DaVinci Resolve for iPad Now Available on the App Store

[MacMikePro]

Apple Silicon commonly refers to the M#s; no one said Apple Silicon until the M1 was announced. Besides, Resolve runs on A# iPads as well, albeit with reduced features.

Obviously, I know that but read that 2nd paragraph again:

“DaVinci Resolve for ‌iPad‌ was announced in October 2022 and is designed to be optimized for iPads with Apple silicon chips, like the new iPad Pro with the M2 chip and the previous generation ‌iPad Pro‌ and iPad Air, both powered by M1.”

The author is clearly and specifically referring to the M# iPads when saying “Apple silicon” which is incorrect. You can’t say it’s “optimized for iPads with Apple silicon chips” when every single iPad since the original has had Apple silicon chips. So my original comment still stands. The writers here just need to say “M-series iPads” instead of Apple silicon because it’s incorrect. It’s no different than if they used bad grammar, even though we know what the writer means, it’s still annoying and ignorant.

 

[darngooddesign]

Obviously, I know that but read that 2nd paragraph again:

“DaVinci Resolve for ‌iPad‌ was announced in October 2022 and is designed to be optimized for iPads with Apple silicon chips, like the new iPad Pro with the M2 chip and the previous generation ‌iPad Pro‌ and iPad Air, both powered by M1.”

The author is clearly and specifically referring to the M# iPads when saying “Apple silicon” which is incorrect. You can’t say it’s “optimized for iPads with Apple silicon chips” when every single iPad since the original has had Apple silicon chips. So my original comment still stands. The writers here just need to say “M-series iPads” instead of Apple silicon because it’s incorrect. It’s no different than if they used bad grammar, even though we know what the writer means, it’s still annoying and ignorant.

It runs best on the M# iPads, but it also runs on A# iPads.

 

[RobArtLyn]

won’t open on my M1 iPad Pro…

Deleted and re-downloaded .. now working,,,,

I had the same problem.

 

[RobArtLyn]

"On the move". As if people are walking around editing. Get real.

People have been known to want to do a wide variety of work while sitting in moving planes/trains/automobiles. Of course, this is one of those situations where it is commonly understood that “on the move” refers to people not tied to a specific desk/location, not people actually in motion while working.

 

[svish]

Good to see this app available for iPad

 

[slplss]

You don’t understand.

Davinci is not JUST one program. Inside of it is the entire suite of:media, editing, sound, vfx, color and deliver. Which basically is like having 5-6 individual programs in one.

It’s 10x better than Adobe or any other NLE ans consistently gets better, works amazing w Apple (as opposed to avid or Adobe)

Also, Davinci began primarily as a color correction program and eventually added the additional “tabs” or programs to it.

It’s free for godsakes. And the “pro” version is like $299 for LIFE. I’ve had the same license since 2015 (back when it was just starting to become a good editing program).

I know it’s not the right place to ask, but did you find it to have frame by frame transform image features? Called Frame & Fit in LumaFusion for iPad. For animating a picture or text over a video, or zooming in/out to exact coordinates. I looked something up, the desktop version seem to at least have the dynamic zoom for which you can adjust custom positions, but I couldn’t find it on iPad.

 

[Rob__Mac]

Since Blackmagic bought DaVinci, I've always really appreciated their approach to pricing.

You get the basic app for free, which allows you to do everything minus a couple of great features and exporting anything higher than HD.

That means you can learn for free, work on it for free, deliver a TV program on it for free (which I have!), and when you're ready for the extra features, the upgrade won't kill you - and it's perpetual.

The amount of subscriptions I need for other bits of software is starting to become a pain. DaVinci's got it just right.

 

[GtrDude]

For 100 bucks they can keep it

 

[PauloSera]

People have been known to want to do a wide variety of work while sitting in moving planes/trains/automobiles. Of course, this is one of those situations where it is commonly understood that “on the move” refers to people not tied to a specific desk/location, not people actually in motion while working.

The point being unless they literally are walking around editing, there is no meaningful difference in the portability of this device vs a real computer.

 

[JippaLippa]

the good thing is you can external display out with new m1 m2

I'm an idiot...I didn't think of that.

 

[theotherphil]

The point being unless they literally are walking around editing, there is no meaningful difference in the portability of this device vs a real computer.

Well that depends on your definition of a "real" computer. Many people only accept a desktop as fitting the definition of a "real" computer....something not constrained by form factor or power constraints. I saw this in a number of forums when the M1 Pro/ Max series came out and was destroying even top end desktops in video editing.

These people were missing the point entirely. It was now possible to edit and preview on-site with a client rather than having to go away and process on a large desktop.

Being "mobile" doesn't necessarily mean physically walking around with the device. It means being able to take the device to the worksite/ customer and now do things as fast as only a tethered workstation was able to achieve just 2yrs ago. But doing it whilst also having great battery life.

Being able to start a cut on-site with an iPad and open the same project on your laptop/ desktop later is going to be a game changer for a lot of pros. There is nothing like this continuity in the WinTel world and it's these constant little efficiencies that keep pro's coming back to Apple....even if they aren't the "fastest" in some areas.

This video, and subsequent comments demonstrates this well....

 

[MacMikePro]

It runs best on the M# iPads, but it also runs on A# iPads.

Are you trying to pretend that that was what the author wrote? Are you incapable of reading what they actually wrote? Because I don't know what point you're trying to make but I would say read everything again, specifically what I quoted, and really try to comprehend it this time.

