Todd S
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What's new in DaVinci Resolve 15.1
Key new features
Support for decoding Blackmagic RAW clips from Blackmagic Design cameras
Support for audio ducking using sidechain compression in track dynamics in the Fairlight page
Support for round tripping audio clips to third party audio processing applications from the Fairlight timeline
Support for an IMF preset to generate Netflix IMF deliverables
Support for creating and delivering supplemental IMF packages
Support for Photon validation of IMF packages
Fairlight
Support for audio ducking using sidechain compression in track dynamics
Support for round tripping audio clips to third party audio processing applications from the Fairlight timeline
Support for caching clips with FairlightFX and AudioFX
Support for bouncing clips with FairlightFX and AudioFX to a new layer
Support for sub-bus and aux-bus routing in nested timelines
Support for solo-safe for audio tracks by Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt clicking the Solo button in the Fairlight mixer
Support for pasting attributes to audio tracks
Support for removing attributes from audio tracks
Support for Fairlight FX Soft Clipper
Support for clip level panning in the Edit and Fairlight page inspector
Fusion
Support for creating and opening new Fusion compositions from the Media Pool
Support for Fusion composition generators in the Edit page effects library for creating comps without source media
Support for Loader nodes in the Fusion node graph
Support for automatically scaling the frame range sliders to the edit range
Edit
Support for showing source timecode overlays for audio and video tracks in the timeline viewer
Support for displaying clip marker annotations and overlays for the selected clip marker under the playhead
Support for holding shift while modifying title, transform and dynamic zoom viewer overlays to restrict motion to the vertical or horizontal direction
Support for an indicator for clips with color grading and Fusion comp updates available in collaborative projects
Support for actions to update either a single clip or all clips with color grading or Fusion comp updates in collaborative projects
Support for duplicating multiple selected timelines in the media pool
Support for displaying the multicam angle name in the timeline, source viewer and the color page clip information
Support for keywords in clip and timeline markers
Support for a marker keywords column on the edit index
Support for exporting subtitle files in project archives
Support for inserting media pool clips in order of filename when creating a timeline using clips
Support for importing subclips when importing media from Final Cut Pro 7 XMLs
Improved freeze-frame behavior to freeze the clip forward from the playhead instead of the whole clip
Color
Support for ResolveFX and OpenFX static keyframes from the keyframe context menu
Support for ACES 1.1
Support for accessing and selecting from multiple inputs for OpenFX nodes
Support for modifying temperature and tint values in the Camera Raw widget without needing to manually set white balance to custom
Improved behavior for the ResolveFX Warper plugin
Media and Deliver
Support for decoding Blackmagic RAW clips from Blackmagic Design cameras
Support for an IMF preset to generate Netflix IMF deliverables
Support for creating and delivering supplemental IMF packages
Support for Photon validation of IMF packages
Support for stereoscopic 3D multi-view EXR files
Support for encoding per frame timecode metadata in Grass Valley HQ and HQX clips
Improved layer metadata support when importing PSD images in Fusion
General
Improved playback performance on large timelines in a zoomed out state
Improved performance and interactivity in the Fusion page
Improved performance of some title templates available in the Effects Library
Improved thumbnail loading speed when switching bins in the media pool
Improved scripting support with the ability to import and export Fusion comps
Support for automatic generation of MD5 media hash lists from Clone Tool operations
Addressed an issue where searching by marker name or marker notes would not work in thumbnail view
Addressed an issue where switching multicam angles would not refresh the thumbnails
Addressed an issue where some edit operations would lead to video transitions being placed outside frame boundaries
Addressed an issue where turning off stroke for a subtitle would not work correctly
Addressed an issue where the minimum height for audio tracks in the Edit timeline would not be set correctly
Addressed an issue where subtitle files with overlapping captions would not be imported correctly
Addressed an issue where compositing compound clips on top of clips with transitions would not work correctly
Addressed an issue where middle-clicking to pan the Edit timeline would sometimes deselect clips
Addressed an issue where Text+ clip thumbnails would sometimes be shown as media offline
Addressed an issue where adding a Text+ tool to a power bin would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where selecting a Fusion comp in a Power Bin would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where opening or saving a Fusion macro in the macro editor would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where channel mapping changes for EXR clips on the Fusion page would not be persisted across application restarts
Addressed an issue where removing curve in the MediaIn tool in sRGB gamma space would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where importing SVG files would incorrectly ignore a user-specified input resolution
Addressed an issue where the channel chooser would show incorrect labels when multi-channel EXR files were loaded in the Fusion viewer
Addressed an issue where adding particles would cause the application to hang
Addressed an issue where enabling motion blur for mask tools in Fusion page would not work correctly
Addressed an issue where repositioning matte masks of different resolutions in the Fusion viewer would sometimes show incorrect results
