Resolve uses the GPU for decoding

Jim while I, to an extent agree on BMD making inroads into the NLE market sector I find Resolve Studio too GPU intensive. Scrubbing a simple 2K piece of footage is a chore, Grading is superb as it was designed for colouring. They slapped on code to make it a NLE and then added more code to give it Fusion effects. As a NLE its clunky and fairly annoying to use. If theres any company that deserves a pat on the back its Avid and Media Composer. Its held its own for years as the NLE of choice for features but as can be seen Adobe has very intelligently brought Premiere Pro into the Pro spotlight from the shadows it used to lurk in and frowned upon by the likes of Avid and Final Cut. PP is no longer seen as "cheap" alternative to serious NLE's.

You must also remember that Adobe is dealing with a dozen or more apps, not just a single NLE. I can only imagine the infrastructure needed to create and support all of them For this I applaud Adobe. Show me another company that has managed this many pro apps under one roof. The Foundry and Autodesk comes close but they tend to be a little more specialised and don't have as many apps.

Photoshop : Industry leading

InDesign : Industry leading

Illustrator: Industry leading

Acrobat: the standard for all pdf's

AE : up there with the best and set the bar from day 1. In a node based workflow world Adobe has chosen, and chosen very wisely in my opinion to leave this layer based.

So while many are quick to criticise the bugs in PP etc with CC2019 they need to factor in what happens behind closed doors. I do however agree that software should be THOROUGHLY tested before launch and PP was not ready for public consumption,.

I trust you understand where I am coming from and hope you don't look at any of this as a personal attack on your comment

Mo