In my opinion, the way DaVinci Resolve uses it is justified.

DaVinci Resolve does have a magnetic timeline when cutting clips in the Cut panel and then goes into a free timeline in the Edit panel. It’s most likely the way Apple likes to have control of how you work with the application and footage, whereas Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve is much more open to your interpretation.įinal Cut’s magnetic timeline is quite troublesome for some, but also the main reason many use the application. You can change it, but the other two import media and keep it in its location by default. The application wants to import all the footage into the library by default, which essentially creates a duplicate of the footage. But, if you don’t make the needed changes before you start editing, your hard drive will fill up quickly. I would say that Final Cut doesn’t intimidate you as much as Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve does when opening it up for the first time. It’s quite impressive to think Final Cut is an Apple-produced piece of software, and DaVinci does this by itself.

It’s done in the background if you didn’t uncheck the box during import.ĭaVinci Resolve also has this feature, and it is on par with Final Cut here. Proxies need to be generated, but once that’s done, it’s easy to flip between the raw footage and proxy footage in the timeline.įinal Cut does this almost automatically. Premiere Pro requires the most work before you can actually move around the timeline with ease. But, what differs is the speed at which it does this and if your computer can handle what you’ve given it to process. Media is imported, and it’s not hard to get started scrubbing through and moving clips into the position you want.

Ease of Use SpeedĮach one of these has a timeline which you edit with. I also consider what each one of these brands stand for, from my personal perspective. Cost is also a factor, so it’s worth knowing what you’ll pay for in the long run, let’s say, for the next 10 years.

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