Addressed an issue where some FairlightFX controls with automation would not correctly reflect their automation status
Addressed an issue where pasting a long clip on the Fairlight timeline would sometimes change the timeline zoom
Addressed an issue where the Bus format dialog would display the wrong Main bus formats when switching between timelines
Addressed an issue where adding audio plugins to a linked audio track would behave incorrectly
Addressed an issue where selecting linked audio tracks for rendering would show the incorrect format
Addressed an issue where recording audio to linked tracks would record only to the first track in the group
Addressed an issue where unlinking a linked track group would not retain boom settings
Addressed an issue where resizing some audio transitions would not work properly
Addressed an issue where ADR recordings would not be visible when opening older projects
Addressed an issue where playing back audio files with specific sample rates would result in some artefacts
Addressed an issue where dragging the scrollbar in the Fairlight timeline in locked playhead mode would cause playback to stop
Addressed an issue where the mute setting for aux bus sends would not be honored when using the pre-fader option
Addressed an issue where an audio track would not be automatically disarmed when un-patched
Addressed an issue where switching to the Fairlight page would sometimes cause an audible pop
Addressed an issue where adjusting sliders in the CameraRAW palette would not refresh the viewer smoothly
Addressed an issue where previewing composite modes on a layer mixer node would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where viewing clips with handles with backups and live save enabled would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where the unmix mode and looped playback states would not be persisted across application restarts
Addressed an issue where toggling Clip, Timeline and Unmix from the DaVinci Resolve Advanced panel would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where the DaVinci Resolve Advanced panel would not work with multiple logins on CentOS 7.3 systems
Addressed an issue where rippling grades to a group would not work if unmix mode was enabled
Addressed an issue where performing a flip in Clip Attributes in stereoscopic 3D clips would cause power windows to behave incorrectly
Addressed an issue where remote grading on clips that have OFX plugins applied would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where duplicating a timeline with a shared node would not correctly copy the shared node
Addressed an issue where Quicktime files rendered with Dolby Vision tone mapping would have incorrect colorspace and gamma tags
Addressed an issue where Resolve was unable to decode some AAC audio clips
Addressed an issue where rendered 5.1 and 7.1 Linear PCM audio would not have the correct channel mapping metadata
Addressed an issue where importing some projects from older versions of DaVinci Resolve would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where projects inside a folder in Project Manager could not be loaded using scripting API
General performance and stability improvements
Key new features
Support for decoding Blackmagic RAW clips from Blackmagic Design cameras
Support for audio ducking using sidechain compression in track dynamics in the Fairlight page
Support for round tripping audio clips to third party audio processing applications from the Fairlight timeline
Support for an IMF preset to generate Netflix IMF deliverables
Support for creating and delivering supplemental IMF packages
Support for Photon validation of IMF packages
Fairlight
Support for audio ducking using sidechain compression in track dynamics
Support for round tripping audio clips to third party audio processing applications from the Fairlight timeline
Support for caching clips with FairlightFX and AudioFX
Support for bouncing clips with FairlightFX and AudioFX to a new layer
Support for sub-bus and aux-bus routing in nested timelines
Support for solo-safe for audio tracks by Cmd/Ctrl+Option/Alt clicking the Solo button in the Fairlight mixer
Support for pasting attributes to audio tracks
Support for removing attributes from audio tracks
Support for Fairlight FX Soft Clipper
Support for clip level panning in the Edit and Fairlight page inspector
Fusion
Support for creating and opening new Fusion compositions from the Media Pool
Support for Fusion composition generators in the Edit page effects library for creating comps without source media
Support for Loader nodes in the Fusion node graph
Support for automatically scaling the frame range sliders to the edit range
Edit
Support for showing source timecode overlays for audio and video tracks in the timeline viewer
Support for displaying clip marker annotations and overlays for the selected clip marker under the playhead
Support for holding shift while modifying title, transform and dynamic zoom viewer overlays to restrict motion to the vertical or horizontal direction
Support for an indicator for clips with color grading and Fusion comp updates available in collaborative projects
Support for actions to update either a single clip or all clips with color grading or Fusion comp updates in collaborative projects
Support for duplicating multiple selected timelines in the media pool
Support for displaying the multicam angle name in the timeline, source viewer and the color page clip information
Support for keywords in clip and timeline markers
Support for a marker keywords column on the edit index
Support for exporting subtitle files in project archives
Support for inserting media pool clips in order of filename when creating a timeline using clips
Support for importing subclips when importing media from Final Cut Pro 7 XMLs
Improved freeze-frame behavior to freeze the clip forward from the playhead instead of the whole clip
Color
Support for ResolveFX and OpenFX static keyframes from the keyframe context menu
Support for ACES 1.1
Support for accessing and selecting from multiple inputs for OpenFX nodes
Support for modifying temperature and tint values in the Camera Raw widget without needing to manually set white balance to custom
