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Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 12 Beta is OUT

I downloaded my upgraded copy of DaVinci Resolve Studio today; it’s been a while since I’ve been this excited about a piece of software. Blackmagic has just taken a BIG bite out of Premiere Pro and the FCPX fanbase with their update to Resolve, adding a plethora of new tools to the interface with editors in mind, making this update of Resolve the most groundbreaking.

Adobe Premiere 2015 Lumetri Colour Workspace

Adobe recently updated Premiere CC with a MAJOR interface update of their own, incorporating the colour correction power of Speedgrade into Premiere Pro with the new Lumetri Colour tab. I’ve been using Premiere Pro CC 2015, and the colour correction interface is very nice, powerful and simple. If you’ve ever edited a photo in Adobe Lightroom before, the new colour correction tools in Premiere will feel very familiar. It’s a really nice upgrade for Premiere, but will it be enough to hold back people who aren’t fully satisfied by the rest of the Premiere workflow?

Blackmagic also now has Fusion 7, which goes head to head with Adobe After Effects for VFX work, making the need to stick to an Adobe workflow even less necessary, especially when the price of Adobe products are not free like Fusion 7 is.

What About Final Cut Pro X?

With the latest updates from Adobe and Blackmagic, Final Cut is now lagging behind in the colour correction space. The tools within Final Cut Pro X, although seemingly simple looking at first, are VERY powerful. I use FCPX all the time and at this point, generally prefer it to other NLEs. It has a simple colour balance and colour match feature (neither of with you can tweak--only add to--which is a shame) and does a good job at providing tools for secondary colour correction as well as masks. It’s also very inexpensive. Having said that, FCPX is more of an editing tool than anything, which is where DaVinci Resolve 12 steps in.

DaVinci Resolve 12

Resolve 12 is a FREE colour correction platform that can now fully handle non-linear editing, multi-cam editing and audio editing without leaving the program. Resolve has always been the most powerful of colour correction platforms, but with the addition to editing, it’s hard to see what exactly they have left out of the software, it’s just that powerful looking. Watch the videos on their website if you don’t believe me.

Owners of the paid version of Resolve can upgrade to the Public Beta, called Resolve 12 Studio, for free. Studio adds “4K output, motion blur effects, temporal and spatial noise reduction, 3D tools, remote and multi user collaboration tools.”

With all the new features, Resolve may end up taking the top spot in the non linear editing platform over Adobe and Apple. For now, I just can’t wait to start editing.