DaVinci Resolve 19

There are more choices on the market than ever when it comes to picking your favourite video editing software.

- Jacob Little

For everyone from casual content creators to editing professionals, the rise of high-powered computing platforms to deal with ultrahigh-resolution video files means software has become more able and flexible than ever before.

For many, Adobe’s Premiere Pro and Apple’s Final Cut Pro will still rule the roost, but over the last few years there has also been an emergence of other options. These range from software to edit on your phone or tablet to other, more comprehensive options such as Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve, which offers its users professional editing, colour grading and audio editing all in a compelling free package.

COMPREHENSIVE OPTIONS NEED A LEARNING CURVE

Resolve comes in two flavours: the first is a free platform that the majority of users will work with, and also DaVinci Studio. The latter offers professionals, including post-production studios working with highprofile clients like Netflix, a fully comprehensive solution that provides extensive colour grading tools, collaboration between multiple people at the same time on the same project, and up to 60 fps exports at Ultra HD 3,840 x 2,160 resolution.