

Well, starting in December of 2015, Blackmagic has muddied those waters (and dated that video) with a new Mac App Store version of the paid upgrade to DaVinci Resolve 12 Studio. If you don’t then you’ve got the free version.

In this video, I state that it’s easy to tell if you have the Free or Paid versions of DaVinci Resolve… if you have the dongle then you’ve got DaVinci Resolve 12 Studio (the paid version). If you’re unclear about the differences, here’s the video from Mixing Light’s Davinci Resolve 12 Insights training series: When the time comes that you decide you want to learn DaVinci Resolve, the first question you’ll almost always ask yourself: Is the paid upgrade worth the price over the free version of the software? And because both versions of software seem almost identical in feature sets, the answer is very murky.įor several years now I’ve done a video that lays out the core differences between the Free and Paid versions of DaVinci Resolve. I also spoke with Dan May, President of Blackmagic Design USA and got on-the-record answers to these questionsīut before we dig into the Mac App Store version of DaVinci Resolve Studio versus the ‘traditional’ version, let’s take a moment to remind ourselves the differences between the Free and Paid versions of DaVinci Resolve-which will directly effect your analysis, deciding if the upgrade from Free to the Mac App Version is worth the price. My recommendation if DaVinci Resolve Studio Mac App is worth the $500 in savings.

