Blackmagic Design has just announced that the final release of DaVinci Resolve 19 is now available. This acclaimed post-production software contains tons of goodies for editors, colorists, VFX artists, and sound designers. Resolve is not just a color grading software, but a leading NLE beast. All features and release notes are below. 

DaVinci Resolve 19

DaVinci Resolve 19 is a major new update that adds new DaVinci Neural Engine AI tools, over 100 feature upgrades such as IntelliTrack AI, Ultra NR noise reduction, ColorSlice six vector grading, film look creator FX, and multi-source editing on the cut page. For Fusion, there are new USD tools and multiple rotoscoping tools, plus Fairlight has new Fairlight AI audio panning to video, ducker track FX and ambisonic surround sound. Blackmagic Cloud has new features that make it easy to use for large companies with multiple users collaborating on the same project at the same time. There’s also support for DaVinci Resolve Replay so you can create live-action replays straight to air during live events and convert those replays into promos, highlight packages, and instant social media updates.

With this update, editors can work directly with transcribed audio to find speakers and edit timeline clips. Colorists can produce rich film-like tones with the ColorSlice six vector palette and produce cinematic images using the new film look creator effect which emulates photometric film processes. In Fairlight, the IntelliTrack AI can be used to track motion and automatically pan audio. VFX artists in Fusion have an expanded set of USD tools plus a new multiple rotoscoping tool that displays all of your masks in a single list. The cut page has new broadcast replay tools for live multi-camera broadcast editing, playout, and replay with speed control. There’s also support for live sync with Blackmagic Cloud which uploads media into a DaVinci Resolve bin while the camera is recording so editors and colorists can start working even while the camera is rolling. We would like to thank all of the customers who participated in the beta program, tested the software in a variety of workflows, reported bugs, and helped to make DaVinci Resolve 19 even more reliable.

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What’s new in DaVinci Resolve 19.0

Cut

1. New multi-source option to view time-synced footage.
2. Support for displaying clip markers and keyframes.
3. Support for a large enhanced viewer in the cut page.
4. Live overwrite now starts with a single frame duration by default.
5. Interactive Resolve FX and Fusion effect overlays in the viewer.
6. Improved grouping of Fusion effects.
7. Decompose nested clips from clip context menu.
8. Ability to find timeline clip in multi source.
9. Apply transitions to all edits and set default from context menu.
10. Cut page timelines now show render cache activity.
11. Option to select checkerboard and grey alpha viewer backgrounds.
12. Improved media pool and timeline sizing to maximize viewer size.
13. Replay Workflows
14. Support for the cut page as a media player and playout system.
15. Support for the DaVinci Resolve Replay Editor.
16. View ATEM multiview feeds live in DaVinci Resolve.
17. Live sync camera clips in DaVinci Resolve via Blackmagic Cloud.
18. Add points of interest and create replays from multiview and timeline.
19. Cue and run replays with live slow motion.
20. Pick from slow motion, ramp down and other retime presets.
21. Apply auto stingers to start and end of playback.
22. Automatically add replays to build highlights timelines.
23. DaVinci Neural Engine
24. IntelliTrack AI point tracker for tracking and stabilization.
25. AI-powered UltraNR noise reduction for spatial denoising.
26. New voice isolation mode with faster response and buffering.
27. IntelliTrack powered audio panning to video in Fairlight.
28. New 2x and 4x SuperScale options using Nvidia RTX on Windows.
29. Up to 3.5x faster SuperScale on supported AMD systems.
30. Up to 3x faster AI features on supported Intel Windows systems.
31. A new faster option for Speed Warp.
32. Music Remixer FX to remix voice, drums, bass, guitar and other sources.
33. Dialogue Separator FX to separate dialogue, background or ambience.
34. Option to detect speakers for text based editing workflows.

Edit

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

Media

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

Color

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

Fusion

1. Fusion viewers are now color managed.
2. Multi Poly tool for easier rotoscoping of complex objects.
3. Support for Open Color IO 2.3.
4. Support for referenced Fusion compositions in the media pool.
5. USD enhancements for Material X and advanced volumetric shading.
6. Stereoscopic 3D clip support in Fusion compositions.
7. Multiple shape toolset enhancements.
8. Improved Text+ inspector and on-screen controls.
9. Show user defined guides in the viewer.
10. Support for deleting and resetting layers in MultiMerge.
11. Option for sBooleans to retain the upstream style.
12. Option to specify duplication path in duplicate tools.
13. Set control to default now clears animations, modifiers and expressions.
14. New occlusion mask input for Surface Tracker.
15. Track forward and reverse controls for multiple tracker tools.
16. Ability to match planar tracker sizes to dissimilar logo and image overlays.
17. Deselecting trackers now hides tracking paths in viewer.
18. Improved performance for some large Fusion compositions.
19. Faster rendering of streaming 3D textures in compositions.
20. Up to 3x faster Magic Mask performance in Fusion.
21. New left flow and mid flow UI presets with vertical viewer layouts.
22. Resolve FX
23. New Film Look Creator.
24. New auto SDR to HDR tone mapping using Nvidia RTX Video on Windows.
25. Better Face Refinement box and profile handling and smooth skin options.
26. New Defocus Background isolates foreground with blur.
27. Improved blur quality for Radial Blur and Zoom blur.
28. Smoother sub pixel animation and finer control for Box and Directional blur.
29. Up to 3x faster Beauty, Edge Detect and Watercolor on Mac.
30. Up to 2x faster Beauty, Edge Detect and Watercolor on Nvidia systems.

Fairlight

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

Miscellaneous

Minimum system requirements for Mac OS

• Mac OS 13 Ventura.
• 8 GB of system memory. 16 GB when using Fusion.
• Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
• GPU which supports Metal.

Minimum system requirements for Windows

• Windows 10 Creators Update.
• 16 GB of system memory. 32 GB when using Fusion.
• Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
• Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 2 GB of VRAM.
• GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.
• AMD/Intel Driver – as required by your GPU manufacturer.
• NVIDIA Driver – Studio driver 550.58 or newer.
• Minimum system requirements for Windows for Arm
• Windows 11 for ARM.
• Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite series processor.
• Recommended: 16 GB of system memory. 32 GB for 4K or Fusion use.

Free version vs. Studion version

The free version of DaVinci Resolve 19 includes all of the same high-quality processing as DaVinci Resolve 19 Studio and can handle unlimited-resolution media files. However, it does limit project mastering and output to Ultra HD resolutions or lower. DaVinci Resolve 19 only supports a single processing GPU on Windows and Linux and 2 GPUs on the latest Mac Pro. If you need features such as support for multiple GPUs, 4K output, motion blur effects, temporal and spatial noise reduction, multiple AI-based tools, HDR tools, camera tracker, voice isolation, multiple Resolve FX, 3D stereoscopic tools, and remote rendering, please upgrade to DaVinci Resolve 19 Studio. Download from here.