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Fridays for Fusion: Power Renamer 25
Power Renamer 25 batch-renames Fusion media, updates node paths and provides conflict warnings, history and its own undo system.
Krokodove: a massive expansion of Fusion and Resolve’s creative arsenal
Nodes on hyperdrive. A huge new toolset for motion design and visual effects in DaVinci Resolve and Fusion Studio.
Fairlight Live 1.0 Goes Final
Blackmagic’s live audio mixer reaches 1.0 with ATEM USB, Core Audio, ASIO, SMPTE 2110, ASAF and free software pricing.
Flicker Free Gets Ghosting Fix Tips
Digital Anarchy adds practical Flicker Free video advice for ghosting, Time Radius, Motion Compensation and tricky repeating flicker.
PR2XML Turns .prproj Into a Service
PR2XML converts Premiere project metadata online, previews timelines in the browser and sells export downloads via a €75 lifetime license.
Beeble adds SDR to HDR on the web
Beeble’s SDR to HDR tool converts short 8-bit clips into 16-bit ACES EXR sequences with masks, prompts and credit-based cloud processing.
Fridays for Fusion: Displace Plus Plus reaches Reactor
A GPU Fuse for Fusion uses maps for XY, linked XY, angle/radius, rotation and image-gradient displacement.
The Right Colours Without a Computer
SpyderPro exports a 33-point correction LUT, but you want one compact converter to apply it between SDI gear and an HDMI display.
Filmtext-o-Mat Tames Timecodes
Filmtext-o-Mat 2.7 turns sequence lengths into automatic timecodes, keeps video beside the manuscript and exports practical handover files.
Imagen Video brings AI grading to timelines
Imagen Video applies AI-based colour correction to Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve timelines using AI Profiles or uploaded LUTs. The pitch is less Hollywood finishing suite, more high-volume editor.
Splat happens: Volinga 3DGS workflow for Unreal
Volinga turns photo sets into Gaussian splats for Unreal, with local processing, PLY and NVOL export, cleanup tools, and relighting support. But what does that actually mean? Let's ask some questions!
DaVinci Resolve 21 Leaves Beta
Resolve 21 turns four public betas into a final release and brings the Photo page, selected AI tools and wider grading controls to iPad.
Fridays for Fusion: Bend It
Bend It warps 2D in Fusion with bend, taper, twist, and shear plus optional lighting and materials. It needs Fusion 19.1+ and a strong sense of restraint.
conform.tools’ Connected conform gets a desktop beta
A Resolve-connected desktop app enters public beta, while pricing spells out per-shot timeline exchange, per-GB transfer, and seat-based tiers.
Fridays for Fusion: Flow Looper animates stills in Resolve
Flow Looper targets seamless looping motion in stills inside Resolve Fusion, using spline corridors, pixel flow, and cross-fade looping.
DaVinci Resolve 21 Public Beta 4 is out
Beta 4 tightens still-image FX, fixes Canon highlights, exposes Fusion motion paths in the keyframe editor, and refines Studio AI tools.
Boris FX Sapphire 2026.5 adds Advanced Defocus
Sapphire 2026.5 doubles down on lens looks with Advanced Defocus, new Texture Ridges, a rebuilt Glare, Builder updates, and fresh flares.
Tangenten Puppet Pin brings mesh warping to Resolve
Puppet Pin for Resolve Fusion turns a cutout into a deformable mesh, adds pins, deformers, solvers, and locators, and even hooks into trackers.
Boris FX Continuum 2026.5 tunes AI and FX Editor
Continuum 2026.5 stacks AI deinterlacing, sharper ML masks, saner FX Editor isolation, refreshed warps and wipes, and tighter Particle Illusion linking.
EditingTools.io Resolve Collect copies media
Resolve Collect scans Resolve and Premiere projects, finds used sources, and copies them into one place with options like trimming and symbolic links.
Switching to Resolve: Sharing and delivery
Export DRP, DRT, or DRA, trim and package media, auto subtitles, and render from the Deliver page without leaving DaVinci Resolve.
DriveCompare brings ASC MHL offload checks to macOS
DriveCompare does the boring part of film data right: compare, sync, verify, ASC MHL, Netflix-style checksums. No subscription tantrums required.
Blackmagic Design updates Resolve 21 beta 2
Resolve 21 beta 2 goes less flashy and more useful: Studio gets more AI toys, Photo capture grows up, and background tasks get serious.
Canva ships Affinity 3.2
Affinity 3.2 tweaks pixels, vectors, and RAW, then walks your .af files straight into Resolve with live updates. Title cards just got less annoying.
