Resolve FX Beauty has also been updated with the ultra beauty tool. All of these tools will save users hours, if not days of hard manual work but they do bring a steep learning curve since they’re advanced features.

Then there’s the Surface Tracker, where a mesh guide allows you to select a contoured subject or part of a subject where effects or pixel-based elements fit seamlessly into the contours as the subject moves. Fast noise allows users to add noise-based effects such as adding smoke, and this is dynamic and changes according to the highlights and lighting in the video. The depth Map can achieve similar results, but this maps the depth of the footage into foreground, midground and background, with the ability to adjust which part of the scene is highlighted for effects to be applied. (Image credit: James Abbott) (opens in new tab)

The Depth Map feature is new, splitting the scene into foreground, midground and background for separate treatment. These include the Object Mask that can track the movement of individual objects and people so effects can be added on, around or behind the object, alongside the ability to colour or adjust/optimize the object or person. There’s also a new Black Magic Proxy Generator App that makes it easier than ever to create, manage and work with proxy files which will be useful for some collaborative work, as well as speeding up editing performance, particularly on less powerful machines.Īnother important new feature is that Multicam support has been increased from nine to 25 cameras, but the most impressive features of this release relate to tools that use DaVinci Resolve’s Neural Engine for AI-power tools to select, adjust and manipulate footage.

The cost is just $5 per month per project while it’s stored on the cloud server. The Blackmagic Cloud allows you to host project libraries on the DaVinci Reserve Project Server, allowing up to 10 people to collaborate as long as they have a local copy of the media.

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