and the funny thing is I just tried desktop capcut and it's really fun for light work and embedding trending effects easily. but Davinci Resolve is my dream to learn it and see the usefulness according to the needs with the work we received.
I have very limited experience video editing in general, so davinici is so intimidating to me. even though I got my black magic just so I could edit BRAW, im still hesitant to really dive in and push the boundaries
I started with Final cut pro 7 and then moved to X, but due to hardware issues meaning the price to update to mac, I moved to PC. During that move, I went to resolve. I have been with resolve since 2016. The upgrades have been massive, and now it's a competitor, in my opinion, to avid.
Davinci is the future of video editing softwares. Only and only problem I have in davinci is that its user base is so small and It creates the problems while collaborating and more than that in finding the plugins and extensions to use; less people uses it hence less people makes it. Glad to see the user base is increasing.
The industry standard will be DaVinci in about 5 years. It's a powerful editing, color, audio, and 3D compositing program. All in one... their only problem is developing Fusion animation so there are fewer nodes and steps involved in creating animation. When I dive down and look at steps for creating some of text and graphic animation, there are a lot of steps for simple animation. Fusion code is probably about 20 years old. A free CD version was available 10 years ago. In DaVInci, things were taken from Vegas Pro, Autodesk Combustion, and Smoke and improved. As far as what I used them for, there are similarities between all three.
What kind of features do you think they should add to Fusion? Maybe motion graphics wise, but in terms of VFX, Fusion has already been used in over 1000 Hollywood movies and tv shows and the node-based workflow is pretty much the industry standard.
@@xanzuls I swear, if they get more motion graphics capabilites to the Fusion tab (shape and text animation), AE is dead to me. The only thing that AE wins over is its animators (trim paths, repeater, etc). I tried using the shape nodes, but they were slow to me for some reason.
@@ViniuauCP For Trim path, the length option in polygon node does the same, and for repeater, there's a duplicate node. Checkout Patrick Sterling, he got a lot of mograph tuts, workflows on his channel. Also, Cezar Farias as well. Fusion has plugins as well, Reactor (free) fills most of the gaps for me personally.
KEEP the mini panel, you will be glad you did once you start working with nodes and get more in-depth into color correction. Also, I would add the editor keyboard to go with the Mini panel. The jog wheel works in Fairlight as well and it also just makes editing easier.
SOLID advice!! Thank you so much! It’s a lot for a beginner but I definitely see myself growing with And I’ll definitely check out the editor keyboard!
@@ChrisFranklinJr When you start looking at using a reference monitor look into the LG OLED C1 or C2 55" monitors. You can calibrate them at home with some free software and a $300.00 calibrator. This will give you a much better color representation. You cannot use this for HDR however as the NIT brightness is not enough. Honestly don't even attempt HDR grading yet as the cheapest reference monitors are $22,000.
@@ChrisFranklinJr did you get that keyboard yet? Saving up for the speed editor keyboard but might save a bit longer for that nice full editing keyboard
I made the switch over a year ago and never looked back. Davinci is the truth. I have the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor but would love to see a Video with how you use the DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel. Awesome Video!
Another useful thing about DaVinci Resolve that a lot of people don't touch upon/realize is that you can use it as a photo editor using Fusion to crop, mask, add effects, text, and so on. It may not be a Photoshop alternative especially if you are processing professional photos, but you can use it to edit your CZcams thumbnail images, or other photos within the resolution limits supported. Just bring in the photo, make your edits, and export a single frame when done.
Oh, everything you said, man - including the title of this vid, my exact feelings about Premiere and Adobe - is so true. Last year when Premiere just stopped working and started crashing and flashing in the middle of what was a big project for our little outfit, I had to actually make the switch in the middle of the job. Luckily the client was patient, and I learned by, you know, doing. Thanks for covering pretty much everything (and everyone) I love about Resolve, and for saying so well.
Good vid man...I'm on the fence too..I'm just sooooo comfortable with Premiere but the software is trash...crashes every 20 minutes...it's just so frustrating...So I've been working with DaVinci, just super nervous to work on my client work with it...Glad to see you made the hop!
Man, I made the switch as well. I have been using premiere since I I turned 15 on free music videos for the homies, to now being an editor at a golf media agency and making my YT videos. Dealing with hours of trouble shooting in Pr and AE I finally switched and oh my lord it's so much better. This video will fo sure convince some more people 🤟keep creating brother
Over the last year I have been learning basic editing in entry level software (Power Director). I have just started migrating to Resolve. Although the learning curve is steep, everything about Resolve seems so well thought out. It really does feel like it was video editors writing software for other video editors. All the other software that I have used feels like software engineers writing software for video editors, but have never spent days or weeks actually editing films. It's hard to describe until you sit down and start using it. I don't regret using entry level software starting out, but this is an amazing piece of software.
Amazing video Chris! I just got myself the new M2 Max and am torn between Davinci, FCP, and PP. I've used Premiere for years but I feel its time to make a switch hearing so much good about Davinci. Also, you're a natural when it comes to talking to the camera, hands down one of the best voices to learn from!
Great video dude! I've had Resolve Studio installed on my PC for 2 years now, updated it through 3 versions, and I've still barely opened it 😅😅 It's exactly as you said about not having the down time to learn a new software so it doesn't come at the expense of client delivery time. But that procrastination is DONE. I'm going to try and put in an hour a day to learn it and start editing my CZcams videos in Resolve while I continue to do client work in Premiere, until I feel confident enough to make the switch for client work.
Mannn, this video came across my feed right after a brutal day full of Premiere bugs and crashes 😔 I’ve already been waiting until I’m in between major projects to switch to Resolve, but now I’m really leaning towards just jumping ship from Premiere!
