DaVinci Resolve 8.1 release

[Peter Chamberlain]

Hello all, we are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve for Mac, DaVinci Resolve for Linux and DaVinci Resolve Lite which are now available for download from the BMD support pages on our web site. This is a no charge upgrade for existing customers.

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 8.1

Final Cut Pro X XML roundtrip support
UltraStudio 3D support using ThunderBolt™
ACES Colorspace support
Support for 3D shaper LUTs
Avid AAF export for simplified Avid AMA round trip
Avid AAF import support
Final Cut Pro 7 XML clip by clip selectable import of image sizing data
Ignore file extension option when conforming using AAF or XML
‘Hover over’ corrector node grading status display to reveal list of changes within the node
Hover node over connector link to auto connect
HDR source icon in color page timeline thumbnails
Layer node composite effects
Copy and paste node grading metadata between nodes including dynamics
Clip based Auto/Video/Data level selection
Timeline based Auto/Video/Data level render selection
Save EDL of missing clips
Display source timecode option in conform timeline viewer
Cut, copy and paste clip keyboard shortcuts in conform timeline
Additional Pixel Aspect Ratio Option for DVCPRO HD
Support for Early 2011 MacBook Pro 15” with 1680x1050 display
General performance and stability improvements

Details and downloads at

http://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail/?sid=3948&pid=4448&os=mac&leg=0

Peter

[jake blackstone]

‘Hover over’ corrector node grading status display to reveal list of changes within the node. For me this is HUGE! No more guessing, what was done in the node.
Would really love to see an ability to name the nodes.
Also, I wish it would be possible to copy individual changes from the "hover" status to another node. May be later?
And, please, LOG grading:-)
All in all, very impressive update.
Thank you Blackmagic.

[luigivaltulini]

Yesssss ,
Thanks BlackMagic Team ;)


Luigi

[Manuel Wenger]

Yesssss, downloading now and giving it a spin :)

[Alexander Ibrahim]

Wait ... they updated Resolve Lite too?

Damn, that's generous.

Resolve Lite is my standard DIT tool, replacing RCX and RCX Pro.

Besides all the actual Resolve coolness ... Resolve Lite handles whatever format I throw at it. So, my workflow can stay the same on XDCAM, DVCPRO, RED, Alexa, and DSLR shoots.

Simply have to love that.

[Rosario Balistreri]

Ignore file extension option when conforming using AAF or XML
This means partial support for R3D in FCPX?
This will works only for shorter clips (that aren't bigger than 2gb so aren't trimmed) and the R3D has the same filename of the proxy, will not work in any case or will it works every time? =)
A workaround could be rewrap the 2 or more R3D of a single clip in a unique MOV file from RCX?

Waiting for your suggestion ;)

If this works i'm waiting only OMF export and FCPX will be my working tool ;)

Thanks guys, I'll download 8.1 when I'll back in Rome ;)

[gbalaji]

Any support for Older Macbook pro 15" (1400 X 900) for Lion?

[Neil W. Smith]

Nice work, Peter! .... really great free upgrade for everyone ... tons of new features and solid as a rock.

We'll be demoing the new Resolve 8.1 version with the Blackmagic team at the SMPTE Conference and Exhibition in Hollywood on Tuesday 25th through to Thursday 27th. Peter will also be around.

If you're in the LA area, you might want to pop in and see what all the fuss is about - we're in booth #116.

http://www.cvent.com/events/smpte-2011-annual-technical-conference-and-exhibition/custom-21-c431a68b25ee45ec8cb988e62d705e26.aspx

Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa
1755 North Highland Ave
Hollywood, CA 90028

" ... The 2011 SMPTE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 25-27 October 2011
By the industry - for the industry, this is THE premier annual event for technology, production and operations in the motion imaging industry.
The SMPTE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition brings together world-renowned technology thought-leaders from the media content business. Join us and network with colleagues in the motion picture studios, broadcast and cable networks, production and post-production community, software companies, systems integrators, manufacturers, display technologies and distribution providers. As an accredited industry standards-setting body, SMPTE is also the industry's leading nonprofit association providing technology education and information to the motion imaging industry. We're all about the content - creation, management, distribution and display. We offer three days of technical sessions, a high-tech exhibition hall and unparalleled networking opportunities. Join us - don't miss this exceptional opportunity! ..."

