Premiere Pro vs DaVinci Resolve // Should You Switch?

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0:00​​ - Premiere vs DaVinci
1:00 - Which Editor Do We Use?
1:39 - What Can You Expect From This Video
2:18 - Premiere Price
3:53 - DaVinci Price
5:30 - Does DaVinci Have Less Features?
5:55 - Ease Of Use
8:14 - Crashes/Bugs
8:54 - Workflow
10:06 - Nodes
11:06 - Opening Multiple Projects
13:04 - Color Grading
15:14 - Visual Effects
17:07 - Updates/Fixes
18:05 - Do You Need To Edit Pictures?
18:56 - Conclusion | Which Ones Is Better?
20:33 - Master Both Editors
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[stevenrast]

Missed one huge thing. Resolve is SO much faster at rendering, and plays back much smoother than premier

[itz_zayyynnn]

As a da vinci user, you can use layers as a text. It is not obligatory to use fusion. Fusion is like after effects. You don't need to go to fusion when you are doing basic editing.

[JohnHenderson_RP]

As an DaVinci user…if you are getting into editing, it’s your best option! Great video guys

[FusionThunder]

The free version of DaVinci is insane! I love it

[pxlmvr]

I’m a veteran editor and started using Resolve in 2014 alongside Premiere as a freelancer.

By 2018, I was done with Premiere because the hidden capabilities of Resolve are INSANE.

Im currently doing compositing for a feature film with tracking elements and rotoscoping and every time I look for a solution, I find that it is already integrated into Resolve!

The more you explore, the more blown away you’ll be … and I’ve been editing for 30+ years.

[OurVoicesOurLives]

You can definitely use the “text” or “text+” effect in layers on the edit page in DaVinci to do the same thing as far as text and a solid color overlay. That doesnt necessarily have to be done in Fusion.

[rano]

Might be unpopular opinion, but nodes are one of the reason why I switched from Premiere/AE to Resolve/Fusion, as pretty much most professional VFX is done with node-based software. Resolve, Nuke, Fusion, Maya, Houdini, Mari, Flame etc. just to name a few. Also, once you go nodes, there's no going back, after learning and using nodes everything else will feel super unintuitive and slow. It's funny because almost nothing is layers based outside this Adobe-YouTube-indie realm.

Nodes work logically so you can build very complex effects with basic logical foundations and control the order of operations which is crucial for complex effects, and you wouldn't be lost since you can get a birds eye view of everything you have done with nodes at once and can go back to any stage and make necessary changes without hunting down a million pre-comps and these are just a few of the hundreds of reason why AE is not used in pro VFX studios but Nuke or Fusion or Flame.

[AdamSzarmack]

I’ll be that guy. Resolve is better and it’s not even close. I edited in Premiere for 7 years and then switched to resolve at v16. Best decision I’ve ever made as an editor. And yea, Resolve my “crash” once in a while but it’s much more like a “freeze” and is extremely rare. Also since Resolve saves with literally every click, when it does freeze and restarts it’s nowhere near as catastrophic as Premiere. It just pops back up and you’re literally exactly where you left off. No stupid prompt like in Premiere where you have to duplicate the project and save a new version somewhere on your computer with a new name. Resolve is soooo much more stable.

[fitah]

11:46 well in davinci resolve you can create a smart bin where you can add frequent elements like videos, photos, effects, etc. You can choose to make this smart bin stay forever even if you open a new project and it will appear in your edit tab.

[KarlRock]

Resolve definitely has a slicker UI! I want to change, but I’m so fast on Premiere after all these years. Adobe has a few cool features I use a lot: auto-reframe and subtitle generation. They’ll get more powerful with AI.

[TimButt]

My two-cents on this. I'm all in on DaVinci Resolve now. But my journey is one where I started in Premiere Pro 20-years ago. I switched from Premiere to Final Cut Pro in the mid-2000s because Final Cut Pro was more standard, but we still used After Effects for our graphics/VFX. After the release of FCPX in 2011 that is when we all switched to Premiere Pro. However, at that point I had already been introduced to DaVinci Resolve for color grading, and had been using it with FCP7 over Apple Color. So from the beginning of the FCP to Premiere switch I was using Resolve for color. It was hands down best. Adobe had Speedgrade and it sucked by all comparisons.