I am at the end of my rope with Premiere. I film and edit weddings and I absolutely cannot take the crashing in Premiere Pro anymore. Once I’m done with this last wedding I really need to learn Davinci.
Just switched over to resolve myself. Rocking with your videos bro, you really care about the production value and offer real professional experience which is few and far between! Looking forward to seeing more content!
nice video! very calm and relaxed spoken! not like most the others that cut every few seconds. now show us the setup and your collab-routines with the others on your team plz :)
I've been editing in Davinci Resolve Studio for about 4 years and haven't looked back. It's absolutely amazing. Version 18 seems a little rough so I wouldn't recommend updating from 17.4.6 at this moment in time, but I am sure they're gonna work out all the bugs eventually, they always do. 💯 There's ways they can improve upon Davinci Resolve, but if you get the workflow right and assign your own custom shortcuts for editing, it's gonna be a breeze (ex. S - to split clip instead of cmd+B 🙄). I set A and D to be start and end to playhead, also Q and W switch between normal edit mode and trim mode cursors. I also have N and B as snapping and linked selection. You've got the JKL keys for scrubbing around and to move clips one frame at a time you gotta know these keys: < and >. That's it. 💯 Good luck!
I switched our production over 3 years ago. We figured if we had a PP legacy project come back in we could reactivate the license and work on it... never did, I found I would rather just re-edit in Davinci than use PP again.
The way how you explain it is on point. So simple and easy to understand. Not too fast and not to slow, just about right for me to watch. You def get one more subscriber my man
In fact, I was using Vegas Pro for 15 years before switching to DaVinci Resolve a year ago. It was a pleasure using Vegas for editing on a Mac Bootcamp setup. However, after the Mac M1 was announced, Mactel on Bootcamp was no longer available. Vegas Pro ran flawlessly on that setup, just like DaVinci does on the M1 chip. However, I jumped right into DaVinci workflow and stop at Vegas Pro 19's... DaVinci workflow is super flawless and renders extremely fast. When you work with Vegas Pro, you have to mess around with all those windows and panels, whereas when you use DaVinci, you can work on your action on 6 pages to design what you're working on. The industry standard will be DaVinci in about 5 years. It's a powerful editing, color, audio, and 3D compositing program. All in one... their only problem is developing Fusion animation so there are fewer nodes and steps involved in creating animation. When I dive down and look at steps for creating some of text and graphic animation, there are a lot of steps for simple animation. Fusion code is probably about 20 years old. A free CD version was available 10 years ago. In DaVInci, things were taken from Vegas Pro, Autodesk Combustion, and Smoke and improved. As far as what I used them for, there are similarities between all three.
It's interesting to hear your experience about switching. Most people in the industry don't want to admit that Davinci Resolve gives you the better value to performance. However, crashing premier pro software should not be the only reason to switch and I know you pointed out the expensive Adobe subscription model. Davinci Resolve crashes as well but you can auto save and manually backup your database which immensely reduces your risk of data loss. Again, Resolve is very powerful when it comes to colour grading footage. As long as you have a 10 bit 422 images you can push the colours as far as you want and if you are good you can throw in 8-bit 420 footage as well. There a so many different ways in Resolve to achieve any particular look you are going for.
I switched to Resolve on 16 for many reasons. But the fact that you pay once and don't have to pay for upgrades/updates or have stupid subscriptions PLUS it's superior!! I was like "take my money now"
Definitely want to check out your set up! Also, made the switch to DaVinci over a year ago, never looked back. I’m so happy with it. Reminds me when I was taught FCP 7 in college.
Yeah I've been "switching" for the past 4 years. Doing a project - personal one - then bailing. Then watching my other editing software crash - and switching "back." Eventually I did something with BRAW for a client and it forced me to use it. And it has been marvelous.
I use Premiere reluctantly just to get things done fast and due to the wealth of add-ons that I have for it. BUT I prefer Resolve. The greatest con of Resolve for me is not being able to use that tilda (or any shortcut) key to expand any window full screen. Once they implement that, I'm fully in with the exception of collabs w/PP editors.
It is so funny, I had assumed you were already on Resolve. Thanks for your BMPCC videos, just got a 6k Pro with your help. Rigging it out this weekend, it will be fun to see how it interfaces with Resolve, my favorite editing software of choice for the past few dozen projects.
I've been thinking about making the switch from Final Cut Pro to DaVinci (I have the BMPCC 6K). I haven't made the switch because of my fear of learning something new and the 3rd party FX I've purchased over the years. I'm not sure yet about leaving that behind. I will say that your video is nudging me closer to DV18. #sigh I see it coming much sooner than later.
I don’t remember how many years I used premiere Pro but it was a lot… And I got very good at it… And although I love editing, it was not fun anymore. Suddenly when I jumped in to resolve, and I know it pretty well… Editing is thrilling again. I still use after effects, and Photoshop and illustrator… But I just love Resolve and I only go into premiere Pro when I absolutely have to. I just did my first multi cam in Resolve and I had 17 layers of HD, and even though I have a top of the line Mac studio ultra… I still had to use proxies. But it played like butter and when it was time to color correct I just jumped back into full resolution and it just worked. After you use Resolve for like a month… You will never look back.
I love work with Davinci and want to see you videos about the use of Blackmagic hardware for sure! Adobe survives for being the "industry standard"... I'am very happy of working alone and be able to choose Davinci for my edits. More reliable, free...
Adobe isn't industry standard in Hollywood, adobe is the standard in the prosumer market, almost no one uses premiere to edit movies nor any vfx studios use after effects for vfx.
