More Improvements Coming to DaVinci Resolve 19 With Public Beta 5

Less than a month since releasing the Public Beta 4 version of DaVinci Resolve 19, Blackmagic Design is back with already announced a new update set to bring even more updates and improvements to their popular video editing software.

And while the name of the game for the Public Beta 4 update might have been Live Sync features, this latest update which Blackmagic has just announced looks to be more improvements and regular updates coming to the Cut Page.

Let’s look at the different sections getting updates and what improvements are coming to DaVinci Resolve overall in regards to speed and performance.

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DaVinci Resolve 19 Beta 5 Updates

As mentioned above, the highlights here have to do with enhanced workflows and improved user experience throughout the app. There are also new layout options as well as tweaks to adjust your transitions—plus some nifty new Resolve FX film looks to simulate different film stocks.

For Resolve Studio in particular the app is going to get some speed and performance boosts as well as add automatic SDR to HDR tone mapping. We’ll list all the updates below, but if you’d like to download the latest update yourself, follow these steps on Blackmagic’s website here.

What’s new in DaVinci Resolve 19.0

If you’re curious to explore all the updates coming to the Beta 5 version of DaVinci Resolve, here’s a full list. (Items marked with * are in progress.)

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.
• Option to select checkerboard and grey alpha viewer backgrounds.*

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 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.
• Ability to import and export transcriptions using SRT 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 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.
• Ability to resize two-up and four-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.
• Up to 3.5x faster Super Scale on supported AMD systems.

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 key 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.
• Improved viewer zoom increments when using shortcut keys.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 LTC and MTC 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 4.1.
• New IMF iQIYI Deliver page preset.
• 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 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.
• GPU accelerated decodes for ARRI Codex HDE on CUDA.

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 for setting and getting color keyframe mode.
• Ability to export clip LUTs.
• Ability to export timeline ALE and CDL.
• 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.

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.