This is the reason i havnt been active here on youtube for so long! ive been upgrading my skills as an editor and putting together this in depth Davinci Resolve course at the same time :) Thanks for your continued support! you guys rock.
Its def hard to find more pro Resolve editors, so hey if you ever an assist I'd love to help! Especially once the cloud tools appear in Canada, counting the days.
Oh man! I started the switch about two month ago, and it’s taken me a while to feel like I’m fully back to speed but I’m so glad I’ve been investing the time to make the switch!
Same! Davinci was way more intimidating to switch to than Final Cut was (from PP), but I'm planning on giving it a good shot over the next 6-12 months!
I think you just helped solve your first “Things I don’t like.” Thanks! Awesome review! BTW, you can expand and shrink Timeline clips to fill the screen with Slider in the middle towards the right. Some of my favorite features: Free LUTS to drag in easily onto the clip node, Scopes to watch your Color grade effects in real time, Effects Library on left side that lets you drag and drop almost any effect onto your clip, and Speed Editor that lets you cut your imported media super fast! What’s yours?
A note on not saving: I recently experienced a DaVinci Resolve crash and forgot to save, so I feared that I lost my 100-ish edits to the interview I was working on. Upon reopening Resolve, I found my project with zero lost edits.
I am brand new to Davinci Resolve. Couple of days experience. I was practicing with different effects and moving videos in. I clicked on something that made my 2nd monitor open. (I was actually just trying to figure out how to have what's called the "source viewer", back, so i could have 2 windows, side by side in the editor, again. It crashed shortly after. I was horrified. I didn't remember saving anything. But. It was all auto-saved! I was able to re-open the project, and I was back up to where I last left the project. Super nice! I've been so happy I made the decision to try to learn Davinci Resolve. I'm still struggling with the node stuff, though.
@@BKLYN48 I haven't used FCPX but in Premiere, autosave is set to save at set intervals. So you can set it to save evry minute if you want (I had it at 10 mins) but every time it saves, the software pauses. Maybe 1/4 a second, maybe 5 seconds on a huge project (and I'm on a 7950x with a 4090 and 128gb DDR5. So its not a slow hardware issue. But you still risk losing time, even when it saves every 10 mins. You re-open (praying the autosave file isn't corrupt) and then have to figure out how far back it's put you, then re-do your edits. DR saves after very action and it's imperceptible. No spinning wheels, now greyed out windows, nothing. Just a costant, live backup.
Please just use the free version and watch the ample amount of tutorials. As someone who wanted to create content over a year ago but knew quite literally nothing about editing this software was a general scare due to its insane amount of features( literally everything you could ask for). However, it is quite amazing the learning curve that you acquire through practicing. It is truly amazing that Davinci allows for normal 18 year olds like i to learn such crazy skills for free.
Yes! But I would like to have the ability to expand ANY panel to the full size of the screen just like you are able to do in premiere! That is still not possible :(
@@koldstudios they want you to buy one of their panels to get better accuracy for making changes 🙂 it seems kinda fair given the price if resolve itself.
@@koldstudios The UI in Resolve is pretty rigidly set up in general. There are tabs that can be opened and closed, and you can hide some buttons and there are layouts for dual screen. Even Triple screen if you have Studio so you can put the Clean feed on a separate monitor. And some panels can be made floating so they can be moved to a fourth screen. (you can never have too many screens). It took a while to get used to that rigidity... but the upshot is that no matter which computer you use, no matter where you are... and no matter what tutorial you watch or read... if it's updated... the UI should be the same. So standardisation has its pros as well as the cons. And yes. They do encourage users to get their hardware for full hands on workflows. I guess it's part of the reason it's free and even the payed version is just $300 and they have never charge for an update and they stay away from subscription fees. Their main income is from their hardware.
@@koldstudios this the the upgrade I'm waiting for so long! I've been using Davinci since Resolve 15! So many good changes already and I bet they will do this upgrade in the future!
I already wanted to switch when you told me how good Resolve was, but now I'm a 1000% convinced I need to switch right NOW! 🤘🏻Congrats again bro on all your inspiring work!
I tried to switch a few years back, but even putting something like warp stabilizer on a single clip made me go mad because my mind was programmed to think layer-based for over 20 years now. But I think that I'll still give it a try! It's so seducing!
