Download & Install DaVinci Resolve Studio

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https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/studio

• [x] Download
• [x] Install
• [ ] Start using!

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We have a Davinci Resolve Studio license from buying the Editor Keyboard: https://github.com/dwyl/video/issues/87

So going to download the studio version:

For ref just buying the software license is €338,25:

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Free updates for life:

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@LuchoTurtle watch the first couple of minutes of this: https://youtu.be/LhONgaaLjHk Or: https://youtu.be/G5WQu3kuZfQ https://youtu.be/ztHDq8QKDzI

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Network failure: 🤦‍♂️ Will try again tomorrow night. ⏳

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That installed a several (apparently) distinct apps:

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First screen on opening Resolve 18.6:

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Time to input the activation key: 🔑

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I was briefly concerned that the activation / license key wouldn't work ... (second-hand keyboard bought on ebay ... https://github.com/dwyl/video/issues/87 ) But it worked: 🎉

Davinci wants to run a keylogger ... hmm ...

Whatevs. Not going to use this Mac Mini for anything else.

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Not going to have any time for this tomorrow. But hoping I will do some editing soon. 🤞 For now shutting down the mac mini. 😴

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Resolve comes with a comprehensive Manual:

Wish I had time to read a four thousand page manual ... ⏳ 🤯

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@LuchoTurtle watch the first couple of minutes of this: youtu.be/LhONgaaLjHk Or: youtu.be/G5WQu3kuZfQ youtu.be/ztHDq8QKDzI

I've been made aware of DaVinci Resolve and, although I like some video editing in my spare time, I mainly use After Effects (perhaps wrongly) throughout my whole workflow. That means I colour grade, colour correct, composite, add effects, cut, and splice all in After Effects.

DaVinci is usually compared with Premiere Pro for a reason. Premiere Pro is the step before AE (roughly speaking). So although the arguments made in these videos are fair and are true, they are not personally applicable to me, mainly because I have access to plugins in AE that make editing/colour grading/splicing as easy as in DaVinci resolve.

As of now, it doesn't make sense for me to learn DaVinci because for my sporadic editing scenarios, AE works fine to me and I'm much more efficient. In fact, I don't even know Premiere Pro nor am I really willing to learn it as of now. Though I'm open to all of this in the near-future, if editing becomes more prominent in my life.

Though I ought to admit, I haven't experienced that much crashing with AE. I have sometimes, but it's because I'm running large files with an older spec'd computer. But I work my way around it with some pre-composing and cleaning cache here and there.

However, I'm interested in seeing how you fare with DaVinci and what the learning curve is :D. Might make me want to incorporate it in my workflow :)

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10 useful features in Resolve 18.5: https://youtu.be/8p52x5zoeG0