Blackmagic Design announced the release of DaVinci Resolve 21. This major update brings a new photo page, which the company claims will allow colorists and still photographers to use Hollywood-level advanced color grading tools to process still photos.
Other updates include new AI tools, such as IntelliSearch for fast content search, CineFocus for focus adjustment, and facial retouching tools.
The Krokodove toolset adds over 70 new graphics to Fusion, the Fairlight folder simplifies audio track management and keyframe operations, the MultiMaster color grading scheme, and layer list node graphs have also been improved.
DaVinci Resolve 21 Features
The following are the main features of DaVinci Resolve 21:
The new photo and image editing features have been fully integrated into DaVinci Resolve.
Supports DaVinci color control toolset and color palette.
The image is recomposed and cropped according to the original source resolution and aspect ratio.
The lightbox view provides an overview of the entire album after color grading has been applied.
The album allows you to create, manage, and edit photos at the original resolution.
Images are captured directly using a connected Sony or Canon camcorder.
Apply visual effects, LUTs, ResolveFX, and OpenFX to images.
The photo page is integrated into Blackmagic Cloud’s collaborative workflow.
AI IntelliSearch can easily search for people or objects.
AI Speech Generator can convert written text into speech.
AI CineFocus enables refocusing with realistic bokeh and lens effects.
AI Face Age Transformer can age or rejuvenate the face.
AI Face Reshaper can flexibly change the shape and size of facial features.
AI Blemish Removal can repair facial and skin imperfections.
AI Slate ID can read the clapperboard and populate fragment metadata.
AI UltraSharpen is used for high-fidelity sharpening of moving images.
AI Motion Deblur can eliminate common motion blur artifacts.
Keyframe operations offer powerful speed control with four-point Bezier.
Fairlight audio can creatively drive Fusion animation.
It natively supports OGraf HTML images and text, as well as Lottie animations.
Spell check, font color, Text+ and MultiText emojis.
The Quick Edit page features a smart media folder view.
The MultiMaster color grading solution provides color grading on a single timeline, enabling multiple deliverables.
Render the Magic Mask as an outer mask at the location.
The node graph can be viewed as a list of layers.
Supports Krokodove dynamic graphics effects.
The new macro editor features an inspector view and the ability to publish to clip effects.
The metadata panel supports fragment star ratings and tagging.
It supports USD SDK 25.11 and has the Hydra 2.0 API for Storm renderers.
The folder track can collapse or expand the track group.
Apple’s immersive workflow supports foveated rendering.
VR180 and VR360 delivery presets for Meta Quest and YouTube.
Fusion adds PanoMap panoramic mapping immersive rotation and ILPD redirection.
ResolveFX picture-in-picture effect.
IntelliScript supports importing Final Draft or plain text scripts.
