When comparing Davinci Resolve vs Flowblade, the Slant community recommends Flowblade for most people. In the question“What are the best video editors for Linux?” Flowblade is ranked 4th while Davinci Resolve is ranked 6th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Presets for other software
If you like the way that Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere Pro function, there are built in templates that change the program layout and functionality to match those pieces of software. Even better, you are prompted weather you want to use these on startup so there is no digging through menus to find this feature.
Pro Clean and modern UI
The interface is clean and modern. Providing a nice smooth experience.
Pro Stellar color correcting
The color correcting tools resolve provides are quite powerful
Pro Stable and supported
The software is actively developed on, and is incredibly stable
Pro Has a free version which is only lacking a few features
Pro Powerful and light-weight
Pro Multifunctionality
Pro Free and open source
Flowblade is licensed under GPLv3 with source code available on GitHub.
Pro Stable
Has an interface similar to OpenShot and PiTiVi but doesn't crash when previewing videos or after few render.
Cons
Con Not open source
Con Not traditionally an editing software
While the built in editor is great, the software is mostly focused on color correction.
Con Lacks features
It functions flawlessly as a basic editor, but when you try to get into anything beyond titles, fades, and basic animations, you will likely find the toolset lacking.
Con It can take a bit of time to get used to
Because it is traditionally a color correcting software, getting to the actual editing toolset is a tiny bit difficult.
Con Linux-only small user base
If you have a friend/machine running anything other than Linux, it won't work. So you cannot transfer knowledge as easily and this also results in a rather small user base so also fewer tutorials and online support.
Con Lack of advanced editing features
Doesn't support stabilization or complex transitions for example.
Con Requires higher display resolution
Con GPU rendering is unstable
A fair amount of hardware and driver combinations crash the software.