DaVinci Resolve 15.2 Announced: Improved NLE Capabilities

Blackmagic Design has released today a new 15.2 version of its flagship color grading software: DaVinci Resolve 15.2 which is ready to download, and includes many improved editing capabilities. Read more below.

As the development of DaVinci Resolve, pro industry standard color grading software is sprinting like no tomorrow, today a new version has pushed to users. Obviously the new version is improved and based on users feedback, mainly in regard to editing capabilities of the software. Yes, DV Resolve is an award winning masterpiece and Netflix approved, in term of color grading, but lacks the ability in editing due to dropping frames phenomena and crushing issues. This version development was focused on the editing capabilities of the software. Let’s have a look.

Timeline: more responsive trimming

Resolve 15.2 has a dramatically improved edit timeline that now draws at a higher frame rate for even more responsive and precise trimming. You’ll also see new animations as clips slide in and out of position to show you exactly how different types of edits affect the timeline.

Resolve 15.2 has a dramatically improved edit timeline that now draws at a higher frame rate for even more responsive and precise trimming. 

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Keyboard customization

Keyboard customization has been redesigned with a new visual interface, there’s a new keyword dictionary tool for managing metadata keywords, duplicate frame detection, clip usage indicators in the media pool, simplified timecode entry, improved compound and nested timeline editing. You can now edit audio transitions at the subframe level on the Edit page and gang faders together on the Fairlight page.

Media pool: FPCX style Icon view

The icons on media pool have much more friendly graphical user interface, like FCPX. By the way, advanced and straightforward interface it’s something that Apple Final Cut Pro X known for.  Now seems DV Resolve has done the same.

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Beauty plugin

The color panel has a new plugin called “Beauty”, that allows you to smooth images textures more natively.

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The color panel has a new plugin called “Beauty”, that allows you to smooth images textures more natively.

FairlightFX multi band compressor

FairlightFX multi band compressor and stereo fixers plugins give you even more powerful ways to work with audio on both the edit and Fairlight pages. Also the mastering process has improved as well.

You can download the last update from Blackmagic website. 

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Final thoughts

DaVinci Resolve is improving and enhancing rapidly on a month to month basis, and that’s wonderful. That’s how a software should be developed. A pure software development cycle.

Seems that the development focuses on elevating the editing potential and capabilities of DV Resolve. In my opinion the key is speed when dealing with a complex timeline (feature film for example). Therefore I don’t think that DV Resolve is ready for that yet, but it’s getting there.

Have you used DV Resolve as a NLE? Let us know in the comments section below.