Peter Chamberlain September 7, 2017 Share September 7, 2017 We are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve 14. This is a no charge update for all existing DaVinci Resolve Studio customers. The free version is also available on our support web site.https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion For details of what's new in DaVinci Resolve 14 please review the read me below. Whats new in DaVinci Resolve 14 Collaboration • All new collaboration workflow which allows multiple users to work on the same project at the same time • Added ability for collaborating video/audio editors and colorists to work on the same timeline at the same time • Resolve Collaboration supports any shared storage technology and works with a PostgreSQL shared database server • Support for live saving all collaborator actions in a collaborative project • Support for Project Manager indicators to show collaborative projects • Ability for collaborators to pick a profile on their shared projects • Ability to open a bin in read-only mode by Alt/Option + click • First come first serve write access for Media Pool Bins with read access for everyone else • Live Media Pool side bar bin updates including user locks and refresh available indicators • Timeline indicators to show user locks and refresh available • Live update of Color Page thumbnail icons to indicate user locks and refresh available • Live sharing of Color Page still galleries • New compare timeline tool to simplify merging timelines from multiple collaborative users • Live group chat feature on collaborative projects Improved Performance, Fluidity And Usability All new image processing engine with numerous performance improvements and optimizations • New image processing engine which maximizes single and multi-GPU utilization • Support for GPU processing using Metal on Mac • New optimized Performance Mode for improved playback • New dynamic memory manager for optimized CPU memory usage • Improved performance on single GPU laptops and workstations • Improved editing and playhead fluidity on the Edit page timeline • Dramatically improved latency of JKL playback • Improved Color Page playback start/stop latency • Improved Multicam playback performance • Improved organization of Project Settings, User Preferences and System Preferences • Improved organization of the Workspace menu • Improved pan and zoom on viewers when using the trackpad with support for an Alt/Option modifier • Improved scrubbing and playback performance for compressed CinemaDNG clips • Improved performance when scrubbing H.264 and similar codecs • Support for hardware accelerated H.264 decoding when using NVIDIA GPUs on Linux and Windows • Support for improved CPU usage All new database engine for improved management and performance on PostgreSQL and DiskDB • All new live save option where changes are saved as you work • Support for incremental fast saves in the new and improved DiskDB • Ability to save, load, update and delete user UI layout presets Improved media access and performance • Improved H.264 encode and decode performance • Improved decode performance of 10-bit 4K H.264 media on DaVinci Resolve Studio • Improved playback performance for 4K AVC Intra clips • Improved performance for file listing in Media Storage • Improved scrolling performance in Media Storage folders and Media Pool bins with many clips • Improved speed of importing AAF timelines • Improve speed of Optimized media generation, transcoding and fusion rendering • Support for Optimized Media in 3D stereoscopic clips • Support of high frame rate timelines up to 120 frames per second - DaVinci Resolve Studio only • Support for up to 16Kx16K source images and timeline resolution • Ability to drag a file or folder from Finder/Explorer to Media Storage in order to navigate there • Improved performance when loading Gallery stills • Improved audio quality when scrubbing a clip in the source viewer Audio • New Fairlight audio processing engine for all audio in Resolve • A dedicated Fairlight page with audio editing, mixing, finishing and mastering controls • Support for unlimited audio tracks and 8 main, sub and aux outputs • Support for Fairlight Audio Accelerator with MADI and Fairlight Audio Interface • Support for Fairlight free standing and desktop consoles • Single and dual monitor UI configurations on the Fairlight page • Fairlight page includes Media Pool, timeline, metering, mixer, effects, video preview, timeline index and inspector • Support for Media Pool option to only Show Clips with Audio or Show All Clips in the Fairlight page Key features • Six band EQ for every track • Expander/Gate, Compressor and Limiter Dynamics for every track • 2D Pan control for sound placement • Timeline toolbar includes a pointer and a marquee tool, automation state, snapping, flags, markers and timeline options • Automation includes trim state, touch, latch or off mode, event selection • Ability to individually enable fader, mute, pan, EQ, compressor, Gate, Aux, Limiter and Plugins • Ability to render multiple audio buses and tracks • Added support for up to 8 faders on 3rd Party Audio Control Surfaces using HUI protocol on Mac and Windows Monitoring and metering features • Level meters for all channels, Masters, Subs, Aux and groups • Monitoring of main outputs available in mono, stereo, 5.1, Atmos, Auro, DTS, IMAX and multichannel up to 22.2 • Compound metering, including speaker group selection, phase and loudness with integration control • Video preview available as docked or popup viewer with SDI video output • Ability to setup speaker configurations using ⁃ Blackmagic Design video I/O hardware devices ⁃ Blackmagic Design Fairlight Audio Interface ⁃ System Audio or connected USB audio devices Timeline features • Track sidebar