• DaVinci Resolve

  Highlights for Resolve v9

  Posted by Peter Chamberlain on April 19, 2012 at 11:33 pm

  For those who missed NAB in Las Vegas. Here are some highlights for Resolve v9.
  Peter

  Interface re-designed to streamline the grading process
  o Fast user login by entering user name or scroll user thumbnails
  o Browse and select projects with scrubbable thumbnail or list view
  o Search and sort project lists
  o Larger color palettes with direct user access to more tools for faster grading
  o Larger and clearer text to ease eye strain during long grading sessions
  o Larger timeline thumbnails makes selecting shots faster
  o Resizable gallery stills stored and displayed in user named albums
  o Gallery now includes 48 ‘Looks’ for fast grade selection
  o Full screen viewer mode for accurate window and qualifier control
  o Cinema review mode offers a clean full screen to sit back and enjoy

  Clip Management
  o Browse and select clips in the media library with thumbnail or list view
  o Re-sizeable and scrubbable Library and Media Pool thumbnails
  o Fast clip management with drag and drop clips between bins in the Media Pool
  o Clip list view now also displays PAR, video/data level, frame rate and audio channels
  o Optional automatic creation of the Master Timeline to match the Media Pool
  o Master and Default timelines option to sort in timecode order or reel # and timecode order
  o Reveal clip in Finder

  Conform
  o Expandable timeline view for conforming
  o Drag and drop clip editing
  o Consolidate RED camera clips with user defined handles
  o Speed warps from FCP XML and Avid AAF
  o User selection of common keyboard shortcut layouts

  Color
  o Log grading includes contrast and pivot with low and high range controls
  o Composite RGBA clips using embedded Alpha
  o Stereoscopic 3D floating windows include position, softness and rotation
  o Separate 3D monitoring controls for GUI/SDI/WFM mesh
  o Camera Raw palette offers real time direct control of raw images
  o Camera Raw image debayer and decode settings optionally saved per graded version
  o Nodes can now be named and wire linking is faster
  o Window palette displays the selected windows and position
  o Key shapes and position are displayed in the new key palette
  o Image transforms are now controlled in the sizing palette
  o Tracker and stabilization palette with editable keyframe tracks for pan, tilt, zoom & rotate
  o Stabilization strength control to blend stable and original image track
  o Eight colored user selected pins & flags to mark clips for fast & easy location and sorting
  o Clip thumbnail timeline filters for color corrected, tracked, rendered, pins and flags
  o User configurable preset descriptions for graded version names

  Audio
  o Multitrack audio decoding from BWF, Quicktime and MXF files – Op-Atom and OP-1a
  o Multitrack audio encoding to Quicktime and MXF formats – Op-Atom
  o Audio waveform display and 16 channel audio meters with selectable dB and dBu scale
  o User selectable reference alignment levels for dBu scale
  o One-click Auto-Sync of multiple dual system audio files with camera images

  Dailies
  o Dailies production metadata fields for fast data entry
  o Automatically assign iXML production metadata with audio sync
  o Dailies clip sort and simultaneous multiple format rendering
  o Simple text name burn in for dailies deliverables
  o Source clip data burn-ins include custom text, logos & user selectable fade up/down times
  o One click generation of LUTs from the clip grade
  o User configurable folders to save LUTs

  Deliverables
  o Dedicated screen for creating rendered deliverables includes large viewer and timeline
  o Deliverables user easy setups can now be saved and recalled
  o Batch render queue shows job status
  o Encoding and decoding Avid DNxHD in QuickTime
  o Avid DNxHD444 codec encode/decode is supported on all platforms
  o Up to 50% faster DNxHD/MXF encoding speed
  o Additional ‘Force Highest Quality’ settings when rendering clips
  o Additional Resolve control panel controls for Camera Raw selection

  General
  o Resolve Control Panel shortcuts to new Log, Raw and Stereoscopic controls
  o Canon C500 camera support
  o Improved decoder performance for uncompressed MXF on Linux
  o Projects are now saved in file based database with optional database server
  o 4K monitoring with DeckLink 4K
  o Resolve for Mac OS; hot plug and play for removable drives
  o Resolve for Mac OS; now a 64 bit app

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