Color VS Da Vinci

[King Cheung]

Hi, all,
I am using Color for color grading, and it seems nice.
I know Da Vinci has a new package with an affordable price. Anyone tried it? Any experience to share? How Da Vinci compares to Color?
Many thanks in advance.
King

[Gunleik Groven]

It's not out yet, and the price is a bit more than the software, but it better be better, or it won't go anywhere...

[King Cheung]

It's not out yet, and the price is a bit more than the software, but it better be better, or it won't go anywhere...

haha, you are absolutely right. I am waiting when it is out.

[Marc Wielage]

I think the hardware requirements are pretty steep to get it to really run effectively. I would wait for the new Mac Pros to ship, and plan on getting a top of the line 2-quad-core machine with lots of RAM. I'm not sure what graphics card they require, but you'll also need a lot of very fast storage and a calibrated monitor. The $995 software itself is the smallest part of the expense.

The control surface is beautiful, but an expensive option ($30K). No question, some beautiful movies have been done with Resolve, and I used a daVinci 2K (hardware) color-corrector for almost ten years with great results. Not sure when the software-only Resolve is shipping, but it should be very soon.

Bear in mind, like a lot of things, color-correction is all about the artist using the box -- not the box itself.

[King Cheung]

the artist using the box -- not the box itself.

absolutely right!