When the time comes that you decide you want to learn DaVinci Resolve, the first question you’ll almost always ask yourself: Is the paid upgrade worth the price over the free version of the software? And because both versions of software seem almost identical in feature sets, the answer is very murky.įor several years now I’ve done a video that lays out the core differences between the Free and Paid versions of DaVinci Resolve. I also spoke with Dan May, President of Blackmagic Design USA and got on-the-record answers to these questionsīut before we dig into the Mac App Store version of DaVinci Resolve Studio versus the ‘traditional’ version, let’s take a moment to remind ourselves the differences between the Free and Paid versions of DaVinci Resolve-which will directly effect your analysis, deciding if the upgrade from Free to the Mac App Version is worth the price.

My recommendation if DaVinci Resolve Studio Mac App is worth the $500 in savings.

What is different between DaVinci Resolve Studio on the Mac App Store and the ‘traditional’ version of DaVinci Resolve Studio?.

This Insight is my comprehensive answer to that question. They kept asking me: Is this App Store version a good deal? In the middle of this past December I woke up one morning to find myself getting hit left and right in email, on Twitter and Facebook about a new $499 version of DaVinci Resolve Studio on the Mac App Store! Everyone was excited about this price reduction from the normal $999.

These updates are also impacting my conclusions. NOTE: This post has been updated several times since its original publication as more clarifications come from Blackmagic Design. I’ve annotated those updates and kept the old information as much as possible, so readers can easily tell which details are being revised.

Tutorials / What You Need To Know About DaVinci Resolve Studio On The Mac App Store DaVinci Resolve Studio on the Mac App Store: What You Need To Know You’ll Save $500… but at what cost? The Mac App Store now offers the Studio version of DaVinci Resolve… at half-price over the dongled version!

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