includes controls for gain, automation, lock, solo, mute and record • Track sidebar includes indicators for track number, name, color, linked track and meters • Timeline clips include user selectable indicators for clip name, gain, FX, group, EQ, source, speed, linked status, stem/channel bit depth, sample rate and source channel • Timeline clips include waveforms with borders, gain level, fade handles and automation keyframe control • User selection of timecode display with subframes and samples, feet and frames or only samples • Five preset and custom user selectable track height with locks • New timeline index shows tracks and markers • Added support for stepping single frames on the Fairlight page using K+J and K+L keys • Added support for half-speed playback on the Fairlight page using JKL keys • Added support in the Fairlight page timeline for moving tracks up/down • Added support for locking tracks in the Fairlight page • Added support for the Razor command in the Fairlight page • Support for layered audio editing allowing stacked clips on a single audio track • Added option to switch between overwrite mode and layering mode when editing audio clips UI dialogs for setup and assignment • Each mixer track includes input selection, effects, insert, EQ and dynamics graphs, output selection, aux, pan, main and submix selections • Mixer also includes track name and color, grouping, record, mute and solo selection and gain fader with meters General audio improvements • Support for pitch correction when performing speed changes on all platforms • Support for pitch correction during FFW and FRW playback on the Edit page timeline Edit Key new features • Support for track colors on the timeline • Support for dragging just video or audio from the source viewer • Support for a toggle to switch between single viewer and dual viewer mode • Support of OFX plugins as filters in Timeline • Ability to drag and drop a transition from one clip to another • Redesigned Effects Library for easier navigation and search • Playback now continues when performing a trim during looped playback • Support for improved "Play Around" functionality with contextual behavior depending on selection • Support for Blur Dissolve transition • Support for audio waveforms on Multicam Clips, Compound Clips and Timeline Clips • Support for alpha rendering from source when using Fusion Connect • Added support for Live Preview of clip thumbnails in the Media and Edit page source viewers • Added menu options and shortcuts for marking and clearing split Video and Audio In and Out marks • Added menu option and shortcut for creating a SubClip • Improved scrolling on timeline when using Alt/Option + mouse wheel to scroll Clip adjustment improvements • Ability to "Remove Attributes" from one or multiple clips • Added support for Crop Softness in Paste Attributes • New menu option to freeze frame the current frame under the playhead • Ability to select all keyframes in Keyframe and Curve editor using Ctrl/Command+A • Ability to linearize/smoothen curves for multiple selected keyframes in the Keyframe and Curve editor Clip trim improvements • Ability to Alt/Option+Shift drag to resize a clip’s In or Out point over an adjacent clip to automatically create a transition • Ability to Alt/Option+Shift drag a clip from the Media Pool to overlap a clip in the timeline to add a transition • Support for two new trim commands in the Trim menu ⁃ Slip Playhead to In ⁃ Slip Playhead to Out • Support for slip functionality when performing an Extend Edit • Ability to duplicate and superimpose dragging selected clips from a track while holding down Alt/Option + Shift • Support for snapping when dragging and placing text elements in a Title in the Timeline viewer • Support for improved snapping when performing ripple edits • Ability to perform playback using JKL in Dynamic Trim Mode when no clip or edit point is selected • Added support for displaying the composited preview in 2-Up and 4-Up modes when trimming Conform improvements • Support for user selectable conform criteria when performing "Reconform from Bins" • Ability to "Reconform from Media Storage folders" for a Timeline • Reconform from Bins now has support for selected clips or all clips • Force Conform has been renamed to Conform Lock • Support for missing on disk indicators and missing in Media Pool indicators in the Timeline • Support for importing 3D Warp Pitch and Yaw parameters in AAF from Avid Media Composer • Support for the following Index filtering options ⁃ Show Clip Color ⁃ Show Clips with Composite Effects ⁃ Show Clips with Transform Effects ⁃ Show Clips with Filters ⁃ Show Clips with Speed Effects ⁃ Show Fusion Connect Clips ⁃ Show Compound Clips and Nested Timelines ⁃ Show Clip conflicts ⁃ Show Flags of a particular color ⁃ Show Markers of a particular color ⁃ Show Stills and Freeze Frames • Ability to see conflicts in the Index Match column • New Position Lock on toolbar to lock ripple on tracks and timelines for Online Editing • Project setting to enable/disable automatically Conform when adding clips to Media Pool • Ability to set default number tracks and types in Project Settings > Editing > New Timeline Settings Marker improvements • Ability to display marker information as viewer overlays • Ability to list clip markers in the Media Pool list view • Ability to convert an In and Out point selection into a duration marker • Ability to navigate between markers from the option menu in the viewers • Ability to search and filter in the Index using Marker Name and Marker Notes fields • Ability to multi select timeline markers using a marquee Media Pool improvements • Support for multiple Media Pool windows either as a 2-up/4-up docked view or as new pop-up windows • Ability to hover over Media Pool thumbnails