
If you do the math, that means that after a year and three months, you will have paid more for Premiere Pro than DaVinci Resolve.ĭaVinci Resolve runs not only on macOS (10.14.6 Mojave and later) and Windows 10 (1703 and later), but also on Linux, though only on CentOS 7.3 or later (a derivative of Red Hat Enterprise Linux).

Premiere Pro is subscription-only and costs $20.99 per month with an annual commitment. The latter app requires you to buy the $49.99 Motion and the $49.99 Compressor ancillary apps to get parity in functionality, however. The $295 price just barely beats that of the $299 Apple Final Cut Pro. The company also makes pro cinema and studio cameras ranging from the $495 Pocket Cinema Camera 4K to the $9,995 URSA Mini Pro 12K. That’s probably because Blackmagic sells optional custom keyboards and panels that work with the software-those run from the $295 Speed Editor keyboard to the $29,995 Advanced Panel. You can only get a full license through an authorized reseller, such as B&H Photo Video.

If you want all the premium features, you have to pay a one-time fee of $295. Version 17 of DaVinci Resolve adds support for new wide-gamut HDR formats and brings a powerful audio engine with 3D audio support. What enthusiast video editor wouldn’t want to put those claims to the test? We did just that, and we found that the massive program delivers on them and adds innovative tools to boot, but-as mentioned-it takes some getting used to, as it doesn’t stick to the usual video interface and workflow conventions.

That may be if you compare it with pro-level-only software like Apple Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro, but we’ve seen consumer-targeted software that has all those capabilities.