Started using DaVinci as an abolute beginner a while ago knowing absolutely nothing about editing. Its so intuitive that a 10 minute quick tutorial is all I needed to get started and whenever I want to use one of the more advanced features its another 5 minute video to get the gist of it. Very user friendly, can recommend
Do they allow for you to record voiceovers in the software? And do they have audio caption like on capcuts? Also can I create text and background overlays on a clip to display a list of things I am mentioning in the video.? I hope that was clear.
IDK if anyone already said this but you can do fullscreen timeline with 2 monitors. In the toolbar at the top of the screen go to Workspace > Dual Screen > Full Screen Timeline. Dual Screen must be active in order to do this but it is a huge time saver. Great vid and hope this helps anyone else that is learning Davinci.
@@DawnHub666 He means that you can send your timeline to second monitor, and it'll fill it to borders.It'll transport from all-in-one interface to divided on two screens. Hope you'll get it.
@@oshyvertgaming Unless you've not figured out by now, it simply means 2 monitors, one is dedicated mostly to the timeline and the preview screen, the rest of the interface is on the other screen. or in DR 17/18, the entire viewer is on one screen, the rest on another screen. This is, of course if you've set yourself up as 2 monitor workflow and that is done via the OS.
I've started using Davinci Resolve few years ago because it was free. I was always worried if I'm doing the right thing, because all the famous video editors like you Sam used Adobe softwares at the time. So glad to see I made the right decision as Davinci is slowly making it's way into the light of mainstream.
I made the switch when I noticed premiere pro sucks 😆 don’t worry about who uses the software what matters is what you can do with it! Stay creative my friend
@@nygmaa yeah but as a beginner I was, I didnt really see if I was doing the right thing or not. Now when Im better at editing my videos, I can say it was a good decision to step into the dark.
10 months is a long time to wait! Worth it for 19 minutes of pure gold!! Thank you for taking your time creating something amazing. Slowly is the fastest way to getting there.
Dude, I am so glad that I didn't delete this from my watch later. I'm just so used to seeing "trying out resolve for X days" videos, where at the end the person eventually gives up on the program because it's unfamiliar (fair enough tbh). But your confidence and very concise layout of this video makes me really get HYPED for a video editing program - I've always been quite skeptical, but this is making me much more interested in Resolve, and I am inspired to learn more!
I literally just downloaded Resolve 10 min ago and have never done video editing before. it's all quite overwhelming but I'm encouraged by the positivity around this software!
Every Premiere Pro editor this year: I AM SWITCHING TO DAVINCI I CAN'T HANDLE THIS Every Final Cut Pro X editor this year: Ah yes another year of great stable editing
90 days free isn't enough to see if FCP is worth the price tag plus plugins. Davinchi is becoming Hollywood standard in editing and already up there in regards to colour grading. Plus the free version is a menace and it's also optimised for Mac like FCP. It's a no brainer in-terms wanting to try something new that updates paid and free versions on a regular basis.
get 90 days free and then just change the date if you want to fool the MacBook. Works on my Mac. A bit annoying but would you change the date every time or spend $300? thank me later ;)
I was a premiere guy from 2013 until 2021. Premiere killed my editing creativity because it just couldn't keep up with the things I wanted to do. Working on DaVinci has brought life back to my work, really stoked to see this course.
Been using Premiere for about 6 years now, and I must've spent about 2 years troubleshooting and constantly tackling new issues and whatnot. Honestly, this switch was so refreshing.
Yeah I think people are unfair to DVR saying it's hard to use when you have to do that with Premiere Pro. Effects aren't as easy as drag and drop, but everything else works smoother than PPro.
I’m only a very occasional editor, and Premiere has been such a struggle to use. Given that I’m not in it every day (or even every month), paying the ridiculous subscription cost for it doesn’t make any sense. Seeing this video has tipped me over to switching to Resolve going forward. Thanks for such a great, clear overview, you’ve probably saved me hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars over time 👍😁
Total respect to Davinci for a one time payment price just like FCP. That was my reason to go with FCP years ago and I hate subscription models - they are such a rip off. Great to have you back on YT Sam and I can't wait to see your adventures and future projects! Paul
I use the free version of Resolve and have NO IDEA what I'm doing but honestly really enjoy playing around with things and learning more. Great program.
