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I am a Mac user, so no snarky replies "just switch to Linux" etc, thanks.'niMovie is way too odd and restricted IMHO.

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    I am a Mac user, so no snarky replies "just switch to Linux" etc, thanks.

    iMovie is way too odd and restricted IMHO. I want something better, even though I am not a YouTuber or in any way professional. I just want to edit my own amateurish video clips and photos into nice videos I might then occasionally show for friends and family.

    So, will the free edition of DaVinci Resolve be good enough for me, or should I splurge on Final Cut Pro? I could afford it, but don't really want to.

    As DaVinci Resolve is cross-platform, does that mean that it uses an own cross-platform UI toolkit with paradigms that just feel weird on Mac? I mean, just starting it (only thing I did so far), no normal buttons on its title bar, how do I make it full-screen if that is what I would want? Etc.

    And yes, I know, it is free so I should just try it and then if I decide I don't like it, get Final Cut Pro. But by then I will have a few projects already done in DaVinci Resolve left stranded. Not ideal either.

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    I am a Mac user, so no snarky replies "just switch to Linux" etc, thanks.

    iMovie is way too odd and restricted IMHO. I want something better, even though I am not a YouTuber or in any way professional. I just want to edit my own amateurish video clips and photos into nice videos I might then occasionally show for friends and family.

    So, will the free edition of DaVinci Resolve be good enough for me, or should I splurge on Final Cut Pro? I could afford it, but don't really want to.

    As DaVinci Resolve is cross-platform, does that mean that it uses an own cross-platform UI toolkit with paradigms that just feel weird on Mac? I mean, just starting it (only thing I did so far), no normal buttons on its title bar, how do I make it full-screen if that is what I would want? Etc.

    And yes, I know, it is free so I should just try it and then if I decide I don't like it, get Final Cut Pro. But by then I will have a few projects already done in DaVinci Resolve left stranded. Not ideal either.

    tml@mementomori.socialundefined

    Wow. The DaVinci Resolve manual is 4200 pages. That is impressive, and seems like a big plus. (Wonder if most of it is about features only in the paid version, though.)

    The second section in the manual is literally called "Why Is This Manual So Big?"

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