Hi, guys! First of all, BMD developers, I love you Every new release of Davinci (and cameras which I hope to have one day) is a blast of happiness and improvement in my life.
The release of Resolve 12 is on the horizon and features are revealed. So, I'm writing a request list for the next version, for the future. I hope at least some of that I'll say will make it into the "13".
Here is the list:
0. I think, after you acquired Eyeone, everybody is waiting to see the way Fusion would interact (or be integrated one into another) with Davinci Resolve. I don't expect "Dynamic Link", since it's a little bit different types of programs, but some neat workflow there should be. Also, it woundn’t hurt to put some additional compositing features inside Resolve, especially since you have Fusion algorithms now.
1. System requirements. They are sky-high right now. There is no way Resolve should be waisting 50% of my Retina Macbook Pro's CPU just by being open, not even playing a single clip. Some serious code-optimising needs to be done.
2. Additional scopes. They are great in Resolve, but ScopeBox application shows what some very useful ones are still lacking inside Resolve.
3. Additional color correction options. 3D LUT Creator shows some amazing new ways to manipulate color. Can’t this approach be implemented in DaVinci?
4. Color coding. For better organisation and visual separation, would be nice to be able to paint nodes in the Node Graph and clips on the Timeline into different colors.
5. Node connections. I know it’s nitpicking, but can’t it be curved, not straight? There is just something cozy and friendly about beautiful "macaroni" in Apple Shake and SideFX Houdini.
6. Another nitpicking. "OpenFX" and "Audio FX" tabs. "OpenFX" is a name of technology; "FX" in "Audio FX" is just short for "effects". It's a bit confusing, can you write "Audio Effects" instead. There is space for that.
7. Masks-to-RGB. For creative purposes, I'd love to be able to convert (maybe with a special node) mask from a regular node into... well, regualar node. And maybe even being able to render just a mask, just a matte mov.
8. Grain/Noise. Neatvideo is still a standard and the best tool for noise reduction, and Davinci is not on par with it. Since it's one of the selling points of the Full Version of Davinci Resolve, maybe it needs an improvement. Also, a simple bould-in gain simulation would be a nice addition. The current ways of using OpenFX plugins or overlaying layers are kinda cumbersome.
9. EasyDCP. Premiere is able to render DCP without any licence. I'm not saying it does job good, but it makes you think...
10. Restart. There is no way a modern app should ask for restart to apply any changes (adding new source path for example).
11. Downloads/Updates. There also no reason having different versions of Davinci on the site and on Mac App Store. No recent updates in MAS makes it, well, pointless. Also, is it possible to have OTA updates, without need manually download and install the package? Like smaller apps do?
12. Keep improving Edit tab. I'm really interested in moving my editing duties in Davinci, but it's still not an Avid.
13. Beauty work. It's possible right now, but I think it can be easier, better, faster.
14. Second monitor option. Right now, as I understand, it requires some Blackmagic hardware. Can’t it be done just by a software? Is it just a marketing strategy, what can be… changed?
15. Audio. As a man, who wants to stick to one brand/ecosystem, I’d love to see some further improvements in audio. Pro Tools suck, really. It’s nice what you have some basic mixing functionality, as well as VST/AU support, but it is gonna be way more awesome if the whole audio post could be accomplished inside DaVinci. Like having spectral repair, waveform editing, ect. Like to build in iZotope RX inside. Yeah, I can use Connect but all this bouncing back and forth, from app to app, is slow, old and stupid.
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Additional:
16. Cineform Raw support [ by Derrick Lay ].
17. Resolve Lite for Linux [ by Martin Schitter ].
18. Better sharpening options — Unsharp Mask equivalent. [ by me ].
19. Fast and easy way to copy media and timelines from project to project. [ by Scott Gilbertson ].
20. Cloud. Almost everyone is making some sort for Cloud/Web sync features, Adobe, Avid, Scratch, millions of them. Would be nice to have a little account/storage on BMD servers with some simple data, for example — collection of favourite PowerGrades, reference stills.
21. Tools respond to colorspace. When you switch the corrector node to other color space, LAB for example, the toolsset doesn't change at all. It says the same, with regular wheels, R-G-B curves and so on. It still perfectly function, but presentation is odd. [ by me ].
22. Curves — end point behaviour. You can't move then horizontally like in Photoshop:
I think I forgot a lot of what I wanted to ask. Anyway, who can add anything else?
