

The first step to any video is to import your files, flight footage, and music. Unlike Adobe Premiere Pro, Resolve relies more on GPU performance compared to Premiere Pro which relies more on CPU performance. The most important thing to have on your computer when running DaVinci Resolve is a graphics card of at least 4GB of memory, which I don’t have, and the performance will be much better. The lag is bearable though, but when the editing gets intense, such as masking, keying frames, and speeding and slowing, the editor may freeze. I have been running the editor on my mid-low tier computer, and while simple editing such as adding music to videos, and cutting/pasting video is fine, when you want to add transitions, color grade, and/or other graphics-heavy effects, my computer starts to lag.

Here are the specifications of the computer I run DaVinci Resolve on:ĭaVinci Resolve requires at least a mid-tier computer to run smoothly. I will include some tutorials below this article. I would still recommend tutorials, just like any other video editor or program, to learn tips and tricks, such as shortcuts. I could not believe a free video editor would have so many functions. However, most buttons are self-explanatory, such as the cut, and dragging of video clips.

The first time I tried to use DaVinci resolve, it took some playing around a bit for me to get the feel of it. A lot of functions for a free video editor.Įven though there are many buttons and sliders on the editor screen, the screen still looks clean and modern. There are also many other buttons that make the editor look very complicated to use. There are other buttons below that take you to a cut tab, edit tab, color tab, FX tab, and deliver tab. When you start a new project, the editor opens up and takes you to an import media page. There is a screen for all your projects where there is also a button to start a new project. Upon first inspection, the video just looks like a normal video editor.

This article was submitted through the GetFPV Community Program by Ervin Liao. With the likes of Adobe Premiere Pro, iMovie, Filmora, already on the market, how does DaVinci Resolve stack up? DaVinci Resolve is a free, easy to use, professional video editor which aims to compete with the very best of video editing software. We have all seen those very cool FPV videos on YouTube, whether it’s insane cinematics by Johnny FPV, flowy freestyle by Le Drib, or very fast racing by Minchan Kim, and wondered how we could post our own footage on Youtube.