to mark in and out • Ability to "Rediscover Optimized Media" in the Media Pool • Ability to "Unlink Selected Clips" in the Media Pool • Support for missing on disk indicators in the Media Pool for both the thumbnail and list view • Support for Smart Bin and Smart Filtering based on Display Name • Ability to Create Bin With Selected Clips • Ability to create Smart Bin filters using Marker Name and Marker Notes • Ability to search in the Media Pool using Marker Name and Marker Notes fields • Ability to perform comma separated text matches in Media Pool search, Smart Bins and Smart Filters • Ability to add/remove items from current selection with keyboard modifiers (Ctrl/Command, Shift and Alt/Option) • Ability to Alt/Option drag clips in the Media Pool to duplicate them and put them in another bin • Added ability to edit and update existing Media Pool custom column layouts • Added a new column for audio codec in the Media Pool General improvements • Previous/Next clip now ignores selection when the selected clip is not visible • Support for a "Playback post-roll" option in the Timeline menu • Ability to drag video only or audio only from the timeline to the Media Pool • Support for retaining playhead position and in and out positions when swapping timelines • Ability to drag a OpenFX/ResolveFX filter onto one or multiple selected clips • Support for selecting resize algorithm per clip in the Inspector • Support for a progress bar when applying Lens Correction • Support for 100% levels in EBU Color Bar generator • Ability to search “All Fields" when applying a search filter in the Index • Support for toggling "Show Reference Wipe" is now available on the Edit page • Ability to Alt/Option click only the audio or video to override a linked clip selection • Added support for new Four Color Gradient generator • Added menu options and shortcuts for marking and clearing split Video and Audio In and Out marks • Added menu option and shortcut for creating a SubClip • Added support for viewing track layers in the Edit Index Color ResolveFX improvements • ResolveFX plugins are now sorted into logical groups of effects • Support for starred favorites for OpenFX is now available on the Color page • Ability to paste tracking data between the FX tracker and the Power Window tracker • Improved ResolveFX Lens Flare • Support for Gamut Mapping in the ResolveFX Color Space Transform plugin • Support for Tone Mapping in the ResolveFX Color Space Transform plugin New ResolveFX Plugins • ResolveFX Face Refinement - GPU Accelerated - DaVinci Resolve Studio only • ResolveFX Warper - DaVinci Resolve Studio only • ResolveFX Match Move - DaVinci Resolve Studio only • ResolveFX Color Stabilizer - GPU Accelerated - DaVinci Resolve Studio only • ResolveFX Timelapse Deflicker - GPU Accelerated - DaVinci Resolve Studio only • ResolveFX Contrast Pop - GPU Accelerated - DaVinci Resolve Studio only • ResolveFX Color Compressor - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Abstraction - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Watercolor - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Lens Distortion - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Gamut Mapping - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Dead Pixel Fixer - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Alpha Matte Shrink and Grow - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Color Palette - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Dehaze - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Sharpen - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Sharpen Edges - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Soft Sharpen Skin - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Camera Shake - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Deband - GPU Accelerated • ResolveFX Grid - GPU Accelerated General improvements • Support for a new advanced Stabilizer in the Tracker palette • Improved ResolveFX tracker when using multiple tracking points • Ability to add and control ResolveFX and OpenFX plugins under Modes from the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel • Support for improved jog and shuttle control on DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel • Ability to toggle LightBox SDI output from the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel using Shift Down + CONFORM • Ability to toggle full screen LightBox from the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel using Shift Up + CONFORM • Ability to press and hold Reset on the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panels to reset the node graph • Ability to press and hold Previous/Next Frame on the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panels to jump to the beginning/end of the clip • Ability to press play/reverse repeatedly on the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panels to increase playback speed • Ability to set the LCD brightness of the DaVinci Resolve Mini panel using LCD brightness in Control Panel settings • Ability to set the key backlighting of the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panels in Control Panel settings • Ability to remember Bars vs. Wheels when switching to Primary from a Control Panel • Improved various knob and parameter sensitivities on the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panels • Added support for manual IP configuration for DaVinci Mini panels • Support for white balance picker to automatically set temperature and tint • Support for white and black point picker for automatic color balance • Improved quality when using Hue vs. Lum curves • Support for Gamut Mapping from Timeline to Output Color Space in Resolve Color Management • Support for Tone Mapping from Timeline to Output Color Space in Resolve