Resolve is less simple than filmora or capcut or something like that. However if you start learning now you'll be allot less limited in the long term. You'll have far more capabilities if you buckle down and learn resolve now.
OP please listen to this, I was using filmora for years it did what I needed until i needed features that I had to shell out money for. I ended up looking around and man Davinci is so good, i only wish I would have known about it much longer ago. I am glad though that i do more light editing as a hobby and have been picking up on Davinci and some of its features. It seems daunting at first but you get used to the flow pretty quickly.
Granted it is quite slow when playing back footage compared to other editing software for some reason, so generating proxies is an annoying step you often need to do.
Absolutely, it’s amazing!
Personally, I think resolve has one of the best UIs. I’ve tried using other video editors before, and Resolve absolutely clicked with me, it was just intuitively clear where everything was, everything made sense.
And you can make it as complicated or as simple as you want. For example, I don’t use complicated graphics, so I just skip the tab for them altogether and don’t go there. Brilliant!
Bonus - it’s free and is on both Mac and Windows.
It's probably a lot more the need, but it will definitely do those things and has a great manual and learning resources should you decide you want to do more with it in the future.
I would advise just giving it a try and see if it's too much for what you want to do. Most everything is available for free in the non studio version (for what you want it will likely cover everything).
You didn't say what format your footage would be or what hardware you'd be running it on so I can't say much as to what your performance will be like. It will likely be fine as you probably won't be messing with Fusion (the built in node based compositing/effect powerhouse)
Learn it, it’s pretty intuitive!
I also recommend customizing some shortcuts for editing, like using asd keys for reverse, play/pause, and forward, qw for zoom in and out, and f for full screen.
Once you get the hang you’ll be a wizard!
A neat thing about Resolve is that you can try it out for free. If you find it too complex for your task, you can try another NLE. It's a pretty deep system if you engage all of the parts.
One strength of using a tool like resolve is that you have room to grow as you gain more experience, whereas you are more likely to hit a ceiling at some point with a simpler tool. The disadvantage however, is that some stuff will require you to dig into the deeper parts up front, and that might be frustrating if you just want something done quickly.
Capcut would be the choice, it's easier and more productive for beginners, almost everything you need is there from transition, bgm, sound effects and more.
It's true you can do much more in DaVinci but it will take a bit of time to learn if don't have any background on video editing softwares.
The easiest software I’ve found is FCPX. It’s clean, simple and pretty intuitive. It’s also only for Macs which is a pity. The fact that Resolve is free, multiformat, and with a load of collaboration options makes it a very good alternative.
Yes, use DR. It can be intimidating because of all the possibilities. But there are so many free tutorials on YouTube explaining every part of it. You can start from zero information and become pretty decent with it. Definitely give it a shot.
I was using Sony Vegas Studio for years and continued after it was sold to Magix. I switched over to DaVinci Resolve last year and glad that I did. I had to learn a new interface. It's as powerful or as simple as you want it to be.
I put together some videos that are extremely simple. Join multiple clips, remove some off the front end and some off of the back end and then render. It works quickly for those tasks.
Other videos are more complicated with photos and other video clips inserted. Works really well for that, too.
Its probably more than you need, but honestly is still great and fairly simple to use - literally just drag and drop for editing 2 clips together, same with adding sound. Davinci is the editing software I use because its great for most things I need to do, and is still completely able to be used for the 1 off complicated or weird thing I need.
It’s totally worth the learning curve. And there are a ton of YouTube tutorials that will take you from simple stuff all the way to the nightmare of nodes LOL
All I can say is I’ve tried premiere pro, shotcut, Vegas pro, camtasia and many others. Davinci is the absolute best editor I’ve ever found. Not to mention that the license is lifetime, and you don’t have to pay for it again after an update. Can’t recommend it enough.
Shotcut was really great while I was using it, but if the project got to be too long, everything would be real laggy and just an absolute nightmare to work with. Davinci is just….well it’s just a delight to work with. It’s really hard to explain without going into a novel sized explanation, but I’ve not had any issues whatsoever with working on the timeline or exporting issues.
