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DaVinci Resolve 17.4

2021-10-22 By admin

DaVinci Resolve is the world’s first solution that combines professional offline and online editing, color correction, audio post production and now visual effects all in one software tool. You get unlimited creative flexibility because DaVinci Resolve makes it easy for individual artists to explore different toolsets. It also lets you collaborate and bring people with different creative talents together. With a single click, you can instantly move between editing, color, effects, and audio. Plus, you never have to export or translate files between separate software tools because, with DaVinci Resolve, everything is in the same software application.

DaVinci Resolve is the only post production software designed for true collaboration. Multiple editors, assistants, colorists, VFX artists and sound designers can all work on the same project at the same time! Whether you’re an individual artist, or part of a larger collaborative team, it’s easy to see why DaVinci Resolve is the standard for high end post production and is used for finishing more Hollywood feature films, episodic television programing and TV commercials than any other software.

Important information regarding database management

DaVinci Resolve 17.4 requires a database upgrade from DaVinci Resolve 16.2.7 and previous versions. We strongly recommend that you back up your existing database (both DiskDB and PostgreSQL) and then restore that database for the upgrade before upgrading to this release. There is no database change from 17.x.

What’s new in DaVinci Resolve 17.4

Key Features

  • Hardware accelerated Apple ProRes on Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max.
  • Faster DaVinci Neural Engine performance on Mac OS Monterey.
  • Native HDR viewers and 120 Hz playback on supported MacBook Pros.
  • Native Dropbox and Dropbox Replay integration with render presets.
  • Sync markers, comments, annotations with Dropbox and Dropbox Replay.
  • Export timeline markers as YouTube video or QuickTime chapters.
  • Steinberg VST3 support with access to even more audio effects.
  • Simplified auto color management settings with SDR and HDR selection.
  • Improved 3D keyer and matte finesse controls.
  • New Resolve FX including film halation and custom mixers.
  • Text+ support for combined glyphs, right to left text and vertical layouts.
  • Subtitles can auto resize backgrounds and decompose to parent timeline.

Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max

  • Hardware accelerated Apple ProRes on Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max.
  • Faster DaVinci Neural Engine performance on Mac OS Monterey.
  • Smoother 120 Hz UI and playback on M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pros.
  • Native HDR viewers on M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pros.
  • Native full screen mode on Mac OS.

Dropbox

  • Dropbox login within DaVinci Resolve preferences.
  • Render presets for Dropbox and Dropbox Replay with background uploads.
  • Sync comments and annotations with Dropbox Replay in Studio.
  • Sync markers and comments with Dropbox in Studio.

Edit

  • Subtitle and caption backgrounds now auto-resize to fit text content.
  • Subtitle tracks in nested timelines now decompose to the main timeline.
  • Adding a new subtitle caption now auto-focuses on the text area.
  • Simple titles and subtitles are faster on Apple Silicon systems.
  • Improved ease in and out functionality for position curves in the timeline.
  • Options to include effects and grades for render in place operations.
  • Switch multicam angles in the edit page with the speed editor.
  • Ability to mark selection for timeline gaps.
  • Edit asymmetric audio transitions created in the Fairlight page.
  • Trim video and audio transitions asymmetrically using cmd/ctrl.
  • Fine audio clip gain adjustments using shift + mouse drag.
  • Support for pasting retime attributes on audio clips.
  • Option to limit audio sync to the first timecode match.
  • Preview composite modes by hovering over each mode in the inspector.
  • Ability to set per-clip deinterlace quality in the inspector.
  • New square iris transition.
  • Support for custom aspect ratio controls for shape transitions.
  • Improved overlays for Fusion tools in the viewer.
  • Improved undo support for Fusion effects and Text+ in the inspector.
  • Support for folder based organization of effect templates.
  • New customizable key actions to go to previous/next timeline tabs.
  • Ability to close timeline tabs with middle click.
  • Preview generators and titles from the effects panel in the cut viewer. [full release notes]

Download page: DaVinci Resolve 17.4 | 2330 MB (Free, paid upgrade available)
Links: DaVinci Resolve Website | Screenshot | What’s new in DaVinci Resolve 17

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