Great article, just got through reading it. This version of Resolve reminds me of what Final Cut Pro 8 could have been had Apple decided not to go the direction they did. Playback in the edit page is very much improved so kudos to the team. Not perfect but pretty darn close. Still my preference is to use X in some situations. Even though my drawings look like someone driving home late at night after going to the bar, I have a good eye and enjoy learning minimal motion graphics. Motion is a great little tool for putting something, relatively quickly, for use in FCP X at some point. Not sure how Fusion will integrate, if it does, with Resolve. Still an exciting release and a very good alternative, wait, make that serious competition, to Premiere Pro, at least that is the direction she is heading.