- Dear Adobe, I think it's time we take a break.
And it's not me, it's you.
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Now, for the better part of a decade,
I've been using nothing but Adobe
for all my post-production needs.
I've been using After Effects since college
and like most people, I jump shipped to Premiere
when Final Cut X came out.
And for the most part,
it's actually been a pretty good relationship
but for the past two years,
Adobe has been really disappointing me lately.
Dynamic linking isn't working as good as it used to,
Premiere crashes more than I want it to,
and it seems like everything's becoming a little bit slower
with editing and rendering, even back in 2017
when I bought my brand new computer right here.
So, for the past few months,
I have been doing some research
and thinking about switching over to a new editing platform.
And after all my research,
I have decided to move everything
over to Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve.
And I wanna tell you the reasons why
I am making this switch.
Now, before I go any further, I just wanna say
that everything that is said in this video
is 100% my true opinion.
Nobody is paying me to make this video,
not Blackmagic, not Adobe, not anyone,
this is all my 100% true opinion.
Now, with that out of the way, let's get to the video.
Now, for those who don't know what DaVinci Resolve is,
it kind of goes into the first reason why I am switching.
DaVinci Resolve is a full-on post-production application.
Now, what do I mean by that?
I mean there's a media ingester,
there is a powerful nonlinear editor,
there is motion graphics and visual effects capabilities
with its Fusion integration,
there is an audio post-production integration
with Fairlight,
it has a powerful color grading tool,
and it has a media renderer.
So, everything that I need for all my post-production needs
is in one application.
No longer do I have to switch to After Effects
for visual effects or motion graphics,
or Audition for audio.
I can just stay in one program
and switch in between the tabs for whatever I need to do.
And for me, this saves me a whole lot of time
in post-production.
And I'm pretty sure that it's easier on my computer
that I don't have a bunch of programs
running in the background, but don't quote me on that
because I haven't done any tests,
but it's just a gut feeling.
The second reason why I'm switching is the price.
DaVinci Resolve comes in two flavors,
a free version and a version that's $299.
However, I think for 80 to 90% of you out there,
their free version is all you need,
because unlike most other free applications out there,
there's no limit on how long you can edit,
there's no limit to how much you can render,
there's no watermark on rendering.
This is just a full-on,
powerful, post-production application
that you can use today for free.
As a matter of fact, their free version
is what I've been using for the past few months
and it's blown me away.
Now, I will be paying
for the full version in the near future
because there are some limitations with the free program
that I want to get rid of with the paid version,
such as editing 10-bit footage.
You can't do that with the free version.
And if you're like me who owns a GH5S,
you want the ability to use 10-bit footage
for color grading and visual effects work.
So, I will be paying for that.
Some of the other restrictions are no noise reduction,
no 3D camera tracking, no collaboration features,
as well as others.
However, if you can live without these features,
you can just get the free version and you'll be all set.
Now, like I said earlier, it is currently $299
to get the full version of DaVinci Resolve.
However, that's it.
That's all you pay for.
You no longer have to pay a monthly subscription
like you do with Adobe,
or like what Adobe used to do back in the day
is where you pay for the application
and each year, when there's an update involved,
you have to pay for the update.
This is not the case with DaVinci Resolve.
You pay one price, that's it,
and all the updates are free for life.
The third reason why I'm switching over is speed.
I have seen such a dramatic increase in speed
when it comes to DaVinci Resolve versus Adobe Premiere.
But what really surprised me
is the final render times of DaVinci Resolve.
For example, I edit my church's sermon each week
and I have to render out
between a 35 and 45-minute clip each week.
Now, on Premiere, it used to take me about 20 or 25 minutes
to render out this clip.
However, with DaVinci Resolve,
it only takes about 10 to 13 minutes for it to render.
It just blew my mind the first time that has happened.
I couldn't believe it.
And so, rendering is such a treat where it's just sped up
and I can start working on another project right away,
besides waiting and waiting as I did with Premiere.
Last but definitely not least why I'm switching
is color grading.
DaVinci Resolve
has been the king of color grading for years.
Nobody can even touch it.
As a matter of fact, you'll see people edit in Premiere
or Final Cut and then switch over to DaVinci Resolve
for all their color grading needs.
And now, I can see why.
This thing just makes color grading such a breeze,
and it's something that you look forward to.
With Premiere, with the Lumetri,
I always have to compromise and I just never felt 100% right
with my color grades in Premiere.
But with DaVinci Resolve, I can color grade my footage
how I want to and just be 100% satisfied with it.
Now, with all the positive things I've said
about DaVinci Resolve, are there some drawbacks?
Of course there are.
No application is perfect.
So, let's talk about those right now.
This first drawback,
and it's not really DaVinci Resolve's fault,
but if you're like me who comes from After Effects,
which is a layer-based workflow,
you're gonna have to get used to a node-based workflow
when you use Fusion, which is the visual effects
and motion graphics piece of DaVinci Resolve.
This is a brand new workflow,
which might seem intimidating to you.
It's intimidating to me.
However, I'm slowly learning it and getting better,
so it's gonna take some time for you to adjust
and learn a new workflow.
So, keep that in mind if you're a heavy After Effects user.
The second drawback, and it's something
that I hope Blackmagic addresses
because a lot of users are requesting this,
is the ability to use multiple resolution timelines
into one project.
Now, what do I mean by that?
Say you're editing a 1080p timeline in Premiere,
however, you wanna use some of the video on social media
and you use a square format.
You can easily create a new timeline,
a thousand by a thousand,
and then put your footage in there,
reposition your footage and there you go,
your stuff's ready for social media.
However, with DaVinci Resolve, you can't do this.
You're restricted to one resolution per project.
No matter how many timelines you create,
you can only use one resolution.
What you have to do in DaVinci Resolve
is you have to create a whole new project
and set the resolution for that project
and then bring all your stuff from one project to another.
I think that's a big hassle and drawback,
especially in this day and age of social media.
We need the ability
to use different resolutions in one project.
A lot of people are wanting it and I hope Blackmagic listens
and implements this in a new update.
And the final drawback is that if you wanna use
a separate monitor for a full screen preview,
you can't just plug the monitor into your computer
and DaVinci Resolve sees that as a monitor and use it.
You have to buy a special piece of hardware from Blackmagic
and connect your monitor to that
and have the hardware connect to your computer
before DaVinci Resolve sees it.
I think that's kind of stupid,
and maybe it's Blackmagic's way
of getting back some of the money
that they're not charging a ridiculous price
for an editing program,
but I just think that's kind of too much.
I think you just need the ability to plug in your monitor
to your computer, have Resolve see it,
and you can use it as an external monitor.
However, with all that being said,
I recommend everyone, at least give it a try,
Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve,
for all your post-production needs.
I'll leave a link in the description below,
and it's not even an affiliate link,
I'm not getting paid for that link.
I just really, really want people to try this out,
and try it out for themselves and see what they think.
And I wanna hear what you think.
Let me know in the comments below
what you think of Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve
if you've made a switch
of even thinking about making a switch.
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