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Resolve 8 – pinch me I’m dreaming
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I think there’s going to be a whole group of people who will go “hooray, we can tinker ourselves some color correction” but honestly those people already do it anyway. They do it in FCP or in Apple Color which comes with FCP. Or they do it with Magic Bullet.
I was actually talking to someone a few weeks back who asked me “are you worried about your field when there’s tools like Looks around that can just do it for you?”
I think in the end those people are not and have never been our client market, and if someone forced them to be they probably wouldn’t pay very well either.
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I just think giving it away for free is a bit silly. I mean they already made the price very affordable at 995. Why do they need to give a full functioning version (with the few limitations) for free? I personally do think it does devalue the product when you can get it for free. I can understand a 30day free trial.. but a full HD grading DaVinci for free. How can they continue to develop and advance the product if they erode their paying base of customers? Blackmagic is a confusing company sometimes.. exciting but confusing.
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I definitely thought of that myself – a lot of DPs I work for are savvy enough to do this themselves. I expect it will be a little better because unlike Apple Color, the GUI doesn’t allow you to enlarge the window, so you at least need a Decklink card and SDI monitor, plus the two node limit, but I could definitely see some productions expecting that their DP could do it for free…
…of course, I’m sure that’s what everybody who had quarter-million dollar installations from 5 years ago thought when it became a $999 Mac option… since they’ve already gone and done it, I suppose I’ll just have to enjoy turning every mac I encounter into a prep station…
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I think i liked how another CC company handed it.. they used it as a prep station for its main product.. it really didn’t have all the features to be a low end version .. you needed to final on the other product.
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Remember that for pro-level grading, you still need a video I/O card, a calibrated video monitor, a control surface, etc. And not that many people will grade a serious project with that two node limit. I don’t think this really undermines professional colorists or post facilities at all.
I think they made it free because they want to pull people using Color or their NLE’s internal color correction tools into the Resolve world. They’ll probably sell quite a few more copies of the full version in the long run as a consequence of doing that.
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F’En Awesome… happy Resolve day….!!!
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I think the Free version is fantastic for DOPs .
Also if its OpenCl based it means it runs on their laptops.
I dont think they gonna rival us, but they might play around and come with something we can start from.
But I agree, output should be limited to lowres QTsA slice of color…
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Unbelievable what the guys at BlackMagic have done in such a short space of time. It was only just out of Beta when I got my system in November and now all the things I wished it did having come from Film Master are in. Free upgrade too! I wanted a Film Master originally but couldn’t afford it, Resolve became affordable and I loved it straight away – Now, I wouldn’t even think about using anything else (if it works!!). I was blown away by what they have put in for Resolve 8 – I would have expected a 2 year roadmap for this amount of new functionality! I can’t wait to get started. As for the free version, I was still charging full rate to grade on Color (free software). Remember there’s a £17k monitor hanging off the back!!
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About the free version. I think some of you may need to lighten up a bit. I’m sure BM thought this through. I understand where you’re coming from but I think you are being a bit short sighted if not a tad selfish. Remember that older Davinci users who paid a fortune for it before BM bought may have thought the same you are thinking now when BM dropped the price to $995.
Yes, I’m one of the people who is excited about the Lite version and yes, I’m a Color user. I think Vladimir is 100% right. This doesn’t change much because the people who use FCP already have Color and will try to do it in Color anyway. They wouldn’t pay you. They are not your market and you’re not losing anything. And like Chris said, you still need a grading monitor and other add ons to offer service on the same level. Also, you need the skills! Just because anybody can have Resolve doesn’t mean everybody can grade. Is this really how you sell your skills? Putting it all on the tool? I think Chris Kenny is right again when he says BM will sell more full seats of Resolve in the long run because of Lite.
My case in point. I use Color and can’t justify the move to Resolve at the moment. But I know I want to. So with Lite I can make the move now instead of keeping investing time on getting better at Aplle Color and when my needs rise and I need a full Resolve I can get it but then I already know the software. BM has just gained another client and like me I’m sure there are thousands. I’m sure BM knows that and this is why they did it. Smart move!
Have a bit more of self confidence. 😉[Kevin Cannon ]“…of course, I’m sure that’s what everybody who had quarter-million dollar installations from 5 years ago thought when it became a $999 Mac option… ”
Exactly.
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