Color Management • Support for the Common LUT Format (CLF) with examples - DaVinci Resolve Studio only • Support for scopes as an overlay on the Cinema viewer • Support for new commands and shortcuts to move selected keyframes • Selection of multiple keyframes no longer needs a modifier key • Support for track color on Color page timeline • Added support for a locked node indicator in the node graph • Support for plugin name on FX nodes • Support for full height OpenFX inspector in full screen mode • Ability to set default number of neighboring clips for Split Screen in Project Settings > Color • Support for Clip Color indicators in the Color page Timeline • Support for adding any Media Pool clip as a matte to the current clip on the Color page • Added support to ARRI look (CDL + LUT) for Alexa SXT Quicktime clips • Added Canon Log 2 support in Resolve Color Management • Added RED Wide Gamut colorspace and Log3G10 gamma support in Resolve Color Management • Ability to generate LUTs in Resolve Color Management, ACES and ACEScc projects • Improved support for ACES v1.0.3 • Support for ACEScc, ACEScct and ACEScg color spaces in Resolve Color Management • Support for ACEScc, ACEScct and ACEScg color spaces in the ResolveFX Color Space Transform plugin • Support for ACEScc, ACEScct and ACEScg IDTs and ODTs when using ACES • Added a new LMT Neon Suppression CLF • Support for clip output render caching from pre and post group node graph • Support for showing picker RGB values in 8 bit or 10 bit available in the View menu • Ability to to toggle the viewer overlay mode on/off using Shift + ` • Support for Ctrl/Command and Ctrl/Command+Shift for half and quarter increments in Printer Lights Hotkeys • Added support for selecting all clips in the Color page using Command/Ctrl+A • Added Color page thumbnail indicator for Edit page OpenFX applied on clips • Improved viewer image quality when zooming in and out of the Color page viewer • Added support for latest X-rite ColorChecker chart • Improved color match behavior for X-Rite Color Checker Classic color chart Media • Support for source viewer video I/O playback of clips not at the project frame rate • Support for user selectable checksum methods in Clone Tool option menu • Ability to unmount drives from Media Storage on Mac and Windows • Ability to set custom whole number frame rates from 1 to 120 fps in Clip Attributes • Support for option to import ARRIRAW clips at the Open Gate resolution in Project Settings > CameraRAW > ARRI • Support for automatically cropping ARRI Quicktime clips to show only the active area of the sensor • Added support for additional clip metadata in CinemaDNG files, including shutter, ISO, focal length and lens information • Added support for viewing location metadata for QuickTime clips with geotagging • Added support for viewing location metadata on Blackmagic Design CinemaDNG clips • Support for decoding clips from the Canon C200 camera • Support for decoding AC-3 audio in MTS and Quicktime files on Windows and Mac • Support for latest EasyDCP library • Support for decoding Nikon RAW files • Support for encoding and decoding Cineform files on all platforms • Support for decoding MultiPart OpenEXR • Support for decoding and encoding 32-bit float OpenEXR clips • Support for Constant and Variable bitrate in Quicktime ProRes and DNxHR codecs • Support for H.264 multi-pass encoding on Mac • Support for decoding H.264 Intra 422 10bit - DaVinci Resolve Studio only • Support for encoding to the MP4 format • Support for decoding High 10 Profile H.264 files on DaVinci Resolve Studio • Support for encoding VP9 profiles with higher bit-depth • Support for Network Optimization option in Quicktime renders • Support for 10b and 12b encoding options for DNxHR HQX and DNxHR 444 • Support for Rec.2100 metadata in QuickTime renders • Support for decoding and encoding 32-bit float WAV files • Support for QuickTime reference movies on Linux and Windows • Added support for automatically searching the current folder when a QuickTime reference clip is not found • Support for drop frame timecode when performing a 3:2 pull down during encode General • DaVinci Resolve Studio now also supports license key based activation • Support for an improved Project Manager with an integrated Database manager • Added ability to resize the Project Manager window • Added support for manually updating thumbnails in the Project Manager • Ability to copy and paste one or multiple projects between databases • Ability to sort list of databases in Database manager • Support for a new Bicubic resizing filter option • User settings such as layout preferences are now saved locally on the machine • Ability to drag a bin into another bin in the Media Pool right hand side view • Support for a smaller page switcher on smaller screens • Ability to type in Project Manager and browse dialogs to automatically navigate to and highlight matches • Support for searching for shortcuts by command name or shortcut in Project Settings > Keyboard Mapping • Support for displaying conflicts when assigning shortcuts in Project Settings > Keyboard Mapping • Modifying default keyboard mapping presets are now automatically stored as Custom • Tags now support non-text parameters such as Timecode, Dates, Numbers and Resolutions • Data Burn-In is now a floating window available on the Edit, Color, Fairlight and Deliver page through the Workspace menu • Support for undo/redo history available in the Edit menu • Support for an option to stop playback when frames are dropped on the SDI output • Support for remembering the last open page across multiple sessions • Added JKL playback support when in Cinema mode • Added a shortcut for Blackmagic Design’s Training resources in the Help menu Link to comment Share on other sites