I started using Davinchi Resolve to make AMVs today and I love it, having the cut and edit separated that’s smart, it’s just perfect, everything is just so good, people have been telling me that Fusion isn’t a After Effect replacement but for me it now is, it’s way easier to work with the node system is just built for me, I’m never going back, the only Adobe software I have left now is Photoshop
@@4nlimited3dition_4n3d and unlike layers are much better for clip wise basis cuz cmon, building is way more fun than stacking. It goes into both dimensions providing a personalized experience
ive been irking from doing video content on social for my business for a while now, but your sheer passion and "flow" expressed in your love for Davinci has sparked an itch to edit SOMETHING, ANYTHING!! LET ME DO THE THINGS!!
Fully agree! Since I switched from Premiere to Resolve, I'm soooooo much happier while editing 🤩🤩. And I switched out of desperation one day when I couldn't stand the crashes anymore 😆
I’ve only start using it on Saturday and I’m extremely impressed by it. So friendly to use and it seems it just captures everything you need and you would never look for more from a similar software.
I’ve been using Final Cut Pro X and I absolutely love it… it’s always been my go-to. However, I’ve wanted to work on editing on my iPad, and therefore trying to learn DaVinci Resolve for iPad… definitely a learning curve. Thanks for this, Sam! You rock, and I’m so glad you’re doing so well!
I would love to get the class but it makes no sense to drop $800 on a course that someone built from only using resolve for 6 months. Idk just doesn’t seen reasonable to me. I would like to know other’s thoughts on this
Contrary to what Sam says in this video, there are a ton of places where you can learn Resolve completely free. Blackmagic Design has their own training that comes with the project files and when you're done with the course, you'll actually be certified by BMD. There are also a lot of people who have been using Resolve for YEARS that have great channels that you can learn from.
$800 is a bit steep mate. And looking at the breakdown of videos, they average about 10 minutes each. At least 5 "Watch me" videos, likely with no commentary. No mate, I don't want to have to reverse engineer 'no commentary' videos to figure out what's going on, not for 800 quid. I'm downloading the official training from Blackmagic + project files for free as I'm writing this. Basically what this guy did was take the free training from the Blackmagic site and then put together a massively shortened course for $800, lol.
Well, this whole video is an ad to buy his course, just like many youtubers do for their product. Probably sponsored by BM. Doesn’t mean the course is bad, it might be good, even after 6 months of usage. It’s about the time and energy that is put in and by how many people. But I’d always think for myself before believing everything online. For example: Software (like premiere) cannot be the sole reason why video editors loose focus or motivation.
Yeah this whole thing is an Ad.. I wouldn't think too much into it. Every youtuber this year is "switching" to resolve. There's something going on on the backend we don't fully know
I’m not an video editor, or even a public content creator. But I am a creative and I love experiencing what those near the top of their game can produce. This is a video about software. Honestly, that’s a tough subject that usual involves me clicking through to the conclusions and moving on to the next one. But it was magic. It held my attention for its entirety, and that in itself is unusual. But it wasn’t necessarily the content, it was the editing. The pace, the timing of transitions and in particular the colouring. Just needed to call it out
Your video right here might just be the final reason for me to switch to Resolve after 17 years with Premiere Pro. It feels hard but I can't justify using a product that hasn't solved its biggest issues in forever. I'm a professional PP user and to this day I never feel confident to start a project on it ever, it's always like walking on a minefield of issues. I might miss a few plugins, but your video made me very confident that I will find an alternative method for everything I need, inside Resolve and without any worry of crashing or slowdowns. 👏🏼
Thanks man! I switched from PP to Hitfilm long ago and now that they went subscription based I thought about switching to Resolve. This video convinced me. Thanks again! :)
This makes me feel so much better! I downloaded DaVinci because the price tag of the other apps was just too much for me as a casual video editor. I love the app but was always worried I couldn’t grow with the program. As I grew to like it, I always wondered why others don’t use the program. It’s fantastic!
Oh wow man you just convinced me to start using Davinci Software (well first to learn) because I have been using Final Cut Pro since 2013 and learned a lot from that software. Been my best editing companion for my projects. Loved the way you talked about and explained all that. You deserve DaVinci/Blackmagic sponsorship for sure after this video. Thanks for sharing, I sure will have a look on your learning program.
