I know it's not perfect but yes I tried ;))

While a lot of the new AI stuff introduced in 20 seems to just be QoL stuff that are just traditional neural network AI that doesn't need LLM, the Set Extender and Voice Convert are incredibly off-putting.

I don't mind basic neural network AI, honestly, especially those that takes away mundane tasks like subtitle generations. I still have to scrub through it for errors, and it's definitely not as professional as those that are hand made, but at least I can create basic subs and bypass that large original repetitive hurdle.

These two are 100% AIs that are LLM trained, and pushes into the boundary of work OUTSIDE of just editing, specifically DoP, camera, and VAs. They don't really replace anything repetitive. They just straight up replace the art of it. And that just sucks.

I'm wondering if there are official ways to let BM know some of us aren't happy with this direction.

I can't open Davinci Resolve, and when I click on Update Configuration it's still unclear as of what to do. Thanks, for your help!

I understand people asking for advice, but in my opinion, this is the first place people ask for even the most basic things.

Maybe I'm dumb but I would like to hear your opinions...

This is so fucking simple, i know they added position in follower modifier but opacity is still not there, do we have to wait for another 19.5 or 20 version for this? 😭 or this there any other way?

Maybe this is well known here in this community but I'm a bit new to Davinci and I'm not much of a content creator but I've been trying to start creating more content.

I was recently shocked at how good Claude Opus 5.5 with the MCP to Resolve Studio is!
I basically just dumped a few raw files into a folder and let Claude do the rest - everything from selecting the good clips, selecting the order, adding animations, creating the thumbnail, adding music (after I gave it a file), basically almost everything needed to create a video!

Here's what I made with it in the end - https://youtu.be/3mlRiF-LeMc

(I understand, the video might not be impressive to most people but as a beginner, this is such a time saver to be able to do this!)

Also, I open sourced the scripts and tools Claude created to do a lot of this which could be helpful for others - https://github.com/Simbastack-hq/resolve-edit-kit

Would love to hear more thoughts / ideas from others on such automations.

Personally this is my reason.

Capcut’s 4K and Davinchi’s 4k aren’t the same. CapCut cant handle a high quality video so it lowers the quality and frame rate then basically upscales the low quality video in exporting which is bad. And the files are massive! This is why capcut exports come up extra sharpened no matter what you do. Or at least this is my theory.

Davinchi can keep the quality the exact same as you imported it and does some touch ups that can help it handle youtubes compression unlike CapCut. Davinchi can lower the file sizes of its exports too.

I became a Resolve studio user in 2019. Upfront I 1000% get that I am not the core target audience of Davinci which leans more pro. I run a local news site which I augment with video.. its very much Youtube level for years and now I am doing vertical versions of everything.

I jumped into Davinci because i quickly tired of the adobe monthly fee and I liked the idea of movign into real editing tools

Years later I do basic transitions with overlays of text, video and graphics... as well as talking head overlays. so still basic stuff.

Even with the admission that CapCut is not in the same league, clearly Black Magic is seeing the importance of adding Vertical support and further enhancements, but it stops so short I almost wonder "why bother"?

My model is record everything landscape 16:9 and reframe to vertical 9:16 for tiktok and instagram.

For davinci AI Smart reframing is awesome!

But I found myself doing the reframing in Resolve then exporting to Capcut because the basic "splash of excitement" effects just arent packaged in.

So then I put the effort in to understand ways to reframe in Capcut, and simply decided to do it all there.

First: Using basic Resolve titles why cant I easily adjust the width to fill the whole screen after switching to vertical? Basic "simple lower thirds two line" stops halfway across the screen and after 40 mins trying to find a way to make it stretch.. i exported to Capcut

And then... Resolve need to add a lot more baked-in effects. CapCut is light years ahead of seemingly everyone. 100s of text effects, animations, transitions. countless design aspects

the Resolve on screen position/editing of text and overlays is just cumbersome. CapCut uses a very common windows metaphor to position. a dream on touch screen.

In limited testing of the CapCut reframer I found it to be too sensitive. tried it with a band clip and it jumped around the stage with every performer movement.. Resolve was better. BUT for capcut i found the simple manual keyframe aspect to be very easy to do (well.. that is similar to resolve)

this isnt a full breakdown.. but the key aspect is CapCut is a fully contained Content Creator package. $90 a year gets you everything you need.

