Why Davinci Resolve became the center of my workflow
Over the years I tested a lot of editing software. Premiere Pro, After Effects, smaller tools, mobile editors, and different plugins. But at some point I realized I was spending more time managing software than actually creating videos.
That is one of the biggest reasons why Davinci Resolve slowly became the center of my workflow.
Today, almost everything goes through Resolve.
Color grading is on another level
One of the biggest reasons is color grading.
Davinci Resolve simply feels built for it from the ground up. The control over colors, shadows, highlights, skin tones, and cinematic looks is incredibly good once you build your own workflow around it.
Over time I started building my own packages inside Resolve:
custom LUTs
text presets
transition presets
reusable node structures
cinematic grading setups
sound adjustment chains
custom effects
This saves an insane amount of time during editing.
Instead of rebuilding the same things over and over again, I can focus more on storytelling, pacing, and the actual feeling of the video.
And honestly, that changes everything.
My workflow keeps growing constantly
One thing I really like is that my editing setup is never finished.
It keeps evolving every month.
Whenever I learn something new, create a better grading style, improve an animation, or find a cleaner workflow, it gets added into my own system.
That means every new project becomes a little faster and a little better than the previous one.
I think this is something many creators underestimate.
Good editing is not only about talent or expensive cameras. A huge part of it is building systems that make your workflow smoother and more consistent.
I still use After Effects sometimes
I do still use Adobe After Effects occasionally.
Especially for:
more advanced motion graphics
specific VFX shots
tracking heavy scenes
complex animations
But honestly, much less than before.
A lot of effects that I used to create in After Effects can now be done directly inside Davinci Resolve, especially with Fusion.
And once you get comfortable with Fusion, the workflow becomes much cleaner because everything stays inside one project.
No exporting.
No reconnecting files.
No jumping between five different programs.
That makes a massive difference on larger projects.
Resolve became more than an editor
At this point, Davinci Resolve feels less like editing software and more like a creative environment.
Most of my:
color grading
editing
sound work
text animation
VFX
cinematic workflows
are built around it.
And because my own preset library keeps growing, every project benefits from all the previous work that came before it.
That is probably my favorite part of the whole process.
You are not just editing videos anymore.
You are building your own creative system.