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The free version of Resolve is so good. I looked for a reason to pay them- nope, free version did literally everything a non-professional would need. And they e

The free version of Resolve is so good. I looked for a reason to pay them- nope, free version did literally everything a non-professional would need. And they even have free downloadable lessons on how to edit - not just use their editor, but edit in general- on the website.

Aerroon 3y ago
Last time I looked at it the free version didn't use your GPU for playback during editing. Has it changed since then?
- dharmab 3y ago
  It depends on the host OS and codec. On Windows if your OEM didn't include the H.265 license with your default installation you have to buy it for $1 from the Windows store (this is a Windows thing, not a Davinci thing). On Linux I think you have to pay for the Pro version which includes the license. I think if you're working with DNxHD files you don't have to worry about this.
- Nihilartikel 3y ago
  I did some semi-serious work in Linux on the free version earlier this year. Performance was pretty good, and I believe that it did use the GPU. The only big annoyance for me was the lack of a h265 codec. I had some FFMPEG shell scripts for the final exports, but it was a pain and I eventually paid for the full version, which I am very happy with considering it is a lifetime license. Some premium features like speech transcription, where you can select a video segment by simply selecting dialog from a text box, were a big time saver too. With my last editing experience being Adobe Premiere in the early 2000s, Resolve was simply amazing.
  - dharmab 3y ago
    Similarly, I use Shutter Encoder as an early stage of my pipeline to convert to less painful codecs.
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animex 3y ago
...but it asks for all your identifying information so their sales team can email, phone, snail-mail solicit you to upgrade...until their shit gets hacked and then they are paying out a multi-million dollar privacy settlement/fine :/
- Almondsetat 3y ago
  You do know that you can just write gibberish in the download form, right?
  - sofixa 3y ago
    You never know, some vendors send you the download link / license file via email, so at least that part needs to be legit.
    - culi 3y ago
      you can use a disposable email https://temp-mail.org/ https://temp-mail.org/ Or just maintain a personal throwaway email that's not tied to your real life identity
    - vik0 3y ago
      Just use a temporary email from some temporary email generator like https://temp-mail.org/ https://temp-mail.org/ (use an AdBlock, I'm sure the site is littered with ads, but I wouldn't know cause I use uBlock)
      - sofixa 3y ago
        Those are often blacklisted though, same as any mails on free TLDs.
    - franky47 3y ago
      That's what I thought too, but it's just a datawall, the link is available right after submitting. So go ahead and John Doe it.
    - 3y ago

Aerroon 3y ago

Last time I looked at it the free version didn't use your GPU for playback during editing. Has it changed since then?

dharmab 3y ago
It depends on the host OS and codec. On Windows if your OEM didn't include the H.265 license with your default installation you have to buy it for $1 from the Windows store (this is a Windows thing, not a Davinci thing). On Linux I think you have to pay for the Pro version which includes the license. I think if you're working with DNxHD files you don't have to worry about this.
Nihilartikel 3y ago
I did some semi-serious work in Linux on the free version earlier this year. Performance was pretty good, and I believe that it did use the GPU. The only big annoyance for me was the lack of a h265 codec. I had some FFMPEG shell scripts for the final exports, but it was a pain and I eventually paid for the full version, which I am very happy with considering it is a lifetime license. Some premium features like speech transcription, where you can select a video segment by simply selecting dialog from a text box, were a big time saver too. With my last editing experience being Adobe Premiere in the early 2000s, Resolve was simply amazing.
- dharmab 3y ago
  Similarly, I use Shutter Encoder as an early stage of my pipeline to convert to less painful codecs.
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animex 3y ago

...but it asks for all your identifying information so their sales team can email, phone, snail-mail solicit you to upgrade...until their shit gets hacked and then they are paying out a multi-million dollar privacy settlement/fine :/

Almondsetat 3y ago
You do know that you can just write gibberish in the download form, right?
- sofixa 3y ago
  You never know, some vendors send you the download link / license file via email, so at least that part needs to be legit.
  - culi 3y ago
    you can use a disposable email https://temp-mail.org/ https://temp-mail.org/ Or just maintain a personal throwaway email that's not tied to your real life identity
  - vik0 3y ago
    Just use a temporary email from some temporary email generator like https://temp-mail.org/ https://temp-mail.org/ (use an AdBlock, I'm sure the site is littered with ads, but I wouldn't know cause I use uBlock)
    - sofixa 3y ago
      Those are often blacklisted though, same as any mails on free TLDs.
  - franky47 3y ago
    That's what I thought too, but it's just a datawall, the link is available right after submitting. So go ahead and John Doe it.
  - 3y ago