What’s new in DaVinci Resolve 18.1.3
- Support for MXF OP1A DNxUncompressed.
- Support for new Sony Venice 2 formats.
- Ability to pick color in Fusion glow, soft glow, and highlight tools.
- Improved performance for Text+ when set to zero opacity.
- Improved mixed resolution UI handling for audio effect dialogs.
- Proxies from vertical clips now preserve aspect ratio.
- Copying grades to compound nodes now honors keyframe alignment.
- Addressed cache invalidation for changes to Fusion background media in.
- Addressed ARRIRAW decode issues on Mac systems with multiple GPUs.
- Addressed excessive memory usage with interlaced rendering.
- Addressed a possible crash when working with crossfades in Fairlight.
- General performance and stability improvements.
Pre-Installation Notes
- PostgreSQL 9.0 is the minimum supported version.
- PostgreSQL 13 is the recommended version.
- 10-bit viewers on Windows & Linux needs a capable graphics card and display.
Minimum system requirements for Mac OS
- macOS 11 Big Sur
- 8 GB of system memory. 16 GB when using Fusion
- Blackmagic Design Desktop Video version 12.0 or later
- Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 2 GB of VRAM.
- GPU which supports Metal or OpenCL 1.2.
Minimum system requirements for Windows
- Windows 10 Creators Update.
- 16 GB of system memory. 32 GB when using Fusion
- Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 10.4.1 or later
- Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 2 GB of VRAM
- GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 11
- NVIDIA/AMD/Intel GPU Driver version – As required by your GPU
Minimum system requirements for Linux
- CentOS 7.3
- 32 GB of system memory
- Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 10.4.1 or later
- Discrete GPU with at least 2 GB of VRAM
- GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 11
- NVIDIA/AMD Driver version – As required by your GPU
Installing DaVinci Resolve Software on Mac
Double-click the DaVinci Resolve Installer icon and follow the onscreen instructions. To remove DaVinci Resolve from your system, double-click the Uninstall Resolve icon.
Installing DaVinci Resolve Software on Windows
Double-click the DaVinci Resolve Installer icon and follow the onscreen instructions. To remove DaVinci Resolve from your system, go to the Programs and Features control panel, select DaVinci Resolve, click on Uninstall and follow the onscreen prompts.
Migrating Legacy Fairlight projects to DaVinci Resolve on Windows
In order to import legacy Fairlight DR2 projects into DaVinci Resolve, download and install the following utility on your Windows system: downloads.blackmagicdesign.com/DaVinciResolve/Fairlight-Project-Importer.zip After installing the utility, you should see an option to “Import Fairlight Project” in the Fairlight menu in DaVinci Resolve.
Installing DaVinci Resolve Software on Linux
Double-click the DaVinci Resolve Installer and follow the onscreen instructions. To remove DaVinci Resolve from your system, select the uninstall option after running the installer.
Additional Information
Please refer to the latest DaVinci Resolve Configuration Guide for your platform detailing support, including certified driver versions for third party hardware. It is available from www.blackmagicdesign.com/support.
You will also need to download and install the latest Blackmagic Design Desktop Video software for monitoring with your Blackmagic Design video hardware. Desktop Video is available from www.blackmagicdesign.com/support.
