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