There are a few things Premiere would need to do to become number one again in my workflow... mainly: COLOR! I always did the "roundtrip" workflow for color grading in Davinci for the longest time. I did this because Premiere was a better editor and Davinci was better for color. Since the v15.0 upgrade in Davinci, a lot of the editing gripes I had have been addressed. I pretty much use the same hot keys and have the same stacked timelines as Premiere, with the added benefit of world class color grading. It makes Lumetri seem like a toy in comparison. Premiere would need to step up either their XML communication with Davinci or just implement 10x better color grading to be able to compete. I was wary of making the switch because I was so comfortable with Premiere but after the lack of bRAW forced me to make the switch I have since been loving the change and I'm glad I never have to do that god-awful XML workflow ever again. Having everything under one roof just really makes my workflow faster and less cluttered.
So to answer your question: bRAW was the catalyst that made me switch, and now that I have, I realize how much better it is on the other side (The Davinci Side!). I honestly don't see Premiere elevating their color correcting game because they are so far behind on it and I definitely don't see their XML conversions getting any better either. I'm saving myself the headache of all that back and forth and just sticking to the my output platform, Davinci. And the biggest deal breaker is I no longer feel the need to export handled ProRes "colored" Davinci files back into Premiere for a final edit, taking up wayyyy more hard drive space. I just finish the edit in Davinci and export one final master edit. This save SOOOOOOO much hard drive space and is way more ideal for me moving forward.
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