DaVinci Resolve 18.1 and Fusion Studio 18.1 released

Blackmagic Design announced DaVinci Resolve 18.1, a major new update that adds support for editing in vertical resolutions such as TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram TV, as well as automatic locking of individual timelines within bins for multi user collaboration.

“This is a major update with new added support for social media vertical resolutions. Now, customers can work quickly and easily to create video posts for sites such as TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook shorts, Instagram TV and more,” said Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO. “Plus, there are some other exciting performance improvements as well, such the new DaVinci Neural Engine AI enabled voice isolation tools, and new features for Fusion, such as support for magic mask. We’re always excited to see what our customers can do with these amazing updates to DaVinci Resolve.”

Blackmagic Design has announced the release of DaVinci Resolve 18.1 and Fusion Studio 18.1. New features in Fusion include support for magic mask in the Fusion page which uses the DaVinci Neural Engine to detect animals, vehicles, people and objects, tracking their movement in a shot. Also new is the ability to search for common keywords and categories for more than 200 tools. A list of what’s new includes:

DaVinci Resolve 18.1’s Fusion

Integrated keyboard configuration for Fusion actions.

Support for Magic Mask in the Fusion page.

Support for Resolve FX Keyers, Dust Buster, Lens Flare and Stop Motion.

New media-in background mode to access edit track composites.

Up to 10x faster Text+ playback and render performance.

Search for Fusion nodes using common keywords and categories.

Faster VariBlur with GPU acceleration.

Faster FilmGrain with GPU acceleration.

Support for ARRI LogC4 and ARRI Wide Gamut 4 in the Fusion page.

Fusion Studio 18.1

Support for Magic Mask.

Up to 10x faster Text+ playback and render performance.

Search for Fusion nodes using common keywords and categories.

Faster Fusion VariBlur with GPU acceleration.

Faster Fusion FilmGrain with GPU acceleration.

Support for ARRI LogC4 and ARRI Wide Gamut 4.

General performance and stability improvements.

Find out more on the Blackmagic Design website.

DaVinci Resolve 18.1 is available for download now from the Blackmagic Design website.