

It has a steep learning curve, but it is well worth the time and effort to learn it. Also, the Cut page is interesting, many don't get on with it, but its a really good quick cut page that has some nice features for putting together rough edits in a short space of time. There are some other effects and face tracking that you can't do in the free version, but honestly there is so much packed into Resolve and many ways of doing similar things it will probably fit most of your needs without needing to spend any money. You can do some basic tracking in Fusion but you can't do full 3d camera tracking (this may or may not be an issue). I really enjoy the edit experience in Resolve, it has its quirks and oddities, as does Premiere, but if I had to make a choice it would be Resolve everytime.įurther note: If you order a Studio license you should get a Speed Editor keyboard (which is honestly a great piece of kit), but if you didn't want to keep it you may be able to sell it and net off the cost of a studio license - might be difficult while the offer is still running though.Įdit: other things to note, there are certain functions especially within the Colour and Fusion tabs that you're not able to use on the free version. GPU acceleration is unlocked by buying Resolve Studio (worth noting that a license for Resolve is perpetual so it covers any and all future upgrades) Really important note: Resolve (free version) doesn't fully utilise your GPU - so you could have a 3090 RTX and it won't make a huge difference. Much easier on Resolve.Īgain, without being 100% on Premiere these days, what I will say about Resolve is its a hungry beast when it comes to your hardware. Equivalent in Premiere is linking to After Effects and I always found it clunky to move between the two. I'm not sure what Premiere is like these days, but the other thing I like with Resolve is it includes its VFX (Fusion) function embedded in Resolve and its really good for seamlessly moving between Edit function and Fusion function. Resolve is widely regarding as being one of the best colour grading packages - its editing function is relatively new.

Aside from Premiere's subscription model (which is annoying if you're only doing a bit of editing now and again) they pretty much provide the same thing any NLE does.