Just stumbled across your channel and I LOVE your presentation/editing/visual style. Really nice. I've only been a Resolve user for a relatively short amount of time, not for professional client use so there's still a lot I haven't learned. In my brief time owning Premiere I just found it uninspiring to use. On first glance, Resolve is similarly intimidating for beginner video editors like myself but the more familiar I've gotten with the UI the more glad I am to have chosen Resolve - The structured workflow windows just make sense to my brain. Plus it runs ridiculously well on my 16" M1 Max MBP. That, and the fact I'm still rocking the FREE version because it does almost everything I need right now! Such a great piece of software.
And also bro I my opinion you must keep the mini panel because once your projects get bigger and so do the need for more deep colour grading than you will need and also would love to hear your thoughts on the mini pannel
The only reason I don't switch is that Davinci Resolve Requires a lot of commuter resources and my pc is not good enough for that... Oh yeah and also because My channel is based on Premiere Pro, After Effects and Blender videos.
I am very much an amateur video editor, I've had resolve for a couple of years and it's crashed.....once, maybe twice? It's rock solid. I don't even colour grade because I don't know how, but just using the free version of resolve has meant I've had paying jobs for editing. If this doesn't convince people in the comments here to try out this fantastic piece of software that's free, I'm not sure what will.
I'm just beginning to learn video editing. I don't know how deeply I'm going to go into it but I had already heard plenty about Resolve. I already have Adobe CC so I began to investigate Premiere and Resolve at the same time. Some aspects of Resolve are so much better that it seems like a no brainer. Having that decent audio editor built right in is huge. I'm leaning towards Resolve. I always go with the tool that works the way my mind works and I quickly learned that I liked working in the timeline in Resolve and not so much in Premiere Pro. I just kept saying, why doesn't it do this this? This is logic. Resolve does thing in a way that flows better. But I like the customizable UI of Premiere Pro.
I never had premier or final cut or any of the high end software to edit… I bought davinci earlier in the week and I’m so excited to learn as we near the end of 2022 and start off with a bang 2023🔥🔥🔥🔥
I'd like to say the same thing but, in my case, is not dead yet. I still use it, and the main reason why i still do it is because, after many tests, i have seen better quality results in the videos exported with the codec h265 in Premiere than in Davinci (both set to Software Encoding and the exact same configuration and bitrate). The difference is quite obvious at first sight. The videos exported in Davinci look blurrier and dirtier while the other ones exported with Premiere look more sharp and clean. At least, this is my experience editing in both softwares. I love them both, but quality for me is the most important thing and Premiere never disappoints.
That sounds like an user error, resolve is used in almost every movies, if it couldn't export the same quality then it wouldn't have been the industry standard for grading for 20+ year. The quality depends on the codec and bitrate.
Chris, thanks for mentioning the database system being an actual upside in the end, I am still quite intimidated as I am used to having a project folder with all of its media and project file folders within it. Do you have any videos/resources that can help someone like myself who is used to that conventional structure? Trying to break out of that, while still being able to edit off of my portable hard drive that I switch between my laptop and PC!
Yo! I believe Casey Faris mentions the database BUT wheb I travel, I export individual project files just like in preimere! Think of the Database as your hub. You can still export project files like normal!
@@ChrisFranklinJr Interesting, didn't know think about just exporting the project and using it as I would a PRproj... I did watch Casey's vid earlier and am now curious how and where people store their media. Is it common to throw all media into a media folder on your PC/NAS, and just import it to resolve and not worry about bundling it except for the sake of archiving? I just feel strange leaving my media un-married to my files if that makes sense. Thx for the respo btw :)
Great video. What pushed me over the edge is Fusion. I love just jumping to that tab instead of relying on the dynamic link. I also feel like Resolve pushed me in ways that Premiere Pro didn't. I feel more creative when I'm making my transitions.
What is your experience with fusion? I have a m1 max and it runs after effects perfectly but fusion is another story. I love Davinci Resolve but, It get stuck even for rendering the most simple graphics. Whereas AE do it in a second.
@@daniellrodriguezs my experiences with Fusion have been fine. I'm using an MSI Trident PC with 64 gigs of ram and an Nvidia RTX 2080 graphics card. Fusion is slow. That's why I render exr files for my 3D projects. When I used AE, I had to drop the timeline resolution to half for it to run smoothly. A trick to getting good playback in Fusion is to turn off the motion blur and high quality on the play back. If you enabled motion blur, it will still appear in the final render even if it's disabled in the timeline playback.
@@daniellrodriguezs Update to the latest version. Fusion has been around since the 80s and been used in over 1000 movies. It's way more powerful than most people can imagine.
Soon!! I actually traded the Zoom lenses out for the primes! I’m much more of a prime user! But all of that comes in like 3 weeks when I’m finished testing!
I love Resolve, but 18 Studio has been EXTREMELY buggy. Crashes, UI elements that disappear/don't load unless I toggle between workspaces and lagging in playback causing it to just freeze and then suddenly wake up. 17 Free was flawless...
I’ve slowing started working with resolve over the years. However many of the clients I work with want premiere pro project files for backup and to use with the on site editors for there own workflow. For my own content I use resolve for keying and color grading.
Just recently switched too, DaVinci just feels more snappy, has almost every feature there and benefits like the color corrections stuff, the built in Fusion which is not as powerful as After Effects but it's inside the same app, so still works great
Great content! Thanks for sharing your experience with Davinci so far. I’m new to editing and still getting to know more about Premiere Pro. I have to admit that Premiere crashes are very frustrating. However Davinci is a bit intimidating for me at the moment. Maybe next year I’ll give it a try 🤞🏾
1991 I got Adobe Premiere 1.1 for windows 3.1 / 2006 Started using After FX 31yrs of adobe Feb 2022 Switched 100% to Davinci resolve and Fusion. The only adobe product I still use is the free adobe pdf reader.
