve and become something as amazing as DVR - AWESOME - flat loved it Sir! Thank you for continuing to share your wonderful knowledge and experience, truly grateful! Cheers!
I have a feeling that Resolve will make collaborative workflows even easier, especially between edit and grading, and eventually with sound as well. It would be great if an editor, a director and the post production (grading and mastering) studios would be able to work in tandem, even if editor and director are working solely off Proxy footage. Collaborative workflow exists in Resolve, but it's still a bit complicated.
Love DaVinci Resolve so your work here is just such a nice treat. Thank you. I doubt DR will stop improving. The titler will advance and one day we might see fully adjustable panels. I believe they will clean up multicam.... still clunky to me compared to others. I agree with others that have said if they incorporate some type of Photoshop replacement we could say bye bye to their subscription to Adobe.
Very informative. I first downloaded Version 9 for better color control and couldn't get my wits around nodes fast enough to make it productive for me. I then revisited it at version 12.5 and became an active user. I'm a big fan of BMD, Resolve and Fusion - and your videos, too!
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I worked in the Outside Broadcast and Post Production industry in Sydney for over 30 years. The name Da Vinci was always associated with high end Telecine and Video Grading systems. I operated the Bosch FDL 60 Telecine chain for 15 years (1990 to 2005) at the Australian Film, TV and Radio School (AFTRS). I used the proprietary BOSCH FLP control panel for grading 16mm and 35mm film to Tape. Da Vinci was the Holy Grail then, seemingly unattainable. I used to drool over it at SMPTE shows. At that time the surface control panels and software were most probably running on Silicon Graphics hardware. The school eventually got the ONYX Silicon Graphics system in our Computer Graphics Dept. I now use the Studio version of Resolve 17.2.1 which runs on my 3yr old MSI Apache Laptop without any issues. We have indeed come a long way.
Great history dive. Thank you for the time you speed on this :) I am a VFX artist and I studied filmmaking and VFX at university in 2011. I also remember when I downloaded Davinci Resolve 8 and ran it on my Windows PC :)I also used Fusion in that time and I remember to use Fusion 6 from Eyeon on the WIndows. If I remember correctly Fusion was on Windows only and BMD made it for MAC and Linux, not from Linux to WIndows and MAC :)
As for improvements, a good step could be to keep building on their effects and usability. After Effects has a lot more to offer and DR can build a lot of it through Fusion but would be more widely adopted if it was pre-built and available through their Studio offer. With the amount of Creators looking for a good editing tool that's affordable (not on a paid subscription model) this would really help to grow its user base.
With 17 fusion studio is included with resolve keys -so yes you get 4 softwears on 2 computers- fusion is just difficult because of node understanding and people being used to layers but it will get its hayday eventually:)
That was a very interesting story ! You know, I'm actually a professional audio editor, and today, I really feel like BlackMagic is currently trying to improve their Fairlight page in the exact same way they improved their Edit page. And I'm glad about it, because as that BMD engineer said in the interview, "I feel like it's lacking a few features to call it a DAW", but I'm sure it can become a major audio editing and mixing software in the future.
Not sure if it was mentioned, but I love the car analogy in the beginning, then you mentioned the 4th wheel of the car. Since you said it didn't know who was the first car...It was Mercedes Benz, but back then it was Carl Benz, and he made the first automobile and had the patent, it had 3 wheels too. Excellent video sir, Thank you for sharing.
What a great history and thank you for your presentation. I find the inclusion of VR tools an understated but powerful avenue of pursuit for the company in the future. As more people adopt the conventions and particulars of the DaVinci Resole system, it can make the leap to content creation from within a virtual environment a more comfortable transition, if they develop in that direction.
Thank you very much for this video. I just started using DaVinci Resolve today. I have experience with Adobe and Final Cut, but DaVinci just feel so much user friendly. Thank you for this fascinating history of DaVinci Resolve.
Super history lesson! I love your wonder and amazement! It is TRULY an amazing story! Thanks for researching and sharing. I'll savor my next editing project even more.
Haha, I was not planning to watch the whole thing, but here I am, 40 minutes later. Thanks for a really interesting and for me (who gets to use these stuff today) encouraging video! 🙌🏻
It's interesting to see similarities and differences with 3D animation software (and CGI visual effects). I started learning Maya when the software came down to $8000 for the complete software, and $2000 for a more basic (and then shortly after, the price went down again to just one set price). That was also the time that PCs were getting as fast as expensive workstations due to 3D gaming cards (in which the 3D software was originally designed for). One of my coworkers was using a Silicon Graphics workstation that had cost 20 times my Sony laptop that I was using for an internship. We ran benchmarks, and my Sony was over 1.5 times faster at rendering. Pixar started as a hardware brand that created software and animation to demo (and continued to sell Renderman). It seemed production companies were using PCs for 3D animation, and then Macs for video work (which had other software, including Apple acquiring Shake compositing software). Software like Maya and Houdini are popular animation packages with studios as they're open and they can use software developers to create custom plugins and interfaces for their animators.
