What's new in DaVinci Resolve Studio 18

Key Features

• Blackmagic Cloud to host and manage cloud-based project libraries.
• Collaborate securely over the internet using Blackmagic ID.
• Support for intelligent path mapping to relink files automatically.
• Vastly improved project library performance for network workflows.
• Improved project performance, especially when working with large projects.
• New Proxy Generator app for auto-creating proxies within watch folders.
• Ability to choose between prioritizing proxies or camera originals.
• Proxy files in subfolders are automatically assigned in the media pool.

Media & Edit

• Stabilize Blackmagic Pocket Camera clips with camera gyro metadata.
• New subtitle improvements including:
  • Support for timed text TTML, XML and embedded MXF/IMF subtitles.
  • Ability to view and import subtitles from media storage.
  • Support for relinking subtitle clips from the media pool.
  • Subtitle region support with multiple simultaneous captions per track.
  • Set individual presets, text positions and intuitively edit between regions.
  • Add, rename and manage regions from the timeline context menu.
  • Ability to export TTML subtitles from the track header context menu.
  • Ability to import, export and embed multiple subtitle tracks as TTML.
• Support for reversing shape, iris and wipe transitions in the edit page.
• Support for showing up to 25 simultaneous multicam angles on the viewer.
• Edit Index now shows clip duration.
• Ability to navigate keyframes outside trimmed clip extents.
• Ability to navigate retime keyframes using hotkeys.
• Smart bin filter for disabled timelines.
• Render in place and open in Fusion actions can be assigned shortcuts.
• Reset Fusion composition now works on multiple clip selections.

Color

• New object mask capability in Magic Mask.
• Adjustment clips and Fusion generators can bypass color management.
• Support for syncing clip groups in remote grading sessions.
• Ability to trigger bidirectional tracking from advanced and mini panels.
• Support for matte finesse and 3D qualifier in advanced and mini panels.
• Dolby Vision highlight clipping support in advanced panels.
• Support for bypassing color outputs from advanced panels.
• Add key mixers with auto-connected key outs from advanced panels.
• Support for bidirectional tracking in advanced panels.
• Support for fast review playback mode in advanced panels.
• ACES support for Blackmagic Gen 5 camera formats.
• Support for the HDR Vivid standard.
• Reference gamut compression enabled by default in ACES 1.3.

Resolve FX

• New Resolve FX Depth Map to generate 3D depth based keys in Studio.
• New Resolve FX Fast Noise.
• New Resolve FX Despill.
• New Resolve FX Surface Tracker for tracking warped surfaces in Studio.
• Improved Resolve FX Beauty with new ultra mode.
• Improved edge strength and filter controls in Resolve FX Edge Detection.
• Option to composite from a second input in Resolve FX Transform.
• New bokeh preset for Resolve FX Lens Reflections.
• Green-purple control for Resolve FX Chromatic Aberration.
• Sizing awareness option in Resolve FX lens flare and radial & zoom blurs.

Fairlight

• Ability to convert fixed bus projects to FlexBus in project settings.
• Ability to freely order tracks and buses in the mixer via the track index.
• Ability to nudge custom millisecond or sub-frame intervals in the timeline.
• Improved quality for time stretched audio.
• Improved Dolby Atmos immersive mixing, including binaural monitoring.
• Native support for Dolby Atmos production for Linux and Apple silicon.
• Independent controls to enable automation and expose parameters.
• Improved behavior of automated tracks under VCA control.
• Improved meters with configurable decay, peak hold and display modes.
• Ability to ctrl-alt click to remove gain and elastic wave keyframes.
• Ability to double click a clip in the timeline to rename.
• Ability to set record clip name prefix at a per-track level.
• Support for renaming underlying tracks when renaming a linked group.
• Equalizers with improved Q controls and mouse wheel inputs.
• Dynamics with enhanced metering, gain display and enable controls.
• Dynamics with improved dry mix, soft knee and metering in FlexBus.
• Improved plugin management with replace and copy settings in the mixer.
• New built in presets for equalizers and dynamics.
• Hold shift and double click clips to extend the edit selection range.
• Support for applying audio gain on range selection.
• Improved waveform display accuracy under crossfades.
• Origination time metadata is now persisted when bouncing mix to track.
• Option to trim from unity on the Fairlight Desktop Console.
• Support for VCA and bus spill on the Fairlight Desktop Console.
• Support for using the Fairlight Desktop Console on Linux systems.
• Studio monitoring support for FlexBus on consoles.
• Fairlight console option to mute speakers on timeline load.
• Support for chasing timecode via Fairlight audio interfaces.
• Support for user views in the Fairlight Desktop Console.
• Improved mapping for audio effects on the Audio Editor panel.
• Ability to use alt + solo to invoke solo safe in the Audio Editor panel.
• Support for a new clear mutes action in the timeline menu.
• Enabling track mixer controls brings window to focus if already open.
• Grid and list modes are persisted for patch, bus and VCA assign.

