DaVinci Resolve 15 beta 6 released

[Peter Chamberlain]

Thank you to everyone who have used our previous betas and providing feedback as it’s very helpful for our ongoing stability and development. Please continue to report bugs with steps to repo, system information and diagnostic logs on the v15 beta sub forum and if you have a bug, please review the forum for similar issues in the specific beta build you are using before you start a new thread.

 

We are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio beta 6. This is a no charge upgrade for existing customers and is available from the BMD support web site. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion
The Studio version will work with your existing DaVinci Resolve Studio activation key and also the DaVinci Resolve Studio or Fusion Studio dongle.

 

If you are upgrading from v15beta 5 there is no database change however making a project DB backup is still prudent.

We see the there are a lot of users updating from v12, v12.5 and v14. Not that for all these and the early v15 betas there is a database update required so please back up your database and then most importantly import that backup to verify its status. You can save it as a copy of the original database so you can then upgrade the copy and preserve the original should you wish to re-install v14.3. We also recommend you also make a drp export of your active projects.

After installing DaVinci Resolve 15 Public Beta when you first start the application you will be prompted to update your database and we recommend you select the one you restored from the backup.

If you are Mac prior to macOS Sierra 10.12, and using DaVinci Resolve v12.5 or older, please see the details at the bottom of this post regarding upgrading of older PostGreSQL databases on older OS. You must do this prior to upgrading the OS or to v15.

 

 

DaVinci Resolve 15 b6 Key Features:

Added support for simultaneous HDR and SDR monitoring on supported Blackmagic Design playback devices

Added support for editing audio automation data in the Fairlight page

Added support for Portuguese in the DaVinci Resolve user interface

Added support for French in the DaVinci Resolve user interface

Additional and improved 2D and 3D title templates

Added support for expanding and customizing 2D and 3D title templates in the Fusion page

Added support for copying Fusion compositions by middle clicking clip thumbnails in the Fusion page

Added support for replacing existing frame based files in place during renders

Added support for exporting alpha when rendering TIFF files

Added support for using the clip name as a data burn-in and Deliver page tag

Added support for colorspace, gamma and LUT options for clips from DJI X7 camera

Added support for subframe audio fades on the timeline

Added support for additional audio file formats in the sound library

Added support for importing audio clip levels from AAF imports

Added support for saving the audio volume, dim and mute across application restarts

Added support for a progress bar during project backups

Improved mouse interactions when selecting or modifying control points on a power window

Improved support for reading Quicktime file metadata

Improved support for scripting APIs and documentation

 

Issues Addressed:

 

Media

Addressed a crash when generating optimized media for media pool clips

Addressed an issue where older projects would sometimes lose audio sync during playback

Addressed an issue where multicam clips synced using timecode would not playback correctly on the source viewer

Addressed an issue where syncing audio based on waveforms and appending tracks would sometimes not work correctly

Addressed an issue where certain PNG images with alpha channels would not be decoded correctly when using ACES

Addressed an issue where the alpha mode of certain EXR images would be incorrectly initialized

Addressed an issue where decoding some mp4 clips would cause a crash

Addressed an issue where audio could not be previewed for certain mp4 clips

Addressed an issue where a media pool clip could not be previewed in the Fairlight page

Addressed an issue where updating usage in a smart bin would not work correctly with audio clips

 

Edit

Addressed an issue where the edit marker dialog would sometimes appear off-screen for markers with long durations

Addressed an issue with changing flag colors from the edit flag dialog

Addressed an issue where pasting a linked clip with an audio offset on the Edit timeline would not preserve the offset

Addressed an issue where linked audio clips would show incorrect channel names when added to the Edit timeline as multiple mono clips

Addressed a crash when adding subtitles with very small durations in the Edit timeline

Addressed a crash when dragging a Text+ preset from the media pool to replace an existing clip

Addressed an issue where Text+ animations would not work correctly

 

Fusion

Addressed an issue where the 360 view on the Fusion viewer would show an inverted image

Addressed an issue where using a tracker node would sometimes cause a crash

Addressed an issue where changes to media pool clips would not correctly update the MediaIn nodes in Fusion

Addressed an issue where Fusion comps would be rendered at an incorrect resolution when proxies were enabled

Addressed an issue where using the probe modifier to drive a parameter would cause a hang during playback

Addressed an issue where adding a Fast Noise node in Fusion page and switching to Edit page would freeze the application

Addressed an issue where 3D Duplicate nodes and Trails nodes would sometimes behave incorrectly

Addressed an issue where changing resolution for a timeline with a Fusion effect added would sometimes cause a crash

Addressed an issue where changing a media pool property would sometimes not refresh cached clips in the fusion page

Addressed an issue where Scale to Fit would not work correctly in the Fusion node editor

Addressed an issue where the Anaglyph tool would sometimes show incorrect color on the viewer

 

Color

Addressed an issue where DaVinci Resolve would not exit cleanly from Cinema Viewer mode on the Color page