Now that that little history is over with. The main reason I made the switch to Resolve in 2016 had entirely to do with cutting out the steps of starting in Resolve with RAW footage to make Proxies to work in Premiere and then back to Resolve for color and then back to Premiere to finish. Way too many unnecessary steps. I could simply edit the RAW in Resolve and color it with a simple jump from the Edit Page to the Color Page. At that time Fusion Connect existed in a similar manner to Dynamic Link with PPro and AE. But I could still use AE using the same technique I had when I was in FCP way back when. So you lose dynamic link with AE? Who cares. I started teaching myself Fusion. By 2017 Fairlight is added and Resolve is greatly improved because Blackmagic rewrote the code from the ground up. It was a massive improvement in performance. That also began the not needing to open Premiere for me. Then in 2018 Fusion was added to Resolve and I didn't need open After Effects. I had taught myself well enough for the switch to be permanent. Only opening Premiere to color grade other people's projects and needing to do conform work.

So, within two-years I made the complete switch. I had barely been back in Premiere for four-years. I've now been in Resolve for 5-years completely, but with 7-years being able to be claimed. And, for color over a decade.

Now that the full history is out of the way, I would say it is more evident that Resolve is the future for narrative, music video, and commercials. All the tools are there. Plus, Node Based Compositing is Standard because Nuke is the Industry Standard for VFX. Baselight is also an alternative color program and it uses Nodes. Nodes are very easy to understand, and once you learn them they are wonderful. So knowing Nodes in Fusion will help you out in using a more complex VFX software like Nuke. Overall, you want to be where the industry will be and that will be in Resolve. I don't think Avid will hold the top tier spot for long. And, Avid is currently industry standard.

Adobe may hold the corporate world a little longer because most corporations don't know the video industry standards. So they understand Adobe has the hold on graphics and video. But, with video the true industry is shifting away from Adobe. And, Adobe finally started to support ACES, which Avid, DaVinci, and Nuke have supported for years. The fact that Adobe was behind the ball on that and any proper color management is bad.

If I'm working with professional cameras like ARRI, RED, Sony (Venice), or Blackmagic then I'll be using Resolve. Color Management and a proper workflow with VFX Teams is so pivotal. Resolve is far better equipped for that. And, in terms of collaboration I'll be looking for Resolve Editors now. Premiere Editors are no longer who I care to hire. I need people familiar with Resolve. And, with Resolve I can use the Cloud Collaboration Tools to work with others. While a project is edited by an editor, a colorist can color, and a sound mixer and mix, and the VFX team can work on the VFX shots, all in the Cloud simultaneously. It will be far more efficient.

[DoctorSeitan]

I'm seeing more and more people move to Resolve and I love it. Now all my favorite creators are making Resolve videos I can actually use lol. Also, you are definitely able to use layers in Resolve as well. I rarely do things in Fusion.

[avdcam]

Not sure if you have explored power bins, but I find for reused assets I vastly prefer using powerbins over opening other projects now. It's great for storing reused assets, animations, fusion effects, and even pre made fusion based adjustment layers. Very powerful.

Also keep in mind, in Premiere if you apply a transform lut before doing basic edits in the same lumetri panel, you are clamping down you dynamic range a lot before making those adjustments. If you put the transform lut inside the creative panel in lumetri it will take place after basic adjustments, so you still have access to all the exposure available.

[movingamountain]

One thing I don’t think I’ve ever heard of…someone switching from Resolve to Premiere.

[Designer-rr]

I have been using Adobe Premiere Pro for 5 years now, and its interface is very attractive. We can customize its layout according to our preferences. Premiere Pro has been the best choice for me, and it will continue to be. Another thing is that software teaches us how to use it, but we need to be creative and create things on our own.

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[metasploitstudios]

Concerning copying projects please explore power bins in resolve 😅. You'll be shocked.
Concerning layers and nodes most industry standard software use nodes for VFX work (that's why they use nodes for their VFX). Nuke, Maya, Houdini etc all use nodes. By using nodes in fusion, you're already into industry stuff. And you well know that nodes are more powerful than layers. For easy stuff layers may *seem* simple. But when things get serious layers just fall off.

[generic_stiles]

as a 3d animator, and nature photographer, ive been using nodes and layers for years, honestly nodes most times are more orderly, layers can get quite confusing with all the back and forth, but with nodes there is a steady progression towards the result, so you can just leave a desired amount of space between effects to organise them better, i have not used resolve yet, but if you can create node groups then its obviously a better way to go

[sashazephiria]

A little note about 12:07 : you can actually save presets as powergrades in the color tab, this will be carried across all projects within the same database ;)

[MtZionMediaPro]

DaVinci is by far WAY ahead of the game as far as features, price, & overall user experience! 🙌🏾 Switched from FCPx two years ago & haven't looked back once!