A number of useful ResolveFX (Noise Reduction, Face Refinement, etc.) are restricted to Studio, and you can't really make up for it with free packages like NewBlueFX Prime and Ignite Express (Except maybe Lens Flares and stuff in Ignite).ĥ. You also cannot render to HEVC on Windows without the Studio License - a big deal if you have larger projects at higher resolutions that you want to upload to sites like YouTube or Vimeo.ģ.

Free version does not support QSV or NVDEC/NVENC Encoding/Decode for H.264/HEVC on Windows. The Playback Engine in Resolve Studio has higher performance than that in the Free Version, on Windows (written by BMD Developers on their forums).Ģ. Blackmagic Design has been blatantly clear about how Resolve Free Differs from Studio in this aspect:ġ. There is nothing to discuss on the internet about this. VEGAS Movie Studio Platinum and MAGIX Movie Edit Pro Plus are probably more apt recommendations. Most people from here are completely bullied by its learning curve, so I don't tend to recommend it much. Resolve is better than VideoStudio in literally every way, but you need the $299 Studio License to get Hardware Accelerated Decode/Encode and support for Rendering HEVC, among other things. Most time spent rendering video is spent Rendering Frames, not encoding it, in consumer NLEs … because they all use QSV/NVENC/VCE for Encode Acceleration. Upgrading the CPU won't make the GPU render frames with effects any faster They also tend to be better multithreaded than consumer NLEs. Other NLEs do a lot more with the CPU, and have a lot more 'Pro-Level' things going on over the hood (Color Science, Optical Flow, etc.), so upgrading the CPU has a much bigger benefit there. Same NVENC, so you wont gain anything in terms of HEVC Encode Performance… cause you didn't upgrade the GPU.īecause VideoStudio uses QSV Decoding and QSV/NVENC Encoding, and you haven't upgraded the GPU, you aren't likely to see massive improvements in performance.

I'd argue Intel has been relatively stagnant here, in comparison to Nvidia and AMD.ģ. QSV in 9th Gen isn't really a massive jump in performance over QSV in Haswell. Same GPU, so you aren't gaining anything in terms of Graphics Processing for Effects.Ģ.

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