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Commercial use of the free versions?

PostTue Jan 16, 2018 6:58 pm

Hi,

I am new to DaVinci 14 and Fusion 9. I have got free versions of these softwares and I wonder these free versions can be used commercial purposes or not. If so, is commercial use only valid for these versions? What's the plan for future versions? I need an answer.

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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostTue Jan 16, 2018 8:32 pm

Read the EULA but I don't believe there are any restrictions on the usage for the free version.
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostWed Jan 17, 2018 1:31 am

Yes, you can use the free versions for commercial work.
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostWed Jan 17, 2018 7:25 pm

Thank you for the answers Kays and Dwaine :)
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostThu Jan 18, 2018 3:09 am

But you should spend the money and get the PAID version. Blackmagic will only continue to make improvements to the software if it makes enough of a profit to pay for their support staff and developers. And the additional features in Resolve Studio are more than worth the US$299.
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostThu Jan 18, 2018 3:51 am

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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostThu Jan 18, 2018 4:02 pm

And also to pay Dwaine and/or Peter to keep them alive and kicking when forced to ask for logs all the day along :lol:
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostThu Jan 18, 2018 7:26 pm

Marc Wielage wrote:But you should spend the money and get the PAID version. Blackmagic will only continue to make improvements to the software if it makes enough of a profit to pay for their support staff and developers. And the additional features in Resolve Studio are more than worth the US$299.


I think that qualifies as the understatement of the week. Maybe even for the month ;)
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostWed Apr 18, 2018 11:34 am

Hey guys,

I am wondering if the software is still free for commercial use. To be more specific: I'd like to use it in a company and I have no intention to sell the produced videos.
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostThu Apr 19, 2018 3:09 pm

blycky wrote:Hey guys,

I am wondering if the software is still free for commercial use. To be more specific: I'd like to use it in a company and I have no intention to sell the produced videos.


Scroll back to top of this thread and read.
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostThu Apr 19, 2018 7:44 pm

Rakesh Malik wrote:
Marc Wielage wrote:But you should spend the money and get the PAID version. Blackmagic will only continue to make improvements to the software if it makes enough of a profit to pay for their support staff and developers. And the additional features in Resolve Studio are more than worth the US$299.


I think that qualifies as the understatement of the week. Maybe even for the month ;)


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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostFri Nov 04, 2022 9:06 pm

Hello

Does this still count for the free version of the DaVinci Resolve 18? Greetings
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostFri Nov 04, 2022 10:32 pm

Yes.
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostFri Nov 04, 2022 10:55 pm

Duplicated. Dwaine already answered.
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostSat Nov 05, 2022 12:18 am

Great, thank you :)

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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostMon Dec 05, 2022 10:59 am

Dwaine Maggart wrote:Yes.

Hello, Can I still use the free version of davinci resolve 18 to commercial?
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostMon Dec 05, 2022 7:47 pm

Yes.
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostTue Dec 06, 2022 8:06 am

Dwaine, does your contract force you to answer this question each and every time? ;)
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostTue Dec 06, 2022 9:44 am

I'm sure he even has the description on how to post logs and machine specs on a keyboard shortcut :-)
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostTue Dec 06, 2022 6:42 pm

Yes
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostTue Dec 06, 2022 9:28 pm

Uli Plank wrote:I'm sure he even has the description on how to post logs and machine specs on a keyboard shortcut :-)


It's not the real Dwaine, it's an upcoming BMD product DwaineBot 14.7, you just kind of hover the mouse over something and hit F1 and a post magically appears explaining how to do what you want.
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostWed Dec 07, 2022 12:54 am

If it's anything like in my business the SupportBot generally says Yes and the ProductManagerBot generally says No.
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

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Gordonjcp wrote:It's not the real Dwaine, it's an upcoming BMD product DwaineBot 14.7, you just kind of hover the mouse over something and hit F1 and a post magically appears explaining how to do what you want.
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Re: Commercial use of the free versions?

PostWed Dec 07, 2022 2:17 pm

roger.magnusson wrote:If it's anything like in my business the SupportBot generally says Yes and the ProductManagerBot generally says No.

Sounds familar :)
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