1. What's new in DaVinci Resolve 17.0:
  3. Color
  4. • DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel keycaps kit and new optimized menus.
  5. • RCM2 with improved color tagging and smooth tone and gamut mapping.
  6. • HDR perceptually accurate primary grading tools with tonal range control.
  7. • Color warper to qualify and change hue vs saturation and luma vs chroma.
  8. • Magic mask using the DaVinci neural engine generates tracking masks.
  9. • Redesigned primary interface to show all controls concurrently.
  10. • Grading tools are colorspace aware in color managed timelines.
  11. • Support for user selectable colorspace and gamma for HDR grading tools.
  12. • Support for timeline clips to bypass color management.
  13. • Support for sat vs lum mode in the curve tool.
  14. • Support for generating a 17-point cube 3D LUT.
  15. • Support for LUTs designed for video range.
  16. • Support for saving smart filters to be shown in all projects.
  17. • Support for smart filters for marker keywords added to timeline clips.
  18. • Support for diagonal, venetian blinds and checkerboard reference wipes.
  19. • Support to set input colorspace, gamma and IDT on preconform timelines.
  20. • Support for a pop-out floating window for the curves panel.
  21. • Support for fast review from the playback menu on the color page.
  22. • Support for a 3x3 grid view and multiple GPU scopes of the same type.
  23. • Support for a floating video scopes window in dual screen layouts.
  24. • Improved scaling and style options for waveforms and vectorscopes.
  25. • Support for processing the timeline node graph in nested timelines.
  26. • Improved handling of alpha channel scaling in ACES and RCM workflows.
  27. • Support for loading IDTs and ODTs as a DCTL file or ACES RRT.
  28. • Support for non-parametric DCTL IDT and ODT formats.
  29. • Support for defining LUTs inside a DCTL file.
  30. • Support for multiple simultaneous client connections in remote grading.
  31. • Support for advanced and mini panels networking for remote grading.
  32. • Support for a split screen playhead viewing mode.
  33. • Support for improved split screen layouts.
  34. • Support for converting in-out ranges to duration markers.
  35. • Improved behavior when drawing bezier power windows using a mouse.
  36. • Option for a more serial node numbering for the node graph.
  37. • Support for dragging stills to the viewer or node graph to apply grade.
  38. • Copying grades and nodes in the Color page is now focus-based.
  39. • Option to use a Rec.2020 matrix for 4:2:2 video monitoring.
  41. Resolve FX
  42. • Resolve FX Smear frame blending for motion blur and other effects.
  43. • Resolve FX Motion Trails temporal motion blur, object trails, disco effects.
  44. • Resolve FX Transform clip moving, stretching and rotation with motion blur.
  45. • Resolve FX False Color overlays replicating camera HUDs and other looks.
  46. • Resolve FX Texture Pop for fine image detail and contrast control.
  47. • Resolve FX Detail Recovery for detail and grain recovery.
  48. • Resolve FX Noise Reduction native noise reduction tools as Resolve FX.
  49. • Resolve FX Video Collage to quickly position a stack of clips into a grid.
  50. • Resolve FX Luma, HSL and 3D native keying tools as Resolve FX.
  51. • Improved Resolve FX Film Grain with new optimized mode.
  52. • Improved Resolve FX Dead Pixel Fixer with freehand fill, softness etc.
  53. • Improved Resolve FX Dust Buster with shape drawing, clone fixes etc.
  54. • Improved Resolve FX Object Removal for scene mode, adaptive blending.
  55. • Improved Resolve FX Blur defaults for directional, radial and zoom blurs.
  56. • Improved Resolve FX Tilt Shift with alpha channel support for depth masks.
  58. Audio
  59. • Support for the Fairlight Mini Console.
  60. • Fairlight Audio Core to natively CPU process up to 2000 audio tracks.
  61. • FlexBus routing system to permit bus to bus routing and mixing.
  62. • ADM import, playback and export of Dolby Atmos IMF IAB masters.