17:24 ultimate Resolve moment hahaha. The one feature I'd love to see is full MIDI support under Fairlight; I'd love to write some score using Resolve. Other than that, I'm very glad I chose to learn it instead of Premiere 5 years ago.
You were the reason I felt an attraction towards film-making man and watching this video has reignited that passion in me...You were incredible with Premiere Pro and your videos were phenomenal... eagerly waiting to watch what you bring with using D-Resolve 🤝
5:23 absolutely. I use the free version to edit my videos(something I’ve never done before as I don’t make content but I enjoy creating new things). Resolve crashed on my computer 3 times, which was my fault not the programs as I ran out of space and had everything crash or stutter. I was worried about loosing almost an hour of work and went back in to be exactly where I left off. Utterly amazing, as I’ve used other programs and those would have set me back that full hour
What does davinci offer in the way of "MOGRT"s ? is this something they also have covered? Great video and certainly pushed us to start learning new skills. Thanks Sam
@@blackpoolpastpresentfuture4973 I have used all adobe suite pro apps. They are nice! However, for what I do Davinci has all I need and more. If ever I need to start making epic trailers for the games I make and have a small team to work with Ill make the switch😁
@@blackpoolpastpresentfuture4973 There is no pro in movie industry using Premiere actually, most adobe stuff are for mostly RU-vidrs and prosumers at best. All the big agencies who edit movies and tv shows are still using media composer and for grading resolve has been used in movies since the 90s. There are way more features in Resolve that smokes premiere in every possible way, premiere doesn't even come anywhere close when it comes to actual pro features. The pro in premiere pro ends with youtube and freelancers, no actual pro in movies is using any of the adobe garbage.
This video is mind-blowing, not just the software itself, but also the way you thoughtfully created and edited it. Good job, man! I definitely subscribe.
Hear me out: I love Davinci, I really do but when I start introducing fusion effects into my timeline it lags so bad that completing a project becomes unbearable. This is with proxied footage, correct codecs, updated drivers, and a high end editing computer. I don't have these issues with Premiere.
Just got so comfortable with those lags and crashes and didn't realise there was something else out there. Just in the process to make that switch. Sorry premierpro! It's my final Goodbye! I have had enough 🥺💔❤️🙏
I'm not a video editor but just watched this entire video because I've watched my wife have mental breakdowns after years of using Premiere Pro for her RU-vid Travel Channel...You make a very convincing case for DaVinci and can't wait to show her this.
I'm a small content creator, making videos is more like a hobby to me. So it's so nice that there's a professional tool that is free to use. I used a different program before, but that one was very restrictive with it's free version, lagged often, etc. I'm now working on making the full switch to resolve, so far it looks really promising.
I started filmmaking 3 years ago and i chose davinci resolve because it was free. Now 3 years later, still with the free version and i love it! (I’m 15 btw)
Until now I always used iMovie for my small and short clips. But with my last project which was my most biggest project ever (24min), I hit the limitations of iMovie pretty much from the start. And I had to split it to 7 smaller parts and it was really disappointing😮💨 So I'm looking for something for more professional work now. I'm happy I found this video and your experience with the Davinci Resolve. Thank you a lot for sharing it! Much appreciated
The editing on this video is outstanding! Well done and I agree that getting the software free with the BM camera was a great move by the company. I have it but as you say, it does have a steeper learning curve.
As someone who just begins to learn video editing and motion graphic but confused to choose what app to use, your video is just a life saver. Thank you 🎉
as a total noob, i love that program and bought the studio version even though I'm only doing mostly basic things :) it's cheap and don't have to sub for it everymonth, love it!
Would you recommend this editing software over Premierre for gaming montages? Im finally decided to switch off from Vegas and not sure what to choose to not have problems with 3d stuff, motion track, stabilyzing, transition effects, greenscreen, masks etc. For Premierre exists so many guides and plugins and Davinci got way less of that in comparison
I totally agree. I've been using Resolve Studio for a year now. It's super fast and stable. Incredible software with the bonus of being a lifetime purchase instead of those horrible subscriptions. One thing I can comment on from my personal experience is that it's best to render videos out to something like DNxHR HQ instead of H264. The encoder Resolve uses by default (and also the NVIDIA one) leaves a lot to be desired. Exporting to something like DNxHR and even uploading that directly to RU-vid will make a difference in quality because when RU-vid goes to reencode the video it will be working from a MUCH higher quality copy than H264 renders. And then what I do if I need a H264 deliverable for something else is convert the DNxHR render to H264 using Handbrake or FFMPEG. It will be a higher quality encode doing it this way than through Resolve every time.
