DaVinci Resolve 18: The Best Free Video Editor

Can anyone tell me why this FREE program ask activation key after few months be installed (not used at all)?

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Thank you for the segment. 👍

Since you can't show the timeline in units of frames, it's a no-go for me.

I love Davinci for windows....Been using it for years. Since switching over to a full time linux distro (fedora 38) a few weeks ago I can only conclude that Davinci free for linux is a whole different beast... I'm now looking for an alternative editor. Davinci's export options are non existent, problems installing which can be 'easily' overcome.. But it is things like that that makes me wonder if Davinci cares at all about the linux community. I'd say.. they don't. I have zero incentive to even consider getting a studio version for linux because they would probably not care about that one either.

Nu jau prasa naudu par vairākiem video efektiem.. :( Nav vairs par brīvu.

Do you have the problem like the image color quality dropped after import the videos for the free DaVinci Resolve version?

I find Da Vinci to be overly complex for basic video editing.

still hoping to get rid of adobe Davinci 18 is great
but still not the best fore me so ..

thanks super video. and can you present a tutorial on how to install davinci resolve on linux debian ? it proves to be difficult. if you don't have much experience with linux. will it be possible to do video editing on a computer that has pentium i7 4XXX , 4 cores , plus intel 4600 graphics, 16 gb ram memory ? thank you

Hello. super video. thanks. I will just ask.... and what minimum the computer has to have inside to be able to work on davinci. it is not about super speed of work. For home use.
what computer is enough ? CPU , graphics, ram? thanks.

I am in love resolve. I have used both Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro and Resolve just feels so much more friendly.

can tell if these comments are robots or ppl writing full sentences

I caannot register. nit even with an email. what's going wrong?

My M1 Mac, with only an empty project in Da Vinci Resolve 18, but with three windows of Safari and two windows of Visual Studio Code open and this video actively playing in the background, booted up in only 9 seconds. It also only has 8GB of RAM, but that hasn't been a problem even playing some Steam games unless I have an unnecessary amount of Chrome tabs open along with a bunch of other programs. So the M1 Macs shouldn't create any problems.

Just getting into video editing, thought I'd check out Resolve. Blew it out on the download page - I need the program like they need my name, address and phone number.

For me, I have problems with bright screens, but I still need to see the material I am working on -- and -- seeing how the layout for DaVinci Resolve 18 is already darkened, that is enboldening, for me. However, when I did try out DaVinci on my main computer (this one: ASUS ROG Strix), it was a bit too dark to see -- with my current gamma adjustment settings on the Nvidia driver -- but on Sony Vegas Pro 14, because of the grey-ish background, I can still see and not get a piercing headache (simultaneously). Anyhow, long comment made short, is there an alternative schematic -- for -- DaVinci's appearance or not?

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Not to take anything away from Christopher, Explaining Computers is where I come to see new tech, and learn about old tech. I don’t come here for tutorials. If you want to really learn DaVinci Resolve, check out these channels:

- Billy Rybka: fantastic general DR videos that hit all the pieces and parts of the program

- Casey Faris: deep into Fusion with overall tie in to all of the program

- Jason Yadlovski: deep into Fairlight with overall tie in to the rest of the program

- JayAreTV: general use of DR (I’m not overly impressed with this channel, the videos are hit or miss)

- MrAlexTech superb videos covering all parts of DR, but with a focus on the ingenious things one can do on the Edit tab. He does a lot of short videos that drill into a specific feature or setting, or a specific task.

All of these upload frequently (except maybe Jay) and their channel has extensive playlist. I’m by no means a professional editor, but I’ve learn a massive amount from these channels.

Again, not to take away from Explaining Computers, but this channel is not dedicated to just video editing tutorials using DaVinci Resolve.

An Ubuntu tutorial would be appreciated.

Nice to see you are using almost similar specs as my PC!. The Bad thing about Davinci is sometimes Game Recordings needs conversion using third party software. otherwise it gives texture corruption and other encoding problems

Is it possible to run DaVinci Resolve on a pc with with AMD processer, Nvidia onboard graphics and 8GB RAM?

Looking forward to seeing the Linux version. I use Windows on my work supplied laptop, so I'll probably use that to do some internal how-to videos, but my OS of choice is Linux. Most likely I'll be setting up a Mint or Fedora soon. Thanks for the information!

I couldn't decide between OpenShot, ShotCut and DaVinciResolve before this video but now DaVinciResolve seems promising to me. Thanks for the video!

I like your videos because they are real-world situations I've often had to deal with in friends and family computers.

Nicely demonstrated.
Which software could you recommend for very basic editing 1080p video with a few nice effects for use on a modest 8gb Ram Laptop Circa 2020 i5 CPU with Intel UHD graphics? Cheers ✌️

Thanks a lot. Waiting for the Linux video version!

I wish the free version would just grey out features from studio version, than to require a click through a pop-up dialogue window.

Hello Chris,
How about a video on the Libre Computer sbc. I recently read an article regarding it and it looks promising, albeit with restricted RAM.

thank you

Looks good but needs 16 and 32 GB of ram to do somethings. Be sure to check video card requirements. All things you tell us :)

I thought I’d give it a try, Christopher, and installed it as administrator exactly as per the video - but it doesn’t run. From the shortcut it just goes to a folder which has two items: it appears that it’s been changed so as to require the studio hardware?

xzibit: “I heard you like Explaining Computers, so we put Explaining Computers INSIDE Explaining Computers”

For my humble use, i prefere openshot it's super easy even if it does not have complex features...it's ok for me. 😊👍

Thanks Chris & looking forward to your Linux version video.
It seems Video Codecs H.264 & mp4 are not supported on the free Linux version.
The suggested work-arounds are to use ffmpeg to convert to MOV prior to importing into Resolve.
A pity ...

If you use lower resolution in your timeline settings, is that the same result as using proxy files?

The proxy mode is so clever.

This looks WAY to complicated for a simpleton like me to use.

👍👍 - Great content, as always! Gracias.

All very nice ,I ain't got no 16 gb ram.

Perhaps I missed it but v18 for Windows will ONLY run on Windows 10 (and probably 11). So frustrating to have to reboot to 10 just to run some software.

Nice

Do you happen to have a video on 'the best' CNC/CAD software?

Thanks a lot.. but I can't find 60 frames in the settings.. even on FULLHD and even on HD! The highest frame rate was 30 on 2:3.. so how can I make the video 4K 60 FPS as you mentioned in the video? Thanks again.

Thanks a lot.. but I can't find 60 frames in the settings.. even on FULLHD even HD! The highest frame rate was 30 on 2:3.. So how can I make the video 4K 60 FPS as I mentioned in the video? Thanks again.

This is not good news for Adobe

Resolve is an amazong suite. Look forward to seeing the Linux comparison. Really tempted to upgrade to the full version.

It's not free. Kdenlive is free.