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SInce Davinci now costs nothing, is it worth anything?
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True..I sort of wish BMD would release a DaVinci Elite(ist) version that cost $10k. That way you could sort of separate yourself from the pack in some way as a Resolve user..then again you could separate yourself with a Resolve Panel. Or get Baselight or Nucoda? (then again you’d be spending 100k+)
Bottom line is, now your environment starts to play a huge roll, as it has in the offline world.
And yes, almost every assistant editor now claims to be a colorist…but hey… uh.. cream rises to the top.. AMiRIGHT?!?!?!?!
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The pricing is the inevitable result of Resolve being a piece of software.
All of the other grading apps (Films Master, Baselight, etc.) are also software. I wouldn’t buy a Scratch system over Resolve because it’s not as good (IMO) and does not have it’s own panels. Watch what happens with Adobe I bet CS6 has a grading app included.
this is what happens with computers, things which start out exotic and hard to do with computers become easy and more accessible with each generation of computing performance improvements.
Even Resolve Lite is not that cheap, you still need a panel, I/O and a monitor to do anything worth a damn with it and those three will run you $6-10K without the computer and software license.
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Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.comMAHC-PRO 6-Core 3X GTX285 20Tb SAS Wave Panel Panny 11UK SDI Plasma.
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Well, my basic needs are only HD 1080p video – I put 1000.00 on a software that’s now for free, just 3 months after I spend my hard earned money. Living and learning .
Yes I bought all the other stuff, like cards, pro monitor and Wave panel, did courses, and bought books. But I still fell like I lost 1k…
Hey BMD, what about at least a discount on my next BMD product?
Fabio Cormack
Davinci 8 – Tangent Wave – Decklink HD Extreme 3D+
Final Cut Suite
Adobe CS5.5 Suite
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I think we have to wait for the win version and see what will happen.
As i see it there may be something changing as all the hardwares support is on more modern technology.
It can give out more features that mac can not do now.But this is my wild guess just based on the rumor that mac pro could be eol soon.
If i had business like that then giving out some of the software free would be reasonable to
support other products.Maybe we will all buy avid soon 🙂
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Margus
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[Robert Houllahan] “All of the other grading apps (Films Master, Baselight, etc.) are also software. I wouldn’t buy a Scratch system over Resolve because it’s not as good (IMO) and does not have it’s own panels. Watch what happens with Adobe I bet CS6 has a grading app included.”
Adobe CS6 will have a new grading application included. It is what was known as Iridas Speedgrade.
I think BM has read correctly the writing that was on the wall. The importance of grading has now dawned on the common man, because EVERYONE is shooting video these days. Any new Adobe grading app WILL become the defacto standard, if only because there will be so many pirated copies out there. Resolve will always be a more complex application and the only way to get people to use it, is for them to try it – for free. But as we all we know there are some pretty heavy duty hardware requirements to really use it properly. Better to sell a card to every home than an app to a select few, because everyone will get it for free one day anyhow.
The real market for this app anyhow as a pro tool remains the 2K or more environment, 3D, multiple GPU’s, distributed processing, networked, etc. Paying 995 USD for that still makes sense, because it is a drop in the bucket for them anyhow, and any new employee will now be self trained in Resolve BEFORE they arrive.
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I’d like to meet those assistant editors and ask them to sync, grade, and transcode 7 hours of dailies and have them transferred by 10AM. Thanks.
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It use to be that clients asked what tools we used. (remember)Now its not the tools its the eyes, brain, spirit and heart of the tool manipulator.
Editshare has it very clear with Lightworks.
Give them software and they will buy hardware.
Rcardonna
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Yes, I think this really makes sense in terms of where the market has been going. It just seems impossible to control the destiny of software once it arrives at a certain level of distribution.
I didn’t know about Lightworks. Fascinating – good idea.
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I am a migrating Color user and have downloaded 8.1 lite to get my head around the interface and to check compatibility with my Tangent Wave. At the moment I am inclined to go with the Win version as I want to leave my Mac with its legacy FCS3, ATI card and Kona3 frozen and fully functional for older projects and FCP7 users.
A fresh start with da Vinci, CS6 and/or MC6 all on a Win machine with NVIDIA and BM card makes sense. I see no reason not to pay the $1k for Resolve to get the full GPU performance. Yes lite will do for some but when clients sit in and pay for grading, they want better RT performance than lite will do.
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Actually you can get good realtime performance with the free version. I have done a few RED shows and my current show I am working with Avid DNxHD media. Both were realtime with multiple nodes (sometimes up to 5 or 6) of primary and secondary correction.
I guess if you are doing 4k, 3D, or using native H.264 media (why would you do that) you might need to add more GPU’s. So yeah.. the free version should take care of all your needs.
-Peter
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