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color grading application, this program has a host of features that go far and above its peers in that area. Plus, the application includes professional audio and visual effects tools that Avid, Apple, and Adobe all keep in secondary applications. This makes working in Resolve particularly appealing, as project workows no longer require round tripping sequences of edited media from one application to another. Resolve users can simply click a button to move from the Editing tab to Visual Effects or Audio or Color tabs. Best of all is the application's pricing. There are currently two iterations of Resolve on the market: DaVinci Resolve and DaVinci Resolve Studio. The standard edition is completely free and comes with the vast majority of the application's feature set. Support for resolutions higher than ultra-high denition, frame rates higher than 60fps, high dynamic range color grading, GPU acceleration, advanced noise reduction, and several visual effects plugins are exclusive to the studio version of the program. However, these features are unnecessary for many users—including many Local 695 Video Engineers. Still, if the extra tools are needed, the Studio Edition of Resolve only costs $300 (or comes for free with the purchase of any Blackmagic Camera) and includes a lifetime of free upgrades. My DaVinci Resolve license from 2015 still allows me to use the latest version with all of its enhanced features without paying a cent to upgrade. So with a new competitor in the mix, Adobe's seeming apathy for their product's own shortcomings and their much maligned pricing model might spell the end of their reign in the editing world. For my part, I've found myself launching Resolve more often than Premiere in the last year and I see little reason to revert back to my old workows. Learning a new application always comes with some trepidation, but any member interested in learning more about any of these applications can take advantage of IATSE's LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) subscription. All IATSE members are eligible for this service, which includes thousands of educational courses and video tutorials across a wide variety of topics and subjects. For more information on how to take advantage of this service, contact your Local ofce.