I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about but just hearing you state another pro about resolve has sold me to learning the program and buying studio version as well. Maybe someday I’ll understand what you mean but for now I’ll make sure to learn as much as possible haha
@@AlexInF1 Awesome! I’m just talking about rendering out the final video to DNxHR (a visually lossless encode) vs the super lossy H264 that most people use.
There's a free plug-in called Voukoder that uses the high quality FFmpeg encoder to export much better H.264/H.265 video. Pretty much just change the preset to 'Slow' with a CBR of 16 and it works super well. It's a must have plug-in in my opinion.
I don't know if it could help you, but: I made A LOT of H264 exports for a local TV, and since they worked in interlaced and convert to SD (after delivery, for conforming purposes), it was hard to find the perfect setting in order to obtain the right quality for the end product. Well, I found that in Resolve, if you check "2 pass encoding" in the H264 render and set the proper bitrate manually, the file that it produces is actually very good - and now I can export ProRes and H264 in the same time. I don't know if you ever tried it, but if not, I encourage you to do so.
I’m new to editing and just yesterday decided to go with Davinci. Looks like I bet on the winning horse 😉 Thank you Sam, always inspiring to watch your work 🤘
100% AGREE. Adobe Premiere has been one of the powerhouses of the video editing industry for years, and it's wildly unjustified. They have not innovated, they have not improved, they've just shifted their business model from "buy this software" to "kind of buy this software, you don't own it but you pay us forever to rent it". In addition to that, PC users are an inconvenience to them, they have had stability issues for over 20 years, and their response is "just use Mac". It's absolutely unjustified for Premiere to have the dominance in the industry that it does, and the price tag that it has, while there are so many other companies offering more for less. Adobe is screwed once people start opening their eyes. I hope so many people see this video and it sinks in.
I'm using it myself. Used alot of software and this seems to be overall the best ui/eu app ive played with in a while. I look forward to how much I grow with it :)
Davinci Resolve cut page + speed editor is awesome for getting through my A fairly quickly. My edits are relatively simple but it ends up saving me a decent bit of time.
Hey Sam, I'm so excited that you switched to Davinci, and just wanted to drop in and let you know that you "can" expand your timeline to fit the frame and you can find it in the keyboard customization, its called "Zoom to fit", I hope this is what you're looking for. I've been such a fan of your work and how amazingly creative you are. So excited to see what you will able to do with this new tool!!
amazing to see that everyone is joining the other side finally! Such an incredible software that really makes you fall in love with video editing once again and overtime you open the software! Regarding the timeline, there is an option to have a full screen timeline on a secondary monitor Sam!
thanks kold. this was my 8th day at learning video editing as a side hustle skill. all this time i thought that i will have to use davinci because i don't have money for subscription of paid softwares. i thought i am lagging behind than other editors this way. But your video was such a relief. Thanks man. Love n respect you loads from India. Wish you light and creativity.
Muchos muchos años en Premiere, y hace poco más de 2 años di el cambio a DaVinci, por un cliente intenté en el flujo de Final Cut, pero definitivamente DaVinci Resolve es la cream de la cream, brutal tu trabajo kold!
Estoy con Premiere como muchos jaja, pero neta me cuesta creer que sea asi de bueno, aun viendo el video y leyendo los buenos comentarios, voy a tener probarlo jaja
@@vincisastaroth8194 ya te digo que el cambio es magnífico, también depende mucho de tu workflow, al final son herramientas con las que realizamos nuestro trabajo, utiliza la que te haga la tarea más fácil y rápido, eso se traduce en tiempo y dinero.
Nice to see more people switching to Davinci resolve but there are not many great tutorials on Davinci as compared to Adobe products and I wanted to change that. Could not make many tutorials but I have not given up. In fact I am going full time making tutorials soon.
