@lan-mLMC that's why there are chapters. Skip to the part you're interested in.

Great, I enjoyed playing this to see the differences. Many thanks.

Thanks, I was interested to see more of how Resolve works. Vegas is a lot more intuitive to me as well.

Thanks!!

Pleased to see you like it.

I thought the comparison was fair. No doubt that VP excels in the way it edits. I've tried Resolve several times, but just didn't like the way it edits. Not that Resolve is bad, just not my "cup of tea".

I fail to see the "vs." thing. Resolve is free so there isn't any competition. I use both on the same projects without judgment.

@Musicvid You are weird but most people can see the "VS" and they two are competitive NLE softwares.

I fail to see the "vs." thing

Maybe the abbreviation c.f. (compared with) would be more accurate. I found the video most helpful. Most of us probably use more than one piece of software in the preparation of our finished videos, and since Resolve is free and extremely good in certain areas, there is no reason not to consider it as an additional tool in our toolkit.

@rock-c

Witnessing non-binary associations is weird?

I suspect chimpanzees must view bonobos as weird.

Perhaps the subtlety of your comment was missed by Mr. Rock? Anyway, I agree a comparison rather than a "dog fight" is a good approach.

Begs the questions, however, should Vegas do more to support interaction with software like Resolve, and what ultimately will become Vegas' "voice" in the marketplace. i.e. What should it's unique selling proposition be?

As an example of a proactive approach to integration, I would suggest looking at KYNO, a "small" DAM program that can organize media and then send it to various NLE's (Resolve, Ppro, Final Cut, AVID) automatically. It creates named folders and metadata (e.g. tags) in the target NLE. Perhaps this thinking (attitude?) should be adopted by Vegas. Thoughts?

Actually it is very readily comprehensive of the youtuber's "VS": There are two NLEs and compare the two in each same or similar feature. Not necessarily select a winner. That is called VS, very readily comprehensive.

Can be "comprehended" or is "comprehensible", but not "comprehensive." (That word means "includes everything.")

Clearly not much point in you arguing about nuances of the English language. Move on to discussing the software please.

Pretty good feature-for feature shoot out of most of the stuff covered. Though he missed the boat being apparently unaware of Vegas pip-fx thinking images cannot be dragged around on-screen in Vegas as in Resolve. Also barely mentioned color correction which Resolve is known for and Vegas is closing in on. Wish he covered multicam which I've just never been able to work with in Resolve.

Pretty good feature-for feature shoot out of most of the stuff covered.

Indeed.

I fail to see the "vs." thing. Resolve is free so there isn't any competition. I use both on the same projects without judgment.

Free, but only if you are happy without proper hardware acceleration support for encoding and decoding, and quite a few other features. That is only in the paid version (which must be said has had free upgrades the last few years once paid...)

https://documents.blackmagicdesign.com/SupportNotes/DaVinci_Resolve_15_Feature_Comparison.pdf

I was hoping to nudge this thread in the direction of "what should Vegas' future position in the marketplace be"?

Price-wise they are hard-up against a free Resolve plus a "free updates" $300 Resolve Studio, but older versions of Vegas can sometimes be had for nearly free ($20) and yearly major updates (to Edit version) for $149 - which is very cheap if you only update every couple of years or so. So I think price is a minor issue.

I think Vegas needs to adopt a more supporting role (see my KYNO example above), but I am clearly biased towards my own workflow. What do you guys think?

older versions of Vegas can sometimes be had for nearly free ($20) and yearly major updates (to Edit version) for $149 -

As I recall, the VP upgrade price (from a subsequent version) is only valid for the original buyer,

The $20 number comes from previous "Humble Bundle" offers - so you would be the "original buyer" when later you wanted to upgrade.

There's a one upgrade per serial number policy which means that "only one user can make an upgrade from a previous version", i.e. use the serial number to get upgrade pricing.

In my experience, the free version of DaVinci - without full-GPU acceleration - runs a bit smoother than the paid Vegas 17 with GPU engaged.

That is, when Vegas doesn't decide to freeze altogether with GPU turned on.

:) Then Resolve is much smoother...

If GPU will be optimized with the next version, Vegas will have made a very significant step forward. As for now, Resolve is much more advanced in that department.

Also in my experience with the two, the strongest point in Vegas favor is simplicity and quick, logical workflow. The weakest - inconsistent, incomplete and often unreliable performance. Resolve excels with hardware resources utilization and is terribly cumbersome for some of the basic functionality.

I had to split between them. Depending on the project, files and purpose, I use both with a preference for Vegas, due to the familiarity and fast work.