We are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve 16.1 (free) and DaVinci Resolve 16.1 Studio.

DaVinci Resolve 16.1(free )

This update adds a new sync bin for working with multiple angles from different cameras on the cut page, a new boring detector, enhanced close up edits using facial recognition, improved trimming and snapping, redesigned timeline rulers, more accurate waveform drawing and introduces interface refinements on the cut page. DaVinci Resolve 16.1 also features support for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera presets in the Fusion 3D camera tracker, improved adjustment clips, better keyframe smoothing for position animations, improved CIE scopes, support for alpha channels when using ResolveFX and OpenFX plugins, and more.
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What’s new in DaVinci Resolve 16.1

Cut

Sync Bin view which shows synced clip cutaways for the current shot on the timeline in a live multi-view for up to 9 cameras
Sync Clip window to perform timecode based, audio waveform based and in or out point based syncing for clips
Live overwrite from the Sync Bin multi-view where the desired camera number can be pressed on the keyboard and the cut away length can be adjusted live with the scroll dial
Support for automatically grouping shots from one camera by analyzing timecode and camera number metadata
Close Up is now powered by the DaVinci Neural Engine to automatically identify multiple faces in the clip and reframe and zoom in on the subjects
Ability to extend the timeline from the Sync Bin view to easily find the next edit for your timeline
Smart Indicators on the timeline which show where the closest edit points are based on the playhead position
Boring detector with timeline indicators to detect edits which are running too long
Jump cut detector with timeline indicators for flash frames and jump cuts
Support for a new transition dialog to quickly find and apply the desired transition to the closest edit point using the scroll dial on the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard
Support for a new picture in picture mode to quickly apply a picture in picture edit by easily selecting the image quadrant using the scroll dial in the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard
Support for a new blended scroll mode in the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard that dynamically toggles between scroll and jog transport
Support for a split clip action in the toolbar
Support for performing a slide edit by Alt/Option + dragging the timeline clip overlay
Support for adding bins and moving clips between bins in the media pool
Improved representation of small cuts on the top timeline
Improved thumbnail clip hover behavior when selecting and previewing source media in the viewer
Improved responsiveness when scrubbing the in and out points for long clips in range editor

Edit

Support for using embedded timecode for clip based formats when the project setting is set to use frame count timecode
Ability to copy and paste transitions across multiple edit points in the timeline
Support for switching between clip and edit point selections on the timeline
Support for temporarily toggling between selection and trim edit mode during an edit action
Support for track name and track number burn-in and render tags
Support for previewing audio when dynamic trimming at greater than 1x speeds
Support for dragging adjustment clips to the media pool
Support for renaming adjustment clips in the inspector
Support for showing or hiding individual panels using keyboard shortcuts
Improved default multicam naming behavior
Ability to name angles after clip names or file names when creating a multi-cam clip
Support for matching a multicam edit frame to the underlying source clip
Support for switching to the correct multicam angle when performing a multicam match frame
Improved graticule and timecode display on timeline rulers
Support for opening Final Cut Pro 7 XML files from Finder to import media or timelines on macOS systems
Alt/Option-clicking on a track destination selector on the edit timeline will now exclusively select that track
Support for tooltips to show track names in the mini track view
Support for automatically selecting the newly added take in the take selector
Improved dual screen behavior for the edit page with support for single viewer and full height metadata and effects library
Improved performance when analyzing clips for detecting and classifying people
Improved easing behavior when applying smoothness to position keyframes
Improved blade behavior when there is a clip selection
Improved behavior when navigating between clips and edit points on the edit timeline when subtitles are present

Fusion

Support for reading media with super scale applied in the media pool
Support for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera presets in the Camera3D and CameraTracker tools
Improved memory management on compositions with multiple input layers
Improved memory management on multi-GPU systems
Improved viewer interactivity and playback performance on single GPU systems
Improved render all savers status display
Support for ACEScg as a gamut option

ResolveFX

ResolveFX Stop Motion
ResolveFX and OpenFX plugins can now process and modify the alpha channel
Support for additive compositing for ResolveFX Light Rays and ResolveFX Glow
Support for automatically enabling usage of OFX alpha for ResolveFX Match Move and ResolveFX Drop Shadow

