Peter Chamberlain

Hello all, we are pleased to release DaVinci Resolve 14 beta 9. This is a no charge update for existing Studio customers and the download is available from the Blackmagic Design support web site. There is also a free version available at the same site. Please backup your project database before installing and migrating to this update. This update includes: Added support for single frame step 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 Improved performance of viewer in the Fairlight page Added a new column for audio codec in the Media Pool Added support for up to 8 faders on 3rd Party Audio Control Surfaces using HUI protocol on Mac and Windows Added selection support for the Fairlight Audio Accelerator with MADI and the Fairlight Audio Interface Added support for nudge edits in Layered Audio Editing mode Improved optimized playback for Sony Raw and CinemaDNG clips Added a shortcut for Blackmagic Design’s Training resources in the Help menu Addressed an issue where certain QuickTime clips at fractional frame rates would repeat frames Addressed an issue where rendering a timeline track for a newly created projects would sometimes result in a crash Addressed an issue where some interlaced AVC MXF clips would show image artefacts Addressed an issue where the viewer would show artefacts when rendering some H.264 clips Addressed an issue where saving a project during playback on the Fairlight page would cause a hang Addressed an issue where overwriting a generated LUT would create a new LUT with the clip name appended again Addressed an issue where applying the Advanced Stabilizer on a clip with a cross-dissolve would sometimes result in black frames Addressed an issue where turning on ‘Create Smart Bin from Timeline’ in the User Preferences would not work Addressed an issue where switching projects dynamically would reset audio track names Addressed a crash when opening a collaboration project in read-only mode and performing actions on the Fairlight page Addressed an issue where two users could load a non-collaborative project in write mode Addressed an issue where dragging an audio clip to a new timeline track would not update the number of tracks available for rendering Addressed a crash when enabling/disabling multiple AFX plugins on a single clip Addressed an issue where the loop state was ignored during JKL playback Addressed an issue where switching pages would sometimes close floating Media Pool bins Addressed a crash when switching to a new project and hovering over the Media Pool filmstrip Addressed an issue where turning on Layered Editing and trimming a clip would not work correctly Addressed a crash when adding media to the take-selector in some timelines Addressed an issue where the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panel would not work due to firewall restrictions on Windows Addressed a crash when a clip being previewed in the Media Pool is deleted on another machine in Collaboration mode Addressed an issue where dragging a media on the viewer overlay to add to the timeline would not move the playhead Addressed an issue where the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panels showed different key highlight colors Addressed an issue where the Aux mixer dialog would not refresh automatically when new Aux buses were added Addressed an issue where applying Advanced Stabilization on a clip would cause power windows to behave incorrectly Addressed a crash when enabling or disabling tracks and switching pages in Collaboration mode Addressed an issue where changes to third party AFX would sometimes not be accurately reflected when saving a project General performance and stability improvements Please report issues you find with this release in the beta 14 feedback sub thread.

We are pleased to announce the availability of DaVinci Resolve Studio 14 beta 8. This is a no charge update for existing Mac, Windows and Linux customers. You can download this beta from the Blackmagic Design Support site. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/ This beta update includes: - Added basic HUI protocol support over USB for MCU Pro Universal Control Surface on Mac and Windows - Added support for speaker setup of Blackmagic Video I/O hardware - Added support for speaker setup of connected USB audio devices - Encoding and decoding Cineform files is now supported on all platforms - Restored the “Hide UI Overlays for Optimized Playback” in User Preferences - Addressed an issue where playing back certain H.264 clips would result in a crash on Windows - Addressed an issue with decoding Cannon C200 clips - Addressed an issue where clips with fractional frame rates (such as 29.97 fps) would decode with a frame offset - Addressed an issue where some speaker setup preferences would cause loss of audio in the Edit and Color pages - Addressed an issue where Resolve would sometimes not save bus properties - Addressed various automation issues on the Fairlight page - Addressed an issue where waveforms on the Edit page would be out of sync when zooming - Addressed an issue where importing certain EDLs would result in loss of audio - Addressed an issue where ripple-deleting a marked range would not affect some gaps - Addressed an issue where the default audio track format would be ignored when dragging in clips with multiple audio tracks from the Media Pool - Addressed an issue where playback of some mp3 file would produce artefacts on macOS - Addressed an issue where rendering to some AAC formats would result in a freeze - Addressed an issue where render jobs with AAC audio would not correctly save the number of channels - Addressed an issue where decoding frame-based clips with frames of different resolutions would cause a crash - Addressed an issue where the Face Refinement tracking data would not be preserved when changing project resolution - Added support for disconnecting from the currently selected database Addressed an issue where SubClips with linked audio would sometimes result in sync issues - Addressed an issue where retiming certain audio clips would sometimes result in sync issues - Addressed an issue where switching to the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel would require a machine restart on Linux - Addressed an issue with crashes on some third party OpenFX plugins - General performance and stability improvements

