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I'm not surprised they skipped the intro-level demo because it's a pretty niche industry-specific product. I can't imagine even the prosumer market would use Da

I'm not surprised they skipped the intro-level demo because it's a pretty niche industry-specific product. I can't imagine even the prosumer market would use Davinci, let alone get excited about plugins for it. Kind of surprised that this is getting general-audience traction here. This isn't my exact area of expertise so I could be wrong, but I'm in a parallel field, and I can't imagine non-film folks would fall into any useful target demographic for them, even accidentally. My guess is they're hiring developers.

bux93 4y ago
Davinci resolve is great for prosumers and hobbyists. Youtube is awash with Davinci Resolve tutorials for everything from basic non-linear video editing to compositing, sound editing and grading. The basic version is free, and the paid version is a one-time $300, or 7.5 months of Adobe Premiere+After Effects or Audition. BlackMagic also produce gear like the atem mini beloved by streamers and the BMPCC (blackmagic pocket cinema cameras) that are very much aimed at prosumers. If any one needs to edit any video, even just a short recreational youtube video, I point them towards Davinci, because the price is right and there are so many tutorials.
mschuster91 4y ago
> I can't imagine even the prosumer market would use Davinci, let alone get excited about plugins for it. For what it's worth: DaVinci has both a free and a paid version - and the paid version is not even 300$. If you're an indie filmmaker or hobbyist, it's certainly a better offering than a Premiere Pro subscription unless your muscle memory is trained too hard on Adobe tooling. > and I can't imagine non-film folks would fall into any useful target demographic for them, even accidentally. My guess is they're hiring developers. Many tech people have to deal with video shit at some point in their career - it helps to at least know some basic cutting to make a screen recording for a tutorial way better for the viewers.
- camtarn 4y ago
  Yep, this. We used DaVinci Resolve to cut together a music video for a little between-friends contest, and for some tutorial videos. It's way more than I could even dream of needing, and it's pretty heavyweight, but I found the other free alternatives just didn't work well for me. It's a lot like how people might use Photoshop both for heavyweight professional graphic design and digital art, and also for making silly mashup pictures for Reddit, except they don't even have to pirate it!

bux93 4y ago

Davinci resolve is great for prosumers and hobbyists. Youtube is awash with Davinci Resolve tutorials for everything from basic non-linear video editing to compositing, sound editing and grading. The basic version is free, and the paid version is a one-time $300, or 7.5 months of Adobe Premiere+After Effects or Audition. BlackMagic also produce gear like the atem mini beloved by streamers and the BMPCC (blackmagic pocket cinema cameras) that are very much aimed at prosumers. If any one needs to edit any video, even just a short recreational youtube video, I point them towards Davinci, because the price is right and there are so many tutorials.

mschuster91 4y ago

> I can't imagine even the prosumer market would use Davinci, let alone get excited about plugins for it. For what it's worth: DaVinci has both a free and a paid version - and the paid version is not even 300$. If you're an indie filmmaker or hobbyist, it's certainly a better offering than a Premiere Pro subscription unless your muscle memory is trained too hard on Adobe tooling. > and I can't imagine non-film folks would fall into any useful target demographic for them, even accidentally. My guess is they're hiring developers. Many tech people have to deal with video shit at some point in their career - it helps to at least know some basic cutting to make a screen recording for a tutorial way better for the viewers.

camtarn 4y ago
Yep, this. We used DaVinci Resolve to cut together a music video for a little between-friends contest, and for some tutorial videos. It's way more than I could even dream of needing, and it's pretty heavyweight, but I found the other free alternatives just didn't work well for me. It's a lot like how people might use Photoshop both for heavyweight professional graphic design and digital art, and also for making silly mashup pictures for Reddit, except they don't even have to pirate it!