DaVinci Resolve is the world's only solution that combines professional 8K editing, color correction, visual effects and audio post production all in one software tool! You can instantly move between editing, color, effects, and audio with a single click.

DaVinci Resolve 19 features powerful new DaVinci Neural Engine AI tools and over 100 feature upgrades. New AI tools include text based timeline editing, music remixing, dialogue separation and UltraNR noise reduction. IntelliTrack AI lets you use video to track the Fairlight audio panner.

ColorSlice vector grading and film look creator offer richer grading vibrance and color density. Plus there are new features for live TV production and broadcast. DaVinci Resolve now supports realtime selection of live camera recordings for instant replay to air with slow motion and stingers. Multi Source is the fastest way to see your cameras and edit to the timeline while the cameras are still recording

Can you use DaVinci Resolve on a budget PC?

DaVinci Resolve can be quite intensive and demanding on your computer. As most video editing programs, DaVinci relies heavily on the CPU and GPU, especially on the latter when using OpenFX or noise reduction, for that reason the recommended specs start with a discrete GPU with at least 2 GB of VRAM, a minimum of 16GB RAM and an 8-core CPU.

Is DaVinci better than Adobe Premiere?

DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro are both great options for video editing. The greatest advantage DaVinci has over Adobe Premiere is that it offers a free edition that is well rounded enough for most users.

For professional video editing you would need DaVinci Studio which has a $299 price tag. On the other hand, Adobe Premiere Pro requires a monthly subscription or an annual payment of $240. As far as video editing capabilities go, both offer color correction, color grading and both programs let you place different effects. Both are also great for audio editing and support a wide array of plugins.

The greatest advantage Adobe Premiere has over DaVinci Resolve is that it works seamlessly with other Adobe programs like After Effects, allowing you to add animations to your project. The greatest setback for DaVinci Resolve is that it needs slightly more processing power, RAM and graphics card power to deliver optimal performance.

Is DaVinci Resolve good for beginners?

DaVinci Resolve has become a go-to choice for aspiring content creators, filmmakers, or video editors mainly due to its free version which offers features like color grading, sound design, and many other visual effects.

What are other free Premiere alternatives?

In addition to DaVinci Resolve there are plenty of free solid video editors to choose from. Some of which are VSDC Free Video Editor, Shotcut and Movavi Video Editor Plus. Here is a longer list of Adobe Premiere alternatives.

Features

DaVinci Resolve Studio is also the only solution designed for multi user collaboration so editors, assistants, colorists, VFX artists and sound designers can all work live on the same project at the same time! Whether you're an individual artist, or part of a large collaborative team, it's easy to see why DaVinci Resolve is the standard for high end post production and finishing on more Hollywood feature films, television shows and commercials than any other software.

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.

DaVinci Resolve features a revolutionary new cut page specifically designed for editors that need to work quickly and on tight deadlines! The new DaVinci Neural Engine uses machine learning to enable powerful new features such as facial recognition, speed warp and more. Adjustment clips let you apply effects and grades to clips on the timeline below, quick export can be used to upload projects to YouTube and Vimeo from anywhere in the application, and new GPU accelerated scopes provide more technical monitoring options than before. Plus, Fusion is dramatically faster and Fairlight adds immersive 3D audio. DaVinci Resolve 16 is a massive release with hundreds of features customers have asked for.

  • Support for additional audio track formats for IMF and DCP renders
  • Improved decode and encode performance for Kakadu DCP and IMF formats
  • Support for CUDA based R3D with the latest RED SDK on Windows and Linux
  • Adds Blackmagic RAW support for latest Blackmagic URSA Broadcast update
  • Support for new audio only and video only editing modes on the cut page
  • Added in and out buttons in the user interface on the cut page
  • Support for audio playback when trimming on the cut and edit pages
  • Improved zoom buttons for the timeline on the edit page
  • Improved smart indicator in the cut page for when using in and out points
  • Viewer resize icon on the cut page now correctly resizes the whole viewer
  • Cut page divider between timeline and viewer can now be moved via the divider
  • Close up edits in the cut page now vary the close up from 20% to 40% randomly
  • Search dial is more responsive when using the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard
  • Removed auto jog mode on scroll with the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard
  • Better responsiveness using shuttle with the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard
  • Double press to clear in and out on the DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard
  • Improved performance in collaborative projects with multiple DaVinci systems
  • Support for monitor name in the workspace menu display options
  • Support for copy/paste in Dolby Vision mid tone offset values between clips
  • New scripting APIs to move media items, LUTs, markers, copy grades and more
  • Now uses 2 up view in sync bin when using live overwrite editing
  • Fixes a bug that caused the clip dividers in the source tape to scroll with audio
  • Opening the media folder in the cut page will re-sync to that folder contents
  • Multiple performance and stability improvements

What's New:

What's New in DaVinci Resolve 19.1. The following features have been added or updated.

