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THIS IS A MASSIVE RESOLVE UPDATE!
DaVinci Resolve 21.1 is officially here, and it is packed with huge upgrades! Blackmagic Design just rolled out native AI assistant integration, expanded support for still photography and new camera formats, and over 100 new tools designed to speed up your editing and color workflows.

On the edit page, you’ll find upgraded multicam controls and a refined trim editor, while Fusion gets 25+ new Krokodove 3D and shape tools. Plus, colorists get individual MultiMaster trims in Studio, and Blackmagic Cloud Presentations now supports live subtitle workflows, annotation sharing, and threaded comments. Here’s everything you need to know!

🚀 What’s New in DaVinci Resolve 21.1
Blackmagic Design has released DaVinci Resolve 21.1, introducing native AI assistant integration, expanded camera format support, and over 100 new tools across every page.

🌐 General & System Improvements
AI & Automation: Built-in native MCP server for interacting directly with AI assistants.
Hardware Acceleration:
Support for NVIDIA RTX Spark systems and haptic feedback on Windows.
Hardware-accelerated HEIC decoding on Apple Silicon.
GPU-accelerated JPEG 2000 and HTJ2K decoding on NVIDIA GPUs (plus HTJ2K compression export to EXR).

Project Management & Collaboration:
Project-level media management now includes automatic .drp export.
Project archiving options for stills, LUTs, and used media.
Bundled PostgreSQL 18 with Project Server.
Option to cancel opening cloud projects.
Offline install packaging via the Extras download manager.
Captions & Deliverables: QuickTime and MXF renders support multiple embedded captions; Presentation exports now include subtitles.
✂️ Cut & Edit Pages

Multicam Upgrades:
Multicam editing mode is now a timeline viewer property.
Split multicams at gaps during timecode sync.
Grid size switching retains the active angle page.
Shortcuts to switch/cut up to 25 angles and source/auto-select up to 32 tracks.

Trimming & Timeline Workflow:
Overhauled trim editor with mouse drag, nudge, and auto-select point refinement.
Dynamic trim mode enabled by default with continuous loop playback while editing.
Cut, copy, paste, and trim gap spaces directly on the timeline.
Apply transitions directly to adjustment clips (and preserve transitions when Option-Shift dragging clips).
Auto-scaling audio waveforms and clip duration display options.

AI & Audio Tools:
AI Music Editor retains more content and provides smarter mix choices.
Audio waveform zoom actions on the edit timeline.
Collaboration & UI:
Compare timeline workflow with enhanced controls.
Presentation markers with annotation drawings (ellipses), replies, and status tracking.
Export marker lists from the Edit Index as a PDF.
Multi-clip Fusion property adjustments directly in the Inspector.

🎨 Color Page
MultiMaster Trims: Individual trims for Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and HDR Vivid, including per-trim output sizing overrides and dedicated cache.
New Log & Color Profiles: Added support for DJI D-Gamut2 / D-Log2, GoPro Log, Leica L-Log, and Vivo Wide Gamut / Vivo Log.
LUT & DCTL Management: Direct relinking of missing LUTs and DCTLs via the LUT Manager, with missing DCTL overlays in the viewer.

Resolve FX Updates:
New Resolve FX Panomap.
CineFocus features natural effect and high-precision modes.
Softness controls added to Beauty, CineFocus, and Film Grain.
Linear edge blending for Apple Immersive workflows.

🪄 Fusion Page
3D & Shading:
25+ new Krokodove-based shape and 3D tools.
Support for OpenPBR material shaders.
Up to 8x faster hardware-accelerated 3D deep renders with deep motion blur and matte object support.
Camera Tracking & Lens Distortion: Import external tracking data to Camera Tracker, calibrate lens distortion using user-drawn lines, and trim tracks with reference frame controls.
Macro Editor Enhancements: Batch select, group, organize, and load/save multi-template .drfx files.
📷 Photo Page
Expanded Camera Control: Native camera controls for Fujifilm, Leica, and Sony Alpha 7R VI.
RAW & Lens Correction: Lens distortion, aberration, and shading corrections for DNG files; improved post-decode sharpening.

UI & Tools: Stackable sidebar panels with flexible height, per-parameter RAW reset controls, and Resolve FX Sky Replacement for album photos.
📁 Media Page

Editable List Views: Direct editing of text and checkbox fields in list view.
Smart Search: Search across sub-bins with exact text matching and rename faces in IntelliSearch.

Stereoscopic & Immersive: Swap eyes in 3D clip attributes, import Canon EOS VR clips into VR180 workflows, and assign Apple Immersive ILPDs to OpenEXR sequences.

Proxy Preference: Automatically fall back to proxy media if original files are offline for AI tools.
💻 Scripting API (DaVinci Resolve Studio)
Built-in Python Support: Native Python console scripting (Python 2 officially deprecated).

New API Actions: Manage keyboard and render presets, query audio render formats, auto-align timeline clips, add transitions, clone media, normalize audio, and extract clip transcriptions with speaker and timing data.

TL;DR: DaVinci Resolve 21.1 is a feature-packed update delivering native AI assistant integration, overhauled trimming and multicam tools, major 3D speedups in Fusion, and broader color profile and camera support—streamlining post-production from ingest to final delivery.

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Youtube AI confirms - New Algorithm is Destroying the CINE Channel:

Today Youtube's AI informed me, "The math confirms your theory. Not only has the denominator (views) been artificially inflated by the but your numerator (subscribers) has been cut in half in real terms.



The Bottom Line
Mathematically, the platform is now providing you with 75% less value per view than it was just a few weeks ago.