Improved behavior for the ResolveFX Warper plugin
Media and Deliver
Support for decoding Blackmagic RAW clips from Blackmagic Design cameras
Support for an IMF preset to generate Netflix IMF deliverables
Support for creating and delivering supplemental IMF packages
Support for Photon validation of IMF packages
Support for stereoscopic 3D multi-view EXR files
Support for encoding per frame timecode metadata in Grass Valley HQ and HQX clips
Improved layer metadata support when importing PSD images in Fusion
General
Improved playback performance on large timelines in a zoomed out state
Improved performance and interactivity in the Fusion page
Improved performance of some title templates available in the Effects Library
Improved thumbnail loading speed when switching bins in the media pool
Improved scripting support with the ability to import and export Fusion comps
Support for automatic generation of MD5 media hash lists from Clone Tool operations
Addressed an issue where searching by marker name or marker notes would not work in thumbnail view
Addressed an issue where switching multicam angles would not refresh the thumbnails
Addressed an issue where some edit operations would lead to video transitions being placed outside frame boundaries
Addressed an issue where turning off stroke for a subtitle would not work correctly
Addressed an issue where the minimum height for audio tracks in the Edit timeline would not be set correctly
Addressed an issue where subtitle files with overlapping captions would not be imported correctly
Addressed an issue where compositing compound clips on top of clips with transitions would not work correctly
Addressed an issue where middle-clicking to pan the Edit timeline would sometimes deselect clips
Addressed an issue where Text+ clip thumbnails would sometimes be shown as media offline
Addressed an issue where adding a Text+ tool to a power bin would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where selecting a Fusion comp in a Power Bin would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where opening or saving a Fusion macro in the macro editor would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where channel mapping changes for EXR clips on the Fusion page would not be persisted across application restarts
Addressed an issue where removing curve in the MediaIn tool in sRGB gamma space would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where importing SVG files would incorrectly ignore a user-specified input resolution
Addressed an issue where the channel chooser would show incorrect labels when multi-channel EXR files were loaded in the Fusion viewer
Addressed an issue where adding particles would cause the application to hang
Addressed an issue where enabling motion blur for mask tools in Fusion page would not work correctly
Addressed an issue where repositioning matte masks of different resolutions in the Fusion viewer would sometimes show incorrect results
Addressed an issue where some FairlightFX controls with automation would not correctly reflect their automation status
Addressed an issue where pasting a long clip on the Fairlight timeline would sometimes change the timeline zoom
Addressed an issue where the Bus format dialog would display the wrong Main bus formats when switching between timelines
Addressed an issue where adding audio plugins to a linked audio track would behave incorrectly
Addressed an issue where selecting linked audio tracks for rendering would show the incorrect format
Addressed an issue where recording audio to linked tracks would record only to the first track in the group
Addressed an issue where unlinking a linked track group would not retain boom settings
Addressed an issue where resizing some audio transitions would not work properly
Addressed an issue where ADR recordings would not be visible when opening older projects
Addressed an issue where playing back audio files with specific sample rates would result in some artefacts
Addressed an issue where dragging the scrollbar in the Fairlight timeline in locked playhead mode would cause playback to stop
Addressed an issue where the mute setting for aux bus sends would not be honored when using the pre-fader option
Addressed an issue where an audio track would not be automatically disarmed when un-patched
Addressed an issue where switching to the Fairlight page would sometimes cause an audible pop
Addressed an issue where adjusting sliders in the CameraRAW palette would not refresh the viewer smoothly
Addressed an issue where previewing composite modes on a layer mixer node would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where viewing clips with handles with backups and live save enabled would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where the unmix mode and looped playback states would not be persisted across application restarts
Addressed an issue where toggling Clip, Timeline and Unmix from the DaVinci Resolve Advanced panel would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where the DaVinci Resolve Advanced panel would not work with multiple logins on CentOS 7.3 systems
Addressed an issue where rippling grades to a group would not work if unmix mode was enabled
Addressed an issue where performing a flip in Clip Attributes in stereoscopic 3D clips would cause power windows to behave incorrectly
Addressed an issue where remote grading on clips that have OFX plugins applied would sometimes cause a crash
Addressed an issue where duplicating a timeline with a shared node would not correctly copy the shared node
Addressed an issue where Quicktime files rendered with Dolby Vision tone mapping would have incorrect colorspace and gamma tags
Addressed an issue where Resolve was unable to decode some AAC audio clips
Addressed an issue where rendered 5.1 and 7.1 Linear PCM audio would not have the correct channel mapping metadata
Addressed an issue where importing some projects from older versions of DaVinci Resolve would cause a crash
Addressed an issue where projects inside a folder in Project Manager could not be loaded using scripting API
General performance and stability improvements