GREAT STUFF BRO. Would you recommend for someone that does caption video editing? Adding optimized captions to videos for TikTok/reels etc. I'd like to know your thoughts.
I still use after effects but I also use resolve. It might not have dynamic linking, but so what… You can still bring your videos into after effects do what you need to do and then bring it back into resolve.
Another great video. I’m so close to switching! Just haven’t been able to leave adobe! The time it would take an old man like me to learn a new platform is just too daunting for now!
yea about to ditch Avid Media Composer for resolve. It's good to know for industry work but man is Avid outdated. I no longer have plans to break in as an editor in Hollywood (unless an opportunity comes along) so I'm ok finally switching and moving on.
I have the free version of Resolve and I pay for Premier, I just can't seem to like editing in the Resolve, i don't know why, but i use Fusion like i would After Affects, and yes the learning curve, almost made me ditch it back for Adobe, but now I love Fusion
Yes but what about the other features? Does Da Vinci makes the same good effects as Premiere? Sound editing and effects? Key framing? Everyone says about color grading in da vinci but moslty people who's mentality is stucked at color grading! I am mostly considered at the work flow, effects, making my work easy, sound edit features and color grading is the last think i am considered! I'm searching to change NLE Because i am bored of premiere's bugs
So far, it provides all of that! IT just takes time to get use to the new layout! Check out a few tutorials in the area that you focus in to see if the work that you do is possible!
Went from razor in the 90s to pp, got sick of crashing, went to resolve, never looked back. Still on the free version, but saving up for hardware (keyboard) with free license Did you try/use the new cloud collaboration features yet? Remember raid is not backup, make sure to save a copy of your data and keep it off site. Raid doesn't protect you from natural disasters, nor does the backup sitting next to your raid 😂
@Chris Franklin, do you think I don't need that strong laptop like for Premier? Because I realized there is many issues with Premier. Its slow, crashing as you said etc...To be honest, I'm just thinking about Final Cut for me. So Im watching hundreds of videos now :D. I will not make huge and long projects now. I want to make just short videos, as Im beginner and Im learning
More thoughts. The free version will not let you do 10bit color...so your Sony camera ( or your possible RED camera ) footage will not work unless you get the paid version. Finally, Fairlight, IMO, is good for small things but still needs work for full-on audio DAW projects. It will get there, just not yet. Great move however!
What’s your editing software of choice and why? This switch has gotten me excited to edit more!
I recently switched to Resolve with the purchase of my BMPCC4k & I too am in love with this software!
and the funny thing is I just tried desktop capcut and it's really fun for light work and embedding trending effects easily. but Davinci Resolve is my dream to learn it and see the usefulness according to the needs with the work we received.
I have very limited experience video editing in general, so davinici is so intimidating to me. even though I got my black magic just so I could edit BRAW, im still hesitant to really dive in and push the boundaries
I started with Final cut pro 7 and then moved to X, but due to hardware issues meaning the price to update to mac, I moved to PC. During that move, I went to resolve. I have been with resolve since 2016. The upgrades have been massive, and now it's a competitor, in my opinion, to avid.
Premier bc i get everything from adobe for 20 a month bc student
Haha thanks for the shout-out man!!!!
YO!! Man thanks for the endless knowledge and encouragement to get through this transition! You’re the truth bro! You do a fantastic job!
You both have amazing content! @caseyfaris you are awesome with your instructions on DR
Davinci is the future of video editing softwares. Only and only problem I have in davinci is that its user base is so small and It creates the problems while collaborating and more than that in finding the plugins and extensions to use; less people uses it hence less people makes it.
Glad to see the user base is increasing.
Yea. Resource sits like Envato Elements and MotionArray need more creators to make stuff for Davinci Resolve.
DR is newer than Premiere so eventually it will gain more popularity as the time goes by so more plugins/extensions will be created.
The industry standard will be DaVinci in about 5 years. It's a powerful editing, color, audio, and 3D compositing program.
All in one... their only problem is developing Fusion animation so there are fewer nodes and steps involved in creating animation.
When I dive down and look at steps for creating some of text and graphic animation, there are a lot of steps for simple animation.
Fusion code is probably about 20 years old. A free CD version was available 10 years ago.
In DaVInci, things were taken from Vegas Pro, Autodesk Combustion, and Smoke and improved.
As far as what I used them for, there are similarities between all three.
I always use Davinchi. It needs to become more standard to use it. Blackmagic just needs more features in fusion to compete with Adobe After Effects.
What kind of features do you think they should add to Fusion? Maybe motion graphics wise, but in terms of VFX, Fusion has already been used in over 1000 Hollywood movies and tv shows and the node-based workflow is pretty much the industry standard.
@@xanzuls I swear, if they get more motion graphics capabilites to the Fusion tab (shape and text animation), AE is dead to me. The only thing that AE wins over is its animators (trim paths, repeater, etc). I tried using the shape nodes, but they were slow to me for some reason.
@@ViniuauCP For Trim path, the length option in polygon node does the same, and for repeater, there's a duplicate node. Checkout Patrick Sterling, he got a lot of mograph tuts, workflows on his channel. Also, Cezar Farias as well. Fusion has plugins as well, Reactor (free) fills most of the gaps for me personally.
KEEP the mini panel, you will be glad you did once you start working with nodes and get more in-depth into color correction. Also, I would add the editor keyboard to go with the Mini panel. The jog wheel works in Fairlight as well and it also just makes editing easier.
SOLID advice!! Thank you so much! It’s a lot for a beginner but I definitely see myself growing with And I’ll definitely check out the editor keyboard!
