Peter Chamberlain

We are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve Studio 16.2.4 which improves performance and addresses a few issues based on customer feedback. Thank you for your feedback and especially to those who have the preferences option to auto report issues and check for updates.

This is a no charge update for existing customers who can download this release from our support page.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion

We recommend that you back up all active databases and current projects before upgrading to this release and encourage you to update your systems to v16.2.4.

What's new in DaVinci Resolve Studio 16.2.4

• Support for Blackmagic RAW SDK 1.8.
• Improved debayering support for EOS-1D X Mark III and EOS R5 raw clips.
• Improved syncing of playhead between timeline and viewer in the sync bin.
• Improved tone mapping behavior when performing wipes in HDR projects.
• Improved Kakadu JPEG 2000 decode performance on Linux and Windows.
• Addressed an issue with cropping the upper track in some scenarios.
• Addressed an issue with removing freeze frames in retimed clips.
• Addressed an issue with adjusting volume on a multi-track audio clip.
• Addressed an issue with saving the project after moving audio keyframes.
• Addressed an issue with waveform displays when scrolling the timeline.
• Addressed an issue with audio waveforms in sync bin and sync clip.
• Addressed an issue with resetting the MediaIn node in the inspector.
• Addressed an issue with trimming still images in the Fusion keyframes panel.
• Addressed an issue with flashing alpha on EXR clips with Fusion comps.
• Addressed a preview issue with aux channels and combiner nodes.
• Addressed an issue with slower renders for custom tools..
• Addressed an issue with gradient modifiers applied on color controls.
• Multiple performance and stability improvements.

We are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve Studio 16.2.3 which improves performance and addresses a few issues based on customer feedback. 

Thank you for your feedback and especially to those who have the preferences option to auto report issues and check for updates.

This is a no charge update for existing customers who can download this release from https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion]our support page.

We recommend that you back up all active databases and current projects before upgrading to this release and encourage you to update your v16 systems to v16.2.3.

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 16.2.3
• Support for Dolby Vision 4.1 CM algorithm to generate v2.9 trims from v4.
• Option to export a Dolby Vision v2.9 XML from a v4 project.
• Support for RED SDK 7.3.2.
• Faster Metal decoding for Canon EOS-1D X Mark III and EOS R5 clips.
• Addressed incorrect playback for some ARRIRAW clips.
• Addressed an issue with ACES IDTs for some ARRI MXF clips.
• Addressed a focus and text entry issue for editable media pool fields.
• Addressed an issue rippling audio extend edits in trim mode.
• Addressed display issues with track and edit index in Fairlight page.
• Addressed a layered editing issue when cloning audio clips.
• Addressed incorrect behavior moving tracks over linked audio tracks.
• Addressed incorrect masking in Text+ when using image shading.
• Addressed incorrect behavior deleting gradient points in inspector.
• Addressed multiple issues with blank Fusion previews.
• Addressed an issue persisting viewer LUTs with comps in Fusion page.
• Addressed an issue with offline reference wipe sizing in the viewer.
• Multiple performance and stability improvements.

With thanks to everyone who has participated in the public beta program, today we are pleased to announce that DaVinci Resolve 16 Studio beta 5 and Fusion 16 Studio beta 5 are now available on our support web site. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion

We believe this release candidate is ready for you to migrate to and so we strongly encourage all beta users to update to this beta version as we move closer to GM.

For users moving from v15, please back up your database, make drp's of your active projects and restore the DB in preparation for the version upgrade as you can not go back to v15 with a v16 DB.

DaVinci Resolve beta 5 readme

New features
• Initial support for selection and editing of video tracks and clips in the Fairlight page
• Support for monitoring audio from external monitoring sources
• Support for annotating markers using lines and rectangles
• Support for 4:4:4 SDI input for Resolve Live

Cut
• Addressed an issue where custom defaults for transitions in the Cut page would not be persisted between application restarts
• Addressed an issue where the Cut page viewer would not show waveforms for some clips in Range Edit mode

Edit
• Improved easing behavior for position keyframes
• Added support for option to display individual audio channels in the Edit timeline
• Addressed an issue where ganging viewers and previewing a media pool clip in the Edit page would sometimes cause a hang
• Addressed an issue where dragging media pool clips to another bin in the Edit page would sometimes cause a crash
• Addressed an issue where renaming duplicated timelines would not refresh the timeline options in the viewer
• Addressed an issue where changing the duration of a transition aligned to a clip end from the inspector would behave incorrectly 
• Addressed an issue where flattening multicam clips in timelines with different frame rates would behave incorrectly
• Addressed an issue where adding an adjustment clip to the timeline using the edit viewer overlay would behave incorrectly 
• Addressed an issue where copying video plugin attributes in the Edit page would not correctly refresh the OpenFX tab in the inspector
• Addressed an issue where some application menus would still be active for clip selections on a locked track in the Edit page
• Addressed an issue where adding some subclips of multicam or compound clips to the Edit timeline would behave incorrectly
• Addressed an issue where sub-clips would show incorrect waveforms when the audio frequency was not 48KHz
• Addressed an issue where the source viewer would sometimes show incorrect waveforms for clips with synced audio
• Addressed an issue where dragging clips from the file browser to the timeline would sometimes not show the full clip waveform

Fusion
• Improved visual progress and feedback when rendering savers on the Fusion page
• Improved the performance of paint when a large numbers of individual strokes are used
• Improved tiling calculations in renderer3D, allowing larger render sizes to be handled more efficiently
• Improved performance of LUTs used with GPU acceleration
• Removed non-functional blend control from Renderer 3D node
• Addressed an issue where ResolveFX nodes on the Fusion page would cause a hang when running in certain languages
• Addressed an issue where ResolveFX nodes on the Fusion page would not save correctly when running in certain languages
• Addressed an issue where saving an image from a viewer could cause a crash
• Addressed an issue where the trails tool would fail to function correctly on multi-GPU systems
• Addressed an issue where pre-matte range on ultrakeyer could cause incorrect results
• Addressed an issue where attaching certain modifiers to clone controls, such as merge or blur’s blend, would cause a hang
• Addressed an issue in channel boolean where copying auxiliary channels into color channels would cause the red and blue channels to be swapped
• Addressed an issue in channel boolean where copying non-existent auxiliary channels would cause a crash
• Addressed an issue where a large number of individual paint strokes would sometimes cause a crash
• Addressed an issue where a maskpaint downstream of another mask node would sometimes cause a crash
• Addressed an issue where out-of-order particle evaluation would sometimes cause inconsistent results
• Addressed an issue where adding a MIDI modifier would sometimes cause a crash
• Addressed an issue where MIDI modifier would not correctly map the path to its referenced file
• Addressed an issue where multi-box blur would sometimes cause a crash in low-GPU memory situations
• Addressed an issue where the combiner node would not correctly handle domain-of-definition and canvas color processing
• Addressed an issue where renderer3D would occasionally attempt to allocate an illegally sized super sample buffer causing render failures
• Addressed an issue where channel boolean would crash in low-GPU memory situations
• Addressed an issue where fuses were unable to set LUT spline colors correctly
• Addressed an issue where flipbooks would not display correctly on retina screens
• Addressed an issue where fullscreen flipbooks would sometimes cause a crash during playback
• Addressed multiple issues with view layout not being correctly restored, especially when dealing with maximized view panes
• Addressed an issue with cleanplate, where the grow edges option could cause inconsistent results
• Addressed an issue where nodes performing fill operations on integer images could fill with incorrect values
• Addressed an issue where a transform-matrix based tool (merge, transform, trackers, etc) could crash if all layers’ DoD fell outside the resultant image
• Addressed an issue with lumakeyer, where it would use swapped red and blue channels in certain cases
• Addressed several issues where excessive GPU memory could be used, resulting in errors or crashes

Color
• Addressed an issue where deleting the last node in the color page node graph for a clip with OpenFX applied would sometimes cause a crash
• Addressed an issue where showing clip handles in Color page when live save is enabled would cause the application to freeze
• Addressed an issue where grabbing a still in the Color page would not automatically highlight the still
• Addressed an issue where applying ResolveFX stylize would show incorrect results on some macOS systems
• Addressed an issue where the enabled state of a shared node would sometimes not be saved
• Addressed an issue where deleting a timeline copy would sometimes invalidate the cache from the original timeline
• Addressed an issue where the waveform scope colorize option would not be persisted across application restarts
• Addressed an issue where GPU accelerated scopes would not refresh during playback when the Color page viewer was hidden
• Addressed an issue where marker and flag filters in the lightbox view in the Color page would not be persisted across application restarts
• Addressed an issue where images with alpha would have artifacts when cached in Resolve Color Management or ACES workflows

Fairlight
• Addressed an issue where the bus format dialog would not show the correct track format when applying global track presets in the Fairlight page
• Addressed an issue where the bus assign dialog would not be refreshed when undoing bus assignment changes in the Fairlight page
• Addressed an issue where the context menu for adding crossfades would sometimes be grayed out in the Fairlight timeline
• Addressed an issue where SMPTE timecode generator settings in the Fairlight page would not be persisted between application restarts
• Addressed an issue where audio fades and waveforms would not be displayed for stereo tracks at certain track heights in the Fairlight page
• Addressed an issue where clip fade handles and gain keyframes could be edited in elastic wave mode
• Addressed an issue where audio fades made by keyframing clip gain would show noisy playback in the Fairlight page
• Addressed an issue where bus return from external patching sources would not be recalled correctly in Fairlight timelines
• Addressed an issue where punching out of automation changes would incorrectly hide automation curves till playback is stopped in the Fairlight page

Media and codecs
• Addressed an issue where analyzing clips for people would sometimes cause a hang on some systems with NVIDIA graphics cards
• Addressed multiple issues with importing AAF files
• Addressed an issue where toggling proxy mode would invalidate render cache
• Addressed an issue where show non-rectified waveforms in the media pool would not be persisted between application restarts
• Addressed an issue where extracting audio from some QuickTime clips would not work correctly
• Addressed an issue where aspect ratio metadata would not be encoded correctly to DPX clips
• Addressed an issue where some color metadata would be read incorrectly for some ProRes clips
• Addressed an issue where some ProRes clips would be decoded with incorrect resolutions on Windows
• Addressed an issue where hardware accelerated encoding of H.264 clips would sometimes fail when rendering beyond the high bit rate supported in hardware
• Addressed an issue where media pool selection and sort order would not be synchronized across pages
• Improved detection of the DolbyVision track in IMF clips
• Addressed an issue where the supplemental package option would sometimes not be available when creating IMF packages in the Deliver page
• Addressed an issue where laptops with external monitors connected would sometimes not show the QuickSync option to encode H.264 and H.265 clips
• Addressed an issue where the audio track format would display incorrectly in the Deliver page settings

General
• Addressed an issue where workspace scripts sub-menu would sometimes not correctly reflect the underlying scripts folder
• Addressed an issue where loading a project with very small resolution timelines would sometimes cause a crash
• Addressed an issue where some context menu actions would not be listed with the correct name in the keyboard customization dialog
• General performance and stability improvements

Thank you to everyone who has reported issues with the first beta for DaVinci Resolve 16 and Fusion 16. A special thank you those users who have selected to "Automatically send problem reports" (you can find that in DaVinci Resolve, Preferences, System, General) as these reports with the repo notes have helped reproduce a number of issues which we have addressed.

We are pleased to announce DaVinci Resolve 16 Studio beta 2 and Fusion 16 Studio beta 2 is now available. For Studio users this is a free upgrade from all previous versions. There is also a free DaVinci Resolve 16 beta 2 available and you can find the links to the new betas here.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion

If you have reported an issue previously we would appreciate if you could cross check with this list and verify that those items listed below are now working correctly and report on the Beta 16 Sub-forum any outstanding issues you find. 
Thank you.


