For those not in Vegas we had a great day today and a chance to demo our Resolve v9. Here are some highlights.
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
Originally Posted by Peter Chamberlain
