DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor

Re:DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor by mturilin on Monday April 13, 2026 @11:26PM (#47760893)

This honestly made my day. I’ve been looking for a way to manage my photos on Linux for a while. Lightroom has been the only reason I’ve stuck with a Mac.

If I can switch to a photo editor that lets me process everything properly, skip the monthly subscription, and not have Adobe tracking all over my system—that’s exactly what I want.

This feels like a dream come true. Really amazing.

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Re:DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor by InfinityByTen on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @12:09AM (#47761133)

I'm in a similar camp where I'm stucking to windows for that one software: lightroom classic (or CC as they call it). I'm happy to pay for a legitimate replacement that lets me go Linux native on a laptop. I'm fine even paying for the Adobe Cancellation tax from the money I save not buying Windows.

On that note, is this supported on Linux?

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Re:DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor by tech234a on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @01:25AM (#47761587)

Yes DaVinci Resolve is supported on Linux. Unfortunately the free version of DaVinci Resolve does not include H.264/H.265/AAC support on Linux due to codec licensing issues though you can transcode it elsewhere first.

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Re:DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor by joseluis on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @03:57AM (#47762644)

Even the paid version doesn't include aac support in Linux so you have to transcode the audio from videos recorded from your phone, with ffmpeg for example, prior to opening them with resolve. That's the biggest inconvenience it has for me in Linux. And plugins can't solve that either, because apparently can only add codecs for encoding, not for decoding.

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Re:DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor by hulk-konen on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @01:57AM (#47761778)

I think this will be the year of the Linux then.

Native photo editor with decent ux was the missing piece.

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Re:DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor by InfinityByTen on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @03:42AM (#47762524)

I'm so eager to try this out today after work. I heard a lot of things about Darktable, but then it didn't really feel like the alternative to Lightroom I'd hope for.

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Re:DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor by d3Xt3r on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @03:23AM (#47762367)

Have you tried Darktable or Rawtherapee? Both are excellent alternatives to LR.

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Re:DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor by InfinityByTen on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @04:23AM (#47762819)

I'll be honest that it was *long ago* that I made that attempt. Plus with the new AI denoise, it seemed even harder to move away from it.

But, if there's a battle-tested, mature UI, I'm up for giving it a shot. I have done no video editing, so no clue how my experience with DaVinci Resolve is going to go. I might give Darktable another go while I'm at it. Just tend to have a bad gut feeling about it.

Some people love tinkering. I do that as my job, so I don't often have the urge to do it when I just want to get shit done.

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Re:DaVinci Resolve releases Photo Editor by motoroco on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @02:20AM (#47775364)

Darktable has really improved over the last couple years. It used to have some pretty confusing workflows and lots of overlapping modules, but somehow it's been getting cleaned up and polished into something of an intuitive app. It is still different but not so overwhelmed with features that you can't figure it out

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