  63. • Fairlight FX Surround Analyzer meters.
  64. • Full implementation of the 9.1.6 and 22.2 surround sound bus formats.
  65. • Native support for 44.1 KHz sample rate audio clips and instruments.
  66. • Analyzing and navigating to audio transients in a track.
  67. • Offline clip-based audio loudness analyzer.
  68. • Selection of absolute or relative scales and loudness meter dialog gating.
  69. • Support for Netflix loudness standards in the Fairlight loudness analyzer.
  70. • Pro Tools keyboard customization preset.
  71. • Full range of video controls in the new unified and tabbed inspector.
  72. • Updated editing, range and selection behavior in edit selection mode.
  73. • Support for importing AES31 audio timelines.
  74. • Support for pre-viewing video when sliding clips, markers and ranges.
  75. • Support for reversing audio clips.
  76. • Support for flattening audio track layers.
  77. • Support to have automation following clip edit changes.
  78. • Support for saving, recalling, creating timelines via configuration presets.
  79. • Support for editing linked clips.
  80. • Support for marquee selection of multiple mixer tracks.
  81. • Support for changing the track type of multiple selected tracks.
  82. • Support to directly edit in the mixer track and VCA group names.
  83. • Support for deleting multiple empty tracks from the track header.
  84. • Support for deleting marked extents on selected tracks.
  85. • Support for per-timeline views, selections, range and playhead location.
  86. • Support for changing clip gain using shortcuts.
  87. • Improved clip gain with change tooltips and fine control using shift.
  88. • Support for bouncing linked groups to a multi channel file.
  89. • Support for quick export from the Fairlight page.
  90. • Support for track record, mute, solo, arm control in the application menu.
  91. • Support for viewer to be off, floating, docked or full screen.
  92. • Support for toggling interface between normal and cinema viewer mode.
  93. • Support for monitoring volume dB level tooltip.
  94. • Support for selecting multiple monitor sources from Fairlight audio editors.
  95. • Support for pre & post roll control from the Fairlight audio editors.
  96. • Support for selection of Fairlight Audio Interface phantom power, gain etc.
  97. • Improved waveform display when zooming into a clip waveform.
  98. • Improved metering displays for timelines with lots of audio tracks.
  99. • Improved keyboard mappings for edit selection mode.
  100. • Improved MPEG-H workflow and export support.
  102. Cut
  103. • Support for the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor.
  104. • Full featured unified inspector with tabs and keyframe control.
  105. • File tab in the inspector with camera raw settings and clip metadata.
  106. • Media pool clip properties can now be viewed and edited in the inspector.
  107. • Media pool slate and sort view with grouping based on clip metadata.
  108. • Audio trim on the viewer and timeline.
  109. • Live scrubbing previews for effects library transitions, titles and effects.
  110. • Support for a new relink icon and dialog in the cut page.
  111. • Support quickly switching source tape bins from the media pool.
  112. • Support for showing the media pool in a flattened view.
  113. • Playhead indicators for distance to adjacent edits when using sync bins.
  114. • Support for a change duration dialog with presets in the cut page.
  115. • Support for entering the clip duration in the viewer duration field.
  116. • Support for navigating edit points and markers in the cut page.
  117. • Support for a thumbnail view in the effects library.
  118. • Support for a full screen preview icon on the viewer.
  119. • Support for selecting safe area guides and aspect ratios on the cut page.
  120. • Support for a cinema viewer with sync bin multi-views.
  121. • Support for switching timelines in the viewer.
  122. • Support for importing frame sequences as individual still images.
  123. • Improved markers entry using the DaVinci Resolve Editor keyboard.
  125. Edit
  126. • Full featured unified inspector with tabs and keyframe control.
  127. • File tab in the inspector with camera raw settings and clip metadata.
  128. • Media pool clip properties can now be viewed and edited in the inspector.
  129. • Significantly improved DaVinci neural engine deinterlacing quality option.
  130. • Significantly improved processing of interlaced timelines and deliveries.