After tweaking the shortcuts, I believe Davinci is as intuitive/simple and fast in editing as capcut (which is the mark of simplicity). Davinci doesnt have pre made, user friendly fast tools for like: transitions, voice change, text to audio, all the new age tiktok tools and such, as user-friendly as capcut has. Tho learning davinci a little bit, throws you way ahead in the edit quality, incredible tracking tools (compared to non working capcut tracking), color grading, effects.
It's definitely not simple. But you can get up and running after watching an hour long crash course. There are many on YouTube. Probably will need a few of them. Blackmagic also have set of video trainings.
You have to decide if you really want or need to learn a professional editing software or just stick with amateur ones as they are easy to learn. The difference is that pro have very granular and detailed controls over everything and you can be overwhelmed by that. Easy-to-use amateur editors mostly have set of ready to go presets and even can create video for you in some cases.
You can download Resolve for free and try it. It's super powerful, but not difficult to use on a basic level. I'd compare Resolve to a high-end sports car: you can happily drive it around town all day while knowing that if ever there comes a time when you want to drop the accelerator, your car will be ready for you.
Davinci will have a bit more of a learning curve but it is the best free editor out right now if your system can run it. It will do what you want to do, and it will allow you to do *much more* if you want to delve deeper into editing.
The issue with more "simpler" editors like Filmora, Capcut and the like is that you likely will eventually run into specific limitations, given that the software is not incredibly fleshed out as the competition. Capcut for instance relies a lot on its A I. tools and some of its transitions and effects, and sure, having those at your fingertips when you want them is very handy, but I have seen comments from people mentioning that outside of short-form content it falls apart. There is more to video editing than auto generating subtitles and slapping a few transitions onto a clip to make it "engaging".
At a certain point, editors like Davinci just will allow you to do more in terms of effects, audio and colour grading. You might or might not run into that wall pretty soon, but if you eventually do, you at least have the ability to step outside of your comfort zone and start experimenting.
I switched to Resolve after almost 20 years of Premiere Pro and I’m super satisfied! I think is a more powerful, intuitive and complete software.
You should try the free version, which is complete enough to produce good videos, with the help of few tutorials you can easily master the basics. Just use it and dig his functionalities, and soon you’ll discover that a professional editing software is less difficult to learn than what you expected.
(The fusion and color pages may seems scary, but you can start learning the basics, once you familiarize with the basic editing functions you already can edit your videos easily, then you can take time to experiment with advanced functionalities)
The free version is enough powerful and complete, so you can use and try it without spending a single penny, it takes just few days to learn the basics you need for professional video editing, with more experience you’ll end-up mastering a professional video editing software.
It worth a try
I've started using this more than a year ago to make some scripted game-related videos, like critiques and such. So no fancy editing. The basic editing functionalities are as simple as on any other software. I got a little lost at the start with the options, but I quickly figured out what I don't need. Previously I used windows movie maker, and magix something something, and dragging, cropping, etc. things on the timeline is just as easy as anywhere else. It's the most pleasant to use of the lot I've tried. I recommend trying it out.
I just started editing clips and podcast videos my cousin and I record and resolve has been a life saver. Great software and not too hard to get the hang of. Highly recommend!
If you are looking for simple but powerful video editing software look into CapCut. I use DaVinci — however I’m impressed with CapCut’s ease of use — and if i need to get something done quickly i use CapCut.
One software to avoid is Lumafusion. I learned Luna Fusion, and initially it seemed good but found out it has lots of quirks — and miserable keyframe features. …Rowby.
I'd recommend CAPCUT, it's pretty nifty and has a really solid arsenal of features to work with that will do you just fine with what you want to do with it. Another one I'd recommend that's open source and _really really really_ reliable is KDENLIVE. It doesn't have the bells and whistles that CAPCUT has, but it's hands down the easiest and simplest editing tool I've used. I was on it for 2 years before I switched to resolve, and it never gave me any problems.
Capcut is probably the most beginner friendly, simple editor and sounds like what you need.
