Blackmagic Design continues to refine DaVinci Resolve, ensuring that the latest Version 20 remains efficient despite an influx of new features.
Currently in its third round of beta testing, this update enhances the video editing, color grading, visual effects, and audio capabilities that users have come to rely on.
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Key Features of Version 20
Among the standout additions in Resolve Version 20 is a new voiceover tool.
This feature includes recording and monitoring capabilities that streamline post-production processes.
Additionally, the innovative AI-driven Intelliscript tool automatically generates an editing timeline based on an imported script, allowing users to start working efficiently right away.
The update also introduces AI enhancements, such as the second version of Blackmagic’s Magic Mask paintbrush, which simplifies the masking process by locking onto features.
The Dialog Matcher assists in achieving consistent dialogue by harmonizing tone, level, and reverb. Moreover, the Audio Assistant can create an automatic mix, resulting in a polished output.
Another notable addition is the IntelliCut tool, designed to eliminate awkward silences that disrupt scene pacing.
Users will also appreciate the new deep image compositing toolkit, which further expands the creative possibilities within Resolve.
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Other Features and Fixes:
Cut Page
- Voiceover palette with cues, voice tools, and teleprompter functionality.
- Ripple trimming available for secondary audio tracks.
- Multi-view now showcases previously used camera angles.
- Tapping time buttons allows camera buttons to preroll replays.
- Auto resync for media bins now includes stills and sequences.
- Enhanced live overwrite supports edit keys and search dial.
- Mouse drag capabilities for multi-source live overwrite and sync bin.
- Trimming with safe edit to avoid overwriting adjacent clips.
- Media pool metadata palette for quick clip reviews.
- Copy, paste, and attribute removal options for timeline clips.
- Dynamic trimming support using JKL controls.
- Full-featured audio mixer introduced.
- Context menu added to the mini timeline.
Edit Page
- Voiceover tool with record and monitor options.
- AI Multicam SmartSwitch for automatic angle adjustments.
- AI VoiceConvert with both built-in and user-trainable models.
- Enhanced support for source tape functionality.
- Ability to view and edit timelines directly in the source viewer.
- Multi-cam creation now allows reference audio tracks.
- Compounds opened from timelines will match playhead positions.
- Easy access to timeline settings via the tab context menu.
- User preference to wrap around 24-hour timecode.
Cut and Edit Page
- Improved keyframing with dedicated curve views and a timeline drawer.
- Import Blackmagic Cloud shared folders directly into the media pool.
- AI IntelliScript creates timelines based on user-provided scripts.
- AI Dialogue Matcher matches tone, level, and reverberation for clips.
- AI Music Editor automatically adjusts music length.
- AI animated subtitles highlight or animate spoken dialogue.
- AI SuperScale features enhanced upscaling options.
- AI Detect Music Beats for beat snapping.
- Customized UI layouts option for vertical videos.
- Custom grids for sorting and organizing media pool thumbnails.
- Enhanced Text+ featuring paragraph, line wrapping, and bounding tools.
- MultiText tool introduces layers and simplified transform controls.
- Subtitle track support for Fusion templates.
- Selective media sync options with proxy-only cloud sync.
- Imported PSDs can be split into individual layers now.
- Alert Red viewer background mode is supported.
- Extended language support for the transcription engine.
- Smooth Cut now incorporates AI Speed Warp capabilities.
- Improved transcription export options, including speaker identification and timecodes.
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Fusion Page
- Comprehensive deep image compositing toolbox.
- Multi-layer pipelining for OpenEXR, PSD, and stereoscopic 3D formats.
- Vector warping tools for image repairs and cleanup.
- Native support for 180 VR.
- New 3D scene dome light.
- Seamless integration with native Cryptomatte workflows.
- Ability to view color grading in the media out node.
- Enhanced GPU-based pano map and spherical stabilizer tools.
- Efficient tool search capabilities based on effect categories.
- User-selectable starting frames for compositions.
Color Page
- AI Magic Mask v2 for enhanced masking with paintbrush features.
- AI Resolve FX Depth Map v2 introduced.
- Chroma Color Warper for grading applications.
- New spline warp controls as part of the Resolve FX Warper.
- Open Color IO support as part of Resolve FX.
- Optimized UI layouts available for vertical video formats.
- Streamlined viewer overlays for remote monitoring.
- H.265 4:2:2 streaming and monitoring added for supported hardware.
- Compatibility with Samsung Log and ACES 2.0.
- Generating HDR light level PDF reports is now possible.
- Collaborative projects can modify LUTs and colorspaces.
- Node layer controls improved in the advanced panel.
- Refinements in Lift, Gamma, Gain Micro Panel sensitivity.
Fairlight Page
- AI Audio Assistant creates finished mixes automatically.
- AI IntelliCut assists with silence removal.
As beta testing continues, Blackmagic will take feedback to further refine these tools and introduce other features that haven’t found its way into the overall suite.
This makes Resolve one of the most powerful resources for video professionals.
[source: Blackmagic Support]
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