Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio Dongle Only

After 6 months I've barely scratched the surface of the product. I upgraded from a top-rated consumer app. But this one is definitely pro grade. The learning curve has started to flatten, but suspect I've only discovered less than half of what's possible with this. Even less when considering the creative graphics capabilities of Fusion. Overall the app is pretty stable. But to really use its features you'll need some workstation horsepower. I'm running it via a Ryzen 9 and the Titan RTX GPU. The fact that DR Studio leans more on the GPU pushes the need for more GPU RAM. Without it, you might be frustrated in your system performance. But meeting the GPU RAM needs will provide you a powerful post-production tool. Overall module integration is great - switching between EDIT, Fusion and Fairlight is seamless. Fairlight itself is a great audio editor - intuitive and feature rich. Yet I'm still puzzled why an audio editor's name references "light". But that's just me. Another helpful benefit of DR is its database architecture. It's much more flexible as a DB platform in terms of file management. Additionally, there's a pretty extensive on-line support group with plenty of tutorials available to assist with use instruction as well as troubleshooting. And with all of this functionality you can't beat the price. Overall it's a great value.

It's the best end-to-end post-production suite on the market today, hands down. I cringe every time I have to dip back into Adobe Premiere and After Effects (collaborating on projects with others). I'd so much rather be in Resolve. Dongle licensing is an anachronism, though. I do sometimes find myself unable to work remotely because I left my dongle plugged into my USB hub at home. And I wish they'd finally fix the UI to support high-pixel-density displays (which users have been demanding for years). As it is, everything is blown up all Fisher Price when you're connected to a modern 4K display. But, still usable, and still better than Adobe's suite.

Davinci is pretty weird if you've only used NLEs like Premiere, FCP(or FCPX) and the basic stuff everyone downloads. It uses node-based editing (which I'm not going to describe here... go watch some explainers on YouTube) to get things down which is very different and *maybe* more powerful? It's not easy, but it *is* learnable*. For this product specifically, I have no idea... I used this as a cheap way to get a key for the product which functions with the current version of DaVinci Resolve Studio which has all the things in it... The current version (which this key gives you access to) has the NLE, Fusion (think After Effects), Fairlight (which is sort of like Audition), and an encoder, all in a single piece of software. The base version is free and mostly functional if you want to check it out. No watermarks or anything. If you're curious about the differences between the free version and the paid version, check out Blackmagic's website.

This is the Dongle Version. Which in theory is clear by the image but the Activation code version is the one with the carpet picture that looks less official and somewhat suspect since some people The software is great, i've been a fan of it for a long time. I returned this product and got the license code that can be activated on two computers and doesn't require me to tie up my limited USB ports. Also If you have the free version of DR and you want to use this you need to fully uninstall the version before installing the studio version before installing the studio version. I am still giving it 5 stars. As others noted, you either need this or you don't.

There's an important problem: the speed editor is not included and not only the product picture shows it, but also there's no advice about is not included! That's very sad!

It did not come with an activation code. I am not crazy about needing a dongle. One more thing to lose. I will follow up once I hopefully get the activation code at least.

I was using the studio version 12.5 and just upgraded to version 14 beta. I use this product with 4k files from my Canon XC10. My primary concern was importing 4k files. So far I have no problem importing and editing files. Two other of my concerns was for pricing and an upgrade path. The pricing is more than competitive. I spoke with Davinci marketing and I was told that as of this date there will be unlimited and free upgrades or the policy for now is thate there are no plans to charge for future upgrades. Great product and meets all my needs.

Does not work with iPad.