What is DaVinci Resolve?
DaVinci Resolve (blackmagicdesign.com) is a free video-editing desktop application available for Windows and Linux. With it, you can cut clips and edit them in a timeline, add transitions, add text to videos, add effects, and then export everything in several available formats.
DaVinci Resolve has both a free version and a paid version (called DaVinci Resolve Studio). Both of them can edit and export videos (no watermarks added in the free version). Some features are only available in the premium version, such as some video effects. However, you can still cut and edit in the free version, including mixing multiple video files into one.
Observations
DaVinci Resolve is the best free general-purpose video-editor I know.
Ironically, compared to other free video editors, DaVinci Resolve has some problems with which video files it can open (import) into a project, specially on Linux. For example, it can't open WebM files, so if you're trying to make memes in video format on Linux, you'll have less trouble if you use a video editor with fewer features like Kdenlive or VSDC.
In particular, I couldn't get DaVinci to work with any audio codecs on Linux, so any video file with audio was imported mute. The only audio codec that seemed to work on Linux was PCM (uncompressed audio), so if you want to use audio with it, you might have to use FFmpeg to convert your video files' audio into PCM format, and then import that into DaVinci.
Learn More
- $800,000 to Zero - The FASCINATING History of DaVinci Resolve
A Youtube video telling the history of how DaVinci Resolve became free.
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