Why SOLO Editors should be using Blackmagic CLOUD!

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Blackmagic Cloud has been available for a while now but does it have any use for solo creators? Short answer, yes! It's a great addition to Davinci Resolve for those that often switch between multiple devices 🙂

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I hope you found this useful :) Thanks for watching.

Mr Alex Tech

[continuousable]

For solo editing I don't see any benefit from the cloud when I still have to use an external drive for the media. So I could just store the project library on this device as well and don't need internet connection for sync.

[hamradiowithkevin]

I had not thought about using cloud as a single editor. You are always thinking. Thank you for sharing the great idea.

[PulseStarLike]

Or, if you're using an SSD anyway, you may as well just export the project file as well (which is just good practice after each editing session too). Takes 5 seconds, and saves $5 a month that could go towards the studio version or the next camera upgrade. And you don't need the internet! If you want the peace of mind with the project files being in the cloud, just click and drag them into the free Dropbox storage as it's ample for that. Personally, that's my choice. But whatever workflow gets your work done is the best one for you!

[justingutwein]

Been doing this for a few months as single editor. Makes editing on the go so easy!

[TequilaPrincessMx]

Maybe in the future, when I have more than 1 computer to work on, this might come in handy, for now it was just a nice to know is possible kinda thing, cause I have all my projects backed up in an external drive, interesting tho!

[captainglutenfree]

Have to comeback to this one later… I’m hooked

[JoeOberster]

This is also a great way to support Blackmagic Design!

[OurVoicesOurLives]

I may consider signing up once DaVinci for iPad launches.

[RezaMehr]

Dude! Always you are the one who makes the nest Davinci Videos! Very clear and very nice! Thanks man!

[teeboxmedia]

Whenever Alex puts out a video, I drop everything that I'm doing to watch what cool shit he letting us know.
So very clear and concise with his videos.

[dovim]

Fantastic video thanks so so much! I use Dropbox backup to sync my DaVinci resolve database folders with Dropbox and I figured it’s probably safe, but this sounds a whole lot better!

[GaryCunninghamyouareenough]

Super-helpful as always, Alex.
I would have never thought of using the cloud...until now 😁🤟
Cheers, Alex 🙏🏻

[TheGeekyHippie]

I'm planning on getting this feature to work on my YouTube videos with the partners I have on my two channels. I will be the host, so I assume when it comes to rendering, all the media files need to be on my computer. What I am unsure of, is can the other users add media files to the project from their machine? Will I be able to edit and tweak those clips before/without downloading those media files to my machine? Will my partners need to download the media files I have on my computer to edit the video? Or will they be able to see it all thru the cloud as if the files were on their machine? Basically, does _everyone_ need to have the media files, or just the host/person who will be rendering the video?

Thanks for all that you do, your tutorials have been very educational, and your presets are pretty awesome too! Thank you in advance for your response. Cheers!

[ljmproductions]

Just got a new computer (desktop) and may be going on the road editing at some point with my laptop, so this may come in handy for keeping my workflow seamless between. Thanks! Side note, I appreciate having you as a resource for us Windows users; it's not all that different over on Mac, but so many of the Resolve videos out there are Mac users, so it's refreshing to see familiar things :)

[ppulkkinen]

Thanks for the video. Maybe I missed the point, but if you have media in an external SSD, why don't you have the library stored to same SSD - no added value of BM cloud in that case? Editing is a hobby for me and I do that at downstairs (a beefy PC) and upstairs (M1 MBA). It would be nice to access projects and media from both machines. I have considered purchasing the cloud pod without BM cloud. I could upload proxies from downstairs PC and use them upstairs when I use MBA to edit.

[haroldmorganTulsa]

Also, would you do a tutorial about how to setup Google Drive? I have watched a half dozen tutorials and nobody says anything about it.

[TheR]

I just signed up for the $5/month last night so I can work on my projects on my Mac Ultra and my macbook Pro when I'm on the road. Thanks for the video, I was trying to figure out the media part, I'll go the external SSD route as well.

[Ryzza]

Niche benefit for you which is great but I'm not paying to synchronise a few MB. I'd rather use OneDrive or see if I can use my own cloud. I'm not a frequent user though and only have the one PC for editing anyway.

[computerhacking]

You could use syncthing to transfer your files between computers but the catch is they both have to be online at the same time. I do have a couple of videos on my channel to show you how but it is very easy to do.

[SuperRescue]

No thanks. I edit to external hard drives. Uploading 27gb to a cloud ? That's a typical image sequence for me.
If your files are not uploaded, as you point out, then there is no point as a single user uploading just the project file to a cloud.
Why pay for cloud when you still have to have a hard drive to take your files?
As a Solo editor, pointless exercise.
If a hard drive fails you are still stuffed as your media files are not in the cloud just the project file.