Resolve 16
Improved support for actions using keyboard shortcuts in Cut page
Improved performance and stability when rendering mask shapes when using the Metal GPU processing mode in Fusion page
Improved GPU performance for Duplicate tool in Fusion page
Improved GPU performance for MotionBlur options in Fusion tools
Improved zoom behavior in the keyframe and spline panels in the Fusion page
Improved performance when performing audio only renders
Improved support for reading EXIF metadata
Improved scripting API with ability to call GetCurrentTimecode() during playback
Support for toggling between timeline and source viewer modes in the Cut page
Support for unlinking Frame.io clips in the media pool
Support for syncing annotations added in Resolve to Frame.io

Issues addressed in beta 2
Addressed an issue with crashes on startup for some Windows laptops with Intel graphics along with discrete GPUs
Addressed an issue where opening a new or saved project on some Windows laptops with discrete GPUs would cause a crash
Addressed multiple issues with GPU memory full errors in some Windows systems
Addressed an issue with importing AAFs with frame rates different from the project frame rate
Addressed an issue where multi-cams containing compound clips would show blank frames on the viewer

Cut
Addressed an issue with inconsistent timeline scroll directions in the Cut page when using a trackpad
Addressed an issue where offline media would not be shown with the correct color in the Cut page
Addressed an issue where the volume icon would not correctly reflect the Mute status in the Cut page
Addressed an issue where moving tracks up or down in the Edit timeline would not be reflected correctly in the Cut timeline
Addressed an issue where snapping would not be consistently applied for roll edits in the Cut timeline
Addressed an issue where inserting clips at the start of timeline would not work correctly in the Cut page
Addressed an issue where selecting audio transitions in the Cut page would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where trimming gaps in the Cut page would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where the range editor would sometimes show blank waveforms on the Cut page
Addressed an issue where clip thumbnails would sometimes not be refreshed correctly after trim operations in the Cut page

Edit
Addressed an issue where using JKL shortcuts to trim clips in Edit page would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where deleting an OpenFX plugin would not refresh the curves widget correctly in the Edit timeline
Addressed an issue where undoing a deleted OpenFX plugin would not restore the OpenFX controls in the Edit inspector
Addressed an issue where clicking on markers on Edit index would not jump to the marker in the Edit timeline
Addressed an issue where repositioning playhead during looped playback in the Edit page would cause audio glitches
Addressed an issue where using SpeedWarp optical flow interpolation on timelines with large resolutions would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where trim tooltips would not be shown on the Edit timeline
Addressed an issue where Bypass Color and Fusion effects would not affect the Cinema viewer in the Edit page
Addressed an issue where clip waveforms would sometimes disappear on the Edit timeline
Addressed an issue where the Show Marker Overlay state would not be persisted between application restarts

Fusion
Addressed an issue with LightTrim when processing integer images in Fusion page
Addressed an issue with inconsistent saturation handling when using the BrightnessContrast tool in Fusion page
Addressed multiple issues with inspector layouts for Loader, Saver and Media In tools
Addressed an issue where using layers as MediaIn from certain EXR clips would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where shadow tool would sometimes show a cropped output in certain situations in the Fusion page
Addressed an issue with saving an image from the Fusion viewer would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where stopping playback would cause the Fusion viewer to show an incorrect frame
Addressed an issue where invoking Edit Splines from the node editor or tool controls would not open the spline panel
Addressed an issue with inconsistent transform, brightness and contrast results with some GPU accelerated tools in the Fusion page
Addressed an issue with different particle render behavior between Windows and MacOS in the Fusion page

Color
Addressed an issue where highlight difference would not work correctly in the Color page
Addressed an issue where toggling live gallery previews would not retain the wipe mode on the Color page
Addressed an issue with incorrect qualifying behavior when using the color picker in ACES projects
Addressed an issue where applying ResolveFX Face Refinement, Vignette or Box blur on timelines with certain resolutions would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where adjustment clips would not be shown with the correct color in the Color and Fairlight pages

Fairlight
Addressed an issue where some Fairlight timeline context menu actions would not be listed in the Keyboard Customization dialog
Addressed an issue where dragging audio samples into FairlightFX Foley Sampler would not correctly place the samples on the keys
Addressed multiple issues with B-Chain delays and controls in the Fairlight page
Addressed an issue where unmuting a VCA group would not correctly restore mute settings to the child audio tracks in the Fairlight page
Addressed an issue where audio clips with 47952 KHz sample rate would cause artifacts during playback in the Fairlight page
Addressed an issue where editing start timecode for a timeline would offset its loudness metering timeline overlays in the Fairlight page
Addressed an issue where un-assigning connections in the Bus Assign dialog would require the dialog to be re-opened before re-assignment
Addressed an issue where deleting samples in FairlightFX Foley Sampler in the Fairlight page would cause a crash

Media-Deliver
Addressed an issue where dragging clips from Finder to floating media pool windows would sometimes add the clips to the Master bin instead of the open bin
Addressed an issue where Dolby Vision IMF packages from an ACES project would be rendered with incorrect gamma
Addressed an issue where some H.264 clips would show artifacts when viewed in some Windows systems
Addressed an issue where setting input resolution mismatch to center crop with no resizing would show incorrect previews when playing back H.264 clips
Addressed an issue where automatic quality options would not be shown in the Deliver page when rendering H.264 or H.265 clips on some Windows systems
Addressed an issue with decoding Sony RAW clips in full resolution
Addressed an issue where the option for NVIDIA hardware acceleration would not be shown in Preferences
Addressed an issue where uploading large clips to Frame.io would fail
Addressed an issue where scrubbing the timeline in the Deliver page would not update the viewer
Addressed an issue where Reset UI layout would not reset GPU scopes settings
Addressed an issue with firmware updates for DaVinci Resolve Advanced Control Panels on Linux systems
General performance and stability improvements

Fusion 16
Improved performance and stability when rendering mask shapes when using the Metal GPU processing mode
Improved GPU performance for Duplicate tool
Improved GPU performance for MotionBlur options in Fusion tools
Improved zoom behavior in the keyframe and spline panels
Addressed an issue with LightTrim when processing integer images
Addressed multiple issues with GPU memory full errors in some Windows systems
Addressed an issue with inconsistent saturation handling when using the BrightnessContrast tool
Addressed multiple issues with inspector layouts for Loader, Saver and Media In tools
Addressed an issue where using layers as MediaIn from certain EXR clips would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where shadow tool would sometimes show a cropped output in certain situations
Addressed an issue with inconsistent transform, brightness and contrast results with some GPU accelerated tools
Addressed an issue with different particle render behavior between Windows and MacOS/Linux systems
Addressed an issue with saving an image from the viewer would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where stopping playback would cause the viewer to show an incorrect frame
Addressed an issue where invoking Edit Splines from the node editor or tool controls would not open the spline panel

General performance and stability improvements

We are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve 15.3
This update is available now as a free download from http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support.

DaVinci Resolve 15.3 adds support for the new Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2 and also Blackmagic RAW version 1.3. This update also improves support for audio metadata such as clip volume, panning, track volume and automation when exporting AAF files. In addition, DaVinci Resolve 15.3 update improves high frame rate timecode support for EXR clips. If you’re using Windows, DaVinci Resolve 15.3 features better AAC audio handling as well as improved Wacom tablet responsiveness.

While there is no database change for this update we recommend you back up your active databases, export any current projects to .drp files and update to this release as it includes a number of general performance and stability improvements.

We are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve 15.2.1. 

This is a no charge update to all existing customers and does not require a database update so is simple to download and install. Please visit https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion

We would like to thank everyone who provides feedback on issues they find especially those who use the automated crash reporting tool that's in DaVinci Resolve.

For customers on much older versions of DaVinci Resolve, please back up your database, export a drp for any active projects and plan an upgrading to this version.



What's new in DaVinci Resolve 15.2.1

• Addressed an issue where rendering to the MXF OP1A format would cause a crash or generate a corrupt file
• Addressed an issue where opening projects using the context menu would sometimes cause a crash
• Addressed an issue where the dynamic project switching option would reflect an incorrect state across application restarts
• Addressed an issue where switching databases when working on a collaboration project would sometimes cause an application hang
• Addressed an issue with creating a new multicam or compound clip in a project with drop frame enabled
• Addressed an issue where adding a folder containing subtitle files to the media pool would cause a crash
• Addressed an issue where deleting a clip with retime controls enabled would cause a crash in the Edit page
• Addressed an issue where the duplicate clip action would not work when Fusion compositions were selected
• Addressed an issue where audio in rendered QuickTime clips would be incorrectly tagged as dual mono instead of stereo on Windows and Linux
• Addressed an issue with color space and gamma tagging when rendering to XAVC
• Addressed an issue where the highlights in certain Canon raw clips would have a purple tint
• Addressed an issue where switching monitor scaling mode would have no effect on Media and Edit pages
• Addressed an issue with keyboard shortcuts to switch the viewer between source and timeline when in single viewer mode
• Addressed an issue where performing a match frame on the timeline viewer would not switch focus to the source viewer
• Addressed an issue where keyboard shortcuts for Go to In or Out actions would not work when the Edit timeline was in focus
• Addressed an issue where keyboard shortcuts for Import Media would not work when starting a new project
• Addressed an issue where assigning shortcuts to switch to A or C mode sort would not work
• Addressed an issue where deleting a remote version would sometimes switch other clips using the same remote version to local
• Addressed an issue where using enhanced optical flow modes would sometimes cause artifacts during playback
• Addressed an issue where playing back some DPX 10-bit images would show artifacts in the Color page
• Addressed an issue where performing select all after clicking on a clip thumbnail in the Color page would not select all the clips
• Addressed an issue where creating a new Fusion composition in the media pool would cause a crash when Resolve is set to certain languages
• Addressed an issue where transform tools would show an offset when previewing clip proxies in the Fusion page
• Addressed an issue where setting the soft edge of the mask tool to fast gaussian would produce incorrect results
• Addressed an issue where changing the viewer gain or gamma values would not work when drawing a polygon shape in the Fusion page
• Addressed an issue with audio artifacts when previewing sections of audio clips with FairlightFX or audio plugins applied
• Addressed an issue with audio discontinuity when the bypass state is toggled for FairlightFX with latency
• Addressed an issue where inserting an audio clip past another clip with crossfades would sometimes add a crossfade to the new clip
• Addressed an issue where opening the Aux dialog and deleting Aux buses would cause a crash
• Addressed an issue where track formats for nested timeline buses would sometimes not be loaded correctly on the Fairlight page
• Addressed an issue where the fade to playhead actions would not work correctly in the Fairlight page on macOS and Linux
• Addressed an issue where dragging the playhead to the start of the Fairlight timeline would not work correctly when audio scrubbing was enabled
• Addressed an issue where markers would not be shown in the Fairlight index in thumbnail mode
• Addressed an issue where the mark clip action would not work correctly in the Fairlight page
• Addressed an issue where rendering long multi-channel WAV files would sometimes produce incomplete clips
• Addressed an issue where installing the Fairlight Studio Utility would restart the system without prompting the user
• Addressed an issue when handling certain controls in Tangent Elements panels
• Addressed an issue where performing reconform from bins would sometimes cause a crash
• General performance and stability improvements

Minimum system requirements
• macOS 10.12.6 Sierra 
• 16 GB of system memory is recommended and 32 GB is recommended minimum when using Fusion
• Blackmagic Design Desktop Video version 10.4.1 or later
• CUDA Driver version 8.0.63
• NVIDIA Driver version – As required by your GPU
• RED Rocket-X Driver 2.1.34.0 and Firmware 1.4.22.18 or later
• RED Rocket Driver 2.1.23.0 and Firmware 1.1.18.0 or later


Upgrading your PostgreSQL database server on Mac
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.

Installing DaVinci Resolve Software
Double-click the Resolve Installer icon, follow the onscreen instructions and then restart the computer after installation.

