Good news for Black Magic Design: I am not a content creator and, quite frankly, it’s very unlikely that I will ever use Davinci Resolve for anything, But I downloaded a copy, with a cracked license, and the directions were not great. I just wanted to fool around with the prorgram and didn’t know how the free version would be “crippled” compared to the paid version (that’s the degree to which I’m disinterested – I did zero research on the difference in the free and paid versions).
Anyway, the directions for copying some cracked files were – as I’ve said – less than perfect. Here’s the deal:
On Windows 11 (anyway):
- You install the program – no disconnectiing from the web required.
- When finished you’re instructed to copy a license file to a folder on DaVinci called “Support/.license” (in the “C:\Program Files\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve” directory). But…..
- When the install was finished there was no “Support” at the above location. The directions that came with the download said that if the folder didn’t exist you should create the folder. That did not work.
- The “Support” folder, as it turns out, is located (on Windows 11, anyway) at C:\ProgramData\Blackmagic Design\Davinci Resolve\Support”.
- In that folder I created the .license folder and pasted the license file provided with the crack files into that folder. Hell, for good measure I also pasted the thing into the “Support” folder itself. Per the directions that accompanied the download I also coped over a couple of files in the program’s main directory with a couple of other, provided files. And that worked.
Good News for People Who Really Need This Program
This program has kind of taken the video editing market by storm, replacing things like Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects, and you can buy the professional version (as of this writing) for a whopping $300.00! Don’t be a schmuck. If you really use this program and the need the pro features you can afford to support the developers – buy the thing, kids. Oh – and don’t forget that using cracked files in a non-sandboxed environment can infect your PC and cause you to have a really, really bad day at the office with your PC.