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I'm looking for a HTML WEB format of the DaVinci Resolve documentation, when looking for literature, I only find a PDF book (1), is there any WEB page available ?
For some instructions, like VFX effects, nodes in Fusion or Color tools, it may be easier to have a WEB support, for instance have a look to Boris FX help page support, web.borisfx.com/helpdocs/, a list of effects + for each one, a specific page with users field description. In addition, this kind of support can be immediately translated in end user mother language. That’s should probably help in DaVinci Resolve promotion.
(1) I think PDF is an Adobe supported format, so strange, as Adobe is a Blackmagic Design competitor.

PDF is a very widespread format, many competitors of Adobe use it for documentation, and you can always use searches and bookmarks in such documents.
BM obviously decided not to go the HTML route, but there are very good video tutorials from the same author at Rippeltraining. They are now working on a version for 15 and for Fusion.

Also PDF is a standardized open format!

Thanks for the return,
Cary, yes, for sure, PDF is a standard open format, but as these docs are code protected, this makes restricted access, for instance, Word™ is supporting PDF format, due to this code, soft cannot read Davinci doc,
Uli, do agree, my thinking is that Fusion potential users are probably experimented users, if they attend to adopt Resolve 15 as a fully integrated composing tool, they will, probably, need to have quickly a high level in Fusion expertise, I think that a specific Fusion WEB support will be helpful to get them this target, just giving a list of nodes-function with user parameters. As I said, I don’t think all users are US fluent, as I’m not, WEB automatic translation tool may is a free additional marketing plus.
Resolve 15 is a top level video compositing tool, any support helping market development looks helpful,
thanks for the talk,
Bernard

Bernard Rota wrote:Thanks for the return,
Cary, yes, for sure, PDF is a standard open format, but as these docs are code protected, this makes restricted access, for instance, Word™ is supporting PDF format, due to this code, soft cannot read Davinci doc,

I don't think that is true, the PDF API/Structure is published and can be accessed by third party applications (I once was involved in writing one).

But you are correct that the document is protected but it is protected by Blackmagic not by Adobe.
Presumably Blackmagic wants to ensure the document's integrity so that no edited, and thus perhaps incorrect, versions start to circulate. The downside is that one cannot make private annotations. Hopefully in the future Adobe finds a way to allow annotations from protected documents stored in a sidecar file.

Loaded all the Resolve PDF documentation in to Readdle Documents on an iPad.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/documents- ... 01807?mt=8

All the highlighting and annotation functionality required is available within the PDF document.
The Search and Bookmarking functionality isn’t terrible either.

Reynaud Venter wrote:Loaded all the Resolve PDF documentation in to Readdle Documents on an iPad.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/documents- ... 01807?mt=8

All the highlighting and annotation functionality required is available within the PDF document.
The Search and Bookmarking functionality isn’t terrible either.

That is great and I assume the highlighting and annotations can be saved. Is there an equivalent for the android devices?

Cary Knoop wrote:I assume the highlighting and annotations can be saved.

Yes, the document may be flattened, or exported if needs be.

Is there an equivalent for the android devices?

Adobe Reader allows annotations.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... ader&hl=en