DaVinci Resolve 19

What’s new in DaVinci Resolve 19.0

Cut

• New multi source option to view time-synced footage.
• Support for displaying clip markers and keyframes.
• Support for a large enhanced viewer in the cut page.
• Live overwrite now starts with a single frame duration by default.
• Interactive Resolve FX and Fusion effect overlays in the viewer.
• Improved grouping of Fusion effects.
• Decompose nested clips from clip context menu.
• Ability to find timeline clip in multi source.
• Apply transitions to all edits and set default from context menu.
• Cut page timelines now show render cache activity.
• Option to select checkerboard and grey alpha viewer backgrounds.
• Improved media pool and timeline sizing to maximize viewer size.

Replay Workflows

• Support for the cut page as a media player and playout system.
• Support for the DaVinci Resolve Replay Editor.
• View ATEM multiview feeds live in DaVinci Resolve.
• Live sync camera clips in DaVinci Resolve via Blackmagic Cloud.
• Add points of interest and create replays from multiview and timeline.
• Cue and run replays with live slow motion.
• Pick from slow motion, ramp down and other retime presets.
• Apply auto stingers to start and end of playback.
• Automatically add replays to build highlights timelines.

DaVinci Neural Engine

• IntelliTrack AI point tracker for tracking and stabilization.
• AI powered UltraNR noise reduction for spatial denoising.
• New voice isolation mode with faster response and buffering.
• IntelliTrack powered audio panning to video in Fairlight.
• New 2x and 4x SuperScale options using Nvidia RTX on Windows.
• Up to 3.5x faster SuperScale on supported AMD systems.
• Up to 3x faster AI features on supported Intel Windows systems.
• New faster option for Speed Warp.
• Music Remixer FX to remix voice, drums, bass, guitar and other sources.
• Dialogue Separator FX to separate dialogue, background or ambience.
• Option to detect speakers for text based editing workflows.

Edit

• Ability to edit timeline content based on source clip transcription.
• Option to display timecode column in the transcription window.
• Option to search and replace partial words in the transcription window.
• Select a sentence using mark clip in the transcription window.
• Place on top button in the transcription window.
• Support for transcribing timeline as a nested clip.
• Ability to import and export transcriptions as SRT and SRTX files.
• Ability to detect speakers during transcription.
• Preview, skim and scrub source audio channels in the inspector file tab.
• Set common source audio configurations in the inspector.
• Preview up to 36 audio channels in source viewer and inspector.
• Support for the precision trim editor in the timeline viewer.
• Support for safe area overlay options in the timeline viewer.
• Ability to select audio channels when aligning clips using waveform.
• Support for fixed playhead mode in the timeline.
• Support for retaining transitions when ripple deleting a clip.
• Support for bezier controls for Open FX keyframes.
• Missing Text+ fonts are indicated as a viewer overlay.
• Ability to edit Text+ titles in the viewer.
• Ability to use the keyboard numeric keypad for direct timecode entry.
• Effect library favorites are now categorized.
• Option to search across all effect library folders.
• Collapse effect library categories with alt or option double click.
• Improved snapping and cursor sensitivity on the timeline.
• Up to 50% faster iris, shape, wipe and simple dissolves on Apple Silicon.
• Option to select checkerboard and grey alpha viewer backgrounds.

Media

• Support for updating clip usage for all timelines.
• Ability to select channels when syncing audio using waveform.
• Ability to reveal media pool bin from multi bin or search displays.
• Action to resync a bin to include new clips in the original folder.
• Smart bin filter for media pool clips proxy status.
• Option to retain video metadata when syncing audio and video files.
• Ability to resize 2-up and 4-up views in the media pool.
• Media management now retains alpha for supported formats.
• Marker clips are now editable in the media pool list view.
• Generated proxies now retain reel number metadata.

Color

• New ColorSlice six vector grading palette.
• Node Stack allows management of complex grading workflows.
• Support for ACES AMF 2.0.
• Option to normalize channels in the RGB mixer.
• SDI output now shows advanced 3D keyer strokes and marker annotations.
• Support for double clicking to open a compound node.
• Preview matte node layers by alt or option hovering over layer entry.
• Node context menu actions can now be assigned shortcut keys.
• Support for cleaning up node graph for multiple selected clips.
• Support for creating smart filters for HDR graded clips.
• Improved stereoscopic 3D control layouts on advanced and mini panels.
• Support for current group filter on advanced panels.
• Improved viewer zoom increments when using shortcut keys.
• Support for Dolby Vision HDMI tunneling on DeckLink 8K Pro G2.
• Dolby Vision tone mapped viewer previews and scopes in dual SDI mode.
• Option to link Dolby Vision target display selection for trims and preview.
• Improved HDR Vivid support.
• Support for FujiFilm Log and Log2 for color managed workflows.

Fusion

• Fusion viewers are now color managed.
• Multi Poly tool for easier rotoscoping of complex objects.
• Support for Open Color IO 2.3.
• Support for referenced Fusion compositions in the media pool.
• USD enhancements for Material X and advanced volumetric shading.
• Stereoscopic 3D clip support in Fusion compositions.
• Multiple shape toolset enhancements.
• Improved Text+ inspector and on-screen controls.
• Show user defined guides in the viewer.
• Support for deleting and resetting layers in MultiMerge.
• Option for sBooleans to retain the upstream style.
• Option to specify duplication path in duplicate tools.
• Set control to default now clears animations, modifiers and expressions.
• New occlusion mask input for Surface Tracker.
• Track forward and reverse controls for multiple tracker tools.
• Ability to match planar tracker sizes to dissimilar logo and image overlays.
• Deselecting trackers now hides tracking paths in viewer.
• Improved performance for some large Fusion compositions.
• Faster rendering of streaming 3D textures in compositions.
• Up to 3x faster Magic Mask performance in Fusion.
• New left flow and mid flow UI presets with vertical viewer layouts.