Hope to see some of you there.

Neil

[Luis Otero]

‘Hover over’ corrector node grading status display to reveal list of changes within the node. For me this is HUGE! No more guessing, what was done in the node.
Would really love to see an ability to name the nodes.
Also, I wish it would be possible to copy individual changes from the "hover" status to another node. May be later?
And, please, LOG grading:-)
All in all, very impressive update.
Thank you Blackmagic.

Jake,

I agree 99% with your suggestions... To get to 100%, can you expand on LOG grading? With R3D going RedColor2 and RedLogFilm is equivalent to a Cineon, as Graeme has stated before. Or, are you talking about the ability to do Log on any other type of footage? Just curious... or confused as ussualy I am. :blush:

Thanks BM...!!!

[Paul Sage]

Very Cool. Really like the copy and paste node meta data addition.

[jake blackstone]

Jake,

I agree 99% with your suggestions... To get to 100%, can you expand on LOG grading? With R3D going RedColor2 and RedLogFilm is equivalent to a Cineon, as Graeme has stated before. Or, are you talking about the ability to do Log on any other type of footage? Just curious... or confused as ussualy I am. :blush:

Thanks BM...!!!
As you can see there is a smily face next to Log grading request:-)
Number of people were asking about it from very beginning, so by now it's more a joking type of request. I know sooner or later BM will get to it.
Log grading is a type of grading, that instead of traditional telecine or video type of controls of pedestal, gamma and gain or low, mids and high, grading is done more in a film color timing style. Log grading control works on the whole picture instead of just the three luminance areas, just like the color wheel. Just to be clear, it has nothing to do with the type of material. It works equally well on video or Log material. Baselight calls this control Film Grading, Nucoda calls it Brightness and Contrast and Lustre calls it Log Grade. All three are the same. I prefer Log grade to the telecine type, as, personally, I can get to the desired result much faster. It is difficult to describe it, if you never tried it, but once you experience it, you can't imagine how it is possible to work any other way. BTW, it's not one or the other. All mentioned systems allows both types of grades at the same time.

[Luis Otero]

Jake,

I got it now... different terminology is usually used to describe a process, which, as you said, it is conceptual unless you have enjoy it's' benefits.

Thanks for the comprehensive explanation!

[Tom Gleeson]

Wait ... they updated Resolve Lite too?

Damn, that's generous.

Resolve Lite is my standard DIT tool, replacing RCX and RCX Pro.


Alexander,

I was planning on doing the same and I have been thrilled by Resolves performance but it does not pass through the audio so I find it impractical for this purpose. It would seem a major bummer so how are you dealing with audio?

[Javor Divjak]

I came across a nice workaround to get from FCP X to FCP 7 using Resolve 8.1, the only thing is it doesn't support audio but you can export audio using roles introduced in newly released FCP X 10.0.1 update and import into FCP 7.

Here is the link with video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNRnH9zsP6g

Does anyone know will this work with Resolve 8.1 Lite?

[Peter Chamberlain]

The XML round trip functionality is the same with Resolve Lite.
Peter

[Javor Divjak]

Thanks Peter.

iMac 27" + Ultra Studio 3D + DaVinci 8.1 sounds like a good entry level solution.

[Luca Immesi]

Great update but I still have a problem, sometimes after some nodes the sliders of my resolve don't work, they freeze, for example in the 3 wheels tab, the wheels work but hue, saturation and luma mix freeze, the only solution is to restart the software. It did the same thing also with resolve 8.0.1
I have a mac pro 2x 2.66 Quad core with 24 GB of ram, nvidia gt 120, invidia gtx 285 and a red rocket. The version 7 of Resolve worked fine.

[Jay A. Kelley]

Hey Jake,
I love your website
Jay

[jake blackstone]

Hey Jake,
I love your website
Jay
Thanks Jay.
Unless, there is another Jake with a website:-)

[Jay A. Kelley]

Nope.. I was talkin to you.
:)

Jay