So fascinating! The same software used in Hollywood, I use to produce the Mind Under Matter Podcast. It's so fun adding tons of 3D effects and animation to a freaking podcast. Wouldn't be possible without Resolve! I've tried roundtripping in Adobe's world and it's just so much more clunky compared to the convenient pages in Resolve. I was initially intimidating by Fusion, but now I feel more at home than I did in AE. So happy you made this video and I'm so excited to see what BMD comes up with next!
It was very interesting to hear more about the history of DaVinci Resolve. And I am very impressed of the company Mack Magic Design. I work with Resolve since Version 11 and I had never to pay for the unbelievable upgrades! I think Black Magic Design will continue his way with further developments.
Excellent review of one of the most fantastic software, either by its power and flexibility. My only comment is that Eyeon Fusion was available in Pcs since day one. Not in v8 like you state on 35:00 . Thanks for such a great historic journey!
This was a great history, thanks for putting it all together. Just a FYI, Fusion for Windows was available way back from Eyeon well before BlackMagic came on the scene. I still have a Boxed version on my shelf in my garage of the Windows version from Eyeon.
Thank you for the history. It is amazing and you are amazing. What we need now is a 100% complete training course on cutting. No, not which button to use, etc. etc. You already did that. What we need is the art of cutting clips and arranging them for effect and impact. I know, it’s an art, it’s about feeling, about how the editor feels and how he wants the views to feel. It’s about the rhythm, the pace, the dance. But that is where we need somebody to hold our hands trying to learn this art. I think, back in the 70’s, Kodak had a book called ‘Impact’ about photography. May be you can come up with a course call Impact about cutting clips and arranging them the way an artist communicates with the world. God bless you.
Thank you very much for making this video! I love DaVinci Resolve and I was actually searching the internet to learn more about the history behind it so this video made my day!
I've always seen it as Mac = Digital Creative, Windows = Office work and Gaming, Linux = the Systems Administrator. can also see the Cardio workout video was watched, keep it up!
Thanks so much for this video 👍👍 I have been working in Film & TV post-production for 21 years, and many memories came alive for me I also made a feature film with DaVinci Resolve 13, and I'm very happy about that 😊✌🍻
Wow, massive info! Personal non filmaker/photographer opinion: 1. Started editing photos with DR and practically covers all my needs for digital medium, in colour editing is far beyond other photo softwares 2. Don't understand why there isn't any tool integrated for lens profiles, but I let them know every time I download the public version :)
I've been thinking about this for a while. Since a lot of small time filmmakers are using stills cameras and lenses it seems like no brainer. Phase One even uses lense profiling as part of R&D for their own hardware. I don't know if applying lense corrections is even technically feasible or not for motion picture. RAW in photography vs film production is a very different beast. If the feature can't be used for motion picture then I doubt BMD would bother themselves with it. You have to remember Resolve is primarily video post production software not a Lightroom/Capture One alternative. The fact that you can edit photos with it is entirely accidental.
@@reanetsemoleleki8219 Lens profiles as in Lightroom, for correcting mainly geometric distortion, also vignette and chromatic aberration. I do lens corrections all the time in DR; a more typical application in filmmaking would be anamorphic lenses corrections. There's many color and gamma profiles of the cameras. There isn't a unified reliable tool for lenses, lenses that can be even more expensive than the cameras themselves.
I was a DOP shooting TV commercials in the 90's in Asia. I would fly to Singapore to do the color grade at VHQ on their Davinci system. I thought they had galleries then. I remember being able to refer to graded stills for reference. Our routine was to find the iconic shot that set the style and mood of the piece, which may be a wide establishing shot for example, then spend the major time grading that, then use that as the reference to grade the rest using the gallery still for reference. Worked great for efficiency and consistency. Remember, the suite cost $600US an hour and it was easy to get hypnotised by finessing a shot so much that you blew a budget and producers would balk at the cost. The suite was often running 24 hours a day and booked out for weeks. Those places were a goldmine then.
Sure it feels that Resolve is almost complete. What can we ask for more? Maybe stability in some areas, even if it's way more stable today. I remember the first versions I had (around 2015) was buggy as hell on my Windows 7 system. I only see minor improvements to make. This tool open doors to make anything in the range of my imagination. So we can consider ourselves lucky to have this tool.
