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New Features Guide DaVinci Resolve February 2021 English Leading the Creative Video Revolution Welcome Welcome to DaVinci Resolve for Mac, Linux and Windows! DaVinci is the world’s most trusted name in color and has been used to grade more Hollywood films, TV shows, and commercials than anything else. With DaVinci Resolve, you get a complete set of editing, advanced color correction, professional Fairlight audio post production tools and Fusion visual effects combined in one application so you can edit, compose, grade, mix and master deliverables from start to finish, all in a single tool! DaVinci Resolve has the features professional editors, colorists, audio engineers and VFX artists need, and is built on completely modern technology with advanced audio, color and image processing that goes far beyond what any other system can do. With this release, we hope to inspire creativity by letting you work in a comfortable, familiar way, while also giving you an entirely new creative toolset that will help you cut and finish projects at higher quality than ever before! We hope you enjoy reading this manual. With its customizable interface and keyboard shortcuts, DaVinci Resolve is easy to learn, especially if you’re switching from another editor, and has all of the tools you need to create breathtaking, high end work! The DaVinci Resolve Engineering Team Grant Petty CEO Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve 17 New Features Guide 2 Navigation Guide Hover over and click the Contents Heading and it opens the Main Content Page at the beginning of the manual Hover over and click each title and it opens the Page accordingly Hover over and click the footer on each page and it opens the Chapter Content Page DaVinci Resolve 17 New Features Guide 3 Contents 1 General Improvements 5 2 Cut Page Improvements 31 3 Using the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor 41 4 DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard Improvements 61 5 Media and Edit Page Improvements 64 6 Cut and Edit Page Effects 75 7 Fusion Improvements 86 8 Color Page Improvements 107 9 DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel Update 186 10 Resolve FX Improvements 239 11 Fairlight Page Improvements 282 12 Using The Fairlight Desktop Console 298 13 Deliver Page Improvements 346 DaVinci Resolve 17 New Features Guide 4 Chapter 1 General Improvements DaVinci Resolve 17 introduces many improvements that extend to all the different pages in the program. In addition, there have been fundamental changes and enhancements made to DaVinci Resolve’s basic functionality. Chapter – 1 General Improvements 5 Contents Overall Interface Improvements 8 Transitions, Titles, and Effects Thumbnail View 8 Improved Inspector 10 Show Panel in Workspace Submenu 13 Show Page Navigation 14 Improved Editing of Parameter Values Using Arrow Keys 14 Viewer Overlay Submenu 14 Viewer Fast Forward and Rewind Speed Indicators 14 MacOS Title Bar Integration 14 New Preferences and Project Settings 15 Assign Capture and Playback to Separate Devices 15 New Resize Filter Options 15 Ability to Enable and Disable Open FX Plug-ins on Startup 15 Pro Tools Keyboard Customization 16 Timeline Sort Order Setting 16 Thai (ภาษาไทย) and Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) Language Localization 16 Performance and Cache Improvements 17 Improved Playback Performance in the Color Page 17 Adjustment Clips Rendered to Cache 17 Sharing Optimized Media Between Projects 17 Collaborative Workflow Improvements 17 New Proxy Media Workflow 18 Creating and Using Proxy Media 18 Generating Proxy Media in Other Applications 19 Managing Proxy Media 19 Using Proxy Files for Delivery 21 Moving Proxies Using a DaVinci Resolve Archive (.dra) 21 Working Remotely Using Proxy Media 21 Proxy Media vs. Other Playback Optimizations in DaVinci Resolve 23 Chapter – 1 General Improvements 6 Improved Media Handling 24 Improved Processing of Interlaced Material 24 DaVinci Neural Engine Deinterlacing (Studio Only) 24 Real-Time 3:2 Pulldown Removal 24 Improved Format Support 25 Media Pool Improvements 26 Support for Viewing and Adjusting Media Pool Clips in Inspector 26 Import and Export Specific DaVinci Resolve Project Bins 26 Import and Export Individual DaVinci Resolve Timelines 27 Media Management of Timelines Creates DRT Files 28 Disable Timelines 28 New Offline Clip Relinking Icon and Dialog 28 Support for Continuing Media Management Jobs on Error 29 Ability to Save Smart Bins and Smart Filters Across Projects 29 Support for Growing Files in the Media Pool 29 Scripting API Improvements 30 Chapter – 1 General Improvements 7 Overall Interface Improvements This section covers some of the most visible improvements to the DaVinci Resolve user experience. Transitions, Titles, and Effects Thumbnail View In order to make the selection of Transitions, Titles, and