Resolve FX

• New Film Look Creator.
• New auto SDR to HDR tone mapping using Nvidia RTX Video on Windows.
• Better Face Refinement box and profile handling and smooth skin options.
• New Defocus Background isolates foreground with blur.
• Improved blur quality for Radial Blur and Zoom blur.
• Smoother sub pixel animation and finer control for Box and Directional blur.
• Up to 3x faster Beauty, Edge Detect and Watercolor on Mac.
• Up to 2x faster Beauty, Edge Detect and Watercolor on Nvidia systems.

Fairlight

• Fully integrated native Ambisonics workflow.
• IntelliTrack powered audio panning to video.
• Ability to sidechain VST3 and AU audio effects.
• Music Remixer FX to remix voice, drums, bass, guitar and other sources.
• Dialogue Separator FX to separate dialogue, background and ambience.
• Ducker track FX for auto level management of beds against dialogue.
• Voice Isolation supports true stereo and improved buffering.
• Dialogue Leveler has improved with faster cue up time.
• Improved frequency analyzer displays for spectrum and waterfall options.
• Improved real time control response to clip equalizer changes.
• Multiple improvements for native FX processing.
• Multiple automation improvements.
• Support for panning in groups.
• Support for clip head and tail snapping in focus mode.
• Support for zoom to fit for timeline view.
• Support for timecode and midi timecode chase.
• Support for an exclusive solo mode.
• Support for fades with Dolby Atmos compositions.
• Ability to loop playback over range from Fairlight panels.
• Preferences option to auto-patch armed tracks to default audio input.
• Support for dynamic delay compensation with AU plugins.
• Support for Sony 360RA Walkmix audio formats and plugin.
• Improved ADM and Vivid audio with MPEG-H SDK 2.75.
• Support for third party auto conform workflows.

Codecs

• Up to 3x faster H.264 and H.265 decodes on non Studio in Windows.
• Up to 2x faster H.264 and H.265 native encodes in Windows.
• Support for Blackmagic RAW SDK 4.2.
• New IMF iQIYI Deliver page preset.
• Custom deliver presets are sorted alphabetically.
• Support for encoding IMF packages with JPEG HT content.
• Support for exporting AMF with image sequences.
• Up to 2x faster decodes for ZIP1 compressed OpenEXR sequences.
• Support for alpha-based HEIC formats.
• Support for encoding FLAC audio.
• Support for encoding QuickTime JPEG YUV 422 and 444 formats.
• Support for 44.1 KHz and other audio sample rates in Linux.
• Render support for odd numbered resolutions in mov and avi formats.
• Initial support for iPhone Cinematic video on Mac OS Sonoma.
• DaVinci IO Encode Plugin SDK support for audio only formats.
• Support for Sony XAVC H raw controls.
• Support for embedded LUTs in Sony MXF and MP4 clips.
• Support for H.264 and H.265 bitrate settings in Quick Export.
• GPU accelerated decodes for ARRI Codex HDE on CUDA.
• Rendered DNxHR 444 clips now default to using full data range.

Scripting API

• Support for managing clip color groups.
• Ability to query timeline, clip and group node graphs.
• Support for enumerating tools used in a given node.
• Support to enable or disable color nodes in a node graph.
• Support for setting and getting color keyframe mode.
• Ability to export clip LUTs.
• Ability to export timeline ALE and CDL.
• Support to invoke Dolby Vision analysis on a timeline.
• Ability to import OpenTimelineIO timelines with custom import options.
• Support for querying media audio track mapping.
• Support to query and set speaker detection from project settings.
• Support to add a timeline track at a given index.
• Support to query for a timeline item’s linked clips.
• Support to query for a timeline item’s track type and index.
• Support to get and set cloud project media location from project settings.
• Improved support for querying media pool stereoscopic 3D clips.

General

• Organization profile support for Blackmagic Cloud.
• Support for Blackmagic Cloud monthly Studio licenses.
• Improved Blackmagic Cloud media sync dialog.
• Support for ARM64 based Windows systems.
• Open FX Resolve Renderer plugin for external VFX applications.
• Support for German and Italian user interface localizations.
• Support for duplicating local project libraries.
• Support for restoring timeline backups from deleted timelines.
• Loading large timelines now shows a progress bar.
• Support for disabling specific video tracks for a render job.
• Option to optimize audio loudness and peaks in render settings.
• Support for HDR viewers on Windows.
• Support for HDR scans using the new Cintel scanner 8mm gate.
• Support for black and white scans from the Cintel scanner.
• Media management can trim mp3 and flac audio in mp4 and mov clips.
• Clip flags and colors support in data burn-ins.
• Ability to assign keyboard shortcuts for up to 5 UI layout presets.
• New workflow integration example for common MAM APIs.
• Improved battery life for the Speed Editor and Micro Color Panel.
• DaVinci Remote Monitoring using IP address connections.
• Option to specify a custom TURN server for remote monitoring.
• General performance and stability improvements.