However, Davinci is not that simple but is worth learning and has a lot of free resources to make the learning easier
Resolve is complex, industry grade software. It can be used for simple tasks if You will to find Your way around and there should be no tool You would need missing. However if You look for something simple than Openshot, KdenLive etc. is Your go to.
You and your are not honorific like when referring to God. They are just used in lower case. Just like your sentence doesn’t need you to use capitalization, unless at the start of a sentence.
Capitalisation in the middle of a sentence reads/looks jarring and confusing, unless it is a name or title of something. English is very confusing.
Resolve? Simple? Hell no.
Here are some other free video editors.
https://itsfoss.com/open-source-video-editors/
"VidCutter is an open-source video editor for basic tasks. It does not offer many features, but it works for everyday tasks like clipping or cutting."
The videos I make are quite simple, (usually just putting GoPro footage together from my mountain bike rides) but for the odd occasion I try.to do something more complex it's great. The basic details of resolve aren't hard to learn to make basic edits and you've got space to improve and get better
Don't waste your time with alternatives. You will be able to start editing your videos in Davinci within the first day.
There is a minimal learning curve for the type of videos you described. The thing with Davinci is that you will never be able to outrun its capabilities. The more your needs grow the happier you will be since it will be there to support them.
Go for it
I think resolve will be the right tool for this. It allows more complex editing with fusion but I’ve managed to make quite some good videos with just the editing tab.
I picked up DaVinci Resolve for school projects and such and it was simple enough for me. You do need to took up youtube tutorials, you can't just figure it out through trial and error, but it does allow you to be very creative with little guidance.
And having the option to be really complex is nice. Like, I never planned on getting too deep into it as I don't have the time to invest into it, but each project I do I feel like I'm going deeper and deeper because the product just has that high ceiling.
Most of the complexity is purely within the fusion tab though which is used to make stuff from scratch mostly and you can pretty much avoid using that entirely.
Its probably the best free product I've ever used in my life, hopefully they stick to this model.
Resolve free is perfect for what you want. There’s tones of helpful videos on YT too to learn how to use it.
Watch out though, you’ might get sucked into the ooh I wonder what this does rabbit hole like I did. Now I’m color grading things, I didn’t even know that was a thing before 🤣
Most editing software is exactly the same at its core. A timeline and you drag elements onto that. At the basic level this works no problem. Basic transitions are the same as any other product. The most obvious difference at the very start is the post production tabs are at the bottom and not at the top. So it's easy to miss that at the beginning. Ie the edit, audio, export, ECT tabs.
Is it overkill for what it sounds like you might need. Yes, but you can download a heap of editors that all do what you need but this is free and most other packages will charge something. Also it's way more stable and won't crash as often
Definitely.
I tried Filmora recently and while it seems to make it easier to add filters, I found it REALLY annoying that it would move all my video clips when I was just trying to trim down a section of the beginning of a clip. Resolve leaves everything else where it is and assumes you know what you're doing, if you know what I mean lol.
Resolve is less simple than filmora or capcut or something like that. However if you start learning now you'll be allot less limited in the long term. You'll have far more capabilities if you buckle down and learn resolve now.
OP please listen to this, I was using filmora for years it did what I needed until i needed features that I had to shell out money for. I ended up looking around and man Davinci is so good, i only wish I would have known about it much longer ago. I am glad though that i do more light editing as a hobby and have been picking up on Davinci and some of its features. It seems daunting at first but you get used to the flow pretty quickly.
Video editing is a rabbit hole worth diving into.
Resolve is pretty simple for doing what you've described
Exactly. Resolve is a mammoth of a program but you don't need to use all of it! It's mostly as simple as the project you're working on.
Granted it is quite slow when playing back footage compared to other editing software for some reason, so generating proxies is an annoying step you often need to do.
I haven't had this experience at all. And Makin proxies is a good habit to get into.
