Peter Chamberlain

DaVinci Resolve 15 beta 6 released

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Thank you to everyone who have used our previous betas and providing feedback as it’s very helpful for our ongoing stability and development. Please continue to report bugs with steps to repo, system information and diagnostic logs on the v15 beta sub forum and if you have a bug, please review the forum for similar issues in the specific beta build you are using before you start a new thread.
 
We are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio beta 6. This is a no charge upgrade for existing customers and is available from the BMD support web site. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion
The Studio version will work with your existing 
DaVinci Resolve Studio activation key and also the DaVinci Resolve Studio or Fusion Studio dongle.
 
If you are upgrading from v15beta 5 there is no database change however making a project DB backup is still prudent.

We see the there are a lot of users updating from v12, v12.5 and v14. Not that for all these and the early v15 betas there is a database update required so please back up your database and then most importantly import that backup to verify its status. You can save it as a copy of the original database so you can then upgrade the copy and preserve the original should you wish to re-install v14.3. We also recommend you also make a drp export of your active projects.

After installing DaVinci Resolve 15 Public Beta when you first start the application you will be prompted to update your database and we recommend you select the one you restored from the backup.

If you are Mac prior to macOS Sierra 10.12, and using DaVinci Resolve v12.5 or older, please see the details at the bottom of this post regarding upgrading of older PostGreSQL databases on older OS. You must do this prior to upgrading the OS or to v15.
 
 
DaVinci Resolve 15 b6 Key Features:
Added support for simultaneous HDR and SDR monitoring on supported Blackmagic Design playback devices
Added support for editing audio automation data in the Fairlight page
Added support for Portuguese in the DaVinci Resolve user interface
Added support for French in the DaVinci Resolve user interface
Additional and improved 2D and 3D title templates
Added support for expanding and customizing 2D and 3D title templates in the Fusion page
Added support for copying Fusion compositions by middle clicking clip thumbnails in the Fusion page
Added support for replacing existing frame based files in place during renders
Added support for exporting alpha when rendering TIFF files
Added support for using the clip name as a data burn-in and Deliver page tag
Added support for colorspace, gamma and LUT options for clips from DJI X7 camera
Added support for subframe audio fades on the timeline
Added support for additional audio file formats in the sound library
Added support for importing audio clip levels from AAF imports
Added support for saving the audio volume, dim and mute across application restarts
Added support for a progress bar during project backups
Improved mouse interactions when selecting or modifying control points on a power window
Improved support for reading Quicktime file metadata
Improved support for scripting APIs and documentation
 
Issues Addressed:
 
Media
Addressed a crash when generating optimized media for media pool clips
Addressed an issue where older projects would sometimes lose audio sync during playback
Addressed an issue where multicam clips synced using timecode would not playback correctly on the source viewer
Addressed an issue where syncing audio based on waveforms and appending tracks would sometimes not work correctly
Addressed an issue where certain PNG images with alpha channels would not be decoded correctly when using ACES
Addressed an issue where the alpha mode of certain EXR images would be incorrectly initialized
Addressed an issue where decoding some mp4 clips would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where audio could not be previewed for certain mp4 clips
Addressed an issue where a media pool clip could not be previewed in the Fairlight page
Addressed an issue where updating usage in a smart bin would not work correctly with audio clips
 
Edit
Addressed an issue where the edit marker dialog would sometimes appear off-screen for markers with long durations
Addressed an issue with changing flag colors from the edit flag dialog
Addressed an issue where pasting a linked clip with an audio offset on the Edit timeline would not preserve the offset
Addressed an issue where linked audio clips would show incorrect channel names when added to the Edit timeline as multiple mono clips
Addressed a crash when adding subtitles with very small durations in the Edit timeline
Addressed a crash when dragging a Text+ preset from the media pool to replace an existing clip
Addressed an issue where Text+ animations would not work correctly
 
Fusion
Addressed an issue where the 360 view on the Fusion viewer would show an inverted image
Addressed an issue where using a tracker node would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where changes to media pool clips would not correctly update the MediaIn nodes in Fusion
Addressed an issue where Fusion comps would be rendered at an incorrect resolution when proxies were enabled
Addressed an issue where using the probe modifier to drive a parameter would cause a hang during playback
Addressed an issue where adding a Fast Noise node in Fusion page and switching to Edit page would freeze the application
Addressed an issue where 3D Duplicate nodes and Trails nodes would sometimes behave incorrectly
Addressed an issue where changing resolution for a timeline with a Fusion effect added would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where changing a media pool property would sometimes not refresh cached clips in the fusion page
Addressed an issue where Scale to Fit would not work correctly in the Fusion node editor
Addressed an issue where the Anaglyph tool would sometimes show incorrect color on the viewer
 
