Resolve/Fusion alternative?

[Shawn Miller]

[Ronny Courtens] “Mamba is very cheap for what it does. And its power is unrivaled.”

I agree that Mamba is very powerful, but what in your mind makes it better than Nuke, Fusion or Blender?

Shawn

[David Mathis]

Curious to know myself.

The magnetic timeline, it’s magnetic-o-matic!

[Walter Soyka]

I used Mamba for a few shots during the beta a couple years ago. It’s very fast and interactive, with a fully-GPU-accelerated architecture. Keying was good. SGO’s optical flow tools are outstanding (and real-time!). Did I mention it was fast and interactive?

Ultimately, I didn’t jump in with both feet because we don’t do a ton of shot-based work, and Mamba suffers (for me) from a couple of problems: the UI/UX is highly idiosyncratic (understatement), and there are not a lot of freelancers using it.

Is Mamba better than Nuke/Fusion? I wouldn’t say that — I’d say it’s different — but Ronny’s certainly right that you get a lot of features and performance for very little money.

Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
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