Addressed a crash when using the white balance eye dropper on some systems with Blackmagic Design playback devices

Addressed an issue where deleting a shared node would sometimes not update the viewer correctly

Addressed an issue where power windows would not align with the grade on some clips Fusion effects applied

Addressed an issue where custom printer lights hotkeys would sometimes not be persisted across application restarts

Addressed an issue where the Select All context menu would not work correctly in the Gallery in Linux

Addressed an issue where the color temperature would not be set correctly for Canon C500 clips

 

Fairlight

Addressed an issue where creating multiple speaker setup profiles would sometimes not get lost after an application restart

Addressed an issue where canceling any changes in speaker setup would sometimes not work correctly

Addressed an issue where audio clips with more than 8 channels could not be monitored correctly

Addressed an issue where playing back with a playback monitoring device would sometimes cause loss of audio output

Addressed an issue where overwriting audio automation sections would sometimes cause overlapping keyframes

Addressed an issue where adding audio tracks or changing the track type would sometimes cause issues with existing patches

Addressed an issue where exporting audio clips with format matching source would sometimes not work correctly

Addressed an issue where changing track formats, track positions or switching timelines would not update existing render jobs in the Deliver page

Addressed an issue where moving audio clips between tracks on the Fairlight page would sometimes cause a crash

Addressed an issue where the playhead and audio scrollers would sometimes appear unresponsive during playback on the Fairlight page

Addressed an issue where disconnecting an active audio device would cause issues with playback

Addressed an issue where changing clip gain in the inspector would not refresh the audio clip correctly

Addressed an issue where EQ, Pan, Dynamics and Auxiliary control windows would become blank when selecting incompatible tracks or buses

Addressed an issue where turning fixed playhead mode off would not retain the timeline zoom

Addressed an issue where the marker selection would be reset after moving markers on the Fairlight page

Addressed an issue where performing an undo on a track volume change would not work correctly

 

General

Addressed a crash when the DaVinci Resolve was unable to initialize certain GPUs in OpenCL processing mode

Addressed a crash when rendering a clip to multiple outputs

Addressed an issue with project save when the project backup location was set to a location with inappropriate permissions

Addressed an issue where output blanking would be incorrectly overridden when caching was enabled

Addressed an issue where certain Sony VENICE clips would not be decoded correctly

Addressed an issue where 4:2:2 output over HDMI using a Blackmagic Design playback card would sometimes cause flickering

Addressed an issue where rendering certain DNxHR formats to MXF OP1a in resolutions above 4K would show an error

Addressed an issue where AAF files created from mixed resolution timelines in the Deliver page would not load correctly in third party software

Addressed an issue where the option to enable all formats for remote rendering would not be available for DaVinci Resolve Studio builds on Linux

Addressed an issue where shortcuts involving cursor keys would not work for Windows and Linux systems using Japanese

General performance and stability improvements

 

 

 

Upgrading your PostgreSQL database server for older MacOS.
Until DaVinci Resolve 12.5.2, the Mac installer used to ship with PostgreSQL version 8.4.2. Starting from macOS Sierra 10.12, PostgreSQL version 8.4 is no longer supported. If you intend to upgrade to the latest OS, you will need to upgrade your PostgreSQL database server to version 9.5.4 prior to upgrading macOS. Once your PostgreSQL installation has been upgraded and your data has been ported, you can then proceed with your macOS upgrade.

We have provided apps to simplify upgrading your PostgreSQL version on your Mac. The apps along with instructions can be found in the /Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/DaVinci Resolve/Upgrade PostgreSQL folder.

Starting from DaVinci Resolve 12.5.3, new installations will include PostgreSQL version 9.5.4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cameronrad]

When is Resolve Stills coming out? Haha

I want to stop using Lightroom and Capture One for my still work all together  

Resolve is so powerful and I feel like even with 90% of the tools taken out and some better RAW support/adjustments and modified asset management and UI, a version could be sold as Resolve Stills and it would be more successful than any of the current tools in photography, except Photoshop.

Edited July 5, 2018 by cameronrad
typos

[Dennis Schmitz]

9 hours ago, Peter Chamberlain said:

Improved mouse interactions when selecting or modifying control points on a power window

Yh, that one was driving me nuts. 
Will try later today. Thanks for the update.

[Dennis Schmitz]

6 hours ago, cameronrad said:

When is Resolve Stills coming out? Haha

I want to stop using Lightroom and Capture One for my still work all together  

Resolve is so powerful and I feel like even with 90% of the tools taken out and some better RAW support/adjustments and modified asset management and UI, a version could be sold as Resolve Stills and it would be more successful than any of the current tools in photography, except Photoshop.

I use it for pictures already.
Use Adobe DNG converter before.

The outcome is way nicer than anything Adobe Camera RAW (which debayers for lightroom as well) can do.

[Izaias do Rosario]

I'm a beginner in Davinci Resolve 15 and wanted to know about multicam, and if I can import files synched in PluralEyes to Davinci Resolve 15.

Edited July 13, 2018 by Izaias do Rosario