If you don’t know what DaVinci is then this isn’t any use to you because it’s an industry specific application. It’s a little like how Docker or git doesn’t need explaining to (non-junior) engineers.
I’m very surprised to see DaVinci make the front page on HN but also very glad too.
That's not very helpful... people come here to learn about new things. Maybe it wouldn't be of any use to them, but it's clearly something that piqued their curiosity.
Others have already explained what that product is so I didn’t need to do that however they hadn’t explained why the site isn’t more specific. So I was addressing the GPs criticism about why that site doesn’t explain what DaVinci is.
Anyone that has taken a mild interest in video editing will encounter DaVinci right away in "top 10 list of video editors". You're talking about this as if it's some hidden industry tool.
> I’m genuinely one of the friendliest and most helpful people you’ll meet in real life
I wasn’t suggesting it’s an hidden industry tool. If I were I wouldnt have compared it to git and Docker. You’re reading far too much into my comment and I’m really not in the mood for a character assassination today (full of cold) so I’ve deleted most of the detail and stripped my post back to the bare minimum. Don’t expect a follow up reply
I don't think the GP is talking about what DaVinci is, but what the *plugin* does. I find myself in the same shoes as the GP here. Maybe I'm not the target market of course but I was just curious.
I get your point, and maybe as someone who's not part of said industry I'm missing something, but it seems like it'd be helpful even to the target audience to actually show how this plugin can transform video.
Kind of expensive if you are a Linux hobbyist, $5000 (*$4999) for collection of filters over another proprietary film editing software, which was designed to be a good standalone color&fx software, but apparently isn't.
I'm not surprised they skipped the intro-level demo because it's a pretty niche industry-specific product. I can't imagine even the prosumer market would use Davinci, let alone get excited about plugins for it. Kind of surprised that this is getting general-audience traction here. This isn't my exact area of expertise so I could be wrong, but I'm in a parallel field, and I can't imagine non-film folks would fall into any useful target demographic for them, even accidentally. My guess is they're hiring developers.
Davinci resolve is great for prosumers and hobbyists.
Youtube is awash with Davinci Resolve tutorials for everything from basic non-linear video editing to compositing, sound editing and grading.
The basic version is free, and the paid version is a one-time $300, or 7.5 months of Adobe Premiere+After Effects or Audition.
BlackMagic also produce gear like the atem mini beloved by streamers and the BMPCC (blackmagic pocket cinema cameras) that are very much aimed at prosumers.
If any one needs to edit any video, even just a short recreational youtube video, I point them towards Davinci, because the price is right and there are so many tutorials.
> I can't imagine even the prosumer market would use Davinci, let alone get excited about plugins for it.
For what it's worth: DaVinci has both a free and a paid version - and the paid version is not even 300$. If you're an indie filmmaker or hobbyist, it's certainly a better offering than a Premiere Pro subscription unless your muscle memory is trained too hard on Adobe tooling.
> and I can't imagine non-film folks would fall into any useful target demographic for them, even accidentally. My guess is they're hiring developers.
Many tech people have to deal with video shit at some point in their career - it helps to at least know some basic cutting to make a screen recording for a tutorial way better for the viewers.
Yep, this. We used DaVinci Resolve to cut together a music video for a little between-friends contest, and for some tutorial videos. It's way more than I could even dream of needing, and it's pretty heavyweight, but I found the other free alternatives just didn't work well for me.
It's a lot like how people might use Photoshop both for heavyweight professional graphic design and digital art, and also for making silly mashup pictures for Reddit, except they don't even have to pirate it!
As a non-film person you'd very likely not have a clue how to use a professional color grading solution like Davinci Resolve (for which this is a plugin) to begin with.
As a VFX-person I'd be curious about a before and after on a crisp digital image with multiple settings.
I’m very surprised to see DaVinci make the front page on HN but also very glad too.