Windows 10: DaVinci Resolve 12 Free Version - Hints; Tips; Questions; Answers

DaVinci Resolve is a video editing program by BlackMagic Design and is as near to professional as a free program can get; of course, this is my opinion. Thanks to Kari for discovering this one.

Hopefully, some of my questions will be answered by those who know more about editing videos than I do. What I know can be put into a thimble with half of the space left over.

My first question is:

While reading the Beta Reference Manual (1096 pages), I find that one of my first things to do is to set my preferences; however, the manual doesn't tell me where I should do that! "The Preferences Window lets you set up the overall environment . . ." but then doesn't show where the Preferences Window is.

I have DaVinchi Resolve open on my other monitor and am trying to follow along with the manual.

:)

 

How can I get HEVC to play on Windows 10

Thanks Dave.

I just found out from the Davinci Resolve Forum (editing software I'm using) that the free version of Davinci does not support H.265, only the $1000 version. I'll check into converting the files to H.264. Thanks again for your help!

 

MFTEnumEx could not be located when starting DaVinci Resolve program

When i start DaVinci Resolve software i have the error :

The procedure entry point MFTEnumEx could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Program Files\DaVinci Resolve\Resolve.exe.

How can i solve this problem ?

 

The Preferences itself is quite simple and you should only change (if needed) the default RAM assigned to DaVinci Resolve from the System tab (see screenshot), and then from Media Storage tab to change the scratch location, where your work will be saved. That's it.

 

Mine doesn't look like that when I create a test project, Karil. It looks like this:





What did I do wrong?

 

Well, shoot! I didn't click on "DaVinci Resolve"! Duhhh!

Thanks, Kari, you got me started. BTW, the 'structions didn't tell me to do that. *Sad

 

I've been trying without success to figure out how to print the manual on Resolve so that I can read it. So far, no luck.

What I've tried:

Export from PDF to Word . . . BlackMagic has denied access.
Using Foxit PhantomPDF, tried to edit the font . . . Nope, won't do it.

Anybody got any ideas?

 

In my searching, I found the forum(s) for DaVinci Resolve:

Blackmagic Forum Index page

 

Is this sort of like Camtasia?

 

If you are using Firefox you can download it save it using PhatomPDF.

 

Well thanks, I tried this and it takes way to long to load and I will not install Quicktime on my machine. From what I can see it does what Camtasia does but it is free where Cantasia is not.

 

Here's a link to the September Reference Manual that doesn't have Beta attached to it.

Assuming it's the final version.

http://documents.blackmagicdesign.co...nce_Manual.pdf

 

QuickTime is the only con I find in using DaVinci Resolve 12. It is needed by the video editor to handle audio and media files, using Resolve 12 means you have to install QuickTime. Other than that Resolve 12 is the most comprehensive, complete free solution for video editing I have seen.

Free download: Blackmagic Design: DaVinci Resolve 12

And a half an hour crash course:

[youtube]eikf0VGJYTc[/youtube]

 

Thanks for the crash course, Kari! I've watched it before, but it never hurts to refresh myself. The further I get into the program, the more I can understand what the narrator is talking about.

If I had to nit pick, yes, the fact that it takes a long time to load would be one. And no, I don't appreciate QuickTime either, especially since the version's older'n dirt. *Smile My third nit would be that I can't import the Reference Manual from PDF to Word; reasoning is that the font used is way too small and dim for my eyes to handle. So, I guess this would be only half a nit. *Smile

The Pros? Well, as you said, "DaVinci Resolve is the most comprehensive, complete free solution for video editing I have seen." Free is the real pro here! No monetary output at all, and it's about as current as you can get too. The manual was finalized in September 2015.

So it takes awhile to load, but once loaded, the program is about as snappy as anything on the market that you'd have to pay big bucks for. And yeah, it looks like even Apple has abandoned QuickTime, but it's needed for the program, so I loaded it and it's not causing any problems with my machine.

Free is good!