Blackmagic Design release firmware DaVinci Resolve 14 Public Beta 6 for both DaVinci Resolve Studio 14 and the free DaVinci Resolve 14. This update includes important audio related features such as support for audio playback from nested timelines and compound clips, support for decoding MTS files with AC-3 audio, and support for rendering to multiple audio busses on the Deliver page. DaVinci Resolve 14 public beta 6 also includes support for additional metadata in Cinema DNG and QuickTime files and support for RED wide gamut color space and Log3G10 gamma in DaVinci Resolve Color Management. Additionally, this latest beta release includes a number of bug fixes and performance improvements. DaVinci Resolve 14 The free DaVinci Resolve 14 is a full professional editing and color grading system that is suitable for independent users working on SD, HD and Ultra HD projects.

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 14

 • Added ability for collaborating video/audio editors and colorists to work on the same timeline at the same time
• Basic support for audio playback from nested timelines and compound clips in the timeline
• Improved H.264 encode and decode performance
• Support for Optimized Media in 3D stereoscopic clips
• Support of high frame rate timelines up to 120 frames per second - DaVinci Resolve Studio only
• Support for up to 16Kx16K source images and timeline resolution
• Support for viewing location metadata on Blackmagic Design CinemaDNG clips
• Improved playback performance of 10-bit 4K H.264 media
• Improved audio decoding and scrubbing performance for compressed audio codecs
• Support for an option to switch between overwrite mode and layering mode when editing audio clips
• Support for on-boarding in DaVinci Resolve 14
• Support for RED Wide Gamut colour space and Log3G10 gamma in Resolve Colour Management
• Support to ARRI look (CDL + LUT) for Alexa SXT Quicktime clips
• Improved colour match behavior for X-Rite Colour Checker Classic colour chart
• Support for Two-up/Four-up editing previews to show the composited view when trimming against a gap
General improvements
• Support for a new advanced Stabilizer in the Tracker palette
• Ability to add and control favorite ResolveFX and OpenFX plugins under Modes from the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel *
• Support for improved jog and shuttle control on DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel
• Ability to toggle LightBox SDI output from the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel using Shift Down + CONFORM
• Ability to toggle full screen LightBox from the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel using Shift Up + CONFORM
• Ability to press and hold Reset on the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panels to reset the node graph
• Ability to press and hold Previous/Next Frame on the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panels to jump to the beginning/end of the clip
• Ability to press play/reverse repeatedly on the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panels to increase playback speed
• Ability to set the LCD brightness of the DaVinci Resolve Mini panel using LCD brightness in Control Panel settings
• Ability to set the key backlighting of the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panels in Control Panel settings
• Ability to remember Bars vs. Wheels when switching to Primary from a Control Panel
• Improved various knob and parameter sensitivities on the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panels
• Support for Gamut Mapping from Timeline to Output Color Space in Resolve Color Management
• Support for Tone Mapping from Timeline to Output Color Space in Resolve Color Management
• Support for the Common LUT Format (CLF) with examples - DaVinci Resolve Studio only
• Support for scopes as an overlay on the Cinema viewer
• Support for new commands and shortcuts to move selected keyframes
• Selection of multiple keyframes no longer needs a modifier key
• Support for track color on Color page timeline
• Support for plugin name on FX nodes
• Support for full height OpenFX inspector in full screen mode
• Ability to set default number of neighboring clips for Split Screen in Project Settings >Color
• Support for Clip Color indicators in the Color page Timeline
• Support for adding any Media Pool clip as a matte to the current clip on the Color page
• Improved support for ACES v1.0.3
• Support for ACEScc, ACEScct and ACEScg color spaces in Resolve Color Management
• Support for ACEScc, ACEScct and ACEScg color spaces in the ResolveFX Color Space Transform plugin
• Support for ACEScc, ACEScct and ACEScg IDTs and ODTs when using ACES
• Support for clip output render caching from pre and post group node graph
• Support for showing picker RGB values in 8 bit or 10 bit available in the View menu
• Ability to to toggle the viewer overlay mode on/off using Shift + `
• Support for Ctrl/Command and Ctrl/Command+Shift for half and quarter increments in Printer Lights Hotkeys
• Added support for selecting all clips in the Color page using Command/Ctrl+A
Download the DaVinci Resolve 14 Public Beta 6 release directly from Blackmagic.