Fusion

• Multi-button mode selection in inspector for multiple tools.
• Support for all modern and future python 3 versions for scripting.
• Support for live previews when using the Text+ color picker.
• Multiple new composition blend modes.
• New expression animated Custom Poly modifier for masks and strokes.
• Faster GPU accelerated paint tool with smoother strokes.
• Faster duplicate tool with additional blur, glow and size controls.
• Improved fade-on and text ripple title performance.
• Improved performance for night vision, glitch, TV and other effects.

Codecs

• Support for Blackmagic RAW SDK 2.6.
• Support for video uploads to internet accounts using custom presets.
• Support for encoding mono and stereo MP3 audio.
• New HyperDeck export preset in the Quick Export and deliver page.
• Ability to render individual clips with timeline effects.
• Ability to embed Blackmagic RAW metadata in QuickTime renders.
• Custom quality and profile media management options where available.
• Support for rendering Dolby Vision compatible H.265 clips.
• Support for decoding CMYK format TIFF files.
• Support for retaining reel name metadata in rendered EXRs.
• Support for record date and time metadata for JPEG stills.
• Alpha channel support in the IO Encode Plugin SDK.
• Support for RED SDK 8.3.
• Support for the ARRI Alexa 35 camera.
• New 1440p YouTube preset.
• Render option to override ACES gamut compression for round trips.
• Main10 is now the default H.265 encoding profile on Mac.

General

• Support for 10-bit viewers on Windows and Linux in Studio.
• Stream video output to remote monitoring in Windows and Linux in Studio.
• Apple Neural Engine support for DaVinci Neural Engine on M1 and M1 Pro.
• Support for Korean localizations in DaVinci Resolve.
• PostgreSQL 13 is now bundled with Project Server.
• Support for desktop notifications for collaboration chat.
• User preference to import Finder tags as clip keywords on Mac.
• Support for importing and exporting Final Cut Pro v1.10 XMLs.
• Ability to unlink Dropbox comment and marker sync for timelines.
• Playback and render now prevents Mac systems from sleeping.
• Render jobs now show progress bars for uploads.
• Support for per-system project working paths in collaboration and cloud.
• Support for per-system render cache mode in collaboration and cloud.
• Support for setting current project settings as default.
• Drag and drop project archives to project manager to restore.
• Scripting API support for creating Fusion compositions.
• Scripting API support for exporting project archives.
• Scripting API support to get and set timeline start timecode.
• Scripting API support to detect stale media bins and refresh them.
• Scripting API support for updating camera raw sidecar files.
• General performance and stability improvements.

Download now from: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/au/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion --------------------

Fusion Studio 18.0

What's new in Blackmagic Fusion Studio 18.0

• Fractional UI scaling support, including 150%, in preferences.
• Support for setting user interface to French, Spanish and other languages.
• Multi-button mode selection in inspector for multiple tools.
• Support for all modern and future python 3 versions for scripting.
• Support for OpenColorIO 2.1.1.
• Support for OpenEXR 3.1.4.
• Support for live previews when using the Text+ color picker.
• New expression animated Custom Poly modifier for masks and strokes.
• Faster GPU accelerated paint tool with smoother strokes.
• Faster duplicate tool with additional blur, glow and size controls.
• Improved Linux installation and compatibility.
• Improved Open FX compatibility.
• Improved text renders with better tessellation and cleaner outlines.
• Multiple new composition blend modes.
• Improved tracker pattern grabbing behavior.
• Clearing Fusion disk cache is now more selective.
• Improved OpenEXR zip compression type compatibility.
• Support for H.265 renders from savers on Mac.
• New dropdown menu for Macro editor window.
• General performance and stability improvements.

Download now from: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/au/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion