Adobe Premiere Pro is part of the subscription-based Adobe Creative Cloud suite and is a favorite of many video editors in both the film and advertising industry as well as YouTube creators. DaVinci Resolve is a video editing program from Blackmagic Design that offers powerful editing tools and comes in two versions, a free to use version (DaVinci Resolve) and a paid version (DaVinci Resolve Studio).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Professional-Grade Editing Tools<\/span><\/strong> Multi-Camera Editing Support<\/span><\/strong> Cross-Platform Availability<\/span><\/strong> Timeline-Based Editing Interface<\/span><\/strong> Support for Wide Range of Formats<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n DaVinci Resolve’s Color page features many ways to professionally color grade your footage.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Color Grading<\/span><\/strong> Cost<\/span><\/strong> Audio Editing<\/span><\/strong> User Interface<\/span><\/strong> App Integration<\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n Both Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve are available for use on-site during Morris Library open hours:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There is no need for a personal Adobe Creative Cloud subscription to use Premiere Pro at the Center. Simply sign in with your udel.edu email address when prompted. First-time users will be guided through creating an Adobe ID. To learn more or to download either program to your own device, visit the official websites:\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Adobe Creative Cloud<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The staff at the\u202f <\/span>Student Multimedia Design Center<\/span><\/strong>\u202f are here to help. Whether you\u2019re exploring video editing for the first time or working on a complex project, we\u2019re ready to support your creativity.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This video is part of the weekly series \u201cMultimedia Tips and Tricks<\/a>,\u201d which shares content in response to frequently asked questions from the Student Multimedia Design Center. We\u2019d love to hear from you. Please share your feedback with us by filling out our\u00a0survey<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Mike Gates, Student Multimedia Design Center In this installation of multimedia software comparisons, we will review two video editing programs that are available to use at the Student Multimedia Design Center. Both programs have many powerful tools to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":18544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,19,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-rddc","category-smdc"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 22:53:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18542"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18654,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18542\/revisions\/18654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Similarities<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
\nBoth Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve have several non-linear editing (NLE) tools used by pros in a variety of industries such as advertising, film, television and YouTube.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nIf you are looking to put together a scene with several different camera angles, both programs can handle multi-cam sequences and allow for switching between different camera videos during editing.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPremiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve are both offered for Windows and Mac computers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nBoth programs use a timeline to organize all the elements of a video sequence, helping users visualize all the different elements of the project. Timelines make it easy to identify and adjust clip length and position, audio tracks, transition effects, and layer video clips and elements on top of one another to make complex scenes.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nRegardless of if you use Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, you will be able to import and export a wide array of video and audio formats, resolutions and codecs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"DaVinci](\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/05\/DaVinci_ColorTab.png\")
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\n<\/span>DaVinci Resolve beats out Premiere Pro when it comes to color grading as it is the proven industry leader. DaVinci\u2019s Color page allows the user to use node-based grading to achieve fine-tuned results while Premiere Pro\u2019s Lumetri Color panel provides less advanced options.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Premiere Pro is part of Adobe\u2019s Creative Cloud subscription service while DaVinci Resolve is offered as a free to use program. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>DaVinci Resolve has a powerful audio suite (Fairlight) included directly in the program while Premiere Pro relies more on the user to edit audio in Adobe Audition, another program in the Creative Cloud suite.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Premiere Pro\u2019s workspace is made up of several panes that can be moved and changed to suit the editor\u2019s preferences, but these regions can end up being quite small and require constant resizing or opening\/closing if working on a small screen like those on many laptops. DaVinci Resolve\u2019s method of organizing the workspaces into pages that can be tabbed through can make editing a bit more convenient on those smaller screens.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>As a part of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, Premiere Pro works great and seamlessly (via Dynamic Link) with other Adobe programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Audition. DaVinci Resolve is much more self-contained offering solutions for audio editing and VFX \u201cin-box\u201d so that you do not have to rely as much on other programs to perform those tasks.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAccess at Morris Library<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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