Moving to Premier Pro from Davinci

hehe, I know. It's like adobe is your child. You can make some criticism of some aspect of behavior or neglect or whatever, and then when someone else ( like me ) criticizes it you react like a loving parent ( "Who is THAT person to dare criticize my child ! "

funny... but understandable.

Thanks for being reasonable. I'll try to get over my own recent personal pressures in life and get back to work. That way I won't be a critic but become an artist again.

Those who are helping others in this forum are truly wonderful people because most of them help users solve problems about technical issues ( how to do this, how to fix this, how to do what I imagine can be done ). It's really cool. And they deserve a lot of credit.

Because I love the arts in general and made my life in the film biz as a worm crew member I know for a fact that it's possible to work in the arts and make a living. My heart was ( and still is ) in it. Books, plays, operas, dance, ballet, you name it, I truly love how culture is influenced and improved through the arts. I think every high school in America should have music and sports and drawing and writing and all sorts of stuff to give kids the chance to discover the world and humanity.

Although I would never in a million years use a program that requires me to be a 'subscriber' with an internet connection to work on any projects I understand the reason Adobe went that way. It would be best if there were two options. Buy it outright and upgrade when necessary when you choose ( patches, etc. ), or subscribe. The problem is the piracy and the cost of sending discs and so on. It's a lot cheaper to just have YOU let them deduct money from your bank account every month and give you some internet download.

I couldn't care less really.. as I would never do that.

That said, I totally understand people investing their time and hearts into specific programs and learning about riding the crest of the wave, the newest and greatest stuff ( tools ). Nobody is gonna have a booth at NAB that doesn't do everything they can to impress the visitor, and make their case to promote their product. And it's normal for people to make judgements based on their experience and position ( cog in the wheel ). So, of course an editor wants to believe he is the best thing since white bread. That's why some get academy awards.

revisiting ( might be old by now ) basic premise re: editing and work flows.

In my opinion there are some people who would like the tail to wag the dog.

Editors make decisions about what camera and format to shoot in. Editors tell DP what LUT to use when using specific cameras. Editors telling those who MAKE the product how to make the product.

This goes to simple things. A writer puts down on paper a STORY which becomes a film script. Just to keep it simple.

Each page is about 1 minute and all that stuff. The thing is "picked up" or "green lighted" to produce and shoot and get distributed.

Now, the thing is shot and made in weird puzzle pieces. Scene 10 might be shot on first day of shooting. X number of pages shot per day, various scheduling and shooting stuff adjusted according to weather, locations, real world problems. Constantly in flux.

Ultimately the thing is put together ( the puzzle pieces ) in post, along with SFX, music (composer ), etc.

To imagine that the editor is in control of this is the tail wagging the dog.

To then imagine that some specific TOOL (software editing program) is the ONLY tool to do this right is ludicrous.

And on top of THAT, to have an attitude about this whole business based on a stupid editing program boggles the mind.

oh, how cool !  going gold means it's not in beta anymore !  That was fast …

Jim, what does that mean, " it went gold ," ?

If Resolve does what you need then stick with it, unless Premiere has a specific feature you need. I am about to jump from PremPro to Resolve. I have used PremPro for 5 years since I jumped from FCP7. Up until the past 18 months PremPro has been great but somewhere along the way there just seems an awful lot of bugs, on Mac and PC. Most of the bugs do seem to get squashed but for ever bug they fix, new random ones appear. It's quite frustrating, and they take months to fix them, if at all. Just my thoughts. Mark

How different is the workflow from the programs I'm used to to Premier?

There's definitely a leaning curve going either direction.  I recommend anyone using either company's software read the full manuals.  Don't just think you can jump into one because you know the other.

With that said, the most obvious difference is that Resolve can be used to organize, edit, add effects, work on color and mix audio all in one program with very simple, elegant and near flawless switching between tasks, whereas Adobe uses separate programs to accomplish the same work, often with less than perfect results when switching between tasks.

I believe it will give me better results when exporting etc.

I question that idea.  While each program has export options the other doesn't, they do have the majority of options in common.  Additionally, probably the most common export for delivery these days is H.264, and on that front I believe Resolve is the very clear winner on quality.  It's export engine is superior to the MainConcept engine used by Adobe.

I am so happy to hear of the recent improvements you've witnessed and experienced with adobe stuff !  How cool is that ? !!