  131. • Real time removal of 3:2 pull down.
  132. • Scene cut detection directly on the timeline using DaVinci neural engine.
  133. • Automatically framing shots based on content using DaVinci neural engine.
  134. • Quick and clean chroma keying with Resolve FX Luma, HSL and 3D Keyer.
  135. • Resolve FX Video Collage for multiple source picture in picture grid.
  136. • Burn away transition with options to control burning, melting and shriveling.
  137. • Sync of multiple audio clips to a single video clip.
  138. • Aligning edits on the timeline using waveform or timecode matching.
  139. • Importing BorisFX Continuum plugins, transitions etc. from AAFs.
  140. • Live scrubbing previews for effects library transitions, titles and effects.
  141. • Media pool slate and sort view with grouping based on clip metadata.
  142. • Deleting gaps based on clip selection, ranges or the whole timeline.
  143. • Support for rendering sections of the timeline in place with effects baked in.
  144. • Support for motion blur controls for motion based video transitions.
  145. • Support for dragging effects directly into the inspector.
  146. • Support for conversion of basic transitions into Fusion transitions.
  147. • Support for timeline compositing using Resolve FX & OpenFX alpha.
  148. • Support to retain image position in the crop section of the inspector.
  149. • Support to navigate the timeline with arrow keys without affecting selection.
  150. • Support to change clip selection using arrow keys and command modifier.
  151. • Support for a thumbnail view in the effects library.
  152. • Support for sorting timelines alphabetically, creation date or recent use.
  153. • Support for disabling timelines within the media pool.
  154. • Improved timecode entry with multiple modes and dedicated action.
  155. • Support for copy paste of timecode or frame in viewers based on mode.
  156. • Support for compositing using track mattes or external alpha.
  157. • Support for Fusion effect templates in the edit page.
  158. • Support for viewer overlays for Fusion templates and titles.
  159. • Support to save and show smart bins in all projects.
  160. • Support for creating multiple multicam clips by splitting at gaps.
  161. • Support for compound clip or timeline conversion into multicam clips.
  162. • Support to optionally zoom timeline at the cursor or the playhead.
  163. • Support for a fast play review from the playback menu.
  164. • Support for hovering on title font names to preview on viewer.
  165. • Support for monitoring HDR and SDR outputs for Dolby Vision projects.
  166. • Support for monitoring stereoscopic 3D timelines.
  167. • Support for creating DCTL based transitions.
  168. • Support for importing EDL, XML etc. without media to empty media pool.
  169. • Support for floating video scopes in media view in a dual monitor mode.
  170. • Support for closing take selector or retime using escape.
  171. • Support for creating a new timeline using an IMF composition playlist.
  172. • Improved behavior when switching between clip and edit point selections.
  173. • Improved waveform syncing when creating multicams or aligning clips.
  174. • Improved track compositing when the media doesn't cover the full canvas.
  175. • Support for independent track height and view mode options.
  177. Fusion
  178. • Audio playback along with waveform display in the keyframes panel.
  179. • Viewing and editing clip and timeline markers in the keyframes panel.
  180. • Resolve FX Dead Pixel Fixer, DCTL and Patch Replacer.
  181. • Support for bookmarks to switch between different views in the node editor.
  182. • Anim curves modifier for convenient easing and shaping of animations.
  183. • Support for user customization of the Fusion toolbar above the node editor.
  184. • Support for auto creating a composition when adding tools or media.
  185. • Support for additional dual screen layouts.
  186. • Support for full featured unified inspector with tabs and keyframe control.
  187. • Initial support for a GPU accelerated 2D shapes toolkit for motion graphics.
  188. • Improved optical flow behavior.
  189. • Improved handling of SVG images in Fusion.
  191. Workflow Integrations
  192. • Open toolkit to create DaVinci Resolve Studio workflow integration plugins.
  194. Codecs
  195. • Directly uploading to Twitter from within DaVinci Resolve.
  196. • Per frame metadata from Blackmagic RAW clips.
