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I tolerate Resolve, essentially it’s just inertia. It is hard to imagine software could be commercial and so poorly made. My favorite glitch that has persisted

I tolerate Resolve, essentially it’s just inertia. It is hard to imagine software could be commercial and so poorly made. My favorite glitch that has persisted for many versions is how if you background it while it is launching, the GUI becomes frozen and the only way to use it is to kill the process and then launch it again making sure to not switch to any other apps while it loads. The worst one that comes to mind, because it happens all the time when I am using it, is when you hit undo once it could undo multiple recent changes (never know how many exactly, just have to guess), and if you then redo in panic it would only redo one of them, so you have to manually do it (fun when it involves fine color adjustments). For my own sanity will not try remembering all the other ones. In addition, a lot of counter-intuitive design choices, messy color management, etc. Proprietary cross-platform software for multimedia production tends to be polished but Resolve genuinely feels worse than an Electron app, with subtle delays and micro-freezes in many interactions. To be fair now with all those “AI” features they could probably say it is optimized for “agents” or something…

archerx 4mo ago
I have been using resolve since they added editing functionality (it used to only be for color correction) and I have never had any of those issues. I have the paid studio version and have used it for commercial and private work. It is also a lot less crash happy than premiere which I ditched for resolve and never looked back. Maybe there is something wrong with you system?
- goblin89 4mo ago
  Unlikely. This has been the case on 3 different laptops and multiple macOS versions and Resolve versions. I use it pretty infrequently nowadays and I admit I didn’t see the startup freeze in a couple months (either I am lucky or they finally fixed it in a recent update), the undo glitch is alive as ever though. Some other things off the top of my head: • UI freezes for a second or two when you switch to Fusion tab. • If you adjust speed in a Fusion node, timeline clip remains the same length, so if you slow it down 2x you can only see the first half. To say Fusion in general is half-baked is to be very, very generous. • Export location gets reset every launch. • Can’t copy-paste a node or its settings, in case you want to test between two different configurations. Even the aforementioned RawTherapee (which is made using Qt I think and which is far from a shining example of usability) is more pleasant to use for me.
  - archerx 4mo ago
    I see, I have always used it on windows and never on MacOS so that could be the source of your issues.
    - goblin89 4mo ago
      If behaviors I listed in the previous comment are all different on Windows, that’s an even bigger red flag.
      - archerx 4mo ago
        I’ve haven’t had anywhere near as much friction as you are reporting so I have no idea what is happening on macOS.
        goblin89 4mo ago
        I know people who never use undo. If you haven’t run into these issues, that does not tell me much, unless you use this software the same way I do.
        archerx 4mo ago
        That’s a terrible analogy because you’re describing bugs and not usage patterns. • UI freezes for a second or two when you switch to Fusion. - that’s weird • If you adjust speed in a Fusion node, timeline clip remains the same length, so if you slow it down 2x you can only see the first half. To say Fusion in general is half-baked is to be very, very generous. - Again never had this issue • Export location gets reset every launch. - It remembers my last export settings per project • Can’t copy-paste a node or its settings, in case you want to test between two different configurations. - I have copy pasted many fusion and color nodes without issues Have you reported these issues to Black Magic? I have used a lot of editing software like old school Final Cut Pro, premiere, Sony Vegas (yuck!) and even movie maker. Resolve in my opinion has the least amount of friction to use. What do you use to edit?
p0nce 4mo ago
Mmm I have a different experience. For me other NLE tools were more crashy than Resolve. Resolve also has an incredible feature set and with a one-time payment is a terrific deal. But years ago, it was very much bug-ridden for sure.
- goblin89 4mo ago
  I mean, I just used it last month whatever the latest version was. It didn’t freeze at startup but all the other issues were still there. I can’t see myself paying for that. What I do now can be done using a mix of free software (ffmpeg, etc.) and if I were to go pro and have less time for tinkering then it’d be FCP for me…

archerx 4mo ago

I have been using resolve since they added editing functionality (it used to only be for color correction) and I have never had any of those issues. I have the paid studio version and have used it for commercial and private work. It is also a lot less crash happy than premiere which I ditched for resolve and never looked back. Maybe there is something wrong with you system?

goblin89 4mo ago
Unlikely. This has been the case on 3 different laptops and multiple macOS versions and Resolve versions. I use it pretty infrequently nowadays and I admit I didn’t see the startup freeze in a couple months (either I am lucky or they finally fixed it in a recent update), the undo glitch is alive as ever though. Some other things off the top of my head: • UI freezes for a second or two when you switch to Fusion tab. • If you adjust speed in a Fusion node, timeline clip remains the same length, so if you slow it down 2x you can only see the first half. To say Fusion in general is half-baked is to be very, very generous. • Export location gets reset every launch. • Can’t copy-paste a node or its settings, in case you want to test between two different configurations. Even the aforementioned RawTherapee (which is made using Qt I think and which is far from a shining example of usability) is more pleasant to use for me.
- archerx 4mo ago
  I see, I have always used it on windows and never on MacOS so that could be the source of your issues.
  - goblin89 4mo ago
    If behaviors I listed in the previous comment are all different on Windows, that’s an even bigger red flag.
    - archerx 4mo ago
      I’ve haven’t had anywhere near as much friction as you are reporting so I have no idea what is happening on macOS.
      - goblin89 4mo ago
        I know people who never use undo. If you haven’t run into these issues, that does not tell me much, unless you use this software the same way I do.
        archerx 4mo ago
        That’s a terrible analogy because you’re describing bugs and not usage patterns. • UI freezes for a second or two when you switch to Fusion. - that’s weird • If you adjust speed in a Fusion node, timeline clip remains the same length, so if you slow it down 2x you can only see the first half. To say Fusion in general is half-baked is to be very, very generous. - Again never had this issue • Export location gets reset every launch. - It remembers my last export settings per project • Can’t copy-paste a node or its settings, in case you want to test between two different configurations. - I have copy pasted many fusion and color nodes without issues Have you reported these issues to Black Magic? I have used a lot of editing software like old school Final Cut Pro, premiere, Sony Vegas (yuck!) and even movie maker. Resolve in my opinion has the least amount of friction to use. What do you use to edit?

p0nce 4mo ago

Mmm I have a different experience. For me other NLE tools were more crashy than Resolve. Resolve also has an incredible feature set and with a one-time payment is a terrific deal. But years ago, it was very much bug-ridden for sure.

goblin89 4mo ago
I mean, I just used it last month whatever the latest version was. It didn’t freeze at startup but all the other issues were still there. I can’t see myself paying for that. What I do now can be done using a mix of free software (ffmpeg, etc.) and if I were to go pro and have less time for tinkering then it’d be FCP for me…