To remove DaVinci Resolve from your system, double-click the Uninstall Resolve icon.


Additional Information
Please refer to the latest DaVinci Resolve Configuration Guide for details on Mac OS X support, including certified driver versions for third party hardware. It is available from http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/.

You will also need to download and install the latest Blackmagic Design Desktop Video software for monitoring with your Blackmagic Design video hardware. Desktop Video is available from http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/.

Hello, we are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve 15.1.2 Studio. This is a no charge update for existing users and can be found on the BMD support web site with the no charge DaVinci Resolve.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion

I'd also like to point out that Resolve now includes a Fusion Loader node, the ability to make compositions directly in the Fusion page and save them to and load from the Media pool.

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 15.1.2
Addressed an issue with running Resolve on case-sensitive disk drive volumes
Addressed an issue where starting DaVinci Resolve would cause a crash on some Windows laptops with integrated and CUDA enabled graphics cards
Addressed an issue where the viewer would flash between video and data levels during playback on some systems running on CUDA
Addressed an issue with stability in remote grading sessions when the client machine had live save enabled
Addressed an issue where applying stabilization on video clips with odd resolutions would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where RGBA images would not be processed premultiplied when using some OpenFX plugins
Addressed an issue where source render cache would not be preserved when copying still or clip grades
Addressed an issue where the ISO selection is incorrectly hidden when applying RAW changes to Blackmagic RAW clips
Addressed an issue where adding a ResolveFX node to a clip during playback would display a critical exception message in the Color page
Addressed an issue where Fusion comps with paint tool applied would sometimes result in the first frame being black
Addressed an issue where copying clips in the Fairlight page would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where dragging an audio clip into audio track layers would sometimes cause a crash in the Edit page
Addressed an issue where dragging an audio clip with no mapped channels into the timeline would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where track mute controls would sometimes show an incorrect automation state on the Edit page
Addressed an issue where playing back some smartphone clips in portrait mode could cause a crash
Addressed an issue where the Delete Through Edit context option would be wrongly shown for all edit points on the Edit page
Addressed an issue where the Photon validation options for IMF packages would not be displayed when Java Development Kit version 11 was installed
Addressed an issue with the DCDM (P3D65 Limited) IDT in ACES 1.1 projects
Addressed an issue where incorrect audio formats would be shown for muted audio tracks in the Deliver page
Addressed an issue when rendering to ProRes 444 where the output could have chroma overflow artefacts
Addressed an issue where rendering Sony clips with Japanese file names would result in incorrect file names on Windows systems
General performance and stability improvements
 

We are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve 15.0.1.

This is a no cost update for existing customers and is available from the BMD support web page. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/

Please note: DaVinci Resolve 15.0.1 requires a database upgrade from DaVinci Resolve 14.3.1 and previous versions. We strongly recommend that you backup your existing database, both DiskDB and PostgreSQL, before performing an upgrade.

What's new
• Support for Dolby certified Dolby Vision™ internal CMU
• Addressed an issue where switching databases would sometimes turn off dynamic project switching
• Addressed an issue where performing a save immediately after loading a project would sometimes be slow
• Addressed an issue where some UTF-8 encoded subtitles would not be correctly imported into the timeline
• Addressed an issue where pasting audio clip attributes for plugins would not work correctly
• Addressed an issue where applying RED IPP2 gamut mapping in DaVinci YRGB Color Managed would show banding
• Addressed an issue where Fusion clips with premultiplied alpha would not display correctly during playback
• Addressed an issue where double clicking HDR10+ parameters would reset to an incorrect value
• Addressed an issue where rendering to unmapped network drives would not behave correctly on Windows
• Addressed an issue where switching projects while on the Fusion page would sometimes not load the user interface correctly
• Addressed an issue where tracks would sometimes show as blank when loading a project in stacked view
• Addressed an issue where disk database projects on macOS would get corrupt due to loss of power during save
• General performance and stability improvements

DaVinci Resolve 15 is now shipping!

Today we announced that the full release of DaVinci Resolve 15 is now shipping! This is a no-charge update for existing customers. The free version and Studio version are both available at www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/.

We would like to thank all of the customers that participated in the beta program, tested the software in a variety of workflows, reported bugs and helped to make DaVinci Resolve 15 even more reliable. Your feedback has been an important part of the development process and we’re grateful to have such a large and talented group of people that care deeply about making DaVinci Resolve the world’s most powerful post-production solution. We look forward to your continued feedback.

Here are some important tips before you update.

Now with more than 2600 pages of information and tips the new DaVinci Resolve 15 User Manual also has a number of chapters on Fusion in DaVinci Resolve. It's available at the support web site and also in each installer package.

Important Information regarding Database Management

DaVinci Resolve 15.0 requires a database upgrade from DaVinci Resolve 14.3.1 and previous versions. We strongly recommend that you backup your existing database (both DiskDB and PostgreSQL) before performing an upgrade. If you have not done this before please refer to the information in the user manual on the Project Manager and Managing the Database. We strongly recommend after backing up the database that you restore from this backup and then upgrade the restored database.

Minimum system requirements

• macOS 10.12.6 Sierra

• Windows 10

• Linux Redhat or CentOS 7.3

• 16 GB of system memory is recommended and 32 GB is recommended minimum when using Fusion

• Blackmagic Design Desktop Video version 10.4.1 or later

Upgrading your PostgreSQL database server on Mac

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.

Additional Information

Please refer to the latest DaVinci Resolve Configuration Guide for details on Mac OS X, Windows 10 and Linux support, including certified driver versions for third party hardware. It is available from www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/.

You will also need to download and install the latest Blackmagic Design Desktop Video software for monitoring with your Blackmagic Design video hardware. Desktop Video is available from www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/.

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 15

Fusion

Key new features

• Fully integrated into the DaVinci Resolve timeline

• Improved workflows removing the need for round trip renders to Fusion

• Initial support for a full Metal, CUDA or OpenCL GPU processing pipeline

• Improved UI for faster and more fluid workflow

• New node graph (Flow)

• New viewers

• New toolbar

• New inspector

• Fusion page now includes

⁃ Media Pool

⁃ Tools library with Templates

⁃ Timeline with Thumbnails

⁃ Spline Editor

⁃ Keyframe Timeline

⁃ Metadata

• Dual screen layouts for the Fusion page

• Support for Fusion in collaborative projects

• Support for various geometry files for Fusion in Media Storage and Media Pool

• Support for importing and exporting Fusion composition files

• Support for caching Fusion page output for clips with Fusion effects applied

• Support for Fusion planar tracker is now available on the non Studio version of DaVinci Resolve

• Support for Fusion planar stabilization is now available on the non Studio version of DaVinci Resolve

• Support for Fusion planar transforms of roto is now available on the non Studio version of DaVinci Resolve

• Support for Fusion planar tracked roto is now available on the non Studio version of DaVinci Resolve

• Support for Fusion optical flow retiming is now available on the non Studio version of DaVinci Resolve

• Support for processing Fusion compositions in linear gamma with color managed and ACES workflows

• Support for Fusion memory cache options in the playback menu

• Support for copying Fusion compositions by middle clicking clip thumbnails

• Support for a Fast Gaussian filter in the Fusion Blur tool

• Support for modifying MediaIn trims and media properties for clips dragged into the Fusion node graph

• Initial support for saver nodes

• Initial support for OpenFX plugins

• Support for GPU accelerated OpenFX plugins

• Initial support for temporal OpenFX plugins

• Initial support for using ResolveFX plugins

Visual effects features

• Vector Paint

• 2D and 3D Compositing

• 3D Camera Tracking in DaVinci Resolve Studio

• Planar Tracking and Rotoscoping

• Node Based Workflow

• 3D Workspace

• Keying and Mattes

• Rotoscoping

• Tracking and Stabilization

• 3D Particles

• Scripting

• Shot Cleanup

• Open Color I/O

• Virtual Set Extensions

Broadcast design and motion graphics features

• 2D and 3D Titles

• 3D Logos

• Animated Text

• Spline Based Animation

• Replicate Objects

• Expressions and Macros

• VR tools in DaVinci Resolve Studio

• Import 3D Models and Scenes

• Built-in 3D Objects

• Realistic Lighting and Shading

• Comprehensive Stereoscopic 3D Tools in DaVinci Resolve Studio

• Deep Pixel Compositing

• Volumetric Effects

Fairlight

Key new features

• ADR (Automatic Dialog Replacement)

• Audio Bounce of a range in selected tracks to layers

• Audio Bounce of one or multiple buses to tracks

• Audio Automation Editing

• Fixed playhead timeline

• Audio scrollers

• Video scroller

• 3D audio pan

• Sound Library

• Support for native FairlightFX

⁃ Chorus

⁃ De-Esser

⁃ De-Hummer

⁃ Delay

⁃ Distortion

⁃ Echo

⁃ Flanger

⁃ Modulation

⁃ Noise Reduction

⁃ Pitch

⁃ Reverb

⁃ Stereo Width

⁃ Vocal Channel

General improvements

• Support for audio normalization in the Edit and Fairlight pages

• Support for pitch control for clips

• Support for Media Pool preview of audio

• Support for audio fade in and out to playhead in the Fairlight timeline

• Support for mixed audio track formats from source clips

• Support for trim to playhead operations in the Fairlight timeline

• Support for preset library for equalizer, dynamics, plugins and global track properties

• Support for inbuilt tone generator

• Support for Compound clips path bar below Fairlight page timeline

• Support for native audio on Linux

• Support to show audio waveforms while recording

• Support for input monitoring to the native audio engine

• Support for reordering audio plugins in the inspector for audio clips

• Support for audio retiming for clips with variable speed changes

• Support for Paste and Remove Attributes for audio clips

• Support for pre-roll and post-roll time in Fairlight timeline

• Support for Loop Jog controls in user interface

• Support for an indicator on the Fairlight timeline when there is an offset between audio and video

• Support for the Fairlight Audio Interface installer on Windows

• Support for a mode to stop and jump to the last position

• Support for track selection and deselection using the track destination selection commands

• Support for selecting buses in the mixer to view and modify their properties in the inspector

• Support for viewing video tracks on the Fairlight timeline

• Support for transport controls from the DaVinci Resolve grading panels on the Fairlight page

• Support for improved timeline view options in the Fairlight timeline

• Support for search in the track and marker index

• Support for resetting edited audio samples in a clip

• Support for subframe audio fades on the timeline

• Improved speaker selection with support for device selections in monitor sets

• Improved consistency of navigation and selection hotkeys between the Edit and Fairlight pages

Performance

• Support for project versioning snapshots to store project backups at set intervals

• Support for only loading the last used timeline when opening a project

• Support for an option to load all the timelines when opening a project

• Support for bypassing color processing on all pages for improved performance on low power systems

• Support for trimming H.264 and other temporal codec formats in Media Management

• Support for GPU acceleration for the ResolveFX Match Move plugin

• Support for GPU acceleration for the stabilizer with a speed up of more than 10x

• Support for new system preference to use optimized image transfers for viewers on supported systems

• Improved performance when rendering H.264 clips

• Improved save and load performance with database optimizations for large projects

• Improved CUDA performance for high resolution clips and timelines

• Improved playback performance when monitoring on a single GPU system with scopes enabled

• Improved playback performance with mismatched output and monitoring resolutions with Blackmagic Design playback devices

• Improved decode and encode speeds for JPEG2000 clips

• Improved performance when encoding to the GoPro Cineform codec

• Improved performance when decoding JPEG image sequences

• Improved responsiveness for OpenFX and ResolveFX on-screen controls

• Improved performance when using optical flow

• Improved performance when using Gaussian Blur in the Fusion page

Edit

• Support for adding, managing and delivering Subtitles and Closed Captions

• Support for 2D and 3D title templates with ability to expand and customize in the Fusion page