Effects more intuitive, DaVinci Resolve now shows each effect as a thumbnail representation in addition to the text name. This allows the user to quickly scan through all the numerous options to select the appropriate effect visually, rather than remembering them based on name alone. You can now preview transitions and titles before you place them on the Timeline to quickly audition multiple options before making your final decision. Transitions Thumbnails To preview a transition before you place it into the Timeline, ensure that “Hover Scrub Preview” is checked in the Transitions option menu, then simply hover your pointer over any transition in the Transitions tab and move it across the thumbnail. The transition will preview in the Viewer using the two clips nearest the smart indicator in the Cut page, or the two clips nearest the the playhead in the Edit page. Scrubbing over a Transition Thumbnail previews the transition in the Viewer. Once you’ve chosen your transition, it can be applied by dragging it from the Transitions tab to any edit point on your Timeline in the Edit page. In the Cut page, you can either select the thumbnail and then select one of the transition alignment tools at the bottom of the Transitions tab, drag it directly to an edit point in the upper or lower Timelines, or simply double click the transition to insert it at the smart indicator position. Titles Thumbnails To audition titles before you place them into the Timeline, ensure that “Hover Scrub Preview” is checked in the Titles option menu, then simply hover your pointer over any thumbnail in the Titles tab. If the title is animated (i.e., Fusion titles), moving the pointer across the thumbnail will preview the animation. Once you’ve chosen your title, you can drag it from the Titles tab to your Timeline in the Edit page or in the Cut page to either the upper or lower Timelines, or use the editing selection modes at the bottom of the tab. Chapter – 1 General Improvements 8 Scrubbing over a Title Thumbnail previews the title in the Viewer. Effects Thumbnails A thumbnail icon now represents each specific effect available in DaVinci Resolve. Video Effects To preview a video effect before placing it on a clip, ensure that “Hover Scrub Preview” is checked in the Effects option menu, then simply hover your pointer over any thumbnail in the Effects tab and move it across the thumbnail. The effect will preview in the Viewer using its default parameters, and scrub through the clip that is selected in the Timeline. If no clip is selected then it will use the clip currently under the playhead. To activate a specific video effect on a clip, simply drag the thumbnail of the selected effect to a clip on the Timeline. In the Cut page, you can also double click the thumbnail to apply the effect to the selected clip. To adjust the effect’s parameters, open the Effects tab in the inspector. Scrubbing over an Effect Thumbnail previews that effect in the Viewer. Audio Effects To activate a specific audio effect on a clip, simply drag the thumbnail of the selected effect to a clip on the upper or lower Timelines in the Cut page, or onto a clip in an audio track on the Edit page. Once the effect has been dropped on a clip, its audio plug-in controls will open for you to adjust the plug-in’s parameters. Generators The various video generators included in DaVinci Resolve can be previewed by hovering your pointer over any thumbnail in the Generators tab. To edit a generator into your timeline, simply grab the thumbnail of the generator you wish to use, and place it in your Timeline in the Edit page, or in either the upper or lower Timelines in the Cut page. Chapter – 1 General Improvements 9 Improved Inspector The inspector has been redesigned for the Media, Cut, Edit, and Fairlight pages to make it easier to find specific controls and to adjust common settings for your clips. Instead of a long vertical list, different aspects of the inspector have now been organized into panels, with each controlling specific grouped sets of parameters for your clip. Inspector panels that are not applicable to your clip are grayed out. Methods of using controls in the inspector: To activate or deactivate a control: Click the toggle to the left of the control’s name. The orange dot on the right means the control is activated. A gray dot on the left means the control is deactivated. To reveal a control’s parameters: Double-click the control’s name. To reset controls to their defaults: Click the reset button to the right of the control’s name. Video The Video tab consists of commonly used controls to modify the size, opacity, motion, and timing of your clip. This tab is composed of the Composite, Transform, Smart Reframe, Cropping, Dynamic Zoom, Stabilization, Speed Change, Retime and Scaling, and Lens Correction controls. Smart Reframe is a new feature that’s described later in this document.