A new beta update has arrived! Looks like the cut page had some updates to improve quality of life like better viewing of multiview, more transition controls, and render cache activity.
One of my favorite updates: The new Film Look Creator got even more improvements with the ability to choose from different film looks.
Previously there was one built-in “film look” with a blend slider. Now you can choose from multiple looks. The initial stock is now called “cinematic”, there are 4 additional ones to choose from. This adds great flexibility to the tool without the overwhelming amount of options that some 3rd party plugins have.
There’s a new Resync Media Files option when right clicking bins in the media pool to sync new media added to a folder on your hard drive! Very useful for projects that keep adding new files.
Neural Engine features have gotten a speed boost on Intel Windows System and lots of other great features.
V19 is shaping up to be better and better!
From Blackmagic Design:
Today we released public beta 5 of DaVinci Resolve 19 which adds further improvements to the DaVinci public beta, including the ability for multiview layouts in the cut page to adapt to the width of the viewer. This means the layout is optimized to display all of the sources with the minimum amount of blank space. There’s also the ability to set transition type, duration and alignment from the cut page timeline context menu, giving you faster and easier access when making these common editing decisions. In addition, cut page timelines can now show render cache activity so you are able to monitor when caching is in progress or has been completed.
This update also adds new Resolve FX film look creator options for emulating different stocks, allowing you to simulate some of your favorite film looks and adjust them to meet your creative vision. In addition, DaVinci Resolve now has the ability to retain video clip metadata when syncing audio and video files so the user can select to use either audio or video metadata to retain shot, scene and take information. Speed changes in the inspector are now keyframe aware meaning you can now add speed points to the clip and the speed of the clip playback between these keyframes can be adjusted on the timeline or using the inspector.
For DaVinci Resolve Studio, there has been a performance upgrade that allows for up to 3x faster AI performance on supported Intel Windows systems. This means you will experience faster workflows when working with AI tools such as magic mask, text based timeline editing, music remixing, dialogue separation, IntelliTrack AI and UltraNR noise reduction. Also for Studio users, there are new automatic SDR to HDR tone mapping and 2x and 4x SuperScale options when using Windows machines with supported Nvidia GPUs.
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 5
- Up to 3x faster AI performance on supported Intel Windows systems.
- Multiview layouts in the cut page now adapt to the width of the viewer.
- Set transition type, duration and alignment from the cut page timeline context menu.
- New transition actions in the edit options menu in the cut page.
- Action to enable optical flow from the replay menu in the cut page.
- The cut page timelines now show render cache activity.
- Option to select audio channels in the cut page timeline options when editing replays.
- Ability to select audio monitoring channels in replay workflows.
- Action to resync a media pool bin to include new media in the original folder.
- Ability to set ATEM Mini as a capture device for replay input on Mac.
- Support for transcribing timeline as a nested clip.
- New automatic SDR to HDR tone mapping using Resolve FX Nvidia RTX Video HDR on Windows.
- New 2x and 4x SuperScale options using Nvidia RTX Video on Windows.
- Support for moving centre of reflection for Resolve FX Lens Reflections.
- Exported subtitle files are now named with the timeline name and subtitle track name.
- New Resolve FX Film Look Creator core look options for emulating different stocks.
- Improved UltraNR ability to deal with certain textured surfaces.
- Open FX Renderer plugin can now also apply the timeline grade from stills.
- Project manager information tab now shows member organization groups for cloud projects.
- Ability to retain video clip metadata when syncing audio and video files.
- Support for timecode and midi timecode chase in the Fairlight page.
- Audio clips on separate left-right tracks can now pass via External Process.
- Smart bin filter for media pool clips proxy status.
- Speed changes in the inspector are now keyframe aware.
- Custom deliver presets are now sorted alphabetically.
- Scripting API support to enable or disable color nodes using a graph object.
- Scripting API support to get and set cloud project media location from project settings.
- Scripting API support to invoke Dolby Vision analysis on a timeline.
- Addressed an issue where favorite effects would reset with the layout.
- Addressed an issue with HDR Vivid analysis for upgraded projects.
- Addressed missing focus indicator for ColorSlice.
- Addressed mouse sensitivity for trim edits with the fixed playhead in the edit page.
- Addressed multiple undo actions generated when inserting transcription with gaps.
- Addressed an issue with alt or option click selection during edit page playback.
- Addressed offline issue when importing XML timelines with audio clips without timecode.
- Addressed artifacts in Resolve FX blur, stylize or drop shadow for some clips with alpha.
- Addressed color mattes potentially disconnecting when reloading stereoscopic 3D projects.
- Addressed an issue with the clip EQ incorrectly displaying a low pass peak.
- Addressed a scaling issue with some VST3 plugins in Fairlight.
- Addressed an issue with toggling Fusion panel visibility with show panel key shortcuts.
- Addressed artifacts with particle renders of small blob particles in Fusion.
- Improved render performance for Fusion tools with simple expressions.
- Addressed issue with invoking scripts with non-ANSI filenames.
- Addressed IMF supplemental renders incorrectly affecting some frames at timeline start.
- Addressed an issue with Apple ProRes IMF renders with DPP package type.
- 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.