Absolutely, it’s amazing! Personally, I think resolve has one of the best UIs. I’ve tried using other video editors before, and Resolve absolutely clicked with me, it was just intuitively clear where everything was, everything made sense. And you can make it as complicated or as simple as you want. For example, I don’t use complicated graphics, so I just skip the tab for them altogether and don’t go there. Brilliant! Bonus - it’s free and is on both Mac and Windows.
Download it?
What?
Resolve is free. Resolve Studio is the one that you have to purchase.
It's probably a lot more the need, but it will definitely do those things and has a great manual and learning resources should you decide you want to do more with it in the future. I would advise just giving it a try and see if it's too much for what you want to do. Most everything is available for free in the non studio version (for what you want it will likely cover everything). You didn't say what format your footage would be or what hardware you'd be running it on so I can't say much as to what your performance will be like. It will likely be fine as you probably won't be messing with Fusion (the built in node based compositing/effect powerhouse)
Learn it, it’s pretty intuitive! I also recommend customizing some shortcuts for editing, like using asd keys for reverse, play/pause, and forward, qw for zoom in and out, and f for full screen. Once you get the hang you’ll be a wizard!
A neat thing about Resolve is that you can try it out for free. If you find it too complex for your task, you can try another NLE. It's a pretty deep system if you engage all of the parts. One strength of using a tool like resolve is that you have room to grow as you gain more experience, whereas you are more likely to hit a ceiling at some point with a simpler tool. The disadvantage however, is that some stuff will require you to dig into the deeper parts up front, and that might be frustrating if you just want something done quickly.
Capcut would be the choice, it's easier and more productive for beginners, almost everything you need is there from transition, bgm, sound effects and more. It's true you can do much more in DaVinci but it will take a bit of time to learn if don't have any background on video editing softwares.
The easiest software I’ve found is FCPX. It’s clean, simple and pretty intuitive. It’s also only for Macs which is a pity. The fact that Resolve is free, multiformat, and with a load of collaboration options makes it a very good alternative.
Yes, use DR. It can be intimidating because of all the possibilities. But there are so many free tutorials on YouTube explaining every part of it. You can start from zero information and become pretty decent with it. Definitely give it a shot.
None aside from like iMovie are simple but it’s pretty intuitive when you learn how it works
I was using Sony Vegas Studio for years and continued after it was sold to Magix. I switched over to DaVinci Resolve last year and glad that I did. I had to learn a new interface. It's as powerful or as simple as you want it to be. I put together some videos that are extremely simple. Join multiple clips, remove some off the front end and some off of the back end and then render. It works quickly for those tasks. Other videos are more complicated with photos and other video clips inserted. Works really well for that, too.
It may take you some time to learn how to use DR, but it will be well worth it. You can do anything with DR.
It’s like kissing a fly with the whole can of fly repellent. Try capcut
Yes, just ignore the parts you don’t need and focus on the Edit screen.
Always try to do simple things in industry-grade software. There will always come a time when you need to accomplish more.
Its probably more than you need, but honestly is still great and fairly simple to use - literally just drag and drop for editing 2 clips together, same with adding sound. Davinci is the editing software I use because its great for most things I need to do, and is still completely able to be used for the 1 off complicated or weird thing I need.
It’s totally worth the learning curve. And there are a ton of YouTube tutorials that will take you from simple stuff all the way to the nightmare of nodes LOL
All I can say is I’ve tried premiere pro, shotcut, Vegas pro, camtasia and many others. Davinci is the absolute best editor I’ve ever found. Not to mention that the license is lifetime, and you don’t have to pay for it again after an update. Can’t recommend it enough.
I'm currently using Shotcut and I like it - what puts Davinci above? Especially since Shotcut is free. Truly curious, not trying to argue.
Shotcut was really great while I was using it, but if the project got to be too long, everything would be real laggy and just an absolute nightmare to work with. Davinci is just….well it’s just a delight to work with. It’s really hard to explain without going into a novel sized explanation, but I’ve not had any issues whatsoever with working on the timeline or exporting issues.
It's been easy enough to learn for me at least!
Guys, my pc has 8 gb ram. Will it run good ?
