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time for a change - FCPX or Resolve???

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Interesting in feedback on which way to go.

I'm an experienced editor and sometimes colourist. Been working with Premiere and Resolve for many years - using Resolve purely for colour - Premiere for offline, sound mixing and mastering (often using Photoshop for titles, lower thirds - don't use After Effects).
My work is a broad mix of long form doc, corporate and TVCs.
I'm keen to dip my toes into another editing/finishing package.

FCPX is intriguing - many speak of the editing speed ad intuitive way of working - I'm Mac based and likely to stay on Macs.
Resolve would be handy - I colour in it already - but unsure about managing long form projects and audio mixing and finishing/mastering.

Keen to decide on one to spend some time in, learn and have a good bash - before dropping Adobe.

Which one should I have a crack at - FCPX or Resolve???

Many thanks in advance for your thoughts
 
I'd recommend going with Resolve b/c you already know it and the company is incredibly responsive to its user base. I should mention that I'm a PC only user, so I have no experience with FCP-X
 
I switched from Premiere to Resolve as my main NLE since version 12, and never looked back.
Resolve is IMHO the best NLE I ever used (and I used them all in the last 25 years).
Now with version 15, and the integration of Fusion, I don't even have to roundtrip to AE anymore.
 
Final Cut Pro X if you are a small company and do most of the stuff yourself because of its great plugins support and libraries, Resolve if you are a bigger Post House and cooperate with lots of different artists.
 
If you don't like to learn new things, FCPX might frustrate you.

If you do some research into guys like Michael Cioni, Mike Matzdorff, Sam Mestman, and the team that did the Hollywood movies Focus and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, you will be intrigued by their unbridled enthusiasm for the FCPX workflow. If you are willing to step back and do some re-learning (I recommend Ripple Training but there are other good ones), IMO you will never go back.

Personally, I think you can't help but be impressed with how nicely Resolve is evolving, given that it is based on the "old" editing paradigms created by Avid, the original Final Cut Pro and Adobe. If I weren't a committed FCPX user, I think Resolve would ultimately be where I'd end up.
 
FCPX is apple only, Resolve works on Apple, windows and Linux.

They have the same low price.

We made the switch from adobe to Davinci Resolve/fusion/fairlight only this year.
 
FCP-x - fastest render times and all around best performance if you're on a mac

Resolve - best all around experience since you can round trip everything within the same suite now. Still better than premiere in my opinion.
 
FCP X/MacOs is an optimized platform and it goes faster than DVR (Studio14) with R3d files.
I am testing a small project at the same time on the two softwares and I'm moving to FCP X.Learning FCP X is easier (it is a more simple software).I didn't need to generate proxy with FCP X on my MacBook Pro (last generation) for the current projet and at my level the new grading feature is adequate.However the fairlight functionalities are more complete.
I have experienced bugs on FCP X and also DVR.
I prefer to make my titles on FCP X.More choices.
The smart bins system on DVR is easier.Node system is a strong feature.Altogether DVR is more powerful but with a more complex learning curve.
However I will keep an eye on DVR evolution.Having all features we need in the same software is nice.But I feel optimistic with FCP X in the future.
 
I agree with much written in this thread so far.

What BMD has done with Resolve so far is very impressive and it is easily the most
feature rich NLE around. I'm intrigued by the ability to essentially perform every stage
of post production within one app. Yes there does seem to be a steeper learning curve but
the possibilities are great.

FCP X's magnetic timeline, key wording, metadata organizing, audio lanes, etc has made for a streamlined
approach toward editing that allows one to work considerably faster than previous NLEs (my experience at least).
Apple has definitely figured out a smart way of working with footage that takes a lot of the process (organizing media, track management, timeline Tetris) out of the equation.

I think there is enough room for both in one's post toolkit. FCP X and Resolve are quite complementary.

Why not buy both? Both are as much as one year of Adobe's CC.

Another great thing is both work very well with RED footage.

Brian Timmons
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+1 for FCPX.

On a Mac , nothing else runs faster or is more stable . You can thank us later. Learn fcpx and don’t look back. It’s simply better because of all the speed. 3rd party plugs, support and developer community . All the 3rd party plugs are easily downloadable and easily installed .
 
ADSK Flame.

Don't get fooled by numbers or feature listings, or price tags. There are other virtues that might be not too obvious on first sight but are the reason why this software is now 25 years in the race, still the no.1 in TVC land and has the most loyal user base.

Flame 2019 now got powerful grading tools. But it's also very good in 3D compositing or editing, or - second to none - archiving and versioning. But the learning curve is steep. And don't think that Resolve 15 spares you in depth understanding and years-long practicing.

The span from sound to compositing, not to mention colour or editing, is pretty wide. Personally I think they overstepped the mark.

Hans
 
Thank for all the feedback everyone - interesting to hear thoughts.

Tempted by Resolve so I have the option to slide over to Windows - if Apple doesn't delivery some pro value in a MacPro update in the next 12 months ;)

Have opened FCPX but it's freaked me out not seeing the traditional style of Projects, Bins etc
 
I really like Resolve now, but I wish they had proper IPP2 support. Maybe it's coming in v15. Haven't tried FCPX.
 
We moved to resolve almost two years ago for editing short form projects, I think we were possibly amongst the first in the UK to do so, prior to this it had been a mix of Premiere, FCPX and for longer form stuff Avid.

To be honest we possibly jumped a bit too early, but now we Love DVR and it just keeps getting better, we’ve got a few freelance editors to embrace it too.

If you’re inexperienced FCPX is great, fast and simple. If you need to make many small edits in a day I think it’s pretty good.

If you’ve got a bit more experience with editing and grading I think DVR is hard to beat. It also just keeps getting better........

I’m not sure what I’d choose for longer form content though.........
 
+1 for flame. Now also with gpu r3d acceleration also on mac.

The tool chest is proven, bigger better and more versatile than the others. Learn all the other aps perfectly and a half deasent flame user will still beat you.
 
WesG said:
Anyone with experience cutting and managing long form projects in Resolve??
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My experience with 14 is that it's somewhat of a disaster if you are used to using a program like Media Composer. I have not used 15 yet, and I know they've made improvements in editing. And while I say "somewhat of a disaster" that's in relation to Media Composer.

The program is improving all the time and the development team is very cool and responsive based on the interactions that I've seen them have with users (including me).
 
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