We are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve 14 beta 5. This is a no charge update for existing customers and is available from our support web site. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion Please review the list below for inclusions from the last beta and if you are moving from v12.5 make sure to back up your project database first. For those on Windows and Linux that are migrating projects to v14, please refer to the note regarding H.264 levels. -Support for white balance picker to automatically set temperature and tint -Support for white and black point picker for automatic color balance -Improved results when using Hue vs. Lum curves -Support for source viewer video I/O playback of clips not at the project frame rate -Playback now continues when performing a trim during looped playback -Media Pool clips added using the import dialog are now automatically selected upon import -Added support for Play Around Current Selection command in the Edit page -Added support for inspector controls for audio plugins without a custom user interface -Added support for Alt/Option + click to open a bin in read-only mode in Collaboration projects -Improvements to ResolveFX Face Refinement -Added Canon Log 2 to Resolve Color Management -Added Color page thumbnail indicator for Edit page OFX applied on clips -Improved vertical zooming on Fairlight page timeline -Added the ability to change and apply Data Burn settings in the Deliver Page and the Fairlight Page -Added improvements to ResolveFX Color Stabilizer and ResolveFX Timelapse Deflicker -Added ability to edit and update existing Media Pool custom column layouts -Addressed an issue where full range H.264 clips were incorrectly decoded as video range on Windows and Linux when Data Levels was set to Auto --To retain existing grades on projects (on Windows and Linux), set Data Levels to Video in Clip Attributes -Addressed an issue where Burn-ins would not update when enabling a video track -Addressed an issue where some H.264 files would show media offline frames -Addressed an issue where some render jobs would fail with a critical error -Addressed an issue where DaVinci Micro and Mini panel LCD and key backlight brightness would only get set correctly on the Color page -Addressed an issue where rendering H.264 clips with an odd resolution would crash on Windows -Addressed an issue with decoding or extracting audio from some AAC files -Addressed an issue where mute and solo would be set incorrectly -Addressed an issue where some camera files would not playback audio on the timeline -Addressed an issue where live previews of thumbnails would interfere with playback of an existing clip -Addressed an issue where duplicating a timeline would reset some parameters in the new timeline -Addressed an issue with dragging a video or audio only edit from a Power Bin clip in the source viewer -Addressed an issue where applying certain image transforms would cause flickers in the image -Addressed an issue where adjusting the inner or outer softness of a Power Curve Window would cause a crash -Addressed a crash when decoding a 6K Panasonic GH5 clip -Addressed an issue with video capture to QuickTime ProRes 4444 and ProRes 4444 XQ formats -Addressed an issue with clicking/noise at the beginning of AAC audio clips -Addressed an issue with audio playback on the Fairlight page on some systems -Addressed a stability issue with enabling Collaboration on a project with auto save enabled -Addressed an issue with archiving projects which include frame based clip mattes -Addressed an issue where clips added to the timeline from a power bin may appear offline -Addressed an issue where still grades were not properly copied over correctly for some projects -General performance and stability improvements