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What's new in DaVinci Resolve 17.3

DaVinci Resolve

Question

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 17.3, released on August 20, 2021?

Answer

Translated versions of what's new in the release notes are listed at the end.

"DaVinci Resolve 17.3's Wild Speed ​​~Summary of New Features~" is summarized in Vook by Blackmagic Design.

Vook
 
https://vook.vc/n/3573
The wild speed of DaVinci Resolve 17.3 ~Summary of new features~
DaVinci Resolve 3 was released on August 20th. Since the previous major update 2 was released on May 12th, it will be the first update in 3 months. There are individual differences as to whether 3 months is long or short, but given the history of DaVinci Resolve updates so far and the wild speed of updates, it's not a long time, but it's not a short period of time. I think you can say that. During that period, there were many updates, such as the previous 2 having a shorter boot time, but this time it's not 3, but...

Isn't the main feature "improved performance on M1 Mac" and "compatible with ASIO standard on Windows"?
In particular, the optimization of the M1 Mac was also featured extensively on Internet sites that normally do not deal with video editing software.
It's nice to see the awareness increase through the new features. According to Blackmagic Design's official website, "The new processing engine makes 4K/8K editing and grading up to 3x faster on M1-equipped Apple Mac models!"

www.blackmagicdesign.com
 
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/jp/media/release/20210819-02
Media | Blackmagic Design

Among many other enhancements, Marker overlays are also visible during playback, the ability to move the playhead on the fly when using playhead mode in split screen mode, and automatic generation of gain keyframes when using edit selection mode. I hope these will help you soon.

new function

apple silicon performance

  • Imaging performance on Apple Silicon improved 2-3x.

fairlight

  • Slew latency has been improved and processing/input buffer tuning is now possible.
  • Improved export clip dialog with naming, metadata and format controls
  • You can now nudge edit selections in the timeline.
  • You can now erase and move input/output ranges on the timeline.
  • Clips in the timeline can now be selected from Fairlight's edit index.
  • Improved context-based defaults when adding new audio tracks.
  • Improved resolution of Fairlight's timeline ruler.
  • Gain curves display tooltip values ​​when selected.
  • Changing clip gain under edit selection now adds constrained keyframes.
  • It is now possible to hide clip names and gain curves in the timeline.
  • Added scrolling options for timeline during playback – fixed, paged, none
  • You can now reorder buses by dragging the track index.
  • Track index can now bypass bus delay compensation.
  • Multiple selected tracks can now be deleted from the context menu.
  • A new Audio I/O preference option now lets you select I/O individually.
  • Added support for more Windows native audio devices.
  • Supports multi-channel I/O using Steinberg ASIO on Windows.
  • Support for native Linux audio recording using ALSA input
  • Improved mixdown for LRC, 5.0 and 7.0 track formats.
  • Improved editing, nudging and fading behavior for linked clips.
  • Use modifiers to modify track and mixer parameters for all or selected tracks
  • Pan, EQ and dynamics control dialogs accessible from the Fairlight console

Color

  • User configurable default grid size for Color Warper
  • User configurable default zone presets for HDR color control.
  • Clicking the split-screen viewer now toggles the active playhead.
  • New anamorphic aperture control for Resolve FX Aperture Diffraction
  • New shapes and finer mosaic control for Resolve FX Mosaic Blur.
  • New rotation controls for Resolve FX Keyer garbage mattes
  • New soil and gamma controls and faster performance for Resolve FX Glow

cut

  • The media pool list view can now be sorted by column selection.
  • Added new badges to easily identify still clips on the timeline.
  • Improved sync bin to ignore stills placed on the timeline.

edit

  • Edits from subclips can now be matchframed to the original media.
  • You can now rotate shape and iris transitions in the inspector.
  • "Play Around" selection now works with transition selections.
  • Newly added subtitles now retain the playhead position and preview the text.
  • You can rename compound clip instances in the timeline.
  • You can now rename fusion compositions from the inspector panel.
  • Added option to name and use entire clip extents when creating subclips.
  • You can now duplicate clips in timelines and smart bins from the context menu.
  • Improved context menu with tabbed timeline quick actions.
  • Timeline viewer overlays are now preserved during playback.
  • The media pool marker list can now be expanded with cursor keys.
  • Added new badges to easily identify still clips on the timeline.
  • Improved offset tooltips and thumbnails when dragging the mouse over the timeline.

Fusion

  • On Windows and Linux, you can now double-click to install the DRFX bundle.
  • Added support for displaying node types while holding down Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-E.
  • Codec and delivery
  • Support audio encoding with Encoder Plugin SDK.
  • Optimized H.265 encoding for speed on Apple Silicon systems.
  • Hardware acceleration of AVC Intra decoding on Apple Silicon.
  • Supports decoding and encoding of JPEG-HT .JPH image sequences
  • Supports 12-bit DPX format decoding
  • Support for decoding AV1 clips on Mac OS and Linux
  • Support for hardware acceleration of AV1 decoding on NVIDIA graphics on Linux
  • Hardware accelerated H.265 10-bit encoding on AMD graphics on Windows
  • Enabled hardware acceleration of H.264 4:4:4 8-bit encoding on NVIDIA on Windows.
  • Improved performance of H.264 and H.265 decoding on Windows Intel systems.
  • Added support for decoding MKV clips containing VP9 video codec.
  • Added support for DFXP sidecar export option in DCP render.
  • Improved decoding performance for MKV clips with AAC and AC3 audio.
  • Support for ISDCF compliant audio channel encoding for DCP packages.
  • You can now embed MPEG2 bitstream captions in your XDCAM clips.

General

  • Improved startup speed for disk databases with a large number of projects.
  • Simplified database creation and connection process.
  • Support simple nested clip conversion for AAF import.
  • Resolve FX Motion Blur now has dedicated motion effects between pages.
  • Resolve FX Frame Replace to reuse or blend adjacent frames on artifacts
  • You can now connect and use multiple keyboards and speed editors.
  • JKL playback that stops and moves to the last position now works correctly.
  • You can now place timelines inside the media pool from the smart bin context menu.
  • Media, Inspector and other panels can now be scrolled while holding middle click.
  • Scripting API support for galleries, gallery albums and GalleryStill objects.
  • Added scripting API support for adding video or audio-only clips to the timeline.
  • Addressed PostgreSQL installation issue on some Windows systems.
  • Improved general performance and stability.

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