@@ChrisFranklinJr When you start looking at using a reference monitor look into the LG OLED C1 or C2 55" monitors. You can calibrate them at home with some free software and a $300.00 calibrator. This will give you a much better color representation. You cannot use this for HDR however as the NIT brightness is not enough. Honestly don't even attempt HDR grading yet as the cheapest reference monitors are $22,000.
@@ChrisFranklinJr did you get that keyboard yet? Saving up for the speed editor keyboard but might save a bit longer for that nice full editing keyboard
Just in case Casey is watching, I recently switched to resolve thanks to him as well.
His tutorials are so straightforward
I'm learning from him also.
I made the switch over a year ago and never looked back. Davinci is the truth. I have the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor but would love to see a Video with how you use the DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel. Awesome Video!
Another useful thing about DaVinci Resolve that a lot of people don't touch upon/realize is that you can use it as a photo editor using Fusion to crop, mask, add effects, text, and so on. It may not be a Photoshop alternative especially if you are processing professional photos, but you can use it to edit your CZcams thumbnail images, or other photos within the resolution limits supported. Just bring in the photo, make your edits, and export a single frame when done.
nice tip
Oh, everything you said, man - including the title of this vid, my exact feelings about Premiere and Adobe - is so true. Last year when Premiere just stopped working and started crashing and flashing in the middle of what was a big project for our little outfit, I had to actually make the switch in the middle of the job. Luckily the client was patient, and I learned by, you know, doing. Thanks for covering pretty much everything (and everyone) I love about Resolve, and for saying so well.
Glad you're enjoying the journey!
Good vid man...I'm on the fence too..I'm just sooooo comfortable with Premiere but the software is trash...crashes every 20 minutes...it's just so frustrating...So I've been working with DaVinci, just super nervous to work on my client work with it...Glad to see you made the hop!
Man, I made the switch as well. I have been using premiere since I I turned 15 on free music videos for the homies, to now being an editor at a golf media agency and making my YT videos. Dealing with hours of trouble shooting in Pr and AE I finally switched and oh my lord it's so much better. This video will fo sure convince some more people 🤟keep creating brother
Heck yeah!!!
Over the last year I have been learning basic editing in entry level software (Power Director). I have just started migrating to Resolve. Although the learning curve is steep, everything about Resolve seems so well thought out. It really does feel like it was video editors writing software for other video editors. All the other software that I have used feels like software engineers writing software for video editors, but have never spent days or weeks actually editing films. It's hard to describe until you sit down and start using it. I don't regret using entry level software starting out, but this is an amazing piece of software.
You just might have sold me on moving over from Power Director... I just hate "learning curves" 😅
Amazing video Chris! I just got myself the new M2 Max and am torn between Davinci, FCP, and PP. I've used Premiere for years but I feel its time to make a switch hearing so much good about Davinci. Also, you're a natural when it comes to talking to the camera, hands down one of the best voices to learn from!
Best of luck to you! I am so happy that I switched! And thank you so much!
@@ChrisFranklinJr 👍🏼👊🏼
Great video dude! I've had Resolve Studio installed on my PC for 2 years now, updated it through 3 versions, and I've still barely opened it 😅😅 It's exactly as you said about not having the down time to learn a new software so it doesn't come at the expense of client delivery time. But that procrastination is DONE. I'm going to try and put in an hour a day to learn it and start editing my CZcams videos in Resolve while I continue to do client work in Premiere, until I feel confident enough to make the switch for client work.
Yup!! Genuinely like me! Had it on my PC ever since I bought the BMPCC, but man, was it worth the switch!
Welcome to the Resolve community. Good luck on the switch. You can checkout official free training from BM as well.
I love the speed editor. It save me a boat load of time. If you have time coded camera footage, overlaying footage is a breeze.
Mannn, this video came across my feed right after a brutal day full of Premiere bugs and crashes 😔 I’ve already been waiting until I’m in between major projects to switch to Resolve, but now I’m really leaning towards just jumping ship from Premiere!
I am at the end of my rope with Premiere. I film and edit weddings and I absolutely cannot take the crashing in Premiere Pro anymore. Once I’m done with this last wedding I really need to learn Davinci.
Just switched over to resolve myself. Rocking with your videos bro, you really care about the production value and offer real professional experience which is few and far between! Looking forward to seeing more content!
Bruuh, the level of video quality this has, whoooooooo, its like Gods of video just blessed this with everything!
nice video! very calm and relaxed spoken! not like most the others that cut every few seconds.
now show us the setup and your collab-routines with the others on your team plz :)
I've been editing in Davinci Resolve Studio for about 4 years and haven't looked back. It's absolutely amazing. Version 18 seems a little rough so I wouldn't recommend updating from 17.4.6 at this moment in time, but I am sure they're gonna work out all the bugs eventually, they always do. 💯 There's ways they can improve upon Davinci Resolve, but if you get the workflow right and assign your own custom shortcuts for editing, it's gonna be a breeze (ex. S - to split clip instead of cmd+B 🙄). I set A and D to be start and end to playhead, also Q and W switch between normal edit mode and trim mode cursors. I also have N and B as snapping and linked selection. You've got the JKL keys for scrubbing around and to move clips one frame at a time you gotta know these keys: < and >. That's it. 💯 Good luck!
Thank you so much for this!!
I just hope resolve never become greedy like adobe
I switched our production over 3 years ago. We figured if we had a PP legacy project come back in we could reactivate the license and work on it... never did, I found I would rather just re-edit in Davinci than use PP again.
Lolol!! Love that!! That’s where I’m currently at!
Your studio looks and sounds amazing. Such a cool aesthetic.
Thanks so much!
