There are a couple of limitations in the number of filters/effects you can use. And on Linux, the free version won’t edit MP4 natively. But the reality is you shouldn’t be editing on MP4s anyway. It’s a dreadfully inefficient format for doing actual editing as far as scrubbing through the timeline, etc… MP4 is a final product format. For editing you should be transcoding your clips into something like Apple Pro-res or DNxHD.
When I was editing a movie with lightworks I had something called eyeframe-converter that would convert your video into a low-res editing proxy for ease of use, and then swaps them out with the full quality mpeg2 or whatever the proper editing format was for the full render, and then outputs to H.264 or whatever.
Can you use resolve for free?
Yes.
There are a couple of limitations in the number of filters/effects you can use. And on Linux, the free version won’t edit MP4 natively. But the reality is you shouldn’t be editing on MP4s anyway. It’s a dreadfully inefficient format for doing actual editing as far as scrubbing through the timeline, etc… MP4 is a final product format. For editing you should be transcoding your clips into something like Apple Pro-res or DNxHD.
When I was editing a movie with lightworks I had something called eyeframe-converter that would convert your video into a low-res editing proxy for ease of use, and then swaps them out with the full quality mpeg2 or whatever the proper editing format was for the full render, and then outputs to H.264 or whatever.
Hopefully resolve can do something like that too?
Resolve does indeed have a proxy mode, as does Kdenlive.