DaVinci Resolve App for iPad - Gimmick or a Real Thing?
What’s going on Qaznation! Well DaVinci Resolve is being launched on the iPad! I wanted to cover this to give you my thoughts on this, but also I want the attention and clicks. I mean at least I’m shamelessly admitting it right?
So one of the most obvious things is this is an iPad exclusive when it comes to mobile devices. It is not available to iPhone or Android devices.
Now there will be two versions, both a free and paid version. There will be free and studio. Studio will be available through the Apple app store.
What about compatibility? You will be able to grade HDR content, so long as you are using the 12.9 inch M1 iPad. This blew my mind that on a 13 inch screen you can hold, can grade HDR.
What’s also cool is the performance boost.
But what codecs will it support?
This is basically covering the majority of cameras, and eventually they will introduce more over time.
Now what about storage solutions? Well you can import clips from external usb-c disks. So you can have a small portable device that you can plug in and work on it. And everything will be super fast.
What about multi-user support? It will support multi-user collaboration through the blackmagic cloud.
This is how I see it being used. It’s like a DIT set up and they are just creating a base grade to shoot up so that the colorist can access it and get working from there.
Now is it cross-platform compatible?
So if you are editing on your computer and have the app on the iPad, you can open it on both systems.
The thing that makes the user interface beautiful is that you will be able to send a clean feed from your iPad to your client or reference monitor.
Now the real reason we are here, what is the grading experience like? Going from this detached experience where you can’t touch the screen, to grading on a device you can hold in your hand and you are creating a window with your fingers, and just being able to touch it. This will be the revolution. It will be, how can we bring this experience to desktop?
But now, is this a gimmick or a real thing? If I were to conclude quickly, my thought is that this will blow black magic design up. It’s going to put them in a different spot. A lot of people are doing tiktoks and stuff on their phone and editing crazy stuff. So having this, is going to be ground breaking. The quality of content, the image quality, the color grading is going to skyrocket. That’s why I think it’s the real thing.
With that, work hard, get obsessed and get possessed. And I will see you in the next video.
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