You can render multiple projects back to back in final cut. Just highlight all the projects and clips you want to export, then press share and export normally but they will all export together back to back.
You took the words right out of my brain, i began resenting editing so much because of the constant premiere hiccups. I even stopped shooting just thinking of the editing process. Thank you for this well put video! I am sparked :)
I just wanted to say Thank You!!!! I tried to learned video editing 4 years ago. I had resolve and premiere. But gave up. Now I wanted to get back into it. But hate the idea of paying monthly for anything. But was also discouraged of learning Resolve. But, after watching this video. I will Resolve all the way.
just had a major screaming match with my mac because of Premiere Pro. Thanks for reminding me that Davinci Exists. My Whole Apartment complex thanks you actually
I switched at the beginning of this year and haven't looked back. Resolve makes it easier to focus on creating my videos without the frustration of APP. It has really helped unlock my creativity and my videos are getting better with an easier and less expensive software.
im just starting and tNice tutorials video was perfect.Well explained and easy to follow for a beginner.I never understood soft soft till i watched tNice tutorials.
I've gone back and forth over this for years now. I think if I just gave myself a solid month to stick to it, I'd make the switch. Change is scary but the tools in Resolve are pretty darn nice.
Almost convinced me to buy your course. But then I checked the price and it's $800. I think it's worth spending half a year struggling to learn how to use resolve like you did than paying $800 for the course.
If you make $20/hr with your work, it would take you 40hr to pay off the full course (1 work week). Otherwise, you're spending up to 26 weeks to figure it out on your own ($20,800). This also doesn't include the opportunity cost of projects you could be getting paid to do because you're spending too much time learning a new software. Just some food for thought. Hopefully, that helps you think through the investment.
Good for you! One can learn a lot from struggling and figuring things out on your own. Fancy courses & equipment can do some of the job, but ultimately the self-discipline and passion you devote is what makes you a master.
@@yannikbaltes3552 Maybe you're right. But if you're just editing for Instagram and RU-vid, you're probably not even doing serious enough editing to make the switch? People can do what they want, but if this software is as good as Kolder says it is yet as difficult to learn as he claims, then $800 to have him teach you everything he knows seems like an absolute steal to me.
The two things I miss about Premiere Pro were: 1. Being able to arrange/resize ANY window in ANY way you want. 2. Though it was pretty clunky, creating smooth speed-ramps was much faster for me in Premiere. In Resolve, you can only click one time-warped keyframe at a time to switch it to a curved keyframe, which is pretty annoying. BUT Resolve does have more control over the easing in and out of each keyframe, and that's super nice.
I have never paid for the Adobe PP and Aftereffects, it was a cracked version. Every now and then PP will crash (after effects does not crash that much). I had to constantly keep saving, because it could crash anytime. I thought because mine is cracked version so there are problems... but you say you too having it. WOW. You are making me switch to Da-Vinci resolve. Today was last day with adobe.
Thank you for being real and not being a snake oils salesman on this program. I downloaded it and tried it out. I was using Wondershare Filmora X. But this changes everything.
The power of full manual control in premiere pro is a real pain and makes you frustrated. It’s like you have all the tools you need but it’s just not enough.
7 minutes in and you have me sold on getting into this. Dynamic Link was the main thinking keeping me on premiere but I can easily leave that for the robust features you've outlined. Much better to have one program to work in that constantly jump around 3 resource hungry programs
Just tried to do my new project in DaVinci instead in Premiere and I'm stunned. Everything is better, literally everything and this is the free version! Never Going Back!!!
About the course, I wish that you consider an international payment program, like I am from Brazil and the conversion of dollar to real it is not helping so much haha. Of course it is not you fault, but I think you could make the price a little more affordable for other countries. It looks like we would pay less but if you make the conversion from US$ 799 to real it would be something around R$ 4.189, it turns a little expensive haha, like, no chance of buying. But if you could lower the price a little, it does not need to be R$ 799, but something that we could consider buying it, it would help a lot. You can think that you would earn less money but actually more people would buy, so at the end you would gain more because it is a money that you will not receive because of the devaluation of the other currencies. Thank you for your attention and I wish you all the success :D
Same here in Mexico! This is about $16,000 mxn pesos! More than 3 months of minimum wage 😱 I have no doubt the course is great and completely worth it, but it’s just too much for some countries.
