The third beta for Davinci Resolve 19 is out, and there’s lots of updates and fixes to get excited about.
New features for controlling Node Stack layers like resetting all layers or toggling on or off individual layers are handy features for having precise control.
For Windows computers, there’s the ability to view HDR directly on your monitor without needing and external feed to a reference monitor.
Official support for the new Micro panel has been added, as well as Replay improvements, better UltraNR performance, music remixer ability for individual tracks, plus plenty of bug fixes.
From BMD:
Today we released public beta 3 of DaVinci Resolve 19 which adds further improvements to the DaVinci public beta including support for viewing content in HDR on the UI when using Windows. This allows you to correctly view high dynamic range images without an external HDR monitor. You also get improved performance and control of the node stack function so that you have the option to quickly reset all layers at once instead of one layer at a time. You can also bypass individual node stack layers, giving you greater control over the layers.
This update also supports improvements when using replay on the Cut page. Now you can double press the camera key to run the selected camera from the in point, giving you faster and more switching control over multiple cameras. Plus, you can convert the previous POI to a marker for later reference, as well as see the distance between the playhead and the POI in the timeline making it easier to judge the replay length available.
There is also added support for the DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel, with the ability to see the battery level in the preferences section.
For DaVinci Resolve Studio, this update adds improved quality, speed and performance for UltraNR noise reduction. The music remixer is now available for individual clips as well as all clips in a track giving you greater flexibility. It also improves the ability to preview adaptive audio formats in the media pool, source viewer and audio inspector so you can now play up to 36 channels of audio.
Other improvements include clearer audio in complex nesting timelines so artifacts such as crackles and noises are removed, as well as improved cursor refresh operation while hovering on edits directly under the playhead during editing. Plus to help avoid accidental deletion when resetting or deleting compositions a user notification has been added, as well as general performance and stability improvements.
For details, downloads, and update instructions, visit the Blackmagic Design Support Page.
Back up your projects and database before upgrading! Individual projects created or opened in 19.0 will no longer be accessible in 18.6.6.
Remember that this is still in beta, so be careful of using it on important projects.
Report bugs to Blackmagic Design in the DaVinci Resolve forum.
What’s New in DaVinci Resolve Public Beta 3
– Support for HDR viewers on Windows.
– Higher quality UltraNR with up to 50% faster playback.
– Ability to reset all layers in a node graph stack.
– Ability to bypass individual node stack layers.
– Invoke Replay preroll by holding a number key for duration and clicking a camera angle.
– When running replays, double press camera key to run invoked camera at in point.
– Option to convert previous POI to marker on clear in the cut page POI dialog.
– Timelines with replay events now display distance to the POI.
– Clip context menu action to decompose a nested timeline in the cut page.
– Context menu action to find clip in the multi source viewer.
– Multi source angles in single view default to a 5 second in out range around POI.
– The jog wheel transition selection window now shows Fusion transitions.
– Context menu action to clear transcription is now available for offline clips.
– Clicking transcription without selected media invokes it for the current timeline.
– Detected speaker information is available for all users in a multi-user project.
– New projects now default to last used speaker detection settings.
– The source viewer and inspector can now play up to 36 channels of audio.
– Audio inspector interprets clips with even audio channels with no track metadata as stereo pairs.
– Support for showing Micro Color panel battery level in Preferences.
– Ability to apply per-clip Music Remixer FX from the inspector.
– Support for exporting AMF with image sequences.
– Support for web login on DaVinci Remote Monitor app.
– The DaVinci Resolve Renderer FX is now automatically chosen for update during installation.
– Scripting API support to add a timeline track at a given index.
– Addressed an audio artifact when nesting timelines.
– Addressed an issue with number pad key shortcuts in the source tape viewer.
– The marker index now persists selected columns between sessions.
– User confirmations when resetting or deleting compositions.
– Addressed an issue with transition duration and speed change dialogs on interlaced timelines.
– Addressed an issue with editing single frames of interlaced footage on top or as source overwrite.
– Addressed an issue with source viewer not showing media selected in the transcription window.
– Addressed an issue with text highlight after replacing text in the transcription dialog.
– Addressed a cursor refresh issue on edit points with the playhead on top.
– Addressed an issue with the trim editor when in blade mode in the Edit page.
– Addressed an issue with extending an edit in trim edit mode without linked selection.
– Addressed playhead position when switching from the edit page with fixed playhead.
– Addressed a crash with onion skinning in polygon tools in Fusion.
– Addressed multiple issues with Fusion viewer and RCM workflows.
– Addressed an issue where changing Fusion viewer gain or gamma interrupts Saver workflows.
– Addressed clips with magic mask not honoring source resolution render setting.
– Addressed an issue with moving playhead in magic mask when viewing individual strokes.
– Addressed an issue with scaling controls for Resolve FX Warper viewer overlays.
– Addressed an issue with dynamic keyframes in the ColorSlice tool.
– Addressed an issue with HDR clipping of saturation hue or black offset at 10000 nits.
– Addressed an issue persisting ducker source when reopening a project.
– Addressed an AAF import issue with multi-channel audio.
– Addressed an issue with decoding MP4 clips with invalid edit lists.
– Addressed an issue with tags when switching languages.
– Addressed an issue with listing script menu options in the keyboard customization window.
– Addressed an issue with reading timecode from Sony A7SIII clips shot at 100 fps.
– General performance and stability improvements.
Gedaly is the Founder and Lead Educator of DVResolve.com and is Blackmagic Design Certified Master Trainer. He’s edited commercials for major brands and has done color & VFX for independent films. He consults on post-production workflow and creating online education. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor, a former marketing manager for large brands, and creates original film projects with his production company Razee.