General Improvements

  • Dual screen layouts now allow secondary screen resizable window.
  • Improved toolbar and application menu layout on Windows.
  • Search menu actions from the Help menu in Windows and Linux.
  • Notification support when users join or leave multi-user projects.
  • Application menu actions to go to previous or next timeline.
  • Support for marker notes metadata tags in data burn in.
  • Open or close inspector metadata by clicking on header.
  • DCTLs support color picker, reset buttons and randomizer controls.
  • DCTL transforms now have alpha channel support.
  • Ability to view DCTL build errors, expiry dates and control tooltips.
  • General performance and stability improvements.

Media Page

  • Context menu option to automatically sync bins from file folders.
  • Ability to export multiple selected timelines from the media pool.
  • Media pool now remembers the last opened bins between restarts.
  • Media pool column presets now persists sort order.
  • Smart bin and smart filter option to filter media from a specific bin.
  • Manual sync options to retain video metadata and native audio.
  • Media Management audio transcodes now default to 24 bit.
  • Support for decoding spatial photos on Mac.
  • Ability to relink media pool clips from all pages.
  • Templates using .drb files can now include empty bins.
  • Metadata support for tilt angle and roll angle from Canon files.
  • Change start timecode for multicams and compound clips.

Edit Page

  • New Fusion titles, effects and generators in the effects panel.
  • Searching for effects can now use category names to find matches.
  • Improved marker index search with support for all marker fields.
  • Ability to set the location of the fixed playhead.
  • Clips are now always pasted at playhead instead of mark in.
  • Menu actions to select nearest in, out or roll edit points.
  • Render in place now supports metadata tags for filename.
  • Ability to delete multiple selected tracks via the track index.
  • Timeline aspect ratio option in the safe area overlays dialog.
  • Automatic Fusion caches now apply to both effects and templates.
  • Audio Ducker support for multiple tracks to trigger ducking.
  • Access track EQ, dynamics and plugins from the audio mixer.
  • Toggle track header control states by clicking and dragging.
  • Apply track destination via the track header context menu.
  • Multiple video destinations for editing nested clips with decompose.
  • Menu option to create new tracks when adding clips to timeline.
  • Menu toggle for all tracks auto selector and track destination.
  • Improved nested timeline audio with native mixes and solo states.
  • Improved responsiveness when switching multicam angles.
  • Source audio channels option when editing multicam angles.
  • Mono channel selection from clip context menu or inspector.
  • Inspector trim slider to trim levels of individual source channels.
  • Ability to set individual audio channels to none in clip attributes.
  • Fine grained virtual slider adjustments with option, alt or shift.
  • Match frame and match frame to source for nested clips.

Fusion Page

  • New uExport tool to export USD scenes from compositions.
  • Field dominance changes are honored in interlaced media inputs.
  • Polygon and B-spline viewer toolbar controls for multi poly tool.
  • New switch and uSwitch to manage and keyframe multiple inputs.
  • OCIO display transforms can now be applied with a tool.
  • OCIO CDL transforms can now be used as view LUTs.
  • Support for USD 24.08 with improved MaterialX performance.
  • Fusion compositions in the media pool can now use IntelliTrack.
  • Improved performance with multiple and long paintbrush operations.
  • Support for freeze frame with TimeSpeed.

Color Page

  • Dedicated mini panel controls to edit custom curve control points.
  • Copy active node stack layer from timeline clips in the gallery.
  • Ability to set default qualifier mode for new clips.
  • Ability to export stills with Dolby Vision tone mapping.
  • Post group clip node stack layer option in project settings.
  • Per-user option for changed node color in the node options menu.
  • Ability to filter timeline clips by node color.
  • Object Mask caches persist until manually reset or re-analyzed.
  • Input and output tooltips for splitter, combiner and matte nodes.

Resolve FX

  • New grain controls for Resolve FX Sky Replacement.
  • New saturation and gamma controls for Resolve FX light rays.
  • Ability to set per-channel settings for blur effects.