the idea of "power bins" is something I've wanted in editing software since.. like 2005? I'm really casual user who only edits something like once per year but still, crazy it took this long
Took my first dive into video editing yesterday, I walked away from premier years ago and had procrastinated ever since. So happy I gave Davinci a go, started yesterday, and have my first little montage already done, learnt so much and it was really fun! Also much easier on my potato pc from 2015 :)
This is the first time I am running into you on youtube and I have to say sir, YOU INDEED DESERVE EVERY LAST ONE OF THE SUBS YOU HAVE! The quality of your videos are insane 🤯.
Man, I am stunned every time by your content, knowledge and also really inspired. And to put the editing on the side, I always notice the insane graphics quality and shots... What camera(s) do you use? And is there any "secret" to filming like this? Because this isn't just 4K or whatever it is... It's more and you can see the difference. I am pretty unexperienced when it comes to film making, but I am in music industry and this stuff will really come in handy
Resolve has a lot of great features like color correction and the new voice cleaner/enhancer function that just works. But if you think it will replace everything you are doing now, you will probably be disappointed. Some things are just over complicated for daily use and lot of the ways things are done is just weird. For example, in premiere you drag a clip onto the new timeline icon and it creates a new timeline matching that clip. In Resolve you can't do this. Unless your default timeline matches your current clip, you will need to go in and adjust the settings for it. You will also have to give it a name because it is also incapable of copying the name from the clip. Using Fusion is a whole new game compared to using after effects and really over-complicates simple things. It is also lacking some simple, but extremely useful things like bevel alpha. This is something I use constantly in AE and can't really do without. There is pretty much Zero UI customization. If you have more than one monitor you can use their dual screen setting, but it doesn't solve any real problems because it doesn't let you move the things you want to move. It only moves what whoever designed it thought should be moved. It's so bad that I never even use it. It's better just using the single screen mode. Clicking out of the program will stop ANYTHING except exports. Doing a long motion track? Hope you don't click out to check your email or anything else or it will stop. Want to lick on the next page of the script while you are listening? Playback is going to stop. The cut and media window are just useless. There is no reason for them that I can find. Also whatever genius that created it made it work backwards so the CTI doesn't move, but the whole timeline does. There may be a hidden setting to change this, but it's so useless that I never bothered to look. The deliver page is also a mess. Top left is cluttered with giant icons that scroll sideways and can't be removed, even if you will never use them, instead of a nice searchable list, like media encoder has. It is also cluttered with a giant preview window and timeline, which is also completely unneeded since the edit page is just a click away and much more suitable for any editing needs. The export defaults to no file name, unless you saved a preset, then it tried to name anything you use that preset on to match the name of the file you were exporting when you saved the preset. I also spent a long time manually changing the name to match the timeline name before I found out that there is a check box in the file tab to sue the timeline name. What this isn't the default option and you just type in a new name if you want to change it, doesn't make any sense. Just more wasted time. The edit page has a nice default layout for basic editing, but it has the same problems all the other pages have. Clutter. If you like moving you bins around so you can see all the different bins on your second monitor, too bad. Also, finding all the different buttons to show and hide UI elements can be frustrating. There is a lot of windows that need to be expanded and shrunk down or scrolled to get to you settings which could all be solved if they just let you move them to where you want them on a different monitor. It also lacks an easy way to see stats on your footage. For example I was trying to match some cuts to something done in Premiere and I needed to know where my cursor was in the clip, but I can't find this information anywhere. This is the kind of information that should be displayed full time along with the actual timeline timecode. Another thing is if you have an alpha channel or you have footage that doesn't fill the background and you want to add a solid background to hide the alpha channel. The Color Generator doesn't have a color picker and there doesn't seem to be any way to get find a color in the UI. The highlight of this program is the Color page. Anything I have that needs any kind of color work goes through this program. While I do most of my green screen and graphics work in After Effects, I bring the footage in here to clean up the green screen (or in some cases, just replace it) and adjust colors so the only thing I need to use in after effects is Keylight and not that god awful Lumetri crap. Then I dump out a high quality MP4 for final editing which saves a ton of money on hard drive