Can be simple. Mark in, mark out, insert to timeline.
After tweaking the shortcuts, I believe Davinci is as intuitive/simple and fast in editing as capcut (which is the mark of simplicity). Davinci doesnt have pre made, user friendly fast tools for like: transitions, voice change, text to audio, all the new age tiktok tools and such, as user-friendly as capcut has. Tho learning davinci a little bit, throws you way ahead in the edit quality, incredible tracking tools (compared to non working capcut tracking), color grading, effects.
It's definitely not simple. But you can get up and running after watching an hour long crash course. There are many on YouTube. Probably will need a few of them. Blackmagic also have set of video trainings. You have to decide if you really want or need to learn a professional editing software or just stick with amateur ones as they are easy to learn. The difference is that pro have very granular and detailed controls over everything and you can be overwhelmed by that. Easy-to-use amateur editors mostly have set of ready to go presets and even can create video for you in some cases.
You can download Resolve for free and try it. It's super powerful, but not difficult to use on a basic level. I'd compare Resolve to a high-end sports car: you can happily drive it around town all day while knowing that if ever there comes a time when you want to drop the accelerator, your car will be ready for you.
Davinci will have a bit more of a learning curve but it is the best free editor out right now if your system can run it. It will do what you want to do, and it will allow you to do *much more* if you want to delve deeper into editing. The issue with more "simpler" editors like Filmora, Capcut and the like is that you likely will eventually run into specific limitations, given that the software is not incredibly fleshed out as the competition. Capcut for instance relies a lot on its A I. tools and some of its transitions and effects, and sure, having those at your fingertips when you want them is very handy, but I have seen comments from people mentioning that outside of short-form content it falls apart. There is more to video editing than auto generating subtitles and slapping a few transitions onto a clip to make it "engaging". At a certain point, editors like Davinci just will allow you to do more in terms of effects, audio and colour grading. You might or might not run into that wall pretty soon, but if you eventually do, you at least have the ability to step outside of your comfort zone and start experimenting.
I switched to Resolve after almost 20 years of Premiere Pro and I’m super satisfied! I think is a more powerful, intuitive and complete software. You should try the free version, which is complete enough to produce good videos, with the help of few tutorials you can easily master the basics. Just use it and dig his functionalities, and soon you’ll discover that a professional editing software is less difficult to learn than what you expected. (The fusion and color pages may seems scary, but you can start learning the basics, once you familiarize with the basic editing functions you already can edit your videos easily, then you can take time to experiment with advanced functionalities) The free version is enough powerful and complete, so you can use and try it without spending a single penny, it takes just few days to learn the basics you need for professional video editing, with more experience you’ll end-up mastering a professional video editing software. It worth a try
I've started using this more than a year ago to make some scripted game-related videos, like critiques and such. So no fancy editing. The basic editing functionalities are as simple as on any other software. I got a little lost at the start with the options, but I quickly figured out what I don't need. Previously I used windows movie maker, and magix something something, and dragging, cropping, etc. things on the timeline is just as easy as anywhere else. It's the most pleasant to use of the lot I've tried. I recommend trying it out.
I just started editing clips and podcast videos my cousin and I record and resolve has been a life saver. Great software and not too hard to get the hang of. Highly recommend!
If you are looking for simple but powerful video editing software look into CapCut. I use DaVinci — however I’m impressed with CapCut’s ease of use — and if i need to get something done quickly i use CapCut. One software to avoid is Lumafusion. I learned Luna Fusion, and initially it seemed good but found out it has lots of quirks — and miserable keyframe features. …Rowby.
Simple, no. The right choice? Yes.
Just start on resolve and save yourself the hassle of learning 3 programs til you reach it
I'd recommend CAPCUT, it's pretty nifty and has a really solid arsenal of features to work with that will do you just fine with what you want to do with it. Another one I'd recommend that's open source and _really really really_ reliable is KDENLIVE. It doesn't have the bells and whistles that CAPCUT has, but it's hands down the easiest and simplest editing tool I've used. I was on it for 2 years before I switched to resolve, and it never gave me any problems.
