Davinci Resolve now has a dedicated photo processor. Adobe Killer

I haven’t yet seen anybody here talk about this yet and I just learned about it today.

For those that do not know Davinci Resolve is one if not the top video editing and color grading platforms for video. It has many more advanced color tools than say Lightroom and is closer to Photoshop in many ways.

As long as I have been using Resolve it has been possible to use Davinci Resolve to edit photos and even raw photos but because it is geared towards video editing the workflow was pretty clunky for photo editing.

Well they have now added a dedicated photo editing and cataloging page to change this.

Also, the best part is that, Blackmagic Design, the company behind Davinci Resolve is one of the best consumer friendly companies out there. The completely free version of Davinci does most of your basic Lightroom functions. They do have a paid version that has more capabilities but many many people would be fine with free version. And even if you do purchase the paid Studio version it is a one time purchase with all new updates being completely free. So it’s not just a one time license model, you get the benefits of the subscription model while only paying once. And Blackmagic adds really great new features all the time.

This is brand new and of course the makers of Davinci are coming from a video background so the UI and design language are different. It’s not a 1 to 1 replacement for LR and PS and so if you are used to Adobe’s design language it will take a bit of retraining to understand and they will need feedback from us to make this better for our needs. But if any Company can close that gap it is Blackmagic Design and the price is right. It also has many more advanced features we hybrid shooters have longed for in a photo editor.

I have a pretty successful business and the cost of Adobe is negligible to me but even I am watching this closely and considering making the switch not for the cost but I think it has the potential to be a better product than Adobe. For those who have trouble rationalizing Adobe’s cost or hate their business model, this should be revolutionary for you.