Editing, colour, visual effects and audio post in one application, with every Studio only feature including the neural engine tools and full resolution output.
Resolve started as a colour grading system and grew outward until it covered the entire post production chain. It has seven pages: Media for ingest, Cut for fast turnaround editing, Edit for a conventional timeline, Fusion for node based visual effects, Color for grading, Fairlight for audio post, and Deliver for encoding. They are all the same application operating on the same project, so there is no round tripping and no conforming step.
The Color page is still the reason professionals reach for it. Node based grading where every node is a separate operation you can reorder, mix, key or mask independently. Primary correction on wheels or bars, curves on every axis, HSL and luma qualifiers with proper spill handling, power windows with tracking, and a colour management system that handles log footage from every camera on the market.
The Studio version, which is what this is, unlocks the parts the free build holds back. Output above ultra high definition, temporal and spatial noise reduction, motion blur and optical flow speed changes, the full lens and film grain effects set, stereoscopic tools, remote and collaborative grading, and the neural engine features covering magic mask, object removal, depth map generation, super scale upscaling, voice isolation and automatic subject tracking.
Fairlight is a genuine digital audio workstation rather than a mixer bolted onto an editor. Unlimited tracks, a full plugin chain per track, bussing, automation, ADR tooling and immersive audio formats. Fusion is the same node compositor Blackmagic sells standalone, with the full 3D workspace, particles and planar tracking.
Read the whole list before you start. Most of the reports that come into the desk about this title turn out to be a step taken out of order.
| Processor | Intel or AMD, 64 bit, six cores or more strongly recommended |
|---|---|
| Memory | 16 GB minimum, 32 GB for Fusion work, 64 GB for heavy grades |
| Graphics | 8 GB VRAM recommended, the neural engine features need a modern GPU |
| Storage | 15 GB for the install plus fast storage for media and cache |
| Display | 1920 by 1080 minimum, a calibrated reference monitor for grading |
Resolve is more graphics card dependent than any other editor listed here. An underpowered GPU shows up immediately on the Color page.
Keep the project database backed up. Resolve stores projects in a database, not as loose files.
| Title | DaVinci Resolve Studio |
|---|---|
| Developer | Blackmagic Design |
| Version | 21.0.4 |
| Category | Video & Audio |
| Release type | Studio (full) |
| Operating system | Windows 11, Windows 10 (64 bit) |
| Architecture | x64 |
| Interface language | Multilingual |
| Archive size | 4.12 GB |
| File name | davinci_resolve_studio_21.0.4_windows.rar |
| Shelf updated | 3 days ago |
| Total downloads | 1,979,839 |
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