Can you edit in Davinci Resolve like in Final Cut Pro? I finally switched!

There are features in Final Cut Pro that I love and therefore I never switched from Final Cut Pro to Davinci Resolve. Now I tested Resolve if I could do everything in it like in Final Cut Pro and if it would have all the features that I was so used to in Final Cut. Have a look at my findings and tell me in the comments, what you think about it!

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00:00 What is this video for?
00:15 Magnetic timeline
01:53 Simplicity
02:26 Autosave
02:44 Ken burns effect
03:07 Speed
03:24 Plugins
03:57 Animations
05:12 Color grading
07:02 Masks
08:08 Timeline
09:06 Audio
10:18 Conculsion

[FranciscoRamirezAraya]

We can all agree that both are better than Premiere

[TheFinalCutBro]

Really an amazing breakdown Ronald! I agree with a lot of your frustrations, and was excited to see Resolve had some of these features! I'm particularly jealous of the Magic Mask.
The only stuff I thought I would mention (mostly for the benefit of any FCP users watching this video) - In your comment about the strange arrangement of Voiceover clips (9:13), you actually can have these assigned to specific lanes so that they aren't cluttering up the timeline like you had showed. That option is found in the index under audio lanes, and it's based off the assigned roles.

Also, I 100% agree on the frustrations of making singular changes to an audio elements and having to copy those across to every single clip on the timeline. I know you had mentioned not wanting to make a compound clip out of all of the chopped clips, and that's definitely a brute force method. But the best method for adjusting effects on all the clips at once is to just be thinking ahead in the edit. Rather than apply it to a compound clip at the end, I always apply my audio into a compound clip right at the very beginning, before any cuts have been made. This enables you to create the needed cuts after, then jump inside the compound clip to make your effects adjustments, and then they will be applied across the board. That said, this does seem like an unnecessary step, and I would love to see improved audio workflows in FCP!

Again, this comment is purely for the benefit of those who want to stick with FCP and struggle with those particular things you mentioned. I really loved watching this video!

[michaelstrecha]

Nice video Ronald! As a user of FCP and sometimes Resolve, I can not agree more, but there is one thing that I would really love to have in Resolve from FCP and that is the hovering preview. It is so easy and fast to just hover around the timeline and click instead of grabbing and moving the playhead as it is in Resolve

[dabi_]

Dude, this is *exactly* the video I wanted and needed. You literally answered every question I was wondering about the move from Final Cut Pro X to Da Vinci Resolve, and now I’m pretty convinced that it looks like it’ll be way better for workflows. I appreciate the time you put into this video, thanks so much :)

[chaplinesque]

Great video buddy. You had me laughing when you mentioned spending SO much time in the past masking things out - and now 'freaking out' that you no longer have to do that with Resolve. Completely with you on that. Yep... as a long-time FCPX user, I've slowly but surely realized that Resolve is the one for my films and longer format projects, but will continue using FCPX for quick turnover, shorts, and hobby stuff.

[kurshadqaya]

I watched all your videos related to videography.
Please keep sharing your knowledge.
You are doing it very well.

[eduardgonzaal]

the best video I've seen about moving from Final Cut to Resolve. Exactly what you should know.

[rano]

The magnetic timeline is what made me never chose FCP in the first place, even tho it's pretty good and fast for mostly simple projects, it turns into pretty much a headache when you've been working on complicated projects with FX and grades etc. Although with some shortcuts and customization (inspired) I've made the editing workflow in Resolve much faster then stock Resolve, Premiere and FCP.

For something like this if you have a gaming mouse with programmable buttons, you can used the side buttons or other buttons on the mouse to jump between clips. You can change the shorts in a way that you don't have to move your left hand and have all the commands on the left hand.

*Shortcuts that I use: (make sure selection follows the playhead is enabled)
Q : ripple start to playhead
W : split
E : ripple end to playhead
S : ripple delete

1 : play in reverse (default shortcut is J)
2 : play and pause (default shortcut is K)
3 : play forward (default shortcut is L)
If you press 3 more than once, playback speed will double, press again and it will quadruple same with 1.

T : Trim mode

Mouse button 4 : Jump forward clips
Mouse Button 5 : Jump backward clips
Holding shift while mouse button 4/5 : Jump between markers.

Hope fully these shortcuts will make your editing much faster and more efficient then FCP.

[frommyeyesmovie]

learning Da Vinci resolve right now after switching from Final Cut. This was really helpful. thank you!!!

[rollingpanda]

Great video with valuable content for those of us that are not as familiar with both editors!

[ProductionExpert]

Great video, exactly the same reasons for switching

[motocrad]

Superb video. I've been thinking about making the switch myself, not because I have a problem with Final Cut Pro but because my PC is more powerful than the Mac I own. Great to the see the main differences between the two laid out so clearly.

[thomasdebaillon]

Wow dude this video was awesome ! I subscribed to your channel, i hope to see more davinci content :)

[tedcruzinusa]

My favorite feature I just learned about in Resolve is being able to open multiple timelines simultaneously. It’s made dragging in B-roll so much easier. But the one thing I think FCP does better than anyone is multicam editing. It just works.

[swdw]

There are a couple tutorials that will show how to do the trims and other modifications in the edit page w/o having to then delete the dead space. You just haven't learned the shortcuts that do that automatically yet.
Also. You went about it the hard way in Resolve to go from log to rec 709. Should have gone to File/Project settings and clicked on the color management tab and selected your options. Or, if you only want to do that for the clip, go to the color tab, select the clip, and right click on the node. Select LUT in the pop up menu and then apply the basic LUT for just the clip. That would have taken care of your initial grade.
Once you get more familiar with the program you'll like it even better.

[omidfilms]

There’s a way to apply eq effect to entire audio roles so you don’t have to copy paste effects to each clip. If you make a compound clip then hold option and double click the compound clip it reveals the audio roles in the timeline and you can apply effect to each role separately.

[paulhicks]

Thanks. Very well done! You’ve convinced me to finally give it a try.

[nimbas]

Thanks for the great video I moved from Premier to DaVinci Resolve. I decided to do it like giving up smoking. If I had a problem, all I did was to ask the question using YouTube. In my experience, I could always find somebody explaining how Solve my problem. Eventually it all clicks into place.

[philippwanivenhaus]

Great Video! Thank you so much for this comparison...now I'm thinking of giving resolve a try...lets see

[MatthewDangyou]

FCP and Davinci both rock! I love editing in FCP a ton more because my brain works in the method of putting anything anywhere which is chaotic for most haha and using Audio lanes (like what dylan mentioned) when I want all my audio clips to be organized! That said davinci has been tempting to switch over fully because of the power of color grading and other tools like linking clips and audio effects would be nice but the speed ramping is just so perfect for my in FCP and I use a ton of it would slow down a lot of my process speeds in production. I have been editing a ton in Premiere and Davinici for work related things but speed ramping has been my biggest gripe about the platform. Everything else though rocks! The number one thing besides linking that would make FCP even better is being able to edit different clips in a compound clip without leaving the main timeline