The release of Resolve 12 is on the horizon and features are revealed. So, I'm writing a request list for the next version, for the future. I hope at least some of that I'll say will make it into the "13".
Here is the list:
0. I think, after you acquired Eyeone, everybody is waiting to see the way Fusion would interact (or be integrated one into another) with Davinci Resolve. I don't expect "Dynamic Link", since it's a little bit different types of programs, but some neat workflow there should be. Also, it woundn’t hurt to put some additional compositing features inside Resolve, especially since you have Fusion algorithms now.
1. System requirements. They are sky-high right now. There is no way Resolve should be waisting 50% of my Retina Macbook Pro's CPU just by being open, not even playing a single clip. Some serious code-optimising needs to be done.
2. Additional scopes. They are great in Resolve, but ScopeBox application shows what some very useful ones are still lacking inside Resolve.
3. Additional color correction options. 3D LUT Creator shows some amazing new ways to manipulate color. Can’t this approach be implemented in DaVinci?
4. Color coding. For better organisation and visual separation, would be nice to be able to paint nodes in the Node Graph and clips on the Timeline into different colors.
5. Node connections. I know it’s nitpicking, but can’t it be curved, not straight? There is just something cozy and friendly about beautiful "macaroni" in Apple Shake and SideFX Houdini.
6. Another nitpicking. "OpenFX" and "Audio FX" tabs. "OpenFX" is a name of technology; "FX" in "Audio FX" is just short for "effects". It's a bit confusing, can you write "Audio Effects" instead. There is space for that.
7. Masks-to-RGB. For creative purposes, I'd love to be able to convert (maybe with a special node) mask from a regular node into... well, regualar node. And maybe even being able to render just a mask, just a matte mov.
8. Grain/Noise. Neatvideo is still a standard and the best tool for noise reduction, and Davinci is not on par with it. Since it's one of the selling points of the Full Version of Davinci Resolve, maybe it needs an improvement. Also, a simple bould-in gain simulation would be a nice addition. The current ways of using OpenFX plugins or overlaying layers are kinda cumbersome.
9. EasyDCP. Premiere is able to render DCP without any licence. I'm not saying it does job good, but it makes you think...
10. Restart. There is no way a modern app should ask for restart to apply any changes (adding new source path for example).
11. Downloads/Updates. There also no reason having different versions of Davinci on the site and on Mac App Store. No recent updates in MAS makes it, well, pointless. Also, is it possible to have OTA updates, without need manually download and install the package? Like smaller apps do?
12. Keep improving Edit tab. I'm really interested in moving my editing duties in Davinci, but it's still not an Avid.
13. Beauty work. It's possible right now, but I think it can be easier, better, faster.
14. Second monitor option. Right now, as I understand, it requires some Blackmagic hardware. Can’t it be done just by a software? Is it just a marketing strategy, what can be… changed?
15. Audio. As a man, who wants to stick to one brand/ecosystem, I’d love to see some further improvements in audio. Pro Tools suck, really. It’s nice what you have some basic mixing functionality, as well as VST/AU support, but it is gonna be way more awesome if the whole audio post could be accomplished inside DaVinci. Like having spectral repair, waveform editing, ect. Like to build in iZotope RX inside. Yeah, I can use Connect but all this bouncing back and forth, from app to app, is slow, old and stupid.
_________
Additional:
16. Cineform Raw support [ by Derrick Lay ].
17. Resolve Lite for Linux [ by Martin Schitter ].
18. Better sharpening options — Unsharp Mask equivalent. [ by me ].
19. Fast and easy way to copy media and timelines from project to project. [ by Scott Gilbertson ].
20. Cloud. Almost everyone is making some sort for Cloud/Web sync features, Adobe, Avid, Scratch, millions of them. Would be nice to have a little account/storage on BMD servers with some simple data, for example — collection of favourite PowerGrades, reference stills.
21. Tools respond to colorspace. When you switch the corrector node to other color space, LAB for example, the toolsset doesn't change at all. It says the same, with regular wheels, R-G-B curves and so on. It still perfectly function, but presentation is odd. [ by me ].
22. Curves — end point behaviour. You can't move then horizontally like in Photoshop:
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I think I forgot a lot of what I wanted to ask. Anyway, who can add anything else?
Last edited by Njordy Jovanovich on Fri May 29, 2015 12:08 am, edited 9 times in total.