See just before 7 mins where the song starts in darkness…
Digital zooming artefacts, possibly?
Davinci Resolve has a free version, free just means it doesn’t have some upscaling features and some effects.
I mostly use that.
But you are not allowed to do paid work with it. (free version that is)
Shotcut is free and open source, I would use it more just I am faster with Davinci and it does some stuff better.
Shotcut to me does output better quality at the same resolutions and can also upscale pretty well.
It also supports more file formats.
You can do paid work with it.
You can even edit/view 360 Video footage and put it into different view modes.
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Codswallop! There is no such restriction.
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I guess I could be wrong, I was led to believe so.
I can’t remember if I read it somewhere on their site or not.
The Free Davinci Resolve is plenty powerful.
I still like the output quality that Shotcut can do and upscaling but lean towards Davinci as it does do some stuff better and I am faster in it.
Definitely won’t have.
What “upscaling” are you wanting to do - because I’m unaware of any such restriction with Free .DR
Shotcut the editing video software does nice upscaling and is free.
I also think it outputs cleaner 1080p in some ways.
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I’ve never had upscaling issues with DR … explain what YOU are wanting to do with it that you can’t.
That will be how you use it, and the settings you use.
DR can produce the highest quality output - and, up to 4k - at cinema quality. (8k in Studio.)
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Swimming against the tide here, but I use Capcut.
Di Vinci Resolve is fantastic software but after spending hours trying to learn the basics and very little time spent actually editing I downloaded Capcut and started making simple videos quickly.
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Nothing wrong with Capcut - although the limitations of the Free version (re thread title) kick in much sooner than DR.
Agreed - there is more to learn with DR (much much more if you want to use everything it can offer), but there being no ceiling to what you can do in the same software was a winner for me. So what you learn will be of use for the rest of your video editing.
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@OzoneVibe I’m still learning but getting more confident each video I do 
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Same here - and I’ve been using it for about 6 years - there’s that much that can be learnt. … although it’s more the Fusion side of it that consumes my brain these days.
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iMovie is a great editor, and free too 
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I’ll add my name to the list and say I use DaVinci Resolve and love it. A couple of years ago I invested in their Speed Editor which for the price included lifetime licence for their professional version of DaVinci. Fortunately I also have a fairly powerful PC so do not suffer from any buffering when editing my footage.
Check out Simon Horrocks on YouTube- he’s done an intro to iMovie edit. It’s really informative and good!!
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I am confused by da vinci - it is not intuitive to use and having tried I have really struggled. I started watching a youtube tutorial however despite the fact it said it was 19, the layout was slightly different and some of the tools being pointed to online were missing from my version. (Basic tools).
Was this the vid I linked to above?
To a degree, the layout can be configured … but the basic tools will be the same in the free version. Which were the basic tools that you couldn’t find in yours?
I wouldn’t disagree - and that was mentioned above, by some.
But, IMO, it’s an initial learning curve worth the investment of the time/effort.
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Well - I have spent the morning so far watching and following a tutorial that was matched to my screen. I have created a test video and uploading now to youtube. It is phone media however I am very keen to see how it comes out. I also added a music track, faded in and out, and used some basic edit tools. I think… I might get along with it. Will post the video once done - it is 2 mins long but will take 20 mins to upload???
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Are you Mac or Windows?
Are you rendering and uploading to YT direct from within DR? Or are you rendering locally and then uploading to YT manually?