What’s New in DaVinci Resolve 21.0b2
The following features have been added or updated.
- More consistent crop flip and rotate actions in the Photo page.
- Improved handling of crop resolutions for NEF, CR3 and RAF.
- Nikon NEF lens distortion and lens vignette controls.
- Speed and quality improvements for IntelliSearch better mode analysis.
- Improved face identification for IntelliSearch analysis on Windows ARM.
- Improved default ease profiles for retime curves.
- Keyframe editor uses visible clip extents for curve normalization.
- Color font and emoji rendering in Fusion page is RCM aware.
- Foveated rendering controls for Apple Vision Pro workflows.
- Support for dragging multiple OGraf or Lottie assets into a timeline.
- Action to switch to source viewer mode in the Photo page.
- Double click effects to apply to current photo.
- Photo album quick export now uses output color space.
- Looks section in viewer tools in the bottom toolbar.
- Navigate photo albums with left and right arrow key in Color page.
- Trim pass render tag can be used in file name and path in the Deliver page.
- Improved HEIC thumbnail refresh for photo albums on Windows and Linux.
- Multiple Macro Editor improvements.
- Address issue with exporting stills with original file name.
- Address decode issues with some RAF and 12-bit NEF stills.
- Address incorrect UltraNR noise profiles for images.
- Address fine audio volume adjustment using shift key.
- Address auto select controls not working for source timelines.
- Address issue with world pose for Apple Vision Pro workflows.
- Address stretched text issue with VR360 titles and subtitles.
- Address black frames in visionOS Review output with MainConcept MV-HEVC encoder.
- Address edge pixel artifacts in immersive video clips added to VR180 or VR360 timelines.
- Improved default node positioning for imported and generated nodes.
- Address multiple issues with Cryptomatte and 3d renderer.
- Scripting API support to classify audio for media pool clips and folders.
- Scripting API support for speaker detection in audio transcription.
- General performance and stability improvements.
Minimum System Requirements for macOS
- macOS 15 Sequoia or later.
- 8 GB of system memory or 16 GB when using Fusion.
- At least 16 GB for advanced AI tools.
- At least 32 GB for background rendering and analysis.
- For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
- Apple Silicon based computer.
Minimum System Requirements for Windows
- Windows 10 Creators Update.
- 16 GB of system memory or 32 GB when using Fusion.
- For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
- Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
- At least 16 GB VRAM for advanced AI tools.
- At least 32 GB RAM and 12 GB VRAM for background rendering.
- GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.8.
- AMD/Intel official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
- NVIDIA Studio driver 581.57 or newer.
Minimum System Requirements for Windows for Arm
- Windows 11 for ARM.
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite series processor.
- 16 GB of system memory or 32 GB for 4K or when using Fusion.
Minimum System Requirements for Linux
- Rocky Linux 8.6.
- 32 GB of system memory.
- For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
- Discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
- At least 16 GB VRAM for advanced AI tools.
- At least 32 GB RAM and 12 GB VRAM for background rendering.
- GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.8.
- AMD official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
- NVIDIA Studio driver 580.119.02 or newer.
Download the beta here: www.blackmagicdesign.com/support
Rohit Gupta
DaVinci Resolve Software Development
Blackmagic Design