Very well organised and presented. For me that I am young in this, and got into DR by just asking for recommendations, I am glad that I invested in it. Thank you for this video.
Photoshop is mainly used for photography, whereas Resolve is aimed at film.... But that doesn't stop you from using Davinci Resolve to edit photos cause I use resolve as a Adobe Lightroom alternative
You did a great job researching. This could be a guide for businesses how to take over a market (we all knew that Davinci owned the color grading market, but like a shark they wanted more and got it and are continuing to get it. 👍 The progression over time of the product was very interesting to watch. And I have to say Blackmagic is doing the right
What a great video. In depth. I'm starting with DR. My first reason was pricing (free). I'm a photographer and working with Adobe PS/Bridge/Camera Raw (not too crazy about LR) was like second nature. But to be able to learn Premiere, I had to expand my Adobe subscription. Instead I jumped with DR 16. Never looked back and few months later the lifetime license was bundled with the speed editor (terrific deal). Now I'm using/learning DRS 17.
Blackmagic did a great job compiling all the different aspects of production in one program, all while bringing the prices down to zero. I think they're now at the stage, where they have all the aspects covered and they should start investing some effort into polishing the software so it gets much more intuitive and user friendly on the pro level. Especially the edit page and the communication between all the different pages inside Resolve (mainly alpha channels and color managing).
I started editing videos in 2015 with windows movie maker. Then switched to the paid version of lightworks and I was totally disapointed. Started using Resolve in 2019 and bought the studio version in 2020. And until this day I believe I found the holy grail of software and try to convince everybody. Thank you for this video 💚
ONE OF THE MOST DELIGHTING VIDEOS ABOUT WHAT MATTERS IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SOFTWARE DEMOCRATISATION.wERY WELL DONE !!!Istill have CD with Davinci 8 somewhere around, but not the key unfortunately. GOD BLESS Y !
Beautiful video - I am a HUGE fan of Davinci R --- honestly I did not EVEN know of it until the covid19 thingy took over last year and as a Teacher I had to go online for my lessons - ie making - recording - posting ...and then I saw a video and I was like What ? - ... what is this Davinci ? ... coz I was using iMovie and FCP ... and trying to get into Premier ... so I downloaded Davinci .. and OMG...its the best thing since Chocolate....thx you for your videos --- I m so happy that Davinci Resolve exists...I now have my own channel on youtube and soon will be teaching all my design lessons on Skillshare....I m saving to buy the DaVinci camera so I can take my game to the next level.....thx you so much for all your videos and your enthusiasm that helps inspire many to start becoming content creators...god bless...you deserve a cookie...a whole box....
I joined Black Magic Davinci Resolve when Adobe went subscription. Resolve Studio will use all processors and GPU whereas the Free version just uses 2 processors (Last time I looked). I also took advantage of the free software coming with the speed editor. So I have 2 licences - able to teach others. This was a very interesting and well presented history.
fascinating history.....just started on Davinci two weeks back... can't still believe such a powerful tool is available for free!!!! thnx to BlackMagic!!!
Resolve's future will be integrating AI based tools to speed up and improve the entire process. Improvements will be in areas like removing objects from shots (including dead pixels and other QC issues), beauty work for human faces, improving dialog and audio noise reduction, and color matching between different shots... for example. I hoping to have tools for conform where Resolve automatically flags issues like size and sync mismatches when comparing to a reference.
The more I learn about Davinci Resolve, the more I love it. It's quite strange to have this feeling of love for a software, but I'm sure I'm not the only one here. 😄
Your research and tabulation are much appreciated. I bought the BMPCC camera from Blackmagic in 2015 and started with Resolve from there. It only keeps getting better and better...
Thanks for taking the time to present the entire history of this great Resolve software that I am still learning how to fully utilize in my content creation. Appreciate your work and time to make this video for us like minded viewers. 👍🙂
Thanks, pretty interesting! I transitioned from Premiere to Resolve almost a year ago and I've been a happy camper. FYI, the Jim Carrey movie is Dumb and Dumber. He asks her about the chances of them ending up together, she says they're like one in a million, to which he responds... "so you're telling me there's a chance... yeah!"
Where do I see it going… Limitless Cloud Collaboration. As professional departments used to be separated by offices down the hall, now they will be borderless. As far as everything else goes, they are just gonna keep working under the hood. DaVinci Resolve will be fully integrated with hardware & software, eventually taking over the post-production market. For now, I would like to see them beef up Fusion and Fairlight. In terms of audio I’m switching from Pro-Tools to Reaper… but if DaVinci keeps up with this winning streak, I will be so happy to only have one App to rule them all and keep the workflow's super tight -especially for my personal projects where I do it all myself. By the way, a very educating video sir, thanks.
