Ian R. Brown wrote:
Many users do not know about Deleting the Settings and even fewer know how to do it as it is hidden away like something in a video game.
Who would ever think about holding down the Option and Command keys as you launch the app?
Resolve has a much simpler, obvious and intuitive method.
There are 3 dots in the top right corner of the Preferences/Settings window which when clicked give the opportunity to "Reset Preferences" amongst a couple of other useful features which are to be found in Digital Rebellion's Preference Manager.
Anyone who has ever used Photoshop going back to prehistoric times knows about resetting prefs using command-option. It’s the first thing I thought of when learning FCP and it started misbehaving and I was happy to discover it worked without checking the manual.
As for Resolve being more intuitive than FCP, I’m not sure too many users of both would agree. As far as I recall, Resolve only introduced the 3 dots thing quite recently and it led to a lot of confusion about where some important functions had disappeared to.
While Resolve is excellent for colour grading, user interface design is definitely not a strong point to put it mildly. It can be a maddeningly frustrating program and in my opinion is far far behind FCP in terms of interface design.
And then there is the iPad version. The Resolve interface is very similar to the desktop version and not designed for touch at all. It has great functionality if you have a keyboard and mouse in your pocket but is horrible as a standalone iPad app. FCP for iPad is again way way ahead in terms of interface design.