• Support to load multiple clips into the source viewer and access the 10 most recent clips

• Support for stacked and tabbed timelines

• Support for position curves in curve editor

• Support for viewing and modifying keyframe curves beyond edit extents for clips with transitions centered on the edit

• Support for menu actions to create Flags and Markers with a specific color

• Support for timecode entry in the Marker dialog

• Support for marker annotations on the viewer

• Support for new Change Clip Duration to modify the duration of one or multiple clips

• Support for finding the source viewer clip in the Media Pool

• Support for caching compound clips, Fusion clips and nested timelines

• Support for caching of titles and generator

• Support for keyframing of OpenFX and ResolveFX plugins

• Support for alpha channel in compound clips

• Support for copying and pasting timecode in the viewer timecode displays

• Support for multiple track gap deletion

• Support for single viewer mode for the dual screen layout

• Support for marking in and out points in Cinema Mode in the Edit page

• Support for optionally showing the iXML channel names for audio files in the timeline

• Support for replacing multiple shots across tracks while retaining grades and effects by Ctrl/Command dragging clips

• Support for categories of video transitions in the Effects Library

• Support for a new Play Again command on Media, Edit and Fairlight players

• Support for optionally disabling ganged moving of audio and video clips across tracks

• Support for rippling clips on the timeline when pasting retime attributes to other clips

• Support for converting between Duration markers and In/Out marks

• Support for viewing clip marker overlays on the timeline viewer

• Support for an indicator for clips with Fusion effects on the Edit and Color pages

• Support for toggling the track-destination state

• Support for improved timeline view options in the Edit timeline

• Support for performing an insert operation by holding Cmd/Ctrl+Shift while dragging clips from the media pool or source viewer

• Support for swapping clips in the Edit timeline using Cmd/Ctrl+Shift and dragging

• Support for a dynamic trim mode icon in the Edit page toolbar with a slip and slider indicator

• Support for an option to insert nested and compound clips in their decomposed state during edit operations

• Support for deleting transitions across clips when one of the clips is deleted

• Support for slipping clips with speed changes applied by a single frame

• Support for performing match frame for the selected clip in the timeline

• Support for improved results when compositing images with transparency

• Support for importing Final Cut Pro X XML version 1.8

• Improved separation and handles between video and audio tracks on the timeline

• Improved timecode entry and playhead navigation

• Improved optical flow for speed changes

• Improved Smooth Cut

• Improved keyboard shortcut mapping

• Improved previews when performing blades on a multi track edit

• Improved ripple cut and ripple delete behavior

• Improved automatic track creation when dragging clips to new tracks

Media

• Support for generation 4 color science when decoding CinemaDNG clips from Blackmagic Design cameras

• Support for Blackmagic Design Film generation 4 to Extended Video LUTs

• Support for Cintel HDR capture

• Support for importing clip markers from a Final Cut Pro 7 XML file

• Support for importing marker colors and duration markers on clips when importing media using FCP7 XML files

• Support for preserving bin hierarchy when importing media and metadata from a Final Cut Pro 7 XML file

• Support clip type icon in list view for both Clip names and File Names

• Support for showing Clip names instead of File names as the default

• Support for replacing a media file and all its instances in the Media Pool

• Support to navigate to synced audio files from a video clip in the Media Pool

• Support for automatically creating subclips by dragging a clip from the viewer to the Media Pool

• Support for source clips with high speed capture frame rates in the Media Pool

• Support for retaining empty folders when importing folders to the Media Pool

• Support for improved LTC detection from clips with multiple audio tracks

• Support for larger clip thumbnails in the Media Pool

• Support for showing clip color indicator in the Media Pool thumbnails

• Support for improved Media Pool column listing

• Support for modifying the extents of subclips from the Media Pool and the timeline

• Support for displaying iXML channel names in clip attributes

• Support for viewing waveforms for audio clips in thumbnail mode in the Media Pool and Media Storage

• Support for live preview of audio clips in the Media Pool and Media Storage

• Support for multiple bin views in collaborative projects

• Support for smaller Media Pool floating windows

• Support for native IMF decoding in DaVinci Resolve Studio

• Support for native Kakadu based JPEG2000 decoding

• Support for decoding unencrypted DCP packages using the Kakadu codec

• Support for ARRI LF camera files

• Support for decoding H.264 clips in the MXF or MTS format

• Support for Canon Log3 in Resolve Color Management

• Support for alpha channel with DNxHR 422 codecs

• Support for decoding 8-bit Phantom Cine clips

• Support for reading color space and gamma information from QuickTime and MXF clips

• Support for alpha channel when decoding from Cineform RGB

• Support for storing the alpha channel when caching to Uncompressed 10-bit float formats

• Support for storing the alpha channel when caching to Uncompressed 16-bit float - HDR

• Support for automatically setting alpha mode based on metadata when importing still images

• Support for decoding FLAC audio files

• Support for HEIF decode on Mac and DaVinci Resolve Studio on Windows and Linux

• Support for decoding TGA images

• Support for decoding DPX RGBA 10bit image sequences

• Support for reading orientation from JPEG and QuickTime files

• Support for decoding GrassValley HQ and HQX codecs in the AVI format

• Support for colorspace, gamma and LUT options for clips from DJI X7 camera

• Support for hardware accelerated decode of Long GOP Panasonic AVC clips on NVIDIA hardware

• Support for Canon C200 IDTs in ACES

• Support for displaying REDCODE metadata for R3D clips

• Support for XAVC-Intra OP1A HDR metadata

• Improved Resolve Color Management support for Sony clips where input color space and gamma are set automatically using metadata

• Improved support for audio waveform sync in multicam clips

• Improved support for decoding MXF XDCAM clips

• Improved reading of Quicktime file metadata

• Updated smart render cache settings to no longer cache H.264 clips automatically

Color

• Support for new SuperScale option for high quality resolution upscaling

• Support for multiple timeline playheads with DaVinci Resolve Advanced panel control

• Support for a new LUT browser in the Color page

• Support for live preview of LUTs and gallery stills

• Support for browsing grades from other timelines in the gallery

• Support for browsing grades from other projects in the expanded gallery view

• Support for batch color version management

• Support for simultaneous HDR and SDR monitoring on supported Blackmagic Design playback devices

• Support for switching between previous and next version for multiple clips

• Support for modifying the qualifier by dragging the controls in the user interface

• Support for denoise in the qualifiers matte finesse controls

• Support for alpha matte shrink and grow in the qualifiers matte finesse controls

• Support for ganging the timeline wipe with the current clip

• Support for option to disable thumbnails in the node graph

• Support for improved Color page node graph user interface

• Support for improved user interactions for selecting nodes and modifying node connections

• Support for enabling and disabling multiple selected nodes in the Color page

• Support for a node context menu option to lock the node

• Support for shared nodes for powerful group management

• Support for Camera RAW controls for Canon RAW clips

• Support for Camera RAW controls for Panasonic RAW clips

• Support for setting Tint globally for all clips in the Camera RAW project settings

• Support for the Media Pool in Color page

• Support for GPU accelerated Dolby Vision™ HDR to SDR metadata generation in DaVinci Resolve Studio - BETA

• Support for license activated GPU accelerated Dolby Vision™ internal CMU in DaVinci Resolve Studio - BETA

• Support for Alt/Option + middle click to copy Dolby Vision™ trim metadata for the current target display

• Support for Alt/Option + Shift + middle click to copy Dolby Vision™ trim metadata for all target displays

• Support for an option to bypass all the trims in Dolby Vision™

• Support for native HDR10+ controls in DaVinci Resolve Studio

• Support for a clip thumbnail indicator to show clips analyzed for Dolby Vision™ and HDR10+ on the Color page

• Support for enabling or disabling tone mapping for Dolby Vision™ and HDR10+ projects

• New ResolveFX Plugins

⁃ ResolveFX Aperture Diffraction in DaVinci Resolve Studio

⁃ ResolveFX Automatic Dirt Removal in DaVinci Resolve Studio

⁃ ResolveFX Deflicker in DaVinci Resolve Studio

⁃ ResolveFX Dust Buster in DaVinci Resolve Studio

⁃ ResolveFX Film Damage

⁃ ResolveFX Flicker Addition

⁃ ResolveFX Lens Reflections in DaVinci Resolve Studio

⁃ ResolveFX Patch Replacer in DaVinci Resolve Studio

• Support for DaVinci CTLs user parameters accessible via ResolveFX DCTL in DaVinci Resolve Studio

• Support for using DaVinci CTLs as input and output LUTs in project settings

• Support for controlling DCTL execution based on DaVinci Resolve version

• Support for the 3D Lookup table interpolation option for DCTLs

• Support for a clipping option when converting from a larger gamut and/or gamma in ResolveFX Color Space Transform

• Support for ResolveFX Match Move is now available on the non Studio version of DaVinci Resolve

• Support for random frame access when using temporal OpenFX plugins is now available on the non Studio version of DaVinci Resolve

• Support for on-screen controls and overlays for various ResolveFX plugins

• Support for stereoscopic convergence on Power Windows

• Support for improved mouse interactivity when selecting or modifying control points on a power window

• Support for showing marker overlays in the Color page viewer

• Support for a dynamic keyframe indicator for nodes in the node graph

• Support for tooltip for Edit page FX icons to display the list of plugins applied

• Support for compound node path bar in the display node graph window

• Support for applying LUTs on compound nodes

• Support for copying nodes and pasting specific values by selecting parameters and using Paste Value

• Support for previewing LUTs by holding Alt/Option pressed while mousing over the LUT context menu

• Support for previewing composite modes in the layer mixer context menu

• Support for listing and navigating to timeline markers from the Color page viewer option menu

• Support for processing a node in a different Resolve Color Managed colorspace or gamma

• Support for selected LUTs in split-screen mode

• Support for previewing the selected album in split-screen mode

• Support for drawing a selection box to select multiple points in ResolveFX Warper

• Support for improved and smoother masks in ResolveFX Face Refinement

• Support for a new enhanced mode for improved noise reduction

• Support for changing the sensitivity of the jog wheel and shuttle control in the DaVinci Resolve Advanced panel

• Support for smart filter options for shared nodes

• Support for smart filter options for clips with Fusion effects

• Support for showing clip color indicator in timeline thumbnails

• Support for assigning colors to nodes

• Support for clip level output blanking overrides

• Support for tool usage badges

• Support for listing the entire gallery still path in the Still Properties window

• Support for RED SDK based Gamut Mapping for Red IPP2 based workflows

• Support for option to process node LUTs in ACEScc AP1 timeline color space or ACES AP0 color space

• Improved cropping quality and behavior when using the advanced video stabilization

• Improved ResolveFX Lens Blur with support for custom aperture shapes

• Improved onscreen controls for ResolveFX Match Move and ResolveFX Dead Pixel Fixer

• Improved viewer mouse interaction and behavior when working on a node with multiple power windows

• Improved DCTLs with ability to include code from headers and use LUTs in DaVinci Resolve Studio

⁃ Check Developer Documentation in the Help menu for more details

• Improved generators, transitions and titles with support for Resolve Color Management and ACES

Deliver

• Support for embedding a subtitle track when encoding QuickTime files

• Support for embedding CEA-608 closed captions when encoding QuickTime files

• Support for embedding CEA-608 closed captions when encoding MXF OP1A files

• Support for embedding CEA-708 closed captions when encoding MXF OP1A clips

• Support for native IMF encoding in DaVinci Resolve Studio

• Support for native Kakadu based JPEG2000 decoding and encoding

• Support for native Kakadu based lossless JPEG 2000 encoding in DaVinci Resolve Studio

• Support for encoding unencrypted DCP packages using the Kakadu codec

• Support for improved codec and format listing in the Deliver page

• Support for modifying the filename field in the Deliver page

• Support for writing color range, color space and other image metadata when encoding to Quicktime DNxHR