ZoneLAB for Resolve: Ansel Adams and even more zones…
ZoneLAB adds a Zone System grid to Resolve, then lets you grade by zone, export overlays, and match cameras and log spaces.
Blackmagic Design turns DaVinci Resolve 21 into a photo app
DaVinci Resolve 21 adds a Photo page, deeper AI helpers, more Fusion graphics, and tidier audio timelines. Big toolbox energy.
Resolve 21, Fusion, Fairlight Live, and many, many boxes!
NAB 2026 turns into a platform push: 100G SMPTE 2110 live gear, Resolve Photo Editing workflows, new Fairlight live mixing, and a bigger Fusion core.
LUTs, Tags, or ICC: Getting Colours Right in Resolve on a Mac
For years, proper monitoring in DaVinci Resolve meant a Blackmagic I/O box and a calibrated display. On recent Macs, Resolve has become more predictable without dedicated hardware, but that does not make calibration optional. Here is where the situation has improved, where it still falls apart, and why Rec.709 scene remains the least bad common denominator.
AutoCut brings AI cleanup inside Premiere Pro
AutoCut moves the boring cleanup into your timeline: silences, captions, takes, and more, with a trial and three pricing tiers.
ASCII Resolve: Free Resolve effect turns footage into configurable text art
ASCII Resolve is a free DaVinci Resolve effect that turns clips into configurable ASCII-style graphics. The free download is available on Gumroad.
Beeble Background Remover hits Cloud app
Background Remover unbundles fast AI masking into a standalone workflow with preview, refinement, and RGBA or alpha-only exports for comps.
Switching to Davinci Resolve: Your first cut
Frame rate locked? Source Tape magic? Here’s where Resolve hides the real editing speed so you can cut first and hunt menus never.
Nobe OmniScope is a Live Act now!
OmniScope LivePack turns your scopes rig into a live-friendly sidekick, with SDI out, Livegrade hookup, and recordings that behave. Really? We run it through its paces!
ONYX Ai Matte for OFX hosts
ONYX Ai Matte targets fast alphas in OFX apps with prompts, tracking, trimap refinement, and published RTX only system limits.
Getting your bearings: Switching from Premiere Pro to DaVinci Resolve
When editing, I want to know how I can achieve something, and the tool I choose should not hinder my creative process. That's why people are often hesitant to switch software, and I was no exception when I switched from Premiere to Davinci Resolve.
BMD European Tour 2026 lets you touch the gear
Blackmagic Design’s Workflow Tour lands in Amsterdam and Berlin in March with ATEM ISO and Resolve sessions aimed at fast podcast delivery.
A World Divided: Shaping a Global WWII Epic at Overmind Studios
125 shots, six episodes, and a two-person team. VFX lead Tobias Kummer explained how Overmind Studios delivered geographic transformations, period cleanup, atmospherics, and a nuclear blast for A World Divided, built on disciplined templating and automation in Fusion.
Grading Kraken: insights from the colour grade
Senior Colourist Dylan Hopkin (Shortcut Oslo) outlines the grading process behind the new sci-fi film Kraken, and how contrast, colour and AI-assisted tools were used to support storytelling.
AFX Camera Tagger sorts your Resolve multicam chaos
Free Resolve script auto-tags camera metadata for clean multicam sync. Studio required.
Lutbake adds one-key LUT export to Resolve
Time in Pixels releases Nobe LutBake, a macOS tool for one-key high resolution LUT export from Resolve Studio.
Blackmagic Schedules Free Resolve School
Blackmagic runs free live Resolve training from February to April covering edit, Fusion, colour and audio.
Hawaiki Keyer – for those who don’t trust all the magic of AI
Hawaiki Keyer 5 brings AI tracking and dual-key control to Resolve, handling messy greenscreen shots more reliably than Magic Mask. Or does it?
Resolve 20.3.2 tidies up the edges
Resolve and Fusion Studio 20.3.2 refine trims, speed up AI scaling and fix a long list of real world bugs.
Sapphire gets the “Essentials” treatment
Boris FX adds a free 11-part Sapphire Builder Essentials course to its training library, covering professional multi-host workflows.
How I Spent Five Years Making a Solo 3D Film
Maxim Gehricke spent five years creating his solo 3D short film SEN. Here’s how he did it without funding, team, or sleep.
Blackmagic Camera 10.0 brings fan brains and pre-record tricks
Blackmagic Camera 10.0 adds pre-record, smarter cooling, and new API tools for PYXIS and URSA cameras.