space. Despite the purists who cry about using anything other than Pro Rez or some other bloated format, I have never had any complaints from TV stations about how my final footage looks. I recently had to do some pretty major color correction on multiple parts of a video and it was really easy. I was basically able to break everything down into skin color, clothing color, hair color and even jewelry color. Come of the gems matched some of the other things, so I was able to set up multiple masks to keep similar color objects and tracked roughly so my color grading on those things didn't affect similarly colored items in other parts of the shot. If you ever tried to do something like this in After Effects or premiere, this would have been a nightmare or even impossible (Have you ever tried stacking multiple Lumetri color nodes in premiere?), but in Resolve, It was so easy that I spent 90% of my time just adjusting the colors and not fighting against the program. Color correcting was almost the perfect thing, but once again there was an idiotic choice in the interface design. I needed to copy my color correction nodes to a new clip and instead of being able to just select and copy/paste them, you have to open the gallery, save a still to the gallery, then on your new clip, load the settings from that clip in the gallery. It's a really dumb workaround for a setting I am never going to need again. Copy/paste would have been quicker and easier. If you are new to video editing, this program may put you off of editing. Most of you will have no idea what you are talking about , so trying to get help may be really difficult. Also because there is a pretty small user base for Resolve, finding help on your issues can be frustrating, even if you know what you are looking for.
yeah you've got some things wrong here like not being able to copy and paste grades simply by using the standard copy and paste shortcuts, and you can also middle click to copy grades
You've got many things wrong in the bible that you've written. You can also bevel edges of the alpha by using an erode and dialite node and a bump node in Fusion. Very easy. And when it comes to feature comparison, AE might have more tools for mograph but Fusion kills it with VFX compositing tools. Also, most of the things you're complaining about sounds like you just don't know how to use the software like Clicking outside of the program doesn't stop export or tracking, that's the first time I'm hearing this. You probably have a weak computer or you just doing something that your computer can't keep up with so it's stopping the action.
One big thing to note for Fusion. Fusion is used as a compositing software in feature film VFX houses and AE is rarely used in the VFX industry (mostly motion graphics). Fusion is a far more capable software without the training wheels on like AE. It is more comparable to Nuke from The Foundry than AE. The most insane thing about Resolve is it has both a industry standard color suite and professional VFX toolset all bundled into one software. Resolve is also a super popular choice in editorial for transcoding footage since it's export system is so robust and fast.
Literally hoping you would make a video about this when it was mentioned in Matti's video. I'm a full time Resolve editor (and shooter) and LOVE it. If you ever need help from a Resolve editor let me know!
I am using davinvi resolved but I am still a very beginner :D how did you learn to use the programm? I d love to step up my editing game but the mentioned course in the video is way to expensive for me :/
@@LucaBanks There is honestly a TON of tutorials on RU-vid. But honestly, to just get started take a look at Blackmagic's own free tutorials, they can get you started while introducing the basics of each program and its nuances. After that spend time on a few projects and when you hit a roadblock research methods to workaround or execute. Often you can find solutions to problems by searching the specific questions you have vs looking for a whole step by step tutorial series.
@@avdcam yeah I guess Ive approched it wrong…I always did learning by doing and never searched for good tutorials..I know the basics and searched for some effects but I want to do more cinematic videos and now I will invest time to learn more about davinci:) thanks for your answer
@@LucaBanks I don't think that's really a bad approach, everyone learns differently. For me I prefer to have a goal for the project I'm working on, then search for methods to achieve that goal. Vs learning effects or transitions. IE if I find a channel that does great colour grading work I might research their methods, watch their tutorials and apply what makes sense for my gear and goals. And then just put in the hours/reps to get faster.
good thing i picked Davinci Resolve..... say even my instinct which wanted to pick THE BEST FREE EDITOR....lemme emphasis....not EDITOR I AM THE BEST AT......THE BEST EDITOR....Its like I always like universal approach considering as many aspects and attributes as I can, and what I love about Davinci Resolve is that it also has the same learning curve you have to overcome liek Premeir Pro , and yeah I run into problemson a daily basis but its solvable and being me, I never give up, this software too is so sophisticated and has everything pretty much in video editing put togther scrupulously and I just loive it, thansk you @kold for making me appreciate my instinct, my love, my editing skills and the software LOL