• Support for encoding EXR clips with alpha channels

• Support for encoding an alpha channel when rendering TIFF sequences

• Support for alpha channel when encoding to Cineform RGB

• Support for encoding GrassValley HQ and HQX codecs in the AVI format

• Support for replacing existing frame based files in-place during renders

• Support for using the clip name as a data burn-in and Deliver page tag

• Support for option to retain sub-black and super-white data for renders

• Support for rendering with Dolby Vision™/HDR10+ tone mapping applied

• Improved support for encoding HDR and mastering metadata for MXF and IMF formats in DaVinci Resolve Studio

General

• Support for Portuguese in the DaVinci Resolve user interface

• Support for French in the DaVinci Resolve user interface

• Support for single seat Fusion Studio dongles

• Support for external scripting of DaVinci Resolve Studio from local and network locations

⁃ Check Developer Documentation in the Help menu for more details

• Support for a console dialog with scripting support available in the Workspace menu

• Support for Fairlight Audio Accelerator drivers in the DaVinci Resolve installer on Windows

• Support for a new system preference to control Audio I/O Processing block size

• Support for launching DaVinci Resolve and loading the project when opening a DRP file in the file browser

• Support for a new application level system memory limit in Preferences

• Support for a system preference to enable or disable hardware acceleration of H.264/HEVC and other supported codecs

• Support for system preference to enable or disable Direct IO for media storage locations on Windows

• Support for Metal when using RED GPU debayer on Mac

• Support for system preference to enable or disable RED GPU Debayer

• Support for a floating timecode window

• Support for ability to bypass Fusion effects and/or Color changes on the viewers in the Edit, Fairlight and Color pages

• Support for changing clip color from the application menu on the Media, Edit and Color pages

• Support for saving the audio volume, dim and mute across application restarts

• Support for a title bar for a floating Media Pool bin

• Support for keyframing OpenFX dropdown and checkbox based parameters

• Support for listing backups for a specific project from the project manager context menu

• Support for backing up and versioning projects when using Live Save

• Support for switching the top bar and page switcher bar to an icons only mode

• Support for importing audio clip levels from AAF imports

• Support for importing audio-only AAF timelines

• Support for synced audio file name and sync offset in ALE exports

• Support for sending problem reports to Blackmagic Design

• GPU processing now defaults to Metal for modern Mac hardware running macOS 10.13 or newer

• Improved application menu layouts

• Improved and clearer contextual menu layouts

• General performance and stability improvements

DaVinci Resolve 15 Public Beta 8 is now available as a free download from http://bmd.link/CWdTn9.

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.

Key features:
Added support for preset library for equalizer, dynamics, plugins and global track properties in the Fairlight page
Added support for performing an insert operation by holding Cmd/Ctrl+Shift while dragging clips from the media pool or source viewer
Added support for an option to insert nested and compound clips in their decomposed state during edit operations
Added support for creating clip annotations for a selected clip on the timeline from the timeline viewer
Added support for processing Fusion compositions in linear gamma in color managed and ACES workflows
Added support for changing clip color from the thumbnail context menu on the Color page
Added support for changing clip color from the application menu on the Media, Edit and Color pages
Added support for showing the bin name in the title bar of a floating Media Pool bin
Added support for configuring the Fusion memory cache in the playback menu
Added support for modifying the filename field in the Deliver page
Added support for setting timeline colorspace in the Fusion viewer display
Added support for exporting subtitles from timeline track context menus and the File menu
Added support for accessing the console dialog from all pages from the Workspace menu
Added support for importing marker colors and duration markers on clips when importing media using FCP7 XML files
Added support for storing the alpha channel when caching to Uncompressed 10-bit float formats
Added initial support for temporal OpenFX plugins on the Fusion page
Improved codec and format listing in the Deliver page
Updated smart render cache settings to no longer cache H.264 clips automatically


Issues Addressed:
Media:
Addressed an issue where blanking would not be rendered correctly when delivering to H.264
Addressed an issue where previewing certain TIFF files would cause a crash
Addressed issues with decoding R3D clips on the GPU when in Metal mode
Addressed an issue where media pool metadata fields for Take and Scene could sometimes not be edited on clips with linked audio
Addressed issues with stereo 3D renders when left and right eye clips were swapped

Edit:
Addressed an issue where performing cut on a clip would ripple the timeline if in and out marks were present on the Edit page
Addressed an issue where selecting the 'Select Nearest Clip To Slip/Slide' option would not update the Slip/Slide icon correctly
Addressed an issue where the position curve bezier handles could not be easily controlled on the Edit page
Addressed an issue where blading and moving audio clips using shortcuts would not immediately follow the playhead

Fusion:
Addressed an issue where playback would work incorrectly with video field processing enabled on Fusion page
Addressed an issue where Fusion tools would sometimes only process one field when video field processing is enabled
Addressed an issue where enabling motion blur in a Transform tool on the Fusion page would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where the 3-dot menus on the Fusion page would not open until the mouse button was released
Addressed an issue where certain Fusion titles would not play in real-time even when cached
Addressed an issue where performing corner pinning on a Fusion tracker would crash Resolve
Addressed an issue where changing the 2D particle render view would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where alpha mattes from the Fusion page would be inverted in the Color page
Addressed an issue where opening or saving a macro from the macro editor would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where overlays on the Fusion viewer would not update correctly when modified
Addressed an issue where imported SVG files would not honor the user-specified resolution
Addressed an issue where dragging clips from power bins into a Fusion composition would behave incorrectly

Color:
Addressed an issue where viewers in Cinema mode would not work correctly on Linux
Addressed an issue where enabling current clip with handles with a clip filter would repeatedly display warnings
Addressed an issue where image artifacts could be seen on the edges of clips with transforms
Addressed an issue where adjusting the track point size in ResolveFX Match Move would behave incorrectly
Addressed an issue where selecting a clip with a transition would not jump to the first frame after the transition on the Color page
Addressed a crash in dual output HDR mode when enabling the black and white highlight mode

Fairlight:
Addressed an issue where audio playback on the source viewer would result in corrupted playback
Addressed an issue where audio playback would work incorrectly when using Blackmagic playback devices for monitoring in Linux
Addressed an issue where audio clips would sometimes lose sync when a clip pitch shift was applied
Addressed an issue where applying pan presets for mono tracks to a stereo track would produce incorrect pan settings
Addressed an issue where live previews of audio clips would behave incorrectly if the waveform viewer was visible in the Media page
Addressed an issue where adding nested timelines with FairlightFX De-Esser would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where the Audio FX icon would only be displayed on the first track of a linked group
Addressed an issue where a Fairlight preset would only get applied to the first of any selected tracks
Addressed an issue where multi-channel pan settings would sometimes not be loaded correctly
Addressed an issue where some Fairlight dialogs could not be fully viewed on small screens
Addressed an issue where dropping multiple Audio FX onto a track in a linked group would not correctly add all the effects

General:
Addressed an issue where audio playback would stutter when using system audio devices in Linux
Addressed an issue where timeline thumbnails in the media pool would sometimes not be loaded for non-current timelines
Addressed an issue where a delivery preset could not be created unless a timeline was present
Addressed an issue where a render job would sometimes not render the entire timeline when the length of the timeline would change
Addressed an issue where clicking on a selected render preset would not correctly update the settings
Addressed an issue where cache for certain clips would be lost on application restart
General performance and stability improvements

DaVinci Resolve 15 Public Beta 7 is available now as a free download from http://bmd.link/CWdTn9.

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.

This update lets you view custom clip colors in bins as well as clip annotations in the timeline viewer on the Edit page. DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio public beta 7 also improves match frame functionality, adds support for Resolve FX and GPU accelerated OpenFX to the Fusion page, adds support for Saver nodes in Fusion and enables rendering of Dolby Vision and HDR10+ clips with tone mapping. This update also supports higher bit rate and lossless Kakadu JPEG 2000 encoding. In addition, legacy Fairlight projects can now be opened in DaVinci Resolve on Windows.


DaVinci Resolve 15.0b7 Key Features:
Added support for caching compound clips, Fusion clips and nested timelines
Added initial support for using ResolveFX plugins in the Fusion page
Added support for GPU accelerated OpenFX plugins on the Fusion page
Added initial support for saver nodes in the Fusion page
Added support for applying LUTs on compound nodes
Added support for converting a shared node to a corrector node
Added support for encoding at higher bit rates for Kakadu JPEG 2000 when rendering DCP and IMF in DaVinci Resolve Studio
Added support for Kakadu based lossless JPEG 2000 encoding in DaVinci Resolve Studio
Added support for custom clip colors for subtitle elements
Added support for showing clip color indicator on Media Pool and Color page clip thumbnails
Added support for rendering with Dolby Vision/HDR10+ tone mapping applied
Added support for exporting Dolby Vision XMLs along with renders
Added support for Alt/Option + middle click to copy Dolby Vision trim metadata for the current target display
Added support for Alt/Option + Shift + middle click to copy Dolby Vision trim metadata for all target displays
Added support for a clip thumbnail indicator to show clips analyzed for Dolby Vision and HDR10+ on the Color page
Added support for tool usage badges in the Color page
Added support for showing clip marker annotations on the timeline viewer
Added support for displaying audio channel names in clip attributes
Added support for search in the Fairlight page track and marker index
Added support for swapping clips in the Edit timeline using Cmd/Ctrl+Shift and dragging
Added support for deleting transitions across clips when one of the clips is deleted
Added support for performing match frame for the selected clip in the timeline
Added support for the 3D Lookup table interpolation option for DCTLs
Added support for keyframing OpenFX dropdown and checkbox based parameters
Added support for a clipping option when converting from a larger gamut and/or gamma in ResolveFX Color Space Transform
Added support for resetting edited audio samples in a clip
Added support for automatically setting alpha mode based on metadata when importing still images
Added support for storing the alpha channel when caching to Uncompressed 16-bit float - HDR
Added support for hardware accelerated decode of Long GOP Panasonic AVC clips on NVIDIA hardware
Added support for importing clip markers from a Final Cut Pro 7 XML file
Added support for preserving bin hierarchy when importing media and metadata from a Final Cut Pro 7 XML file
Improved mouse interactivity when dragging Power Curve Windows on the Color viewer
Improved scripting support with ability to add and query markers, flags and clip color metadata
Improved performance when rendering H.264 clips on Windows

Issues Addressed:

Media:
Addressed an issue where changing a media storage mount would sometimes result in black frames when wiping powergrades
Addressed an issue where replacing still frames in the media pool would not work correctly
Addressed an issue where certain video clips would appear incorrectly rotated in the Media Pool
Addressed an issue where previewing some media pool clips with video field processing enabled would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where control room meters would not reflect all channels when previewing clips in the Media page
Addressed an issue where syncing audio for a clip in the media page viewer would not refresh the viewer

Edit:
Addressed an issue where imported subtitle files would sometimes show incorrect line wrapping behavior
Addressed an issue where imported subtitles would not reflect the correct formatting
Addressed an issue where dragging subtitles between tracks would not refresh the caption list in the inspector
Addressed an issue where adding a subtitle would cause the output sizing and blanking to be ignored
Addressed an issue where playback would sometimes stutter and stop when a Fusion title was loaded in the Edit page inspector
Addressed an issue with render cache when creating a timeline with Fusion titles
Addressed an issue where navigating keyframes for Fusion titles and generators from the inspector would not work on the Edit page
Addressed an issue where editing Fusion clips or titles would sometimes result in media offline frames
Addressed an issue where Fusion titles would sometimes appear black on Windows systems
Addressed an issue where newly added timelines would not honor a custom target loudness value in project settings
Addressed an issue where custom defaults for transition lengths would not be persisted across an application restart
Addressed an issue where custom video track heights would not be persisted across an application restart

