I hate editing.
However I've noticed Resolve on my MBP just barfs with my GH4 files, where FCPX is usable.
As I'm not a "pro" I won't buy a big config edit station and have to use what I own ..
Edmund
Maybe because of Resolve being primary
A color app on wich they add later editing
Capabilities is the cause.
All dedicated color apps are really computer
Specs dependant while a NLE always works
Smoother on most workstations.
Resolve always had the reputation to require
Higher computers performances (and prefers certain
Brands cards) but this
Is in fact also true for other similar apps.
Ps: a standalone Baselight or Nucoda or Scratch and Co
Are completly meaningless if you are not a professional
Colorist. The success of Resolve stands in its low price
And free version. It gives a lot for the buck so everyone
Could access it as long as you are compliant with its requiered specs.
For 99% of the work (mean by that all that is not cinema
And high-end advert) the color plug-ins that come with
The NLEs (or compatible with) are just more than enough.
Things like Speedgrade for PP or Baselight plug-ins etc...
But as Resolve costs so little having a high-end color
Tool pedigree, it explains why so many
People are using it.
If you dig into the dedicated colorists forums, you realise
That Resolve ain't necesarly the holy grail for those dudes,
Who still prefer pure color apllications and couldn't care less of editing
Capabilities bundled with at the last minute. But those are
Specialists used to work in highly collaborative environements.
I'm sure that there should have color plugins
For FCPX with presetted looks that can avoid
Long hours in a colour suite. Things like Boris stuff etc...
So you apply a preset look and all you have to do is just
Finetune.
But the big downsides of the NLEs are their notorious unhability
To work with sophisticated masks+trackers And just for that,
The use of an external color app is often necessary.
Fcpx, like others, does not have such capabilty and therefore
You'd need something else soon or later.
And working with polygon masks and trackers is not a
Luxury reserved for the big gurus. You'll often be in the
Situation where you need to isolate a face, a dress etc...
And apply a specific CC just on that. In those common
Scenarios, the NLES (fcpx included) are useless.
Now...there is another way: using a compo app like Fusion
Or Nuke or the 100% free Natron and bypass a color app. This is a different animal-workflow
BUT...
Compo apps are incredibly light and would work
On laptops just like a NLE. Only the render time
Could be long but you won't crash.
The only thing is that they do not like those AVCHD
Kind of codecs. (in fact nothing like them, nor the NLEs)
And you need to bring them proper files like tiff, open exr,
Image sequence like.
Image sequences are just heavy but do not requiere
Complex decodifications from the ultra compressed
Codecs that stress the CPU.