DaVinci Resolve 16.1 Public Beta 3
About DaVinci Resolve 16.1 Software
The free DaVinci Resolve 16.1 includes all of the same high quality processing as DaVinci Resolve 16.1 Studio and can handle unlimited resolution media files. However it does limit project mastering and output to Ultra HD resolutions or lower. DaVinci Resolve 16.1 only supports a single processing GPU on Windows and Linux and 2 GPUs on the latest Mac Pro.
If you need features such as support for multiple GPUs, 4K output, motion blur effects, temporal and spatial noise reduction, de-interlacing, HDR tools, camera tracker, multiple Resolve FX, 3D stereoscopic tools, remote rendering, an external database server and collaboration tools that let multiple users work on the same project at the same time, please upgrade to DaVinci Resolve 16.1 Studio.
We hope you do decide to upgrade as your facility grows and you do more advanced work!
What's new in DaVinci Resolve 16.1
Features marked with * are in progress and may change before the final release.
Cut
Sync Bin view which shows synced clip cutaways for the current shot on the timeline in a live multi-view for up to 9 cameras
Support for automatically grouping shots from one camera by analyzing timecode and camera number metadata
Live overwrite from the Sync Bin multi-view where the desired camera number can be pressed on the keyboard and the cut away length can be adjusted live with the scroll dial
Ability to extend the timeline from the Sync Bin view to easily find the next edit for your timeline
Sync Clip window to perform timecode based, audio waveform based and in or out point based syncing for clips
Smart Indicators on the timeline which show where the closest edit points are based on the playhead position
Boring detector with timeline indicators to detect edits which are running too long
Jump cut detector with timeline indicators for flash frames and jump cuts
Close Up is now powered by the DaVinci Neural Engine to automatically identify faces in the clip and reframe the shot for a close up on the subject
Support for a blade action in the toolbar
Support for a new blended scroll mode in the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard that dynamically toggles between scroll and jog based
Support for a new transition dialog to quickly find and apply the desired transition to the closest edit point using the scroll dial on the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard
Support for a new picture in picture mode to quickly apply a picture in picture edit by easily selecting the image quadrant using the scroll dial in the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard
Support for performing a slide edit by Alt/Option + dragging the timeline clip overlay
Support for adding bins and moving clips between bins in the media pool
Improved thumbnail clip hover behavior when selecting and previewing source media in the viewer
Edit
Support for always using embedded timecode for clip based formats even when using frame count timecode project setting
Ability to copy and paste transitions across multiple edit points in the timeline
Support for track name and track number burn-in and render tags
Support for dragging adjustment clips to media pool
Support for renaming adjustment clips in the inspector
Support for showing or hiding individual panels using keyboard shortcuts
Support for opening Final Cut Pro 7 XML files from Finder or Explorer to import media or timelines
Improved performance when analyzing clips for detecting and classifying people
Improved easing behavior when applying smoothness to position keyframes
Improved results when syncing multicam clips and syncing video and audio clips using audio waveforms*
Improved blade behavior when there is a clip selection
Fusion
Support for reading media with super scale applied in the Media Pool
Improved memory management on compositions with multiple input layers
Improved memory management on multi-GPU systems
Improved viewer interactivity and playback performance on single GPU systems
Improved render all savers status display
Support for ACEScg as a gamut option
ResolveFX
ResolveFX Stop Motion
ResolveFX and OpenFX plugins can now process and modify the alpha channel
Color
Support for viewing flags applied on the current clip on the video monitoring output*
Support for an option to update the shared node grade from a version stored in a gallery still
Ability to paste a power window by appending to the existing windows from the Power Windows option menu
Support for a user preference under Color to restrict node navigation to color corrector nodes and avoid mixer nodes and splitter and combiner nodes
Improved CIE scopes with a 1976 u’v’ view and the ability to show an additional reference gamut