Fusion:
Addressed an issue with incorrect Depth Merge results in the Merge node when GPU processing was enabled
Addressed an issue where Fusion titles would sometimes appear shifted when opening a saved project
Addressed an issue where adding multiple Fusion titles in succession would result in incorrect behavior
Addressed an issue where updating the default settings on the Text+ tool would cause issues with subsequent changes to the title
Addressed an issue where tracking would not be correctly applied to a PaintGroup when previewed on the Edit or Color pages
Addressed an issue where new comps would sometimes not be shown in the Fusion page in collaboration mode
Addressed an issue where shapes drawn in the Fusion page would not be displayed on the SDI output
Addressed an issue where dragging a Fusion clip across timelines and undoing the action would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where applying chroma keyer or ultra keyer on scaled images would display a black background
Addressed an issue where sampling the output of a downstream node using keyer tools would cause flickering
Addressed an issue where render cache for clips with Fusion effects would sometimes be invalidated after an application restart
Addressed an issue where passing alpha channels via MediaOut nodes from the Fusion page to the Color page would sometimes cause a crash

Color:
Addressed an issue where split screen previews would not update correctly when switching between albums
Addressed an issue where the render cache would sometimes not be persisted across application restarts
Addressed an issue where the display node graph previews would not update correctly when selecting different timelines in the gallery
Addressed an issue where previewing LUTs or composite modes would invalidate the render cache
Addressed an issue where DCTL OpenFX nodes would behave incorrectly when applied from a still or after an application restart
Addressed an issue where converting a node to a shared node would invalidate the node cache
Addressed an issue where stabilizing a clip with video field processing enabled would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where switching projects in the Color page would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where locking or unlocking a node would cause the clip to recache
Addressed an issue where using the white balance color picker on the viewer would sometimes cause a crash 
Addressed an issue where color tracing between timelines without any matches would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where some ResolveFX blurs would not be applied correctly on clips with blanking enabled
Addressed an issue where applying ResolveFX Dust Buster on a clip with input sizing would not behave correctly
Addressed an issue where simultaneous displays for HDR and SDR would not work on clips without Dolby Vision analysis
Addressed an issue where adding data burn-in to a project would sometimes make the viewers go blank
Addressed an issue where delivering stereoscopic clips in side by side or top bottom mode would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where customized printer light hotkeys would sometimes not be saved correctly

Fairlight:
Modified default audio crossfades to 0dB
Addressed an issue where splitting a clip with transitions on the Fairlight timeline would cause inconsistent behavior
Addressed an issue where track names would be incorrectly refreshed on the Fairlight page if a timeline was selected in the media pool
Addressed an issue where FairlightFX would sometimes not process all audio channels in a track
Addressed an issue where Mute automation would sometimes mute only one channel in a stereo track
Addressed an issue where resetting a track EQ would not reset custom frequencies
Addressed an issue where restoring a deleted linked track would not undo correctly
Addressed an issue where synced audio would sometimes not playback correctly
Addressed an issue where recording audio from an audio USB device would sometimes fail when a Blackmagic Design playback device was enabled
Addressed an issue where audio recording would not work correctly for projects created on Windows and imported to macOS
Addressed an issue where edited audio samples would sometimes not be persisted correctly
Addressed an issue where editing audio samples could not be undone
Addressed an issue where changing track color or track name in the Fairlight page could not be undone
Addressed an issue where dragging clips to create a timeline in the Fairlight page would sometimes make the audio meters unresponsive
Addressed an issue where clicking on the media pool would cause recording to be canceled on the Fairlight page
Addressed an issue where undoing the deletion of a multichannel track would not correctly restore patching
Addressed an issue where inserting a track in a timeline with armed tracks would result in incorrectly armed tracks
Addressed an issue where individual speaker gains in speaker setup would not be correctly applied
Addressed an issue where clip pitch changes above 24 semitones would not be applied correctly

General:
Addressed an issue where canceling H.265 renders would sometimes cause an application hang on macOS 
Addressed an issue where rendering individual clips on a timeline with Fusion title would cause an application hang
Addressed an issue where power windows with softness would behave incorrectly when rendered at source resolution
Addressed an issue where Power Mastering would not output audio
Addressed an issue where capturing Quicktime clips from tape would not record audio
Addressed an issue where rendering H.264 on Windows on a render job created on macOS would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where some projects would not be listed in the Project Manager when switching between databases
Addressed an issue where resetting a global shortcut for a single page would reset it for all pages
Addressed an issue where project backups would fail when using some custom backup locations
Addressed an issue where auto-save would not be performed when the application was minimized
Addressed an issue where canceling changes in the Preferences dialog would reset the speaker settings to use system settings
Addressed an issue where importing some FCPXML files created by some third party applications would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where importing a timeline XML exported from Resolve would not relink correctly
Addressed an issue where EDLs and ALEs would be exported with additional new lines on Windows
Addressed an issue where a Final Cut Pro 7 XML exported from DaVinci Resolve would sometimes not have audio
Addressed an issue where ganging timecode to tape would not work
General performance and stability improvements

We are pleased to announce that the public beta 5 for DaVinci Resolve is now available as a no charge upgrade for download 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 or Fusion Studio dongle or a DaVinci Resolve activation key.

Thank you to all who have used our previous betas and providing feedback as it’s very helpful for our ongoing stability and development.  Thank you also to those submitting automatic diagnostic logs. 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.

If you are upgrading from v15beta 4, there is no database change however making a project DB backup is still prudent.

If you are updating from v12, v12.5, v14 or early v15 betas there is a database update required for this release 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 databases on older OS. 

Key features of this release
• Added initial support for OpenFX plugins in the Fusion page
• Added support for encoding EXR clips with alpha channels
• Added support for tint, temperature and exposure controls for Canon RAW clips
• Added the ability to bypass Fusion effects, Color changes or both on the viewers in the Edit, Fairlight and Color pages
• Added support for applying grades from timeline gallery clips using middle click
• Added support for clip filters for clips with Fusion compositions in the Color page
• Added support for DaVinci CTLs with user parameters, accessible via a new DCTL ResolveFX plugin in DaVinci Resolve Studio 
• Added support for using DaVinci CTLs as input and output LUTs in project settings
• Added support for encoding CEA-708 closed captions in MXF OP1a clips
• Added support for exporting Dolby Vision v4.0 XML
• Improved results when compositing images with transparency
• Improved support for scripting with new APIs and documentation

Issues addressed in this release
Media
• Addressed an issue when decoding clips with AC3 audio on Windows
• Addressed an issue where media management of audio clips would not work correctly
• Addressed an issue where auto sync audio would intermittently not work
• Addressed an issue with Red IPP2 gamut mapping when updating LUT lists in project settings
• Addressed an issue where some layers in EXR files could not be read correctly
• Addressed an issue with decoding some EXR files with multiple layers using DWAA compression 
• Addressed an issue when decoding certain 8-bit luminance-only image files

Edit
• Addressed an issue when performing dynamic trims with ‘Stop and go to last position’ enabled would undo the edit operation
• Addressed an issue where the waveform would not refresh when changing clip levels on the edit timeline
• Addressed an issue where importing an XML would not automatically show the import log summary
• Addressed an issue where editing or trimming Text+ titles in the Edit timeline would sometimes show a media offline error
• Addressed an issue where dragging audio clips with layers across stacked timelines would result in inconsistent behavior
• Addressed an issue where inspector controls for OpenFX generators and transitions could be reorganized or deleted
• Addressed an issue where zooming in the Edit page while playing back would sometimes result incorrectly refresh clip thumbnails
• Addressed an issue where pasting copied clips with an audio video offset on the Edit timeline would not respect the offset
• Addressed an issue when dynamic trimming audio clips on the Edit page
• Addressed an issue where changes to the clip pitch effect would sometimes not be persisted
• Addressed an issue where audio playback would sometimes skip the first playback frame

Fusion
• Addressed an issue where adding the Renderer3D node and setting output channels to vectors on the Fusion page would cause a hang
• Addressed an issue where changing the image size for the background tool would not be respected in the Fusion page
• Addressed an issue where adding a tracker node and playing back a comp on the Fusion page would sometimes freeze the application
• Addressed an issue where previewing a comp with an expression in the Edit page viewer and the Fusion viewer would behave inconsistently
• Addressed an issue where timeline clips would not be shown in their original resolution in the Fusion page
• Addressed an issue where working with Auto Proxy enabled in Fusion page would sometimes cause a crash
• Addressed an issue where EXR file metadata would not be available in the Fusion page
• Addressed an issue with monitoring the Fusion page at 8-bit and 12-bit video output using Blackmagic Design capture and playback devices 

Color
• Addressed an issue where using shared gallery paths with different media storage locations in different machines could sometimes result in black still previews
• Addressed an issue with ResolveFX Warper when the warp points were placed outside the image boundaries
• Addressed an issue where clips with LUTs or DCTLs applied in ACES projects would sometimes result in flickering
• Addressed an issue where Face Refinement would be incorrectly applied for clips with certain Edit scaling resize modes
• Addressed an issue where window tracking points would be shown incorrectly on the Color page viewer for clips with certain edit scaling resize modes
• Addressed an issue with showing alpha from mattes in the Color page for clips with Fusion effects
• Addressed an issue where LUTs with long names would appear truncated in the LUT browser

Fairlight
• Addressed an issue where system audio could sometimes not be heard correctly when monitoring with a Blackmagic Design monitoring device
• Addressed an issue where rendered clips would sometimes have channels with blank audio
• Addressed an issue where ‘Bounce to new layer’ would sometimes incorrectly render the clip with a fade applied
• Addressed an issue where changing subclip extents of an audio clip would result in incorrect waveforms on the Fairlight page
• Addressed an issue where automation keyframes could be drawn outside of the selected audio tracks in the Fairlight page
• Addressed an issue where changing the start timecode would not refresh the Fairlight timeline correctly
• Addressed an issue where trimming pasted clips with crossfades on the Fairlight page would sometimes cause a crash

General
• Addressed an issue where compound clips would not be rendered with a valid alpha channel when the export alpha option was enabled
• Addressed an issue where DaVinci Resolve would crash on start up on some legacy Mac hardware
• Addressed an issue where the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panels would not work on Windows machines with secure boot enabled
• Addressed an issue where updating LUT lists in project settings would not refresh the LUT browser
• Addressed an issue where some project settings would sometimes be incorrectly initialized when loading or switching projects
• 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.

We would like to thank everyone who has been using our previous betas and providing feedback. 

It’s very helpful and so we are pleased to report that DaVinci Resolve 15b4 is now released and available as a no charge upgrade for download from the BMD support web site.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion

Please back up your v12, v12.5 or v14 database and export a drp for current active projects and then install the free version or the Studio version if you have an existing Resolve or Fusion Studio dongle or a Resolve activation key.

Please report bugs with system information and diagnostic logs on the v15 beta sub forum.

