Blackmagic Design Buys DaVinci: Part 1

[Kim Krause]

why is this a good thing?….davinci has been in trouble for years and probably couldn’t wait to find a buyer. they have stagnated while others have moved in. and don’t think the BMD aquisition will mean a cheaper davinci. there are alot of really good color correction systems out there, each with it’s own strength. my big criticism of davinci of late has been its horrible user interface. what they really needed was a complete overhaul of their panels and usablility. just look at pogle. they realized early on that a graphics tablet should be part of a grading suite. the reason other systems have become so popular is they listen to what clients want from a color correction system. davinci were always so smug. i’ll stick to nucoda, pogle and even color over a davinci anyday…good luck black magic, i hope you know what you’re doing buying that old dinosaur.

[Tim Wilson]

Consider this the outline of an article. 🙂 But it’s a start.

[kim krause] “davinci has been in trouble for years and probably couldn’t wait to find a buyer”

The problem with da Vinci has largely not been da Vinci. It has been parent companies who bought it largely for the cash flow, hoping to help their own bottom lines. That’s why parent companies are the ones who’ve come and gone, and gone bankrupt, and da Vinci remains.

[kim krause] “my big criticism of davinci of late has been its horrible user interface”

Grant specifically mentioned that in his email to Blackmagic employees, which we reprinted here after they sent it to us. Specifically: [Resolve] needs a new user interface and extra features.

I find it hard to follow threads when they wind too far off the post subject lines, so I’ve provided a long answer to kim’s very good question of why I think this is such a good idea in a thread here.

See you there. 🙂

[Stuart Ferreyra]

I’d be willing to spend $10K to $15K on a DaVinci desktop version running on a Mac Pro.

Stuart Ferreyra
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