Improved color match processing powered by the DaVinci Neural Engine
Ability to step the timeline wipe frame forward and back from the view menu and using the relevant shortcuts
Support for previewing timeline clip grades from the gallery when live preview is enabled
Fairlight
Support for 96 KHz and 192 KHz sample rates at a project level for DaVinci Resolve Studio
Support for clipping indicator for main buses on the Fairlight mixer
Support for enabling extended bounce tail durations from the option menu for audio clips with reverb and other tail effects
Support for customizing the tail duration threshold for reverb and other tail effects
Support for automatically enabling Insert In for an audio track when manually patching track inputs
Improved performance when loading and switching timelines
Improved performance when generating waveform profiles for nested timelines
Improved peak hold and decay behavior for meters in FairlightFX plugins
Support for displaying and persisting individual audio effect windows on top of other windows
Media and Delivery
Ability to preserve video essence for faster rendering of uncompressed clips without content changes
Support for decoding and encoding ProRes IMFs
Support for decoding and encoding DNxUncompressed half float formats
Support for decoding IMA4 format audio in QuickTime clips
Support for a preference to stop renders when a frame or clip cannot be processed
Support for decoding floating point TIFF images
Support for decoding DPX 10-bit RGBA files
Improved performance when decoding H.264 and H.265 clips using GPU acceleration on AMD graphics cards
Improved encoding to Panasonic SHV 8K with support for 50fps in DaVinci Resolve Studio
Ability to disable video on Pro Tools and audio only exports
Ability to render adaptive audio tracks as discrete mono channels
Ability to export subtitles when exporting a timeline to Pro Tools using the Deliver page preset
Support for rendering embedded audio timecode for synced audio clips when using the Pro Tools export preset
Support for GPU accelerated debayering on CUDA systems when decoding ARRIRAW clips using the ARRI SDK Full Res debayer
Improved Vimeo render settings with options for setting description, visibility and password for the uploaded video
Support for a warning when exporting an IMF or DCP package with an incorrect audio track setup
Support for decoding spanned AVCHD MTS clips
Improved playback speed when decoding JPEG 2000 clips
Improved performance when media managing long wav files
Improved behavior when rendering a single multi-channel audio track as individual wav files
Improved ProRes 4444 playback performance
Support for identifying and importing multiple Panasonic P2 shots in a single folder as separate clips
General
Support for a full-screen viewer on an additional display on DaVinci Resolve Studio
Ability to halve the current playback speed as well as playback at half, quarter and 1/8th speed using the Play Slow command
Ability to repeat alternate frames for 48fps clips in Clip Attributes to emulate 24fps capture and playback
Improved playback quality for variable frame rate QuickTime files
Support for disabling unbuffered I/O for any Media Storage location on Mac systems
Support for decoding ALAC files on Windows and Linux systems
Support for an option to optimize projects in disk databases by Option/Alt right clicking a project in the project manager
Support for accessing and editing project notes from the File menu
Support for choosing the preferred network interface from the project server application when sharing databases and generating access keys
General performance and stability improvements
Minimum system requirements for macOS
macOS 10.14.6 Mojave
16 GB of system memory is recommended and 32 GB is recommended minimum when using Fusion
Blackmagic Design Desktop Video version 10.4.1 or later
CUDA Driver version 418.105
NVIDIA Driver version - As required by your GPU
RED Rocket-X Driver 2.1.34.0 and Firmware 1.4.22.18 or later
RED Rocket Driver 2.1.23.0 and Firmware 1.1.18.0 or later
Minimum system requirements for Windows
Windows 10 Update
16 GB of system memory is recommended and 32 GB is recommended minimum when using Fusion
Blackmagic Design Desktop Video version 10.4.1 or later
NVIDIA/AMD/Intel GPU Driver version – As required by your GPU
RED Rocket-X Driver 2.1.34.0 and Firmware 1.4.22.18 or later
RED Rocket Driver 2.1.23.0 and Firmware 1.1.18.0 or later
Minimum system requirements for Linux
CentOS 7.3
32 GB of system memory is recommended minimum
Blackmagic Design Desktop Video version 10.4.1 or later
NVIDIA/AMD Driver version – As required by your GPU
RED Rocket-X Driver 2.1.34.0 and Firmware 1.4.22.18 or later
RED Rocket Driver 2.1.23.0 and Firmware 1.1.18.0 or later