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Sunday, April 19, 2026

DaVinci Resolve 21 Challenges Lightroom, GoPro Goes Mirrorless, DJI US Ban Tightens, FAA Drone Access Restored

A pivotal week: the post-Adobe editing ecosystem became genuinely coherent, DJI's US future darkened significantly, and the MFT mount staged the most unexpected comeback in years — all at the same time.

If there's one story that defined this week, it's the quiet dismantling of Adobe's grip on the photo editing market — and the weapon doing the damage is free. DaVinci Resolve 21 landing a dedicated photo page isn't a curiosity or a side feature; it's Blackmagic throwing a proper punch at Lightroom with Hollywood-grade color tools, no subscription required. Combined with Affinity files now opening natively in both Resolve and Capture One, the non-Adobe ecosystem just became genuinely coherent for the first time. Photographers who've been meaning to 'look into alternatives' have run out of excuses. This is the week the post-Adobe workflow became real.

This Week's Threads

The Post-Adobe Ecosystem Arrives

DaVinci Resolve 21's photo page and native Affinity file support across Capture One and Resolve have made the non-Adobe editing stack coherent enough to actually use for professional work.

DJI's American Problem

The Osmo Pocket 4 blocked from US shelves and the Lito potentially being the last DJI drone with FCC approval signals a genuine regulatory crisis for American aerial and video professionals who've built workflows around DJI gear.

MFT's Unexpected Renaissance

GoPro launching an MFT-mount cinema body and Insta360 reportedly building one too has turned a mount many wrote off into the most interesting battleground in camera hardware this week.

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