The way how you explain it is on point. So simple and easy to understand. Not too fast and not to slow, just about right for me to watch. You def get one more subscriber my man
In fact, I was using Vegas Pro for 15 years before switching to DaVinci Resolve a year ago.
It was a pleasure using Vegas for editing on a Mac Bootcamp setup. However, after the Mac M1 was announced, Mactel on Bootcamp was no longer available.
Vegas Pro ran flawlessly on that setup, just like DaVinci does on the M1 chip.
However, I jumped right into DaVinci workflow and stop at Vegas Pro 19's... DaVinci workflow is super flawless and renders extremely fast.
When you work with Vegas Pro, you have to mess around with all those windows and panels, whereas when you use DaVinci, you can work on your action on 6 pages to design what you're working on.
The industry standard will be DaVinci in about 5 years. It's a powerful editing, color, audio, and 3D compositing program.
All in one... their only problem is developing Fusion animation so there are fewer nodes and steps involved in creating animation.
When I dive down and look at steps for creating some of text and graphic animation, there are a lot of steps for simple animation.
Fusion code is probably about 20 years old. A free CD version was available 10 years ago.
In DaVInci, things were taken from Vegas Pro, Autodesk Combustion, and Smoke and improved.
As far as what I used them for, there are similarities between all three.
The thing that stop me from switching is the captions feature built in premiere, auto captions feature is a game changer and I use this everytime..
It's interesting to hear your experience about switching. Most people in the industry don't want to admit that Davinci Resolve gives you the better value to performance. However, crashing premier pro software should not be the only reason to switch and I know you pointed out the expensive Adobe subscription model. Davinci Resolve crashes as well but you can auto save and manually backup your database which immensely reduces your risk of data loss. Again, Resolve is very powerful when it comes to colour grading footage. As long as you have a 10 bit 422 images you can push the colours as far as you want and if you are good you can throw in 8-bit 420 footage as well. There a so many different ways in Resolve to achieve any particular look you are going for.
I switched to Resolve on 16 for many reasons. But the fact that you pay once and don't have to pay for upgrades/updates or have stupid subscriptions PLUS it's superior!! I was like "take my money now"
Definitely want to check out your set up! Also, made the switch to DaVinci over a year ago, never looked back. I’m so happy with it. Reminds me when I was taught FCP 7 in college.
Yeah I've been "switching" for the past 4 years. Doing a project - personal one - then bailing. Then watching my other editing software crash - and switching "back." Eventually I did something with BRAW for a client and it forced me to use it. And it has been marvelous.
Heck yeah!!
I use Premiere reluctantly just to get things done fast and due to the wealth of add-ons that I have for it. BUT I prefer Resolve. The greatest con of Resolve for me is not being able to use that tilda (or any shortcut) key to expand any window full screen. Once they implement that, I'm fully in with the exception of collabs w/PP editors.
It is so funny, I had assumed you were already on Resolve. Thanks for your BMPCC videos, just got a 6k Pro with your help. Rigging it out this weekend, it will be fun to see how it interfaces with Resolve, my favorite editing software of choice for the past few dozen projects.
Nope!! But super happy I’ve finally switched!
And super happy you’ve picked up an amazing camera!
@@ChrisFranklinJr Thanks for all of your hardware, thoughts and workflow you put out there. I am happy today, too (learning the gear) 🚀
This is so timely. Thanks Chris! Love the content! I have 3 BMPCC6ks since 2020 also. I'm long overdue to do this. Have a great weekend!
I've been thinking about making the switch from Final Cut Pro to DaVinci (I have the BMPCC 6K). I haven't made the switch because of my fear of learning something new and the 3rd party FX I've purchased over the years. I'm not sure yet about leaving that behind. I will say that your video is nudging me closer to DV18. #sigh I see it coming much sooner than later.
Yeah, the FX is a big deal.
I don’t remember how many years I used premiere Pro but it was a lot… And I got very good at it… And although I love editing, it was not fun anymore. Suddenly when I jumped in to resolve, and I know it pretty well… Editing is thrilling again. I still use after effects, and Photoshop and illustrator… But I just love Resolve and I only go into premiere Pro when I absolutely have to. I just did my first multi cam in Resolve and I had 17 layers of HD, and even though I have a top of the line Mac studio ultra… I still had to use proxies. But it played like butter and when it was time to color correct I just jumped back into full resolution and it just worked. After you use Resolve for like a month… You will never look back.
I used Adobe Premiere for around 10 years but the instability got to be ridiculous. I bought Resolve and haven't looked back.
I love work with Davinci and want to see you videos about the use of Blackmagic hardware for sure! Adobe survives for being the "industry standard"... I'am very happy of working alone and be able to choose Davinci for my edits. More reliable, free...
Adobe isn't industry standard in Hollywood, adobe is the standard in the prosumer market, almost no one uses premiere to edit movies nor any vfx studios use after effects for vfx.
@@xanzuls Glad to know! Here in Brazil the majority of jobs asks for Adobe suit (television asks for Avid)
@@thidnascimento Time for them to switch as well then.
Welcome to the journey. I was lucky and started with Resolve and while everyday is a learning process, it is certainly the way to go.
Excited to be starting this process! So far it’s been nothing but fun!
I’d appreciate if you please share a detailed video about how you connect the two Macs and your workflow.
Just stumbled across your channel and I LOVE your presentation/editing/visual style. Really nice. I've only been a Resolve user for a relatively short amount of time, not for professional client use so there's still a lot I haven't learned. In my brief time owning Premiere I just found it uninspiring to use. On first glance, Resolve is similarly intimidating for beginner video editors like myself but the more familiar I've gotten with the UI the more glad I am to have chosen Resolve - The structured workflow windows just make sense to my brain. Plus it runs ridiculously well on my 16" M1 Max MBP. That, and the fact I'm still rocking the FREE version because it does almost everything I need right now! Such a great piece of software.
