Sat Aug 15, 2020 10:56 pm
@Hesham: Yes, you can use the free version of Resolve for commercial projects.
@Jay: On the Support page in the DaVinci Resolve and Fusion downloads area, if the Fusion or Resolve download has Studio in the name, that's the paid version that requires a license, either an Activation code or USB dongle, depending on the product.
If you had the free version of Resolve and the free version of Fusion installed, and then installed the Fusion Studio version, correct, it won't run without a dongle. But that should have no impact at all on Resolve. If you have the free version of Resolve installed, it will still work. It doesn't care about Fusion Studio being installed.
So it would seem that you also installed a Resolve Studio version, and not the free version. Again, the free version of the Resolve download is the one that doesn't have Studio in the name. Download and install the free version and it should work as it had been.
As of Fusion 16, there is no longer a free Fusion version. So all Fusion 16.x versions are ONLY Studio versions. The last free Fusion version is 9.0.2 (the one without Studio in the name).
Dwaine Maggart
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Support