Color

Support for viewing flags applied on the current clip on the video monitoring output
Support for limiting viewer overlays in HDR mode to 100 nits
Support for an option to update the shared node grade from a version stored in a gallery still
Support for stereoscopic controls in the Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve Mini panel
Support for OpenFX controls in the Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve Mini panel
Support for generating high resolution 65-point cube LUTs from color page thumbnails
Ability to paste a power window by appending to the existing windows from the Power Windows option menu
Support for a user preference under color to restrict node navigation to color corrector nodes and avoid mixer nodes and splitter and combiner nodes
Improved CIE scopes with a 1976 u’v’ view and the ability to show an additional reference gamut
Improved color match processing powered by the DaVinci Neural Engine
Ability to step the timeline wipe frame forward and back from the view menu and using the relevant shortcuts
Support for previewing timeline clip grades from the gallery when live preview is enabled
Support for a 2.0:1 output blanking preset in the timeline menu
Support for Fujifilm F-Log colorspace
Restored menu entries for half step printer lights in the color application menu

Fairlight

Support for 96 KHz and 192 KHz sample rates at a project level for DaVinci Resolve Studio
Support for clipping indicator for main buses on the Fairlight mixer
Improved sound library search with support for binary and wildcard searches
Support for enabling extended bounce tail durations from the option menu for audio clips with reverb and other tail effects
Support for customizing the tail duration threshold for reverb and other tail effects
Support for automatically enabling Insert In for an audio track when manually patching track inputs
Improved performance when loading and switching timelines
Improved performance when generating waveform profiles for nested timelines
Improved peak hold and decay behavior for meters in FairlightFX plugins
Support for displaying and persisting individual audio effect windows on top of other windows

Media and Delivery

Ability to preserve video essence for faster rendering of uncompressed clips without content changes
Support for decoding and encoding ProRes IMFs
Support for decoding and encoding DNxUncompressed half float formats
Support for decoding IMA4 format audio in QuickTime clips
Support for decoding floating point audio in QuickTime clips
Support for a preference to stop renders when a frame or clip cannot be processed
Support for decoding floating point TIFF images
Support for decoding DPX 10-bit RGBA files
Support for encoding AVC Intra 50, 100 and 200 on DaVinci Resolve Studio
Support for user selectable audio sample rates for timeline renders
Improved performance when decoding H.264 and H.265 clips using GPU acceleration on AMD graphics cards
Improved encoding to Panasonic SHV 8K with support for 50fps in DaVinci Resolve Studio
Improved support for reading QuickTime container metadata
Ability to disable video on Pro Tools and audio only exports
Support for exporting EDLs with multiple audio tracks
Ability to render adaptive audio tracks as discrete mono channels
Ability to export subtitles when exporting a timeline to Pro Tools using the deliver page preset
Support for rendering embedded audio timecode for synced audio clips when using the Pro Tools export preset
Support for GPU accelerated debayering on CUDA systems when decoding ARRIRAW clips using the ARRI SDK Full Res debayer
Improved Vimeo render settings with options for setting description, visibility and password for the uploaded video
Support for a warning when exporting an IMF or DCP package with an incorrect audio track setup
Support for decoding spanned AVCHD MTS clips
Improved playback speed when decoding JPEG 2000 clips
Improved performance when media managing long wav files
Improved performance when rendering QuickTime clips to network mounted drives
Improved performance when switching to bins that contain a large number of clips
Improved performance when deleting a large number of media pool clips
Improved behavior when rendering a single multi-channel audio track as individual wav files
Improved ProRes 4444 playback performance
Support for identifying and importing multiple Panasonic P2 shots in a single folder as separate clips

General

Support for a Clean Feed viewer mode on an additional display on DaVinci Resolve Studio
Ability to halve the current playback speed as well as playback at half, quarter and 1/8th speed using the Play Slow command
Support for additional flag and marker colors
Support for resolving the good take tag to # instead of 1
Ability to repeat alternate frames for 48fps clips in Clip Attributes to emulate 24fps capture and playback
Support for retaining the original creation date metadata when restoring or importing projects
Improved behavior when editing parameter values using Wacom tablets
Improved playback performance in the media, edit and cut pages
Improved performance when live saving projects
Improved performance when saving projects in collaboration workflows
Improved playback quality for variable frame rate QuickTime files
Improved scripting API with support for deleting a project
Improved scripting API when getting and setting frame rate and super scale properties from project settings and clip attributes
Support for disabling unbuffered I/O for any media storage location on macOS systems
Support for decoding ALAC files on Windows and Linux systems
Support for an option to optimize projects in disk databases by Option/Alt right clicking a project in the project manager
Support for accessing and editing project notes from the File menu
Support for choosing the preferred network interface from the project server application when sharing databases and generating access keys
General performance and stability improvements

DaVinci Resolve Studio 16.1