I switched one year ago, no regrets, it's just a better piece of software. Love the linear workflow, no need extra softwares.
And also bro I my opinion you must keep the mini panel because once your projects get bigger and so do the need for more deep colour grading than you will need and also would love to hear your thoughts on the mini pannel
Absolutely!! Thanks!
@@ChrisFranklinJr cheers
I just made the switch today and so far I’m loving it! Ive been using premier for 6 months and using the free version of davinci was a game changer.
The only reason I don't switch is that Davinci Resolve Requires a lot of commuter resources and my pc is not good enough for that... Oh yeah and also because My channel is based on Premiere Pro, After Effects and Blender videos.
I am very much an amateur video editor, I've had resolve for a couple of years and it's crashed.....once, maybe twice? It's rock solid. I don't even colour grade because I don't know how, but just using the free version of resolve has meant I've had paying jobs for editing. If this doesn't convince people in the comments here to try out this fantastic piece of software that's free, I'm not sure what will.
I'm just beginning to learn video editing. I don't know how deeply I'm going to go into it but I had already heard plenty about Resolve. I already have Adobe CC so I began to investigate Premiere and Resolve at the same time. Some aspects of Resolve are so much better that it seems like a no brainer. Having that decent audio editor built right in is huge. I'm leaning towards Resolve. I always go with the tool that works the way my mind works and I quickly learned that I liked working in the timeline in Resolve and not so much in Premiere Pro. I just kept saying, why doesn't it do this this? This is logic. Resolve does thing in a way that flows better. But I like the customizable UI of Premiere Pro.
I never had premier or final cut or any of the high end software to edit… I bought davinci earlier in the week and I’m so excited to learn as we near the end of 2022 and start off with a bang 2023🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hey Chris! Love the content and hearing all of your opinions. Quick question what it the mic stand you are using in the talking head segments?
Bro it’s very intimidating! I’ve been slacking on it for a month now. The symbols are very confusing. You have to train your mind to
Maan, I'm in the same boat... This is my last year in the adobe ecosystem.... "I can't put up with (can't create image buffer error again)
I'd like to say the same thing but, in my case, is not dead yet. I still use it, and the main reason why i still do it is because, after many tests, i have seen better quality results in the videos exported with the codec h265 in Premiere than in Davinci (both set to Software Encoding and the exact same configuration and bitrate). The difference is quite obvious at first sight. The videos exported in Davinci look blurrier and dirtier while the other ones exported with Premiere look more sharp and clean. At least, this is my experience editing in both softwares. I love them both, but quality for me is the most important thing and Premiere never disappoints.
That sounds like an user error, resolve is used in almost every movies, if it couldn't export the same quality then it wouldn't have been the industry standard for grading for 20+ year. The quality depends on the codec and bitrate.
Also, you can map Resolve to match Premiere at least to some degree.
after effects is also getting outdated , masing features are limited that we have to use a 3rd party plugin
Chris, thanks for mentioning the database system being an actual upside in the end, I am still quite intimidated as I am used to having a project folder with all of its media and project file folders within it. Do you have any videos/resources that can help someone like myself who is used to that conventional structure?
Trying to break out of that, while still being able to edit off of my portable hard drive that I switch between my laptop and PC!
Yo! I believe Casey Faris mentions the database BUT wheb I travel, I export individual project files just like in preimere! Think of the Database as your hub. You can still export project files like normal!
@@ChrisFranklinJr Interesting, didn't know think about just exporting the project and using it as I would a PRproj... I did watch Casey's vid earlier and am now curious how and where people store their media.
Is it common to throw all media into a media folder on your PC/NAS, and just import it to resolve and not worry about bundling it except for the sake of archiving? I just feel strange leaving my media un-married to my files if that makes sense.
Thx for the respo btw :)
Great video. What pushed me over the edge is Fusion. I love just jumping to that tab instead of relying on the dynamic link. I also feel like Resolve pushed me in ways that Premiere Pro didn't. I feel more creative when I'm making my transitions.
What is your experience with fusion? I have a m1 max and it runs after effects perfectly but fusion is another story. I love Davinci Resolve but, It get stuck even for rendering the most simple graphics. Whereas AE do it in a second.
@@daniellrodriguezs my experiences with Fusion have been fine. I'm using an MSI Trident PC with 64 gigs of ram and an Nvidia RTX 2080 graphics card. Fusion is slow. That's why I render exr files for my 3D projects. When I used AE, I had to drop the timeline resolution to half for it to run smoothly. A trick to getting good playback in Fusion is to turn off the motion blur and high quality on the play back. If you enabled motion blur, it will still appear in the final render even if it's disabled in the timeline playback.
@@daniellrodriguezs Update to the latest version. Fusion has been around since the 80s and been used in over 1000 movies. It's way more powerful than most people can imagine.
First!!…. But when we getting the dzofilm lens review? 👀
Soon!! I actually traded the Zoom lenses out for the primes! I’m much more of a prime user! But all of that comes in like 3 weeks when I’m finished testing!
I love Resolve, but 18 Studio has been EXTREMELY buggy. Crashes, UI elements that disappear/don't load unless I toggle between workspaces and lagging in playback causing it to just freeze and then suddenly wake up. 17 Free was flawless...
Really?! Either I’m super lucky or I’m super naïve lolol
I’ve slowing started working with resolve over the years. However many of the clients I work with want premiere pro project files for backup and to use with the on site editors for there own workflow.
For my own content I use resolve for keying and color grading.