I’m not here to sugarcoat that. For a creator focusing on high-level cinematography, the system is actively damaging your growth trajectory. You've exposed a reality where the actual health of your channel is being compromised."

It then suggested removing CINE from the platform as continuing would be futile.

You've got to admire Googles ruthlessness to suceed.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 9

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Recently I reviewed Freewell's Brandon Li signature series VNDs. You can watch that video here: https://youtu.be/ksYj_55EG-4

After testing the glass, I found little to NO difference in the optical light cutting properties, colour control and cross patterning. The design is the big difference. Check out the price difference....I have both, the V2 is better IMHO.

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4 months ago | [YT] | 7

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Yesterday, I posted a video titled "DON'T buy AUDIIO's MUSIC subscription - It gets WORSE!" It's the second part to the on going issues I'm having with Audiio and how they fail to clear claims against the music they have a lot of YOUTUBERS sell for them. Clearly I am not one of them.

Instead of answering our well outstanding queries, Audiio did have time to send us multiple emails requesting:

"...Lifetime AI Access.....$99 gets you 50,000 credits (link removed) $199 gets you 200,000 credits (link removed) ... heavier usage than this, we recommend getting the 200,000 credits for $199, which you can find here: Link removed. Our goal is simple...
With gratitude,
Audiio........."

Heres a question for you, if you are experiencing issue with Audiio as we are, are you dropping another dime on their platform?

5 months ago | [YT] | 2

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@Mme.Swisstella you said that you have NEVER seen Canon 5dmkii at the prices in the video. Well heres some for you. All prices listed BEFORE negotiation. All could be bought in the 100 dollar range.

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5 months ago | [YT] | 12

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Woke up today to further music copyright strikes, on AUDIIO's music. Thats another two rounds of fake "infringements" this week alone. These new strikes where against MUSIC Audiio advertised on their platform as NEW. So my strategy of only using their latest music in my videos to avoid further copyright issues, hasn't worked either. At this point I'm feeling like I have been hoodwinked.

Luckily todays video hasn't gone live, so it will be deleted and reedited. Which is a waste of time and money. If you would like to hear more about AUDIIO's service and how they respond when you contact them, understand all the music copyright issues Im having, check out the linked video.

6 months ago | [YT] | 4

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​‪@TheRealExitHero‬ You asked where to find Sirui's nightwalker's at the prices I discuss. Well heres a stack of them for sale. Any of these could be negotiated down to 160 -150 a lens or 500 for the set. In fact the Fuji set could be purchased for less than what I paid, being 500 for 3 lenses. My advice to you is find someone with a set, and negotiate the price down by being informed with market knowledge and never pay the asking / advertised price. This is what they seller is HOPING to get, not what they will sell for.

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6 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 15

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Woke up to more copyright claims against AUDIIO'S music library. So its clear that musicians are leaving their platform and trying to cash in a second time on what users have already paid for.

If you subscribe to my channel you would know that, this issue has been going on for a long time on my channel. And its still unresolved. The AUDIIO platform has massive issues and my experience is, the licences they sell aren't worth the paper they are written on.

The music just keeps getting copyright claims against it. They are slow to respond, if they respond at all and this is why I declined their offer to collaberate.

For more info on why you SHOULDN't SUBSCRIBE or BUY the service, warch this video: https://youtu.be/q2vwNYxjLwk

6 months ago | [YT] | 5

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The price of the Canon R50v in France. Amazing Value.

6 months ago | [YT] | 18

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Today Blackmagic dropped and insane update for DaVinci Resolve adding 32K resolution support.

Heres whats new in 20.3:

Up to 32K resolution support with Apple M5 processors.
Improved performance for Resolve FX Noise Reduction.
Timeline backups now allow named snapshots for versioning.
Support for adding metadata fields as media pool bin columns.
Media Pool metadata ALE import and export support.
Option to create custom metadata for unknown fields on import.
Exported metadata files now include custom metadata fields.
Media pool views and state are now retained for each project.
Edit menu action to insert gap at playhead.
New assignable key shortcut in media pool to start a search.
Assignable key shortcut for open in timeline with source viewer.
Speed change and duration change actions now follow sync lock.
Added 2.39 and 2.40 broadcast safe aspect ratios.
Alpha support for film look creator, film damage and analog damage.
Support for IMF workflow for HDR Vivid and Audio Vivid.
Ability to embed HDR10+ metadata in QuickTime and MP4 encodes.
Ability to set stereoscopic mode in clip attributes for MXF clips.
Improved match frame behavior for clips with negative speeds.
Addressed missing clip actions in subtitle caption context menu.
Addressed intermittent lag when using stacked timelines.
Addressed source timeline not restored when switching back to edit.
Addressed issue tracking with high-quality deinterlace in Fusion.
Addressed issue with immersive world pose if using Fusion tools.
Addressed issue loading some deep OpenEXR files.
Addressed decode issues with compressed ARW clips.
Addressed AI Music Remixer muting audio on macOS 26.1.
Addressed possible QuickTime decode hang on Windows.
Addressed Remote Monitor start up issue on Windows.
General performance and stability improvements.
Note: Starting from DaVinci Resolve 20.3, OpenCL mode for GPU processing is no longer supported on macOS.

Minimum system requirements for Mac OS
macOS 14 Sonoma 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 12.8.
AMD/Intel official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
NVIDIA Studio driver 570.65 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 12.8.
AMD official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
NVIDIA Studio driver 570.26 or newer.
Additional Information
You will also need to download and install the latest Blackmagic Design Desktop Video software for monitoring with your Blackmagic Design video hardware. Desktop Video is available from www.blackmagicdesign.com/support.

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