Re: SInce Davinci now costs nothing, is it worth anything?

i agree that real client "meaning client that pay good money " expect a nice pro system , even on the MAC a full system (let's say the one that the big client eyes expect ) cost around 60-70K (panel,monitors , scopes , raids ,cubic , multiple red rockets , multiple graphic card , color management system etc...)

i agree that the free lic might make some confusion around , but i honestly think that the confusion also comes from the 1K price , if i have to be honest , for the industry of colorists , a cheap davinci lic should be 15K , so around would not be 100's of people offering "cheap" (meaning the price) color correction work claiming DAVINCI ,

i am not scared at all about this , but is fare to say that 3 times already clients argued with me about the price of the color work , saying that other colorist offered way less (ridiculously less) saying that they work on davinci , again , is the colorist that make the difference , and yes Stefan sonnefeld will not loose a dime , but the perception of clients about the """"prestige"""" of davinci is kind of decreasing ,
again reason is is because they hear the Word DAVINCI in too many ""lower level"" post house , and now BASELIGHT is taking advantage ....

it might be not fare but that is what it is , i guess is pretty Human being attracted by tools that less people can Have ...

off course market is changing , prices are changing , but a 10K for a lic at least make the difference between a person that invest in his job seriously and a person that doe load a software for free and offer himself in the market as a colors confusing a bit clients ,

again , at the end , the talent win , but the marked is a bit confused by Resolve at 1K ....or even Free ...

just my 2 cents

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