Just recently switched too, DaVinci just feels more snappy, has almost every feature there and benefits like the color corrections stuff, the built in Fusion which is not as powerful as After Effects but it's inside the same app, so still works great
Great content! Thanks for sharing your experience with Davinci so far. I’m new to editing and still getting to know more about Premiere Pro. I have to admit that Premiere crashes are very frustrating. However Davinci is a bit intimidating for me at the moment. Maybe next year I’ll give it a try 🤞🏾
1991 I got Adobe Premiere 1.1 for windows 3.1 / 2006 Started using After FX 31yrs of adobe
Feb 2022 Switched 100% to Davinci resolve and Fusion. The only adobe product I still use is the free adobe pdf reader.
What an insane journey!!
I've switched from cyberlink power director straight to davinci Resolve 2years ago and I've never looked back
Solid Choice. Cannot wait for some videos about your opinions regarding fusion!
GREAT STUFF BRO. Would you recommend for someone that does caption video editing? Adding optimized captions to videos for TikTok/reels etc. I'd like to know your thoughts.
I couldn't leave premier because After effects is so useful and they go so well together.
I still use after effects but I also use resolve. It might not have dynamic linking, but so what… You can still bring your videos into after effects do what you need to do and then bring it back into resolve.
Can you make the video about the setup for using the raid drive to collaborate between users to edit simultaneously?
But those Parent/Child cells for effects, green screen, in Fusion....so hard to learn. Does it make sense to you yet?
Hey there! Thanks for the post! Real value added.
What’s your M1 Mac Max configuration?
All of my computers got the softwares here. I first install them on virtual environnt to make sure they're not malware. So I can assure
Another great video.
I’m so close to switching! Just haven’t been able to leave adobe! The time it would take an old man like me to learn a new platform is just too daunting for now!
Totally understandable! Do what works!!
Jay Lippman is a really down to earth davinci resolve teacher.
I'd love to see a set up video.
OH my god I'm so sick of premiere, I never open AE anymore, the crashes and stuttering, damn. thanks! It's time for resolve to resolve the issues...
yea about to ditch Avid Media Composer for resolve. It's good to know for industry work but man is Avid outdated. I no longer have plans to break in as an editor in Hollywood (unless an opportunity comes along) so I'm ok finally switching and moving on.
This was great!! You have pushed me over! I am following because I love your work man!!
I have the free version of Resolve and I pay for Premier, I just can't seem to like editing in the Resolve, i don't know why, but i use Fusion like i would After Affects, and yes the learning curve, almost made me ditch it back for Adobe, but now I love Fusion
Yes but what about the other features? Does Da Vinci makes the same good effects as Premiere? Sound editing and effects? Key framing? Everyone says about color grading in da vinci but moslty people who's mentality is stucked at color grading! I am mostly considered at the work flow, effects, making my work easy, sound edit features and color grading is the last think i am considered! I'm searching to change NLE Because i am bored of premiere's bugs
So far, it provides all of that! IT just takes time to get use to the new layout! Check out a few tutorials in the area that you focus in to see if the work that you do is possible!
Chris you just encourage me to be a better professional, creative and person. Cheers to you man. So happy for you!
Much love, Aaron!! Happy to help!
Chris great breakdown i am literally going through the same situation now and you gave me the push i needed, Thanks Brother..
Went from razor in the 90s to pp, got sick of crashing, went to resolve, never looked back. Still on the free version, but saving up for hardware (keyboard) with free license
Did you try/use the new cloud collaboration features yet?
Remember raid is not backup, make sure to save a copy of your data and keep it off site. Raid doesn't protect you from natural disasters, nor does the backup sitting next to your raid 😂
producer's version? I just want to make sure I get the right one for .
I use Premiere, but you’re really making me reconsider…Keep up the great work!
Same here! It’s hard to leave but may be worth it
I ca back to soft after about 10 years when I was using soft soft 10 and for its best program Ive seen in fact its also simpliest one
Only thing I HATE about Davinci - the SNAP function.
Please make that in depth color vid! 🙏🏾
Will do!!
@@ChrisFranklinJr Yes sir! I got my eyes out for it.
Yes I would love to see your work flow with this
Yea premier is crash city omg and I am buying the Mac Studio. Good to know it’s still gonna be trash now I’ll learn Resolve
You might want to look at the Blackmagic Cloud based stuff they just came out with...
Hi Chris I have a question unrelated to Resolve,, I have that Shure mic and it's SO QUIET, are you using a Cloudlifter with it?
@Chris Franklin, do you think I don't need that strong laptop like for Premier? Because I realized there is many issues with Premier. Its slow, crashing as you said etc...To be honest, I'm just thinking about Final Cut for me. So Im watching hundreds of videos now :D. I will not make huge and long projects now. I want to make just short videos, as Im beginner and Im learning
Bro this is awsome. So you can completely edit, trip and colour in Davinci without Premiere??
YUP! From start to finish!
And colaberation with clients switch from Adobe's Frame IO to Dropbox Replay (currently free)
And also make a video about mine pannel that would be awesome
This was great Chris! Thank-you for sharing your experience so far!
Chris, I can't remember where you are located...... we should get together if I come through your area.
Yeees! Join the Blackmagic side!
Switched to Davinci Resolve in early 2019. Never looked back.
More thoughts. The free version will not let you do 10bit color...so your Sony camera ( or your possible RED camera ) footage will not work unless you get the paid version. Finally, Fairlight, IMO, is good for small things but still needs work for full-on audio DAW projects. It will get there, just not yet. Great move however!
Thanks for that!! Forgot to mention it!
You are correct but just to be clear, Sony camera footage willl work if its shot in 8bit or if its 10bit transcoded to 8bit.