DaVinci Resolve 8 and free Resolve Lite shown at NAB
Blackmagic Design announced today many exciting new products for post and live production. DaVinci Resolve 8 There will be a massive update to DaVinci Resolve this year, and it's packed with incredible features that we think colorists will love! The new features will be free for existing customers. And a stripped down version called 'DaVinci Resolve Lite' was announced which will be entirely free for download from the Blackmagic website.
We have a massive update to DaVinci Resolve this year, and it's packed with incredible features that we think colorists will love!
DaVinci Resolve 8 now includes multi layer timeline support with editing, XML import and export with Apple Final Cut Pro™, OpenCL processing to allow use on latest Apple iMac and MacBook Pro computers, real time noise reduction, new curve grading, advanced multi point stabilization, automatic stereoscopic 3D image alignment and much more! DaVinci Resolve 8 also supports the Avid™ Artist Color™ control panel.
The new DaVinci Resolve 8 is shown on the booth at NAB and it's amazing! They even have it running on iMacs and MacBook Pro computers so you can get a feel for the amount of processing that can be done on these computers. The multi track timeline is amazing, and the automatic stereo 3D image alignment is like magic!
DaVinci Resolve Lite
This is exciting news, and we have worked so hard to be able to offer a new DaVinci Resolve Lite for Mac OS X that's completely free for download and use by anyone!
We really think that color correction is so amazing, and what it can do for the quality of video production is so good, that we think a free version of DaVinci Resolve will really help boost the art of color correction. Color correction is an art in itself, and we hope a lot more people will be able to use it now with DaVinci Resolve Lite.
DaVinci Resolve Lite includes all the same high quality processing as the full DaVinci Resolve, however limits projects to SD and HD resolutions, only two color correction nodes, a single processing GPU and a single RED rocket card.
Stereoscopic 3D features, noise reduction, power mastering, remote grading and sharing projects with an external database server are features only offered in the full DaVinci Resolve so are not included in this free DaVinci Resolve Lite edition. Customers who want to eliminate these restrictions can purchase the full DaVinci Resolve Software for only US$995.
Even without these features on DaVinci Resolve Lite, image quality is never limited, and you still get the same incredible image processing quality of DaVinci Resolve. DaVinci Resolve Lite can still accept high resolution source footage in 2K and 4K from the latest digital cameras from RED and ARRI, so it’s also a fantastic digital camera utility.
DaVinci Resolve Lite also includes high quality optical resizing, curve grading, XML import and export, 32 bit float processing, YRGB image processing, multi layer timelines, stabilization, window tracking, primary and secondary color correction, real time processing, capture and playback with deck control, compatibility with third party control panels and many more.
DaVinci Resolve Lite is scheduled to be available for download about 2-3 weeks after DaVinci Resolve 8 ships. The overall list of new products is truly impressive:
- Other New products include:
- UltraStudio 3D
- DeckLink 4K
- UltraStudio SDI
- ATEM Production Switchers
- ATEM Television Studio
- ATEM Camera Converter
- HyperDeck Shuttle
- HyperDeck Studio
- SmartView Duo
- DeckLink Quad
- Adobe CS 5.5 Update
- Media Express 3 Update