Color
Addressed an issue where DaVinci Resolve would not exit cleanly from Cinema Viewer mode on the Color page
Addressed a crash when using the white balance eye dropper on some systems with Blackmagic Design playback devices
Addressed an issue where deleting a shared node would sometimes not update the viewer correctly
Addressed an issue where power windows would not align with the grade on some clips Fusion effects applied
Addressed an issue where custom printer lights hotkeys would sometimes not be persisted across application restarts
Addressed an issue where the Select All context menu would not work correctly in the Gallery in Linux
Addressed an issue where the color temperature would not be set correctly for Canon C500 clips
 
Fairlight
Addressed an issue where creating multiple speaker setup profiles would sometimes not get lost after an application restart
Addressed an issue where canceling any changes in speaker setup would sometimes not work correctly
Addressed an issue where audio clips with more than 8 channels could not be monitored correctly
Addressed an issue where playing back with a playback monitoring device would sometimes cause loss of audio output
Addressed an issue where overwriting audio automation sections would sometimes cause overlapping keyframes
Addressed an issue where adding audio tracks or changing the track type would sometimes cause issues with existing patches
Addressed an issue where exporting audio clips with format matching source would sometimes not work correctly
Addressed an issue where changing track formats, track positions or switching timelines would not update existing render jobs in the Deliver page
Addressed an issue where moving audio clips between tracks on the Fairlight page would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where the playhead and audio scrollers would sometimes appear unresponsive during playback on the Fairlight page
Addressed an issue where disconnecting an active audio device would cause issues with playback
Addressed an issue where changing clip gain in the inspector would not refresh the audio clip correctly
Addressed an issue where EQ, Pan, Dynamics and Auxiliary control windows would become blank when selecting incompatible tracks or buses
Addressed an issue where turning fixed playhead mode off would not retain the timeline zoom
Addressed an issue where the marker selection would be reset after moving markers on the Fairlight page
Addressed an issue where performing an undo on a track volume change would not work correctly
 
General
Addressed a crash when the DaVinci Resolve was unable to initialize certain GPUs in OpenCL processing mode
Addressed a crash when rendering a clip to multiple outputs
Addressed an issue with project save when the project backup location was set to a location with inappropriate permissions
Addressed an issue where output blanking would be incorrectly overridden when caching was enabled
Addressed an issue where certain Sony VENICE clips would not be decoded correctly
Addressed an issue where 4:2:2 output over HDMI using a Blackmagic Design playback card would sometimes cause flickering
Addressed an issue where rendering certain DNxHR formats to MXF OP1a in resolutions above 4K would show an error
Addressed an issue where AAF files created from mixed resolution timelines in the Deliver page would not load correctly in third party software
Addressed an issue where the option to enable all formats for remote rendering would not be available for DaVinci Resolve Studio builds on Linux
Addressed an issue where shortcuts involving cursor keys would not work for Windows and Linux systems using Japanese
General performance and stability improvements
 
 
 
Upgrading your PostgreSQL database server for older MacOS.
Until DaVinci Resolve 12.5.2, the Mac installer used to ship with PostgreSQL version 8.4.2. Starting from macOS Sierra 10.12, PostgreSQL version 8.4 is no longer supported. If you intend to upgrade to the latest OS, you will need to upgrade your PostgreSQL database server to version 9.5.4 prior to upgrading macOS. Once your PostgreSQL installation has been upgraded and your data has been ported, you can then proceed with your macOS upgrade.

We have provided apps to simplify upgrading your PostgreSQL version on your Mac. The apps along with instructions can be found in the /Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Upgrade PostgreSQL folder.

Starting from DaVinci Resolve 12.5.3, new installations will include PostgreSQL version 9.5.4.
 
 
 
 
 

 

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When is Resolve Stills coming out? Haha

I want to stop using Lightroom and Capture One for my still work all together :) 

Resolve is so powerful and I feel like even with 90% of the tools taken out and some better RAW support/adjustments and modified asset management and UI, a version could be sold as Resolve Stills and it would be more successful than any of the current tools in photography, except Photoshop.

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6 hours ago, cameronrad said:

When is Resolve Stills coming out? Haha

I want to stop using Lightroom and Capture One for my still work all together :) 

Resolve is so powerful and I feel like even with 90% of the tools taken out and some better RAW support/adjustments and modified asset management and UI, a version could be sold as Resolve Stills and it would be more successful than any of the current tools in photography, except Photoshop.

I use it for pictures already.
Use Adobe DNG converter before.

The outcome is way nicer than anything Adobe Camera RAW (which debayers for lightroom as well) can do.

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