[Adam Claude jones]

Not sure the free version does all you need for HD. But then again I’m not a Davinci user so I can not tell how much limitation the “limitations” really put on you.

How much does only having 2 color correction nodes limits you? What does that actually mean in Resolve?

And what is power mastering and remote grading?

The rest I think you can pretty much live without in HD.

[Adam Claude jones]

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.

[Adam Claude jones]

[Tony Alznauer ]“Any word if Blackmagic will allow other breakout cards with the new Resolve (Matrox/AJA)?”

Well, that I honestly don’t see them doing and would be quite dumb if you ask me. They are a business, not a charity fund. They didn’t buy Davinci and dropped the price of it from the hundreds or thousands of dollars to under a thousand to let you use other company’s hardware. They didn’t do that as a favor to us. They have to make a profit somewhere. I think what they did is what Apple does. Offer great software which costs a fortune elsewhere but you need to buy their hardware to use it. Quite fair if you ask me.

[Adam Claude jones]

This sounds relay great. But what caught my eye was Davinci Lite!
From the BM site:
“The free DaVinci Resolve Lite includes the same high quality processing as the full DaVinci Resolve, however it limits projects to SD and HD resolutions, two color correction nodes, a single processing GPU and a single RED rocket card. Stereoscopic 3D features, 2K, noise reduction, power mastering, remote grading and sharing projects with an external database server are features only offered in the full DaVinci Resolve and are not included in this free DaVinci Resolve Lite edition”

Well, at the moment I never work on anything higher than 1080p, I can not even see when I will need stereoscopic 3D and as I work alone I never need sharing projects with an external database server. So it sounds great so far. But not being a Davinci user I’m not sure what I’m missing with the other features.

I’m thinking a single processing GPU is more than enough for 1080p.(?)

About noise reduction, there are plenty of plug-ins out there like Neatvideo which do a great job(unless I’m mistaking with what this feature is?)

How much limitation is it to have only 2 color correction nodes? What does it actually mean in Resolve?

And what is power mastering and remote grading?

I know what you are thinking. BM is not in the business of giving software for free. This is not meant as a main grading station. Just as a support on location or something. But my line of thought is, if Lite covers my needs for now, which as I said does not involve steroscopic or higher than 1080p, I can start using it now, learn the program and use the money I save to buy a control board like the tangent. Then when my needs rise, I can buy full resolve and I will already have experience and know the software.

Thanks.

[Adam Claude jones]

Oh yeah, and it would be nice if the control boards had the hue color graphics around the wheels like the GUI versions to guide you, specially for the money they cost. I know after a while it becomes automatic but still.

[Adam Claude jones]

I think I see what you mean now.
Saturation is really not a big deal as you see it on your image and is pretty obvious.
For Hue, what is the hue scale bar in the middle bottom of the GUI:
https://www.creativeobserver.com/img/874_blacmagic_design_davinci_resolve_software_screnshot_lg.jpg

I have never seen Resolve in action, only the older Davinci which still had the color wheels. This is why I was not sure what you were talking about. Is there a demo online somewhere? Google didn’t turn up anything.

[Adam Claude jones]

All the graphic representation you need seems to be there:

https://strypesinpost.com/articles/100819_up_close_with_the_resolve/04_Colour_page.jpg

HSL :

https://www.creativeobserver.com/img/874_blacmagic_design_davinci_resolve_software_screnshot_lg.jpg

Not that much different from Color apart of it not being in the shape of a wheel:

https://i1.creativecow.net/u/2753/color-6.png

What am I missing?

P.S. I just want to say I’m not arguing about the advantage of having a control board.

[Adam Claude jones]

I’m still not getting it.

It only has slider? Meaning it has nothing above or around the sliders indicating what you are doing or what effect the slider is having?
I#m just still not getting what is so different between working with a mouse in Color and working with a mouse in Resolve.
It may not have the graphic representation in the form of wheels, but it seems to have them in the form of bars:
https://i1.creativecow.net/u/2753/sliders.png

Color just has both to choose from, but some representation is till there. I know sliding slider is slower than spinning wheels and I can see why they did away with the graphic wheels (to force you to buy hardware, specially now that it’s available in software only), but I still don’t get how is it different than grading in Color with a mouse only.

[Adam Claude jones]

[Vladimir Kucherov ]”Well, the wheel itself is the “graphical representation” I guess.”

Sorry, I don’t think I get it.
You mean Resolve has not color wheels like all the other color grading apps and even FCP, Vegas, After Affects and pretty much any program which deals with color? It only has sliders? If so yack! Even with a physical wheel it would be nice to see where you are pushing your color to.

[Adam Claude jones]

Is it really that good? I mean it’s a consumer LCD right?
Is it so good that you would even use it as a grade monitor on a pinch to do quick adjustments on location for example?
That’s interesting.
About the I-pad app, I thought wWave already worked with Resolve. I thought i read about people using it.

Another thing I thought could work with resolve is this: https://www.3dconnexion.com/products/spacepilot-pro.html