Like so many content creators today, I do far more than I am. And by that, I mean that I do not go around telling people I am a “video editor”. And yet, I have been doing professional video editing since shortly after Quicktime played its first frames. I just don’t do it all the time, so it’s neither my specialty, nor how I self-identify. And yet...I’ve spent time on Avids, a tiny bit on Final Cut, and mostly on Adobe’s Premiere, and later the much better Premiere Pro (most of these can be found on the best video editing software guide).
So ok, I’m not cutting Spielberg’s next film, but I’m not a complete noob either. And yet…and I don’t know why, there was one system that I thought was intimidating. Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve system. It’s hard to put into words why. Likely it was the mystique of it being very high-end. And it being the “industry standard color correction tool in Hollywood”.