What’s new:
Added support for a dynamic trim mode icon in the Edit page toolbar with a slip and slider indicator
Added ability to read orientation from JPEG and QuickTime files
Added ability to optionally show the synced audio file names in the timeline
Added support for decoding 10bit RGBA DPX image sequences
Added ability to split clips with speed changes applied by a single frame
Added support for a Fast Gaussian filter in the Fusion Blur tool
Added support for additional scratches in ResolveFX Film Damage
Added support for assigning colors to nodes in the Color page
Added support for clip level output blanking overrides
Added support for synced audio file name and sync offset in ALE exports
Added ability to drag a timeline from the Media Pool into a new tab when using the stacked view
Added support for enabling or disabling tone mapping for Dolby Vision and HDR10+ projects
Improved performance when using the Advanced Stabilizer 
Improved JPEG decoding performance
Improved Sound Library search behavior
Improved results when using ResolveFX Dust Buster
Improved support for scripting with new APIs and additional Lua and Python examples
Addressed an issue where the position of the buses in the Mixer would be incorrectly persisted in a dual screen layout
Addressed an issue where there would be a delay in audio playback when switching multicam angles
Addressed an issue where duplicating a clip with pitch correction turned off would not retain the settings
Addressed an issue where new lines in an imported SRT file would get ignored
Addressed an issue where moving a subtitle clip to adjacent track would behave incorrectly
Addressed an issue where subtitle text would sometimes not wrap correctly
Addressed an issue where changing the clip duration of a subtitle would cause a crash
Addressed an issue with alpha handling for Compound clips and Fusion clips
Addressed an issue where the subclip creation option was missing from the viewer context menu
Addressed an issue where some overlapping clips would not be rippled in Ripple Cut and Ripple Delete operations
Addressed an issue where the Timeline Compare tool would not show all the audio tracks
Addressed an issue with using JKL keys for playback on the Fairlight page when Decklink audio output was enabled
Addressed an issue where the user would be able to modify a timeline in the Fairlight page without write access in Collaboration
Addressed an issue where switching nodes with highlight mode enabled would not update the viewer on the Color page
Addressed an issue where the swap node operation would not work correctly on a node with OpenFX applied
Addressed an issue where OpenFX and ResolveFX states would sometimes not be persisted when switching between clips or versions
Addressed an issue where ResolveFX Color Palette would show different colors in RCM and ACES
Addressed an issue where gallery stills would sometimes show as blank during collaboration sessions
Addressed an issue where the target display color space and gamma would not be handled correctly for Dolby Vision projects
Addressed an issue where the Fusion page Matte Control tool’s contract/expand would cause flickering
Addressed an issue where copy, paste and selection shortcuts would sometimes not work in the Fusion page
Addressed an issue where certain edit operations would not refresh the in and out extents of the clip in the Fusion page
Addressed an issue where applying Fusion effects on clips with different resolutions would result in artefacts
Addressed an issue where turning on loop for MediaIn would not reflect in the duration of the clip
Addressed an issue where EXR files would be rendered with the incorrect timecode
Addressed an issue where clips imported to the Media Pool would sometimes have an incorrect gamma when using separate color space and gamma settings
Addressed an issue where dragging a still image from the timeline to the Media Pool would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where deleting a clip in the Media Pool would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where Canon RMF files would not have an IDT applied by default in ACES projects
Addressed an issue where decoding using easyDCP would result in low quality output
General performance and stability improvements

We are pleased to announce that DaVinci Resolve 15 beta 3 is now available for download from our support web site.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion

This is a no charge upgrade for existing DaVinci Resolve Studio customers.

Important note: Regardless of which database type you use we strongly recommend that you backup your existing database (both DiskDB and PostgreSQL) before performing any upgrades. 

For the full DaVinci Resolve 15 feature list, FAQs and information about upgrading from 12.5 or 14, please review 
https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=71881

Minimum system requirements
•    macOS 10.12.6 Sierra - Windows 10 Creators Edition - CentOS 7.3
•    16 GB of system memory is recommended and 32 GB is recommended minimum when using Fusion. For users focused on Fusion 64GB of system memory is typical.

Please see the readme within the download for specific details relating to your OS and GPU requirements.

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 15 public beta 3

Added support for editing subclip extents for clips from the Edit timeline
Added the ability to modify Media In trims and media properties for additional clips dragged into the Fusion node graph
Added support for Color Trace of Fusion compositions
Added support for importing audio-only AAF timelines
Added support for showing the names of synced audio files on the timeline
Added support for presets for some FairlightFX plugins
Added support for decoding and encoding GrassValley HQ and HQX codecs in the AVI format
Added support for option to retain sub-black and super-white data for renders
Added ability to control DCTL execution based on DaVinci Resolve version
Added support for listing the entire gallery still path in the Still Properties window
Added ability to retain grain texture using the Dirt Size slider in ResolveFX Automatic Dirt Removal
Added support for DCP compliant composition naming
Added support for decoding DCP packages with stereoscopic 3D content
Added support for decoding DCP packages with 96KHz audio content
Added support for importing Final Cut Pro X XML version 1.8
Re-added support for easyDCP decode and encode on Mac
Improved responsiveness for OpenFX and ResolveFX on-screen controls
Improved support for scripting with new APIs and additional Lua and Python examples
Improved ResolveFX Deflicker performance
Improved performance when using optical flow
Improved Sound Library search capabilities in the Edit and Fairlight pages
Addressed issues with Super Scale when video field processing was enabled
Addressed an issue where capturing interlaced content would incorrectly tag the footage as progressive
Addressed an issue where subtitles would get rendered into cached frames
Addressed an issue where subtitles would be affected by timeline grades
Addressed an issue where subtitle captions would sometime appear incorrectly aligned on the Edit timeline
Addressed an issue where generators could not be dragged onto the timeline viewer overlays to perform an edit operation
Addressed an issue where the resets in the Edit inspector would not work correctly for audio effects and plugins
Addressed an issue where Fusion titles could not be disabled from the Edit inspector
Addressed an issue where resetting a Text+ title would make it blank
Addressed an issue where changes to the mode of the smooth cut transition would not get saved
Addressed an issue where freeze frames would be shown as a single frame in the Fusion page
Addressed an issue where extending a Fusion clip’s duration on the Edit page would show blank frames on the Fusion page
Addressed an issue where previewing a MatteControl node would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where adding the Advanced Grid macro in the Fusion page would hang the application
Addressed an issue where the go to first and last frame actions would behave incorrectly on audio timelines
Addressed an issue where the Audio Mixer widths and options would not be saved
Addressed an issue where rendering audio tracks would ignore automation when automation was disabled in the Fairlight page
Addressed an issue where waveforms would not be refreshed correctly when resizing audio tracks in the Edit page
Addressed an issue where using ADR in a collaboration project would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where enabling Use MIDI Audio Console in Preferences would cause a crash on Windows
Addressed an issue where replacing the Media Pool clip would not refresh the waveforms correctly on the Fairlight page
Addressed an issue where bouncing a track to a new layer would place the bounced content at an offset
Addressed an issue where browsing to gallery timelines from some projects on a PostgreSQL database would cause a critical exception
Addressed an issue where the LUT browser would show an incorrect preview of the LUT applied in the thumbnail
Addressed an issue where camera RAW controls would not update correctly in a remote grading session
Addressed an issue where the power window would sometimes not line up with the grades after duplicating the timeline
Addressed an issue where stabilizing clip starting with a black frame would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where ResolveFX Automatic Dirt Removal would not work correctly on the first or last frame of the clip
Addressed an issue with Face Refinement on clips with non-square pixel aspect ratio
Addressed an issue where rendering certain clips with large timecode values to EXR would cause an error
Addressed an issue where encoding MXF OP1a clips using Media Management would result in a wrong file extension
Addressed an issue with decoding H.264 files from some cameras
Addressed a crash when running a script with a pop-up window open within Resolve
General performance and stability improvements

Upgrading your PostgreSQL database server on 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 from one prior to macOS Sierra 10.12, 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.

If you are installing DaVinci Resolve for the first time and already have macOS Sierra 10.12 or newer OS you only need to install v15b3 and not worry about the database update.

Hi guys, we really appreciate everyone thats uses our betas on real jobs. We do understand the inherent risks taken but frankly v15 is already in much better shape than our v14beta1. 

We have a comprehensive QA system here but nothing beats real world use with the details bug reports it can bring. With the million variations in workflow and user configs the beta testers and bug/crash log reporters will help immensely for a prompt stable release.

thanks guys

Hi guys, we really appreciate everyone thats uses our betas on real jobs. We do understand the inherent risks taken but frankly v15 is already in much better shape than our v14beta1. 

We have a comprehensive QA system here but nothing beats real world use with the details bug reports it can bring. With the million variations in workflow and user configs the beta testers and bug/crash log reporters will help immensely for a prompt stable release.

thanks guys

This doesn’t look correct. Tax inc price (in which country?) too low. Please refer to the BMD authorized distribution network on the BMD web site.

DaVinci Resolve 14.3 is now released on our support web page.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion
This is a no charge update for all existing customers.

Important Information regarding Database Management
DaVinci Resolve 14.3 requires a database upgrade from previous versions. We strongly recommend that you backup your existing database (both DiskDB and PostgreSQL) before performing an upgrade. If you are in the middle of a project you may wish to export that project as well prior to updating the database.

What's new in 14.3
Added support for the Blackmagic Design URSA Broadcast camera
Added support for RAW footage from the Sony Venice/CineAltaV camera
Improved the quality of thumbnails in the Media Pool and Edit page timeline on retina monitors
Added support for reading Panasonic Varicam metadata when importing footage
Added support for exporting Sony color space and gamma metadata when encoding to MXF
Added support for RED SDK v7.0.6
Addressed an issue where the audio section in the Deliver page would default to timeline track instead of the Main bus
Addressed an issue where editing a transition could sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where syncing video to audio with a different sample rate results in incorrect audio sync and pitch audio
Addressed an issue where changes to the Mixer UI layout would not get saved in a dual screen setup
Addressed an issue where pressing arrow keys to move volume keyframes would not work after opening the keyframe curve editor
Addressed an issue with the option to pick which node to select when switching clips
Addressed an issue where a project would fail to save after deleting a group
Addressed an issue where a project would fail to save after specific undo/redo operations 
Addressed an issue with UI artifacts in the DaVinci Resolve Studio activation window
Addressed an issue where projects with LUTs would not get exported correctly on Windows
Addressed an issue where the current project could not be copied between databases
Addressed an issue where relinking to TIFF files with a higher bit depth would result in a crash
General performance and stability improvement

Hi all, we are pleased to report that DaVinci Resolve 14.2.1 is available for download at the BMD support web page. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/

This is a no charge update for all customers. While there is no database update from 14.2, as always please backup any current projects before updating. 


DaVinci Resolve 14.2.1 Update
This software update includes over 50 stability and general performance improvements, and is recommended for all DaVinci Resolve 14 users. DaVinci Resolve 14.2.1 features better performance on the edit page while generating thumbnails, correct output of 5.1 and 7.1 WAV files, a more reliable progress indicator when generating optimized proxy media, over a dozen Fairlight audio improvements, better Multicam viewer performance, the ability to change multiple clip properties at the same time, new Power Window tracking indicators for frame mode, improved stability for rendering Cineform and H.264, faster ProRes encoding, faster XAVC-I decoding and much more. Technical support for the free version is available via the Blackmagic Design web forums only.

DaVinci Resolve 14.2.1 Studio Update
This software update includes over 50 stability and general performance improvements, and is recommended for all DaVinci Resolve 14 Studio users. DaVinci Resolve 14.2.1 Studio features better performance on the edit page while generating thumbnails, correct output of 5.1 and 7.1 WAV files, a more reliable progress indicator when generating optimized proxy media, over a dozen Fairlight audio improvements, better Multicam viewer performance, the ability to change multiple clip properties at the same time, new Power Window tracking indicators for frame mode, improved stability for rendering Cineform and H.264, faster ProRes encoding, faster XAVC-I decoding and much more. This version requires either a DaVinci Resolve dongle or a software activation key.


