For anyone looking for an editor at low to no cost I cannot recommend Davinci Resolve high enough. The free version only lacks in functionality that the highest and most experienced of editors may want. It is incredibly powerfull and feature what is considered one of the best colour correction tools in the world but if you want to just cut and edit, add titles and produce the final film it is strait forward to use plus there are plenty of tutorials online. Go on give it a go it's free

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve

I hadn't even realised Davinci Resolve was an editor as well. I downloaded the free colour correction software a couple of years back after a demo at BVE but never really did much else with it. How good is it compared to FCPX ?

I have never used FCPX so I can't tell you. I have however used Adobe premier and so far it stands up well. I guess the thing is it depends on what type of film you are producing and how many special effects but I see a lot of WAM materiel and I haven't seen anything it couldn't do yet

I have spent way more time with FCPX than Davinci. I would say Davinci has some advanced capability that FCPX does not have; especially in the area of color correction. However, I'd give FCPX points for being easier to learn. If you already know FCPX, then you'll be learning a completely different interface to get access to some awesome color correction tools.

Part of the cost of any new tool is the time spent learning your way around. For that reason, I don't consider any complex tool to be "free" because my time is valuable. Maybe someday I'll be able to say I can edit as fast in Davinci as I can in FCPX, but until then, I would rather cut a clip together in FCPX than Davinci, unless I have a real need for complex color grading.

p.s. You can do a lot with FCPX's color correction tools. If you've got editing in FCPX down to a science (and you already own it), I wouldn't recommend a change. For everyone else, Davinci is definitely worthy of evaluation.

FCPX is close to $400.
The point of promoting Resolve is that it's a very very good editor for free and as a lot of producers have little to no budget the idea was to help them.

@Yamtree Someone asked about how it compared to FCPX. I don't think I was contradicting you. Not sure why you think that was an argument?

And now Black Magic has added an advanced audio suite to DaVinci ... including the free version.

public beta 14 is a bloody nightmare Doug, it is so full of bugs and issues, way more than a PB should have. My advice is stick to 12 until they get 14 sorted properly because the list of problems I have had is endless. Its a shame but Im sure they will soon sort it out

@Yamtree Thanks for the heads up, I was just fixing to give it a test run. I'll wait for the next update, at least.

There are some things Davinci does better than FCPX, in my opinion, but I'm still faster with FCPX. There are many features in Davinci that I've not had time to play with.

14 is now available as a full version and is out of beta, so far so good

Moved over from FCP to Davinci Resolve 14 and it's great, the free version is good, have the dongle for Studio, but the free version will suffice most needs. The grading tools are brill!