As someone who's used to using open source video editors which tend to feel pretty lightweight (Shotcut, Kdenlive, Olive, even Blender), but who sometimes needs slightly more advanced features than those can offer, my initial impression of DaVinci Resolve was definitely one of pure bloat. It put me off of it enough to not try it again, although I may give it another chance at some point.
I wonder if someone coming from the Adobe suite would feel the same way or if that bloat is normalized in the industry.
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how didn't I know about that?
most serious video editors are either expensive, unusable or bloated
DaVinci Resolve is free at its basic level
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Maybe it's one or both of the other two
As someone who's used to using open source video editors which tend to feel pretty lightweight (Shotcut, Kdenlive, Olive, even Blender), but who sometimes needs slightly more advanced features than those can offer, my initial impression of DaVinci Resolve was definitely one of pure bloat. It put me off of it enough to not try it again, although I may give it another chance at some point.
I wonder if someone coming from the Adobe suite would feel the same way or if that bloat is normalized in the industry.
Compared to the Adobe suite, Resolve is considered incredibly lightweight and oversimplified. And don't get me started on AVID^^