Details 
Addressed an issue where playing frame-based clips in the Media page would not play the synced audio
Addressed an issue where Resolve would sometimes not output audio on certain pages in macOS
Addressed an issue where audio formats for stereo, 5.1 and 7.1 were not set correctly when rendering WAV files
Addressed an issue where rendered adaptive tracks were incorrectly tagged as stereo, 5.1 or 7.1 formats
Addressed an issue where changing clip audio properties in the Inspector would not work correctly when multiple clips were selected
Addressed an issue where deleting a volume keyframe and performing an undo would not restore the smoothening applied
Addressed an issue where the source meters would sometimes not reflect the correct number of channels for clips with audio
Addressed an issue where the Fairlight viewers would show a still image during playback when monitoring with a Blackmagic Design capture and playback device
Addressed an issue where render jobs could not be added for audio only timelines
Addressed an issue where rendered media files would sometimes have blank audio on the first video frame
Addressed an issue with marking render ranges when rendering an audio-only timeline on the Delivery page
Addressed a crash when adding a marker to a clip with cross-fades
Addressed an issue where moving an audio clip on the Fairlight page would sometimes result in a crash
Addressed an issue where the metadata widget would remain blank when clips were selected on the Fairlight page
Addressed an issue where audio FX applied on clips inside a nested timeline would sometimes not get saved
Addressed an issue where deleting an audio clip in a layered track and performing an undo would restore it in an incorrect layer
Addressed an issue where resetting audio properties in the Inspector would not fully reset the clip equalizer
Clips dragged on to the timeline no longer update the position of the playhead
Addressed an issue where viewers would become blank when Video Scopes were enabled in Edit page
Addressed a crash when decomposing compound clips from certain timelines imported using XML or AAF
Addressed an issue where reimporting EDLs exported from Resolve would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where performing an undo on a take selector action would sometimes result in a failure to save the project
Clip names stored in EDL comments are also available as a render tag
Power Windows with tracking now also have a viewer indicator to show when they are in frame mode
Addressed an issue where reconforming to a clip at a different source resolution would result in misaligned power windows in some cases
Addressed support for DCDM ACES Output Transform with gamut clipped to P3 per SMPTE spec
Addressed an issue where stills grabbed on a project migrated from Resolve 12.5 project would not be saved
Addressed an issue where loading gallery stills would sometimes take a long time
Addressed an issue where some stills would show a black frame when wiping
Addressed an issue where node cache would sometimes incorrectly be invalidated when rippling color parameters
Addressed an issue where the Dolby Vision CMU would be in pass-through mode until the trim metadata was modified
Addressed an issue where qualifier controls remained editable when disabled
Addressed an issue where Intel graphics hardware would not be recognized as OpenCL compatible with the latest drivers on Windows
Addressed an issue where the Generate Optimized Media progress dialog would sometimes disappear before the operation completed
Addressed an issue where performing a Save As after a failure to save a project would sometimes result in the original project disappearing
Addressed an issue where selecting multiple titles in certain timelines would result in a crash
Addressed an issue where deleting timelines in some projects would result in a crash
Addressed an issue where Blackmagic Design Capture and Playback devices would not be detected on older drivers on Windows
Addressed a crash when enabling 4:4:4 SDI monitoring with certain Blackmagic Design capture and playback devices
Addressed an issue where viewers would become blank when enabling Data Burn Ins and monitoring with a Blackmagic Design capture and playback device
Addressed an issue with network connectivity on the JLCooper Eclipse panel
Addressed an issue where changing the source folder or relinking clips in the Media Pool would not affect the associated matte clips unless they were explicitly selected
Addressed a crash when rendering to Cineform at certain resolutions such as 2K DCI Flat
Addressed a crash when decoding some H.264 clips
Addressed an issue where colorspace metadata was exported incorrectly when rendering MXF clips
Addressed an issue with default brightness levels when decoding RAW formats from some still cameras
Addressed a crash with decoding some high resolution XAVC clips on certain system configurations
Addressed inability to render multiple mono audio tracks to the MXF OpAtom container
Improved encoding speeds when rendering to Apple QuickTime ProRes
Improved decoding speeds with XAVC-I media
Addressed performance degradation when using CUDA compatible OpenFX plugins
Addressed an issue where Edit page playback response would be delayed during thumbnail generation
Addressed an issue with viewer performance on multicam clips on certain system configurations
General performance and stability improvements

Hello, we are pleased to report the release of DaVinci Resolve 14.1.1

This is a no charge update for existing customers and the Studio and free version is available on the BMD support web site. 
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/

Important Information regarding Database Management
DaVinci Resolve 14.1.1 requires a database upgrade from DaVinci Resolve 14.0.1 and previous versions. 
We strongly recommend that you backup your existing database (both DiskDB and PostgreSQL) before performing an upgrade. 

DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini Panels
Please note that DaVinci Micro and Mini panels will require a firmware update starting from 14.1.

Please note this release supports older DeckLink drivers so please refer to the readme for details.

Here is the full list of what’s new in DaVinci Resolve 14.1.1

• Addressed an issue with detecting Blackmagic Desktop Video hardware with older driver versions
• Addressed an issue when setting monitoring to PsF formats when using Desktop Video drivers newer than v10.9.3
• Addressed an issue with the detection of license dongles on MacBook Pro with Touch Bar on High Sierra
• Addressed a crash when changing audio plugins and reloading the project without saving
• Addressed a crash when opening a project with title presets in the Media Pool
• Addressed a crash during playback when Enable Video Field Processing was turned on
• Addressed a crash when connecting to an incompatible database and switching projects
• Addressed a crash when toggling Show Current Clip With Handles and loading a memory if Live Save was on
• Addressed a crash when deleting favourite transition presets
• Addressed a crash when canceling a project save and navigating to another Resolve database
• Addressed an issue where disabling a compound node would not immediately refresh the viewer
• Addressed an issue where splitting certain linked audio-video clips would not link the split components correctly
• Addressed an issue where ResolveFX Face Refinement would stop working when a clip was moved into a compound clip
• Addressed an issue where video scopes on the Edit page would sometimes show an incorrect display
• Addressed an issue where quitting Resolve would sometimes cause an incorrect shutdown on Linux
• Addressed an issue where horizontal scrolling in the timeline comparison dialog would sometimes not work as expected
• Addressed an issue in Project Server where clicking Enable Sharing may not work on some machines
• Addressed an issue where switching between large databases would take a long time to respond
• Addressed an issue where Resolve would show Media Offline frames when using RED Rocket-X to decode certain RED clips
• Addressed an issue where decoding some RED clips with CUDA in Resolve Color Management would show a black frame
• Addressed an issue where Resolve would sometimes show the Welcome dialog on successive runs
• Addressed an issue where copying audio clip keyframes would not apply it properly on the target clip
• Addressed an issue where rendering to DNxHD 36 would cause a slight shift in the red and blue channels
• Addressed a potential crash when opening floating Media Pool windows and switching pages
• Addressed an issue where the 3D qualifier would not be correctly applied for Group Pre-Clip versions
• Addressed an issue where changing master bus configuration with audio FX present would result in loss of audio output for the bus
• Addressed an issue where the display of track colors would go out of sync when deleting a track and undoing it
• Addressed an issue where dragging a clip from the Media Pool to the Fairlight timeline would sometimes show an additional track
• General performance and stability improvements
 

Hello,
we are please to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve Studio 14.0.1. This release is available on the BMD support web site as a no charge update for existing customers. 

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion

For customers moving from v12.5 or previous versions, please back up your database and export current active projects before upgrading.

There is no database change for existing v14 users.
Please note this version supports the new macOS High Sierra.

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 14.0.1

• Added support for HEVC decode on DaVinci Resolve on macOS High Sierra
• Added support for hardware accelerated HEVC decode on macOS High Sierra
• Added support for hardware accelerated HEVC encode on macOS High Sierra on supported hardware
• Added support for hardware accelerated HEVC decode on supported NVIDIA GPUs on DaVinci Resolve Studio on Windows and Linux
• Media Pool thumbnails now has an indicator for embedded mattes
• Dragging nodes from Gallery stills now honors the “Apply Grade Using” setting
• Improved Loudness Metering on the Fairlight page
• Added support for setting the Loudness scale in Project Settings
• Added support for 7.1 audio track type on the timeline and Clip Attributes
• Added support for automatically tagging 7.1 audio clips in Clip Attributes
• Added support for dynamics for audio buses in the Audio Mixer
• Added support for navigating between previous and next keyframes in the Fairlight page inspector
• Added support for picker RGB values when using setting the black or white point
• Added support for picker RGB values when using the color picker in OpenFX and ResolveFX plugins
• Added ability to select one or multiple tracks by Command/Ctrl+clicking from the Audio Mixer
• Added support single and multi frame nudge in the Fairlight page
• Added support for DNxHD and DNxHR in an MXF container for Fusion Connect
• Addressed an issue with audio metering of clips in the Media Page
• Addressed an issue where the audio meters would sometimes not clear after stopping playback
• Addressed an issue where enabling Dynamics on the main bus would incorrectly amplify the output audio
• Addressed a crash when opening custom UI for iZotope Ozone plugins
• Addressed an issue where Audio FX added to some mono clips would not be persisted when reloading the project
• Addressed a crash with crossfades on very small audio clips
• Addressed an issue where the patch dialog labels were not correctly updated when changing audio track type
• Addressed an issue where adjusting clip EQ parameters would cause playback to stutter
• Addressed an issue where switching between Small Track Mixer and Full Track Mixer display modes would not refresh the EQ
• Addressed an issue where the Loop Playback button on the Fairlight page would not work correctly
• Addressed a issue where moving an audio track would not refresh some timeline and mixer controls
• Addressed an issue where the trim-in and trim-out would not work in the Fairlight page if part of the clip was outside the visible timeline range
• Addressed an issue where creating a fade over layered clips would sometimes cause Resolve to freeze
• Addressed an issue where range-selection on a compound-clip would behave incorrectly on the Fairlight page
• Addressed an issue where changing the order of tracks would not correctly swap the track name
• Addressed an issue where dragging an audio clip onto a new track was sometimes slow
• Addressed a crash when retiming certain video clips
• Addressed an issue where pasting text between certain title types would add a 1-pixel stroke
• Addressed a crash when dragging a clip into the timeline to overwrite a clip with FX
• Addressed an issue where Color page stills would sometimes become black
• Addressed an issue where swapping nodes with FX applied would not work correctly
• Addressed a crash when refining upper lip parameters in ResolveFX Face Refinement
• Addressed stability issues with ResolveFX Face Refinement
• Addressed a crash when expanding compound nodes for a stereo clip and double-clicking one of the nodes
• Addressed issues with some functions relating to local/remote grade options and refreshing bins in Collaborative projects
• Addressed an issue where switching clips on the Color page would sometimes result in a critical exception when using the DaVinci Resolve Mini panel
• Address an issue where using the color picker outside the image in the viewer would result in inconsistent behavior
• Addressed colorspace conversion issues when rendering to DCP using Metal
• Addressed a crash when rendering to invalid resolutions for certain Sony codecs at fractional frame rates
• Addressed an issue where rendering to DNxHR 444 with alpha output would not render the alpha channel
• Addressed an issue where encoding to DNxHD or DNxHR clips in colorspaces other than Rec.709 and Rec.2020 resulted in an error
• Addressed an issue where decoding certain AVC Intra clips would result in banding on macOS
• Addressed an issue where decoding certain AVC Intra clips would result in GPU errors on Windows
• Addressed an issue where creating a stereoscopic 3D clip using the “Stereo 3D Sync” option resulted in a clip with no audio
• Addressed an issue where Alt/Option + dragging a clip from one bin window to another would not create a copy
• Addressed an issue where spanned R3D clips would show it’s individual elements instead of a single clip
• Addressed an issue where installing Resolve would remove any symbolic links from the LUT folder on Linux
• Addressed an issue where “Reload Last Working Project” on start up would hang for certain projects
• Addressed an issue where the Track Index and meters would sometimes not be cleared when creating a new project
• Addressed a crash when using JKL keys for fast forward and rewind with DeckLink monitoring
• Addressed an issue where playing back when connected to an Intensity Shuttle USB 3 device would result in much slower performance
• Addressed an issue where Fusion Connect would not work properly for a Fusion 9 installation on Linux
• Addressed a crash when starting Resolve with CUDA processing without any CUDA capable hardware
• Addressed an issue with H.264 decoding with certain NVIDIA driver versions
• Addressed an issue where saving a project would sometimes increase the database connection count on PostgreSQL databases
• General performance and stability improvements

Peter

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