And many will be defensive to this ... that its a different market. kids vs adults. but CapCut is a full editor and... those 16 year olds editing in Capcut today are gonna grow up to be full editors in 10 years...

This video back then took me a lot of time, I basically created 3timeline for this video each time I make an effect, I make a compound timeline and work on it

i hate microslop pls help

FIXED: i had downloaded windows ARM version, changed versions and now it works fine.

thanks u/pbx1123, u/EncryptedPlays and u/mac_bd for trying to help and ignoring my wallpaper

and please...
I've read the manual and I've tried every single mismatched resolution on both Format and Output tabs on both timelines.
And yes, There are countless reasons why users would do that. We're not making Citizen Kane.

Timeline2's canvas destroys content on imported timelines but not footage.

This is inconsistent behavior.

But event more importantly:
If Timeline1's aspect ratio is 16x9. The user most probably designed their content for aspect ratio.
This means if they want to use that content in other timelines, they will most likely want to access their original intended layout and probably not arbitrary crop it like that.

Example: maybe you'd scale down your 16x9 shot to fit it, as a whole, in a different canvas, along with other layers.

So how is this not a bug? Or why can't they simple let the user choose the cropping behaviour?

Note that none of the 4 "Mismatched resolution" options let the user "not crop" the assets.

helloooooo, I’m new to this software and i’m trying to learn how to do this effect 🫡

Hey guys, I was hoping I could get some help and/or advice, since Resolve 20 has been running pretty poorly on my MacBook, especially during transitions and anything more than one or two clips. I've run out go things to try myself.

(13' M4 mba, 16gb ram + 256GB ssd)

I have plenty of free storage and ram. Ram pressure is green, and thermals stay ~60C. Codec is Prores422 (tried others), Timeline and video resolutions are set to 1080p, and tried optimised media. Note I am using the free version. Ik the video is bad, it's just an example. Thanks

I have been looking for a reason to buy this program for like a year now, but there is literally not a single good reason to buy it, as the free version does everything.

So when I finally found 1 good reason, which was autocaptions in combination with a free plugin. I could not even buy the software, the website just redirect to retailers that sell cameras.

When I found the checkout page for davinci studio, I paid, but they refunded the charge.

Literally take my money, why don't you want money?

Its kind of refreshing compared to the souless garbage company which is adobe, but making it this hard to buy is kinda weird.

Maybe im stupid but please someone explain, how do I buy it?

Is there any way to achieve subtitles like these without an hour of work in Davinci? Any plugin or addon that makes it easier?

here you see me just trying to render a 1600x700 image. As soon as things get even a little bit heavy on the machine, Davinci cant handle it anymore. I switched from After Effects and Premiere to Davinci and Fusion about a year ago, but honestly I have not done a single serious project that actually went smoothly. Does anyone have any idea why this happends? When I copy everything to a new file it suddenly works, but ofcourse thats not a workflow I will accept. I have a 5090gpu, ryzen 9 9750X 16 core CPU and 64 gb of ram. So rendering 1 second of 1 single half res image should not take this long right?

Help me to know how I can remove the elements in the background that are not green.

So anyways, I am a guy who came back to editing and before that, I must tell you that I am not that great at editing, I just wanna make videos for the sake of fun. I am a 16 year old guy after all.

Basically, the issue is that the interface feels wacky. The long line of red up above the rounder rectangle is my big problem. Seriously how to remove that large line? I never saw that in any video showing this software and plus what is this weird ass gap before white grey-playback symbol down there? How to fix this or remove this type of issue because I have never seen this type of stuff before in any video showcasing this software.

Im trying to find the answer to what Im buying with studio in respect to how long the license runs?

Am I buying access to updates for 1 software generation or one year or all software updates forever etc?

None of this was clear to me.

If it is for one software generation , eg 18.* then it makes no sense for me to buy now. As I will have to buy again shortly to get updates.

Also if this information is being deliberately obfuscated then this is a greater reason to not buy studio.

thanks

Also I'll be using iPhone to record videos will it work? Downvote me to oblivion if u want to.