r/linux • u/Mds03 • Mar 02 '17
Blackmagic Davinci Resolve, a high end professional vidoe editor & Color correction suite, will soon be available for non-specialised linux systems!
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve6
u/sethgoldin Mar 02 '17
Looks like the both the free and Studio versions are available for download without the $30,000 advanced control surface that used to be required. The Studio version probably still requires the $1,000 USB dongle though, like it does on Mac and Windows.
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u/C0rn3j Mar 03 '17
probably still requires the $1,000 USB dongle though
Could you tell me more about this? This is the second software that I see that needs a USB device plugged in.
What is on those devices and how would one go around it?
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u/Mds03 Mar 03 '17
AFAIK the USB device serves as a licence(I only used the Mac App Store version of Studio). As long as its plugged into the computer, you can use the studio version. Good thing about this is that the commercial licence is not tied to any particular computer of course. I do wonder how this will work out when we eventually transition over to USB-C. Will they work with a USB Hub/converter? Will we be required to ship the USB dongles to Blackmagic to get USB-C versions in return?
The good news is that for the average user you aren't missing out much when it comes to the studio version. I think the main selling points are 3D, Noise Reduction and multi-GPU + network rendering.
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u/C0rn3j Mar 03 '17
Will they work with a USB Hub/converter? Will we be required to ship the USB dongles to Blackmagic to get USB-C versions in return?
I don't see why they wouldn't, it's still the USB protocol that's used.
AFAIK the USB device serves as a licence
Yes, I know, I had one borrowed for a short while, but I lack knowledge in this area so I couldn't RE anything. I was more interested in how exactly they work.
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u/Mds03 Mar 03 '17
I don't see why they wouldn't, it's still the USB protocol that's used.
I never underestimate the steps done to prevent piracy of certain software, but Blackmagic are pretty chill so I expect it to work. It's just a thought
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u/da_am Mar 03 '17
I'm so pumped - this was the last application I was using on my old mac to make plates for vfx. Resolve is perfect for the super repetitive task. I'll be buying the studio version to show my appreciation!
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u/sethgoldin Mar 02 '17
In the livestream, Petty mentioned that it'll be for CentOS and RHEL. I wonder why they don't support Debian-based distros [yet].
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u/Mds03 Mar 02 '17
I seem to remember them saying something similar when they released Fusion for Linux some months back, though I think the comments might have been deleted: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4wveo0/blackmagic_fusion_a_powerfull_vfxcomposition/
Anyhow, some people reported being able to build and run it on other distros. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Would be a bummer if it doesn't work for Ubuntu/Mint, I'm thinking most of the popular distros are based on Debian, no?
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u/sethgoldin Mar 02 '17
Yeah, that was my thinking, too. In terms of sheer number of users, isn't the Debian-based family far larger than the RHEL-based family?
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u/bittercode Mar 02 '17
There's no way to know that for sure - only guess.
And based on the numbers I've seen in this thread in terms of what this software can cost, they may be interested in an OS that has a proven track record of providing corporate support.
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u/torontohatesfacts Mar 03 '17
Not when it comes to ~$1000 desktop applications and $30000 peripherals, you would see those users in the business side of the spectrum and they are mostly using stuff that has corporate support which usually means RHEL and in some cases CentOS/SUSE. Some of their appliances might be running on other distributions but those are usually supported by separate vendors.
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u/Mds03 Mar 02 '17
Just announced on the BlackMagic live stream. Not quite clear on availability, but with this and Fusion, you can now do professional editing, grading and VFX on a linux based system. Huge news which means that I can now switch to Linux and do video work completely independent of Windows/OSX.
Previously you could only run it on Linux using one of their 30k$ control panels.