Fairlight Page

  • Track effects can now be applied to stereo linked tracks.
  • Audio tracks can now be duplicated via the context menu.
  • Ability to disable audio tracks.
  • Ability to delete multiple selected tracks from the track index.
  • Reorder tracks and busses by dragging the name plate in the mixer.
  • Support for trimming from unity in the mixer.
  • Support for new stereo direct, 7.1.2 and 9.1.4 Dolby audio formats.
  • Fine grained virtual slider adjustments with option, alt or shift.
  • Clearer timeline displays:
    • for adjacent waveforms when trimming clips.
    • for clip names against clip waveform backgrounds.
    • when resizing tracks.
    • for the playhead indicator in the scroll bar.
  • Mono channel selection from the clip context menu or inspector.
  • Separate track groups panel accessible via a header icon.

Deliver Page

  • Drag to reorder render jobs in the render queue.
  • Support for encoding MV HEVC spatial video on Mac.
  • Encode Sony MXF Op1A to XDCAM drives on Mac and Windows.
  • Encode H.265 Main10 formats in DaVinci Resolve on Windows.
  • AV1 encodes in DaVinci Resolve with Nvidia acceleration.
  • Option to render without timecode for mobile uploads to YouTube.
  • Render settings now default to timeline resolution and frame rate.
  • Decode and encode EXR standard metadata attributes.
  • P2 Viewer compatibility for Panasonic P2 renders.

Scripting API

  • Load cloud projects.
  • Query and set mark in and out ranges.
  • Auto sync media pool clips using audio waveform or timecode.
  • Render options for start frame, timecode and to replace files.
  • Ability to delete a render preset.
  • Invoke Quick Export renders.
  • Reset all grades and nodes from node graph.
  • Apply grade from DRX and CDL LUT to layers from the Graph API.
  • Create gallery albums.
  • Query and set per-node cache modes.
  • Query and enable clip cache for Fusion output and color output
  • Query media pool entry for a timeline.

Minimum System Requirements for macOS

  • macOS 13 Ventura or later.
  • 8 GB of system memory or 16 GB when using Fusion.
  • For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
  • Apple Silicon based computer or GPU which supports Metal.

Minimum System Requirements for Windows

  • Windows 10 Creators Update.
  • 16 GB of system memory or 32 GB when using Fusion.
  • For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
  • Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
  • GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.
  • AMD/Intel official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
  • NVIDIA Studio driver 550.58 or newer.

Minimum System Requirements for Windows for Arm

  • Windows 11 for ARM.
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite series processor.
  • 16 GB of system memory or 32 GB for 4K or when using Fusion.

Minimum System Requirements for Linux

  • Rocky Linux 8.6.
  • 32 GB of system memory.
  • For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
  • Discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
  • GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.
  • AMD official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
  • NVIDIA Studio driver 550.40.07 or newer.

DaVinci Resolve 19 Release Notes

DaVinci Resolve 19 introduces powerful new DaVinci Neural Engine AI tools and over 100 feature upgrades! Editors can work directly with transcribed audio to find speakers and edit timeline clips. Colorists can produce rich film like tones with the ColorSlice six vector palette and produce cinematic images using the new film look creator effect which emulates photometric film processes. In Fairlight, the IntelliTrack AI can be used to track motion and automatically pan audio. VFX artists in Fusion have an expanded set of USD tools plus a new multipoly rotoscoping tool. The cut page has new broadcast replay tools for live multi camera broadcast editing, playout and replay with speed control.

Blackmagic Cloud

DaVinci Resolve 19 supports Blackmagic Cloud, so you can host your project libraries on the DaVinci Resolve Project Server in the cloud. Share projects and work collaboratively with editors, colorists, VFX artists and audio engineers on the same project at the same time, anywhere in the world.

Blackmagic Cloud for Organizations

The Organizations app lets larger companies define a single organization or company within Blackmagic Cloud. Now you can create groups or teams and quickly share projects to an entire group rather than one by one. You can also manage storage access, share Presentations, and create a single sign on.

DaVinci Resolve Studio Licenses

The Organizations app also lets you buy or rent DaVinci Resolve Studio licenses. This makes it easier for companies to assign and manage the allocation of licenses within large groups. Licenses can be costed against specific projects and then removed when it's complete.

Blackmagic Proxy Generator

The new Blackmagic Proxy Generator App automatically creates and manages proxies from camera originals. Create a watch folder and new media is automatically converted into H.264, H.265 or ProRes proxies to accelerate editing workflows. You can extract proxies into a separate folder for offline work.

Multi Source

Multi Source lets you see all your live cameras, or even just clips in a bin with a common timecode, in a multiview screen to look for any point of interest. You can scrub, play and select shots to add to the timeline or simply play to air. You can even switch live from any of the available angles.