  197. • Per frame metadata from ARRI, RED, Canon and Sony cameras.
  198. • Decoding and rendering per-frame EXR metadata.
  199. • Updated metadata support for Sony MXF clips.
  200. • Open plugin SDK toolkit for encoder developers.
  201. • Growing file support in the media pool.
  202. • Decoding QuickTime PNG clips.
  203. • Decoding uncompressed RGB 8-bit and YUV 10-bit AVI clips.
  204. • Decoding spanned Panasonic 8K SHV clips.
  205. • Decoding and encoding GoPro CineForm clips with non multiple of 16 res.
  206. • Decoding and encoding mp3 audio in Linux.
  207. • Decoding and encoding high-throughput JPEG 2000 (HTJ2K).
  208. • Bypass re-encodes for supported JPEG 2000 profiles on renders.
  209. • Encoding IMF MCA audio metadata.
  210. • Encoding IMF and DCP as reels based on duration or edits.
  211. • Exporting non-HDR DCP metadata option.
  212. • Exporting HDR tags in DCP workflows.
  213. • Support for reading RAW clips and audio clips from Frame.io.
  214. • Support for decoding 32 bit PSD format images.
  215. • Support for additional NVIDIA encoder parameters for H.264 and H.265.
  216. • Improved decoding and encoding for H.265 on Mac OS with alpha support.
  217. • Support for rendering alpha channel in single clip render mode.
  218. • Support for rendering 10-bit HDR IMF clips.
  219. • Support for a 16 bit SDR IMF preset.
  220. • Support for Photon 4.8.0 for IMF validation.
  222. General
  223. • Proxy media workflow supporting internal and externally generated media.
  224. • Optimized media is now automatically available across projects.
  225. • Generation of optimized media can now be limited to edit extents.
  226. • In and out ranges are now synchronized between pages.
  227. • Significantly improved performance with large collaboration projects.
  228. • Stability improvements with new GPU detection and initialization.
  229. • Better interactivity and playback performance on multi-GPU systems.
  230. • Consistent pan, zoom and scroll behavior with mouse and trackpads.
  231. • Support for importing and exporting individual timelines using .drt files.
  232. • Support for importing and exporting individual bins using .drb files.
  233. • Support for exporting .drt files for media managed timelines.
  234. • Support for auto linking .drt files to source camera clips.
  235. • Support for auto linking .drt files generated using media management.
  236. • Improved error handling for media management jobs.
  237. • Support for a warning about media offline when creating render jobs.
  238. • Support for smart bins and smart filters to check if media is offline.
  239. • Support to scan all connected databases for remote rendering jobs.
  240. • Support for new resize filter options in project settings and edit inspector.
  241. • Support for render caching adjustment clips.
  242. • Support to adjust numeric field entries using arrow keys based on cursor.
  243. • Support to ignore unsupported OpenFX plugin packages in preferences.
  244. • Support for independently configuring capture and playback devices.
  245. • Support for displaying source frame number in data burn-in.
  246. • Support for source and record timecode tags for custom data burn-in text.
  247. • Support for adjusting text opacity for data burn-in.
  248. • Support for configuring multiple custom LUT paths.
  249. • Support for Thai & Vietnamese UI localizations.
  250. • Support for a render codec tag for render path and file name.
  251. • Support for ITU-R BT.2111-1 HDR test bar patterns.
  252. • Support for showing fast forward & rewind speed.
  253. • Support for NVLink high speed interconnect with supported NVIDIA GPUs.
  254. • Support for xGMI high speed interconnect with supported AMD GPUs.
  255. • Support for an integrated title bar in the application window on Mac OS.
  256. • Support for previous and next navigation across Frame.io markers.
  257. • Support for triggering a script at the start or end of a render.
  258. • Collaboration workflows are now available in DaVinci Resolve.
  259. • DaVinci Resolve can now connect to remote PostgreSQL databases.
  260. • Multiple scripting API improvements.
  261. • Multiple performance and stability improvements.

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 17.0: