Harald Polz wrote:The video clips I have are HEVC 10-bit and Resolve only handles 8-bit. I would have to invest in the Studio version to deal with 10-bit HEVC.
I think you answered your own question.
[edited]The free version of Resolve can't handle H.264, H.265, and HEVC 10-bit files, so you could always convert them first to DNxHR or ProRes and then bring in the transcodes.
I'm often bewildered by people who expect top performance and no problems with free software this complicated. If it were up to me, there wouldn't be a free version of Resolve at all. Adobe, Autodesk, Filmlight, Mistika, Nucoda, and Scratch also have
no free versions, and they all seem to do pretty well. I wouldn't object to a "very limited" student version of Resolve for $9.95, to help people learn the basics.
We have requested before that if users try to bring in unsupported codecs (like 10-bit H.264, 10-bit H.265, or 10-bit HEVC) to the free version of Resolve, it pops up a warning notice that says, "Sorry -- This Feature Is Only Available in Resolve Studio." At least then, you'd know why it didn't work.