Point of Interest

When watching live cameras or a multiview of clips and a signifiant event occurs, capture the moment with a POI marker. The POI is placed on all the clips at that same time so you can quickly find the event on every camera angle, play them to air and even automatically build a highlights timeline.

UltraNR Noise Reduction

UltraNR is a new DaVinci Neural Engine driven denoise mode in the Color page's spatial noise reduction palette. Use it to dramatically reduce digital noise from a frame while maintaining image clarity. Combine with temporal noise reduction for even more effective denoising in images with motion.

Film Look Creator

The new Film Look Creator lets you add cinematic looks that replicate film properties like halation, bloom, grain, flicker, gate weave and vignetting. Adjust exposure in stops and use subtractive saturation, richness and split tone controls to achieve looks usually found on the big screen.

Advanced Volumetric Rendering

uVolume lets you directly import volumetric VDB files into Fusion eliminating time consuming conversions. It also adds creative control of imported effects such as smoke, fire, clouds and explosions. You get complete control over density, temperature and color parameters of the VDB file in DaVinci.

MultiPoly Tool

The new MultiPoly tool displays all of your masks in a single list eliminating switching between nodes for faster, more accurate rotoscoping! Perfect for complex projects, you can view, select, add to and modify specific shapes, toggle their visibility and adjust parameters all from one location.

DaVinci Resolve 18.6.6 Update:

  • Ability to encode Panasonic AVC 100 and 50 in MXF Op Atom formats.
  • Option to encode big endian LPCM audio in QuickTime.
  • Addressed default alpha mode interpretation for some QuickTime media.
  • Addressed incorrect path separators in some project settings on Windows.
  • Addressed some Sony XAVC H clips being shown as offline.
  • Addressed a media management issue trimming Sony 8K X-OCN clips.
  • General performance and stability improvements.

Previous Release Notes:

DaVinci Resolve 18.5 introduces dozens of new tools including 4 new AI tools, over 100 feature upgrades and major updates to the Cut page. Editors can now transcribe audio within clips to search for media based on narrative content, or quickly generate subtitles for timelines with the automatic speech to text feature. DaVinci Neural Engine AI can analyze and automatically sort audio clips based on classification, and on the Fairlight page audio tracks can now be grouped for faster mix automation and editing. Colorists can use the new Relight FX to add virtual lighting to a scene. VFX artists can collaborate more easily with support for USD files and work faster with the multi-merge tool.

Next Generation Engineering

DaVinci Resolve 18 features some of the most cutting edge technology in the industry today. The DaVinci Neural Engine is an advanced machine learning system powering many of the software's most powerful tools, and it is fully supported in Apple M1 Mac models including M1 Ultra. Inclusion of the latest version of Dolby Vision means that users can view HDR on supported monitors, including on laptops. The future proof DaVinci Wide Gamut and Intermediate log grading environment allow you to work on media from any source. You can deliver to every projection and monitoring standard in use today. Plus DaVinci Resolve is the only software that you can use to edit and grade 8K footage in real time.

DaVinci Neural Engine Acceleration

The advanced machine learning algorithms of the DaVinci Neural Engine are supported on Apple's M1 and M1 Pro models. This gives you up to 300% speed improvement in dozens of tools that rely on accurate automated analysis of motion and content such as Smart Reframe, SpeedWarp or SuperScale.

Blackmagic Cloud

DaVinci Resolve 18 supports Blackmagic Cloud, so you can host your project libraries on the DaVinci Resolve Project Server in the cloud. Share projects and work collaboratively with editors, colorists, VFX artists and audio engineers on the same project at the same time, anywhere in the world.

Blackmagic Proxy Generator

The new Blackmagic Proxy Generator App automatically creates and manages proxies from camera originals. Create a watch folder and new media is automatically converted into H.264, H.265 or ProRes proxies to accelerate editing workflows. You can extract proxies into a separate folder for offline work.

Simplified Proxy Workflow

Switch between camera original footage and proxies in a single click. With Blackmagic Proxy Generated proxies, DaVinci Resolve knows where in the file tree to find them, instantly linking to the camera originals in the media pool. Edit with proxies, then relink to camera originals to grade.

Intelligent Media Management

DaVinci Resolve 18 adds intelligent media location management, so that when you are collaborating you can quickly link media to your unique file paths. Now you don't need to manually relink or search for assets when you work remotely. So you have more time for creativity and less time on file admin.