8 Things that Final Cut does BETTER than DaVinci Resolve

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[PhillipRPeck]

In Resolve, you can switch to a different angle without making a new cut by option or alt clicking on the angle thumbnail in the viewer. When chopping down a multicam clip, I just do it within the single viewer, then go back through and choose angles. I guess this is more time consuming, but I often edit the talking head portion without even looking at the video as I find it distracting

[RobertEddowes]

After 10+ years on FCPX, DaVinci is nothing but a over-complicated MIGRAINE to me. And I have edited EVERYTHING from award winning feature length films and documentaries to commercial work all in FCPX.

[rano]

L and J cuts are super easy in Resolve, just hold alt while you adjust the video or the video of the clips.

For green screens on the edit page, the 3D keyer is super fast and works with not evenly lit green screens as well.

btw capcut is just a rip off of FCP so I'm not surprised it has similar layout and tools lol.

[nikodewski]

02:46 you can change using short cut - its called Next Angle / Previous Angle
03:11 again, resolve can do the same thing. In Multicam Viewer there are options to use only video, only audio and both

[JasonParkerMagic]

Do you have any thoughts on Resolve's Power Bins feature? I struggle with having to recreate the same thing in FCP all the time.

[BeardsChips]

Just keep the Alt key pressed and drag the cut point of the audio track, or video track, it's that simple to do it in Resolve.

[ThisisDigitalden]

Sweet words to my ears, agree %100 FCPX is my tool of choice for me as a one stop shop, been editing 40 years and fcpx still makes it FUN

[harshal_ooislive]

advantage of final cut is mlogo and similar plugins, which are very easy to use and make logo animation n etc

[zakkincaid]

My favorite is the one button audio crossfades for an entire project. So nice to cut my a roll and then hit a key command to have all of my audio perfectly crossfaded.

It honestly keeps my from doing a jcut at every single cut point- I can be intentional with them.

[ssuavhfe]

Like what makes you think i wanted to delete a clip i purposely or accidentally went over. I dont want NO FOOTAGE deleted FOREVER until Im done completely

[DomSigalas]

Resolve has a lot to learn from FCP when it comes to Multicam editing. If you start working with files that have multiple audio tracks (polywaves from professional recorders like MixPre), the situation gets super messy- it doesn’t know what to do. Also it sometimes fails to sync *identical* audio that FCP can sync in seconds (because it’s identical- duh!).
I would switch to DaVinci in an instant because of Color grading and audio mixing (FCP sucks in that department) but syncing audio and MC editing is such a basic thing that I don’t want to think about.
Great video man!

[rogalaphotography]

I have to disagree with you! I literally just switched from FCPX to Davinci this week and I am IN LOVE with everything! I learned most of my editing skills on FCPX but Davinci is just faster, designed better, offers more of course just 2 words...COLOR GRADING!

[mattspadesoundandvision]

As someone who has used FC for 15 years, and Resolve for the last 7, my biggest plus to Final Cut is the media management/library system. I never lost a project in Final Cut and it's just easier to store the library files on an external drive to go from one machine to the next. Cheers.

[Robroy]

Davinci is not hard or complicated at all and I've worked 24 years as an editor in all NLEs. I went to Davinci 4 years ago and never looked back. It also has Fusion (Like After Effects) FCP is just an editor, not an industry color platform, Editor and VFX powerhouse. FCP x is now Imovie with some caffeine; that's it.

[RoadRangerPH]

Yeah been editing with davinci and i would love to use a magnetic timeline for more ease of use

[ssuavhfe]

Appreciate thiiis like a lot. What annoyed you would definitely annoy me i was thinking to just get final cut instead of davin

[theblnlyblatantnetwork]

I have premier pro, Final Cut, cap cut and resolve and final cut is better for work flow… and as far as transitions . efrcts and all that stuff I have more for Final Cut than the other … and CapCut is deff slept on

[thethistleboy]

865 views? Are you kidding me? There’s supposed to be k in the end, your videos are INSANELY good

[notsocasualYT]

I had a really great time working in davinci but there is one huge deal breaker - no proper preview of cutom titles in resolve. Its a pain not to be able to preview them and see only T instead of what the title is.

[designerfars]

Good points, buddy! Don’t forget speedramping. Shift + B to set the two points and drag the clip to adjust the speed. Drag the grey handles to adjust the ease in/out area. No other software can beat this.