vs Resolve
Final Cut Pro vs DaVinci Resolve
Generally for a lot of users FCP is much faster to work with, magnetic timeline enabled productivity. Resolve is better for color grading so you can just grade in Resolve, export pro res and edit in FCP. You can also stick to FCP and use https://colorfinale.com color grading.
Don’t overlook magnetic timeline, fcp will be fast as your thought
FCP over resolve for your usecase. FCP is all about speed, the magnetic timeline is king when it comes to that. You could also try capcut which is main timeline magnetic.
Switch to FCP and you will see how your output will skyrocket. Davinci carries a lot of overhead that you won’t see in FCP and that you probably don’t even need.
I have similar experience in both (I would say somewhere upper-intermediate). My productivity with FCP is x10 more than with Davinci.
No matter how proficient you become, FCP will always allow you to produce more content. Makes sense?
Only when you reach levels where you truly need Davinci’s power makes sense to use it. Before that FCP is your best friend.
Ask yourself a question. Is there anything that you need from video editing that FCP does not do or cannot do? I bet no.
I switched from FCP to Resolve last year, and now I’m switching to Premiere. I love how feature-packed Resolve is but editing is a pain in the ass, and it’s a bit unstable in my opinion. For me, Premiere is all the features and more interface customizations without all the bugs. Unless you’re a pro colorist, you don’t need Resolve’s color features.
Now to Final Cut. You’re going to love how well it manages footage and how fast you can edit.
I do global grades of my raw footage in Resolve, export ProRes files, then edit from those in FCP. Resolve does a better job of color space transforms and I’ve got access to any grading tool I need, but then I get much quicker turnaround editing in FCP where I can also do any minor shot-to-shot touchup as needed.
If you really want to stick with Final Cut Pro, but also want to do pro level color grading that doesn’t need to hide behind Da Vinci Resolve there’s always Color Finale https://colorfinale.com
Color grading / LUT
N-Log
Related: LUTs
For clip select that it’s nlog.
For color grading, apply effect, you can import custom LUTs too.
https://support.apple.com/en-ph/guide/final-cut-pro/ver24f966423/mac