 

[osxhero]

The hilarious thing here is that DaVinci means "From Venice." Leonardo was his name, and that's it. When referring to his art, one need only refer to Leonardo. To reference him by DaVinci, one is not referencing him at all.

 

[darngooddesign]

Are you trying to pretend that that was what the author wrote? Are you incapable of reading what they actually wrote? Because I don't know what point you're trying to make but I would say read everything again, specifically what I quoted, and really try to comprehend it this time.

I don’t care enough about what has you wound up to worry about it. I just went to the product page for more info. But keep fighting the proofreading fight if that makes you happy.

 

[MacMikePro]

I don’t care enough about what has you wound up to worry about it. I just went to the product page for more info. But keep fighting the proofreading fight if that makes you happy.

You're the one that's arguing with my comment instead of just reading lol, and I honestly don't understand why or what point you're trying to make

 

[RobArtLyn]

The point being unless they literally are walking around editing, there is no meaningful difference in the portability of this device vs a real computer.

Anything that you are going to refer to as “a real computer” requires sitting at a desk. I am going to assume you don’t care about that. Some people do. Not everyone is required to have your priorities. Choices are good. While this does not appear to fit your worldview, many people will use this software on an iPad and be happy with the process and the results.

 

[enterthemerdaverse]

Anything that you are going to refer to as “a real computer” requires sitting at a desk. I am going to assume you don’t care about that. Some people do. Not everyone is required to have your priorities. Choices are good. While this does not appear to fit your worldview, many people will use this software on an iPad and be happy with the process and the results.

This argument is application specific and shouldn’t be looked at only from a hardware point of view.

Apps like Lightroom can be used by a professional on location and don’t require sitting in an office or studio. It doesn’t need an RTX 4090.

Render and batching benchmarks are useful when you’re back in the office but they have little to do with viewport application performance. You can edit a video anywhere and when you’re back to the comfort of your desk you can put the final touches and render.

And so on.

 

[satchmo]

You can't. (And, frankly, neither can I.)
Others can.

Watch someone whose first computing device was an iPad work on an iPad. They have internalized all the shortcuts and gestures. Sometimes it looks like they are doing sign language as they mash gestures on the screen.

An iPad also has three benefits: great color reproduction at a low cost, the ability to draw directly on the screen, and really fast exports at a low cost. There are some missing features for sure. But those may not be features you'd use, and the iPad may have added benefits. Procreate is a great example. For some people and workflows it is simply superior to Photoshop. There are digital illustrators out there today who will never touch Photoshop or a desktop drawing application. No need.

Agreed. As you mentioned, it's depends on the device they've grown up using. It feels very much like a generational thing with TikTokkers and Youtubers editing videos on their iPads. Heck, some even do it on their iPhones.

Personally, I'm old school and prefer MacOS and a large display. So while I have Lumafusion on my iPad, but I've yet to touch it. The learning curve is steep but if I stick with it long enough, I might get into a workflow that eventually works.

 

[Boil]

 

[SenorWhyMe]

sweet

 

[ateslik]

The hilarious thing here is that DaVinci means "From Venice." Leonardo was his name, and that's it. When referring to his art, one need only refer to Leonardo. To reference him by DaVinci, one is not referencing him at all.

DaVinci means “From Vinci”, not “From Venice”. It’s a beautiful town in Tuscany. You can visit his childhood home there.

During that time people often carried their Father’s name, so he was “Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci”, which was shortened to “Leonardo da Vinci”. His name was certainly not just “Leonardo”.

La storia

www.museoleonardiano.it

 

[Mainyehc]

Apple Silicon simply refers to Apple "made" / designed stuff.

if i'm not mistaken, M = more or less A design anyway, with maybe a few tweaks here and there, and of course more cores.

yes, it happened that Apple started with M for their computer lineup. but they also had to impress people with great results for them to realize that these are viable options even for "power users".
if anything, they could now offer some A chips in their laptops too, which would still be more than plenty powerful for "netbook" designs, if Apple was interested in that sector.

I suspect the only reason Apple doesn’t produce Macs with A-series chips for the education market (the only such segment they actually produced bespoke low-end machines for, such as the “Molar Mac” Power Macintosh G3 AIO, the eMac or even extremely low-end Intel iMacs until very recently) is the fact that… they kind of do, except in the form of low-end iPads. Schools are transitioning towards iPads and I suspect society as a whole also will, just give it a few decades and you’ll see.

 

[Boil]

I suspect the only reason Apple doesn’t produce Macs with A-series chips for the education market (the only such segment they actually produced bespoke low-end machines for, such as the “Molar Mac” Power Macintosh G3 AIO, the eMac or even extremely low-end Intel iMacs until very recently) is the fact that… they kind of do, except in the form of low-end iPads. Schools are transitioning towards iPads and I suspect society as a whole also will, just give it a few decades and you’ll see.

Star Trek: The NeXT Generation has shown us the way...! ;^p

 

[Mainyehc]

Star Trek: The NeXT Generation has shown us the way...! ;^p

Alan Kay and his Dynabook, from 1968, definitely beat ST:NG to the punch, but it’s still a fair point

(Also: I see what you did there 😂)

 

[jeffwingo]

I have been using FCPX on an iMac for years and I am used to it. I really want Apple to port it to the iPad. I want to have the freedom to be able to edit on it but I just don’t want to learn a new program.

Please, Apple. Step up to the plate.