Blackmagic Design are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.2. This release is available at no charge for existing customers from our support web site.
www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion
For DaVinci Resolve 21.2, we have taken efforts to keep the project libraries compatible with DaVinci Resolve 20.3.2. While this allows you to access the project library with 20.3.2, individual projects created or opened in 21.2 will no longer be accessible in 20.3.2. We recommend a full project library backup as well as individual project backups before opening projects in 21.2.
What’s New in DaVinci Resolve 21.2
The following features have been added or updated.
- Support for Apple MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR touch screens.
- Support for Blackmagic Design Gen 6 LUTs.
- ResolveFX False Color support for Gen 5 and Gen 6 color science.
- Extracted audio files now retain source timecode.
- Multicam clips now open as source clips in source timelines.
- Open in Timeline with Source Viewer supports clips and multicams.
- Menu action and shortcut to restore last active edit points.
- Command or Ctrl marquee selection now uses last edit point type.
- Conform lock multiple timeline clips to one media pool clip.
- Convert in out to compound clip replaces clips in situ.
- Separate context action to create compound clip from in out range.
- Stop playback option applies to playhead nudges and mouse clicks.
- Edit menu options now persist after UI layout reset.
- Support for EXIF metadata in PNG files.
- Improved AI assistant color and Fusion capabilities.
- AI assistants can download extras needed for advanced features.
- AI assistants can export frames or order thumbnails as grid.
- Multiple scripting API improvements.
- Addressed network drive audio issues for some MXF clips.
- Addressed slow MP3 audio only renders.
- Addressed missing clips in some AAF imports.
- Addressed incorrect audio timecode for AAF with interlaced media.
- Addressed OGraf template loading from network and zipped paths.
- Addressed OGraf render timeouts and memory usage issues.
- Addressed slow loading of media from XDCAM drives.
- Addressed flashing media offline frames with some H.265 clips.
- Addressed source track changes in collaboration source timelines.
- Addressed loss of OpenFX from MultiMaster trim groups on reload.
- Addressed hang editing MultiText keyframes during render cache.
- Addressed issues with italics in imported TTML subtitles.
- Addressed data burn scaling issues for render resolutions.
- Addressed HE-AAC decode issues for some clips on Windows.
- Addressed incorrect channel order for WAV files with iXML tracks.
- Addressed crash decoding some multi-channel DNG files.
- Addressed render in place handles for frame based formats.
- Addressed audio input device preference reset after restart.
- Addressed GPU memory error for some OpenFX on Windows.
- Addressed artifacts in Sony XAVC Long GOP MXF renders.
- Addressed missing Text+ inspector controls in older projects.
- Addressed anchoring issue with Text+ CLS box extend controls.
- Addressed issues with CustomTool LUT name controls.
- Addressed issue with clip EQ pasted Q and frequency attributes.
- Addressed ACES 2.0 artifacts on Windows and Linux.
- Addressed MainConcept H.265 CRF render crash.
- Addressed network paths with accented characters on macOS 27.
- Addressed file size estimates for spanned RED clips.
- Updated Fusion tool and scripting reference developer documents.
- 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, Windows 11 recommended.
- 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 or NVIDIA RTX Spark processors.
- NVIDIA Studio Driver 616.0 or newer for NVIDIA RTX Spark processors.
- 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.
Peter Chamberlain, DaVinci Resolve Product Manager
