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by josephg 42 days ago
Yep. And ironically, the most complex software I use - IntelliJ and davinci resolve - don’t have any onboarding at all. They’re great! The makers of resolve have some excellent video tutorials on their website and a manual that is many hundreds of pages long. But it’s up to you to search that stuff out.
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Akronymus 42 days ago
Yeah instead of making some crappy onboarding tour, the time is better spent improving usability/discoverability of features.

So many programs still don't have a feature where yoy can just search for the menu option you need rather than going through 10 menus.

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sixeyes 42 days ago
agree with your points, but damn, resolve has some strange UI patterns / key combos etc compared to other software i've used.

maybe if you're a video editor coming from years within the field, the metaphors make sense? for me, having mostly done audio stuff, it was a bit of a journey.

i dont think an onboarding thing would be the solution, though

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josephg 42 days ago
If you haven't done it, I really recommend the official resolve training:

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/tra...

The UI patterns make a lot more sense after watching the people who designed it explain how it works, how to use it and why it was designed that way.

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