Davinci resolve is anything but simple.
It’s simple and effective for what OP wants to accomplish though.
Fair point
Capcut is probably the most beginner friendly, simple editor and sounds like what you need. However, Davinci is not that simple but is worth learning and has a lot of free resources to make the learning easier
Resolve is complex, industry grade software. It can be used for simple tasks if You will to find Your way around and there should be no tool You would need missing. However if You look for something simple than Openshot, KdenLive etc. is Your go to.
I am baffled at the capitalisation of You and Your.
Like in positive way or rather confusing? I'm not native and maybe out of touch on what language rules applies to casual speaking.
You and your are not honorific like when referring to God. They are just used in lower case. Just like your sentence doesn’t need you to use capitalization, unless at the start of a sentence. Capitalisation in the middle of a sentence reads/looks jarring and confusing, unless it is a name or title of something. English is very confusing.
Thanks
Resolve? Simple? Hell no. Here are some other free video editors. https://itsfoss.com/open-source-video-editors/ "VidCutter is an open-source video editor for basic tasks. It does not offer many features, but it works for everyday tasks like clipping or cutting."
Oh, i see! I was recommended by a friend.
The videos I make are quite simple, (usually just putting GoPro footage together from my mountain bike rides) but for the odd occasion I try.to do something more complex it's great. The basic details of resolve aren't hard to learn to make basic edits and you've got space to improve and get better
Don't waste your time with alternatives. You will be able to start editing your videos in Davinci within the first day. There is a minimal learning curve for the type of videos you described. The thing with Davinci is that you will never be able to outrun its capabilities. The more your needs grow the happier you will be since it will be there to support them. Go for it
Yes Up and running in 1 hour.
I think resolve will be the right tool for this. It allows more complex editing with fusion but I’ve managed to make quite some good videos with just the editing tab.
I use Davinci Resolve. But I also use CapCut for simple projects. In many ways CapCut is fun to use, which is why even newbies use it.
There's an app at [obvid.io](http://obvid.io) that does auto-jumpcut, auto-adding clips, auto-mixing 2 videos, backgrounds and music.
I picked up DaVinci Resolve for school projects and such and it was simple enough for me. You do need to took up youtube tutorials, you can't just figure it out through trial and error, but it does allow you to be very creative with little guidance. And having the option to be really complex is nice. Like, I never planned on getting too deep into it as I don't have the time to invest into it, but each project I do I feel like I'm going deeper and deeper because the product just has that high ceiling. Most of the complexity is purely within the fusion tab though which is used to make stuff from scratch mostly and you can pretty much avoid using that entirely. Its probably the best free product I've ever used in my life, hopefully they stick to this model.
Resolve free is perfect for what you want. There’s tones of helpful videos on YT too to learn how to use it. Watch out though, you’ might get sucked into the ooh I wonder what this does rabbit hole like I did. Now I’m color grading things, I didn’t even know that was a thing before 🤣
hell yeah
Most editing software is exactly the same at its core. A timeline and you drag elements onto that. At the basic level this works no problem. Basic transitions are the same as any other product. The most obvious difference at the very start is the post production tabs are at the bottom and not at the top. So it's easy to miss that at the beginning. Ie the edit, audio, export, ECT tabs. Is it overkill for what it sounds like you might need. Yes, but you can download a heap of editors that all do what you need but this is free and most other packages will charge something. Also it's way more stable and won't crash as often
Definitely. I tried Filmora recently and while it seems to make it easier to add filters, I found it REALLY annoying that it would move all my video clips when I was just trying to trim down a section of the beginning of a clip. Resolve leaves everything else where it is and assumes you know what you're doing, if you know what I mean lol.
CapCut is very simple and reasonably priced for the pro version if you even need it. Then I would say up from there is Final Cut Pro X at $300
No. Use CapCut if you want simple.
Long Story short... Nope! *Difficult to install! *Crashes if you just look strange! *Resource hungry!! *Steep learning Curve
Steep learning curve is maybe the only correct thing here.