Great Software if you know what Color Correction is

The current version is 11.1 and has fixed some bugs that got introduced in 11. You can download it from the blackmagic website, and it is more robust. If you are new to editing (as the last reviewer might be) this is indeed not yet ready for prime time, and on a mac your best bet is Final Cut X. X is a next gen paradigm and not for those with a deathgrip on the old way of doing things. It is very deep and yet instantly accessible.

But back to Resolve. It wasn’t that long ago that this software was thousands of dollars, and make no mistake it is mainly meant for professionals. It is still the Standard in most high end post facilities, so if the interface seems inaccesible it is because people use it every day and have different requirements than someone doing the occasional small film. To give it a bad review is just from ignorance. The full editing capabilities are new to 11 and are quite powerful (they borrow some things from FCP, some from FCPX and from Avid). I presume the interface will continue to evolve so that users of their hardware have a one stop solution to their post.

I just shot a small film on RED Dragon, edited in FCPX and then output the xml to Resolve. Resolve read it in and references the original RED Raw files (4k) no problem. If this doesn’t make sense to you don’t worry, just trust me this software is amazing for what it is mainly for, color correction.

The new version has something I’ve been waiting for for a long time, the ability to apply group corrections. Naturally everything is non-destructive, and you can have alternate looks, etc. So now you can apply some basic grade to everything more easily, then customize by shot by using power windows, tracking, etc. Very cool, and very fun once you get used to it.

If you want to get into the world of color correction, start with this and learn everything you can about color theory, the post process and pipeline.
I give it 4 stars because there are still a lot of kinks to work out with version 11 in general.

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