Resolve 20.3 brings 32K support, metadata tools and stability fixes
DaVinci Resolve 20.3 rolls out: 32K on M5 Macs, more flexible metadata and HDR10+ export, plus a slew of bug patches.
Analog Soul, Digital Body: ARRI Film Lab Arrives
ARRI’s new OpenFX plugin Film Lab emulates analog film’s grain, halation, and weave in real time for any camera. Free trial now via RE:Vision Effects.
The Cube Moved: Go for the Chaos (Ad) Vantage
Architecture Illustrators and Visualizers test Chaos Vantage for a narrative short and accidentally build a moving house. Unbox proves real-time previz can tell stories, not just sell floor plans.
Maxon drops Red Giant 2026.0
Red Giant 2026.0: fixes, Capsules, Resolve controls. Universe 2026.0: UI polish. A maintenance release wearing a party hat.
Resolve Animation: Everything moves!
Resolve Animation? Well, everything is based on keyframes. Fusion adds power (and pain), 3D feels clunky. Still: motion graphics inside an editor? Works.
Blackmagic Rents out Resolve: Subscriptions in the Cloud
Resolve goes rental: Blackmagic now lets individuals rent DaVinci Resolve Studio via Cloud. Not a shift, but an optional offer.
Goodbye Adobe Premiere
I whispered, "Goodbye, Adobe!" as I pressed the unsubscribe button. To me it sounded very much like “Hasta la vista” but less dramatic. We had a good run, but it was time to move on.
LensNode Evolving Vintage Lens Emulation in DaVinci Resolve
LensNode uses real‑lens profiles, GPU acceleration, ACES‑ready processing and granular controls in DaVinci Resolve for authentic vintage lens emulation. Get into early acces now!
Resolve 20 Leaves Beta
DaVinci Resolve 20 exits beta. Yes, that’s the news. The final version is now available from Blackmagic Design. Time to update, everybody.
The (further) development of Fusion.
Fusion, the compositing tool in and out of Resolve, has got a big update - and we asked BMD's Simon Hall, what it all means and what the future holds..
Fusion 20: a deep look at the core
With its latest release, Blackmagic Fusion is positioning itself more aggressively than ever as a powerful and cost-effective complete package for node-based compositing and motion graphics. We check whether Fusion 20 lives up to the high expectations.
Colour Monitoring for Cheapskates! Part 2
Now that your I/O-Hardware should be up and running, let’s get into equipment for profiling the screen (aka…
CineMon 1.0: Correcting the Signal
Let's talk about using low-cost HDMI video capture devices for accurate signal representation, particularly with log formats like S-log3. And also the development and application of a correction LUT using Resolve to enhance the accuracy of color and luminance.
Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K LF Body: Full Power, No Extras
Blackmagic Design introduces the URSA Cine 12K LF Body for $6,995, allowing professionals to rig their setup with existing accessories.
Hardware for CineMon (et. al.)
After looking at the software side of CineMon, it's time to take a look at the hardware - whats good and what's not?
CineMon 1.0 (Beta) for iPad and Mac
The times of expensive hardware-based scopes are gone. Modern software scopes are versatile, flexible, and can be adapted to new technologies. Until now, Nobe OmniScope by Time in Pixels was the leading solution, both under Windows and MacOS. But there’s a new kid on the block for MacOS and iOS now, called CineMon (with a charming agnomination to a popular spice).
Let’s Fix it in Pod 04 Industry Societies and Associations
In this episode, Bela and Christoph discuss means of staying connected - from informal groups and meetups to the Societies and Associations that define our industry.
Let’s Fix it in Pod 03 Open Industry Standards with Jonas Kluger and Arne Palluck
In this episode, Bela and Christoph discuss the benefits of Open Industry Standards, but also the hurdles and processes in establishing these.
DaVinci Resolve 19.1 Enhances Multicam, Audio, and VFX Workflow
The DaVinci Resolve 19.1 update adds new audio tools, Fusion effects, and color grading features, alongside support for spatial media and USD export.
Freemium Stuff: Blender to Resolve Course!
Want to streamline your VFX projects? Blender and DaVinci Resolve now work better together. Here’s what you need to know about the latest integration.
DaVinci Resolve Version 19 – Speech recognition
The public beta version has been available for some time and once again offers numerous new functions. Blackmagic Design (BM for short) is still releasing improved versions every few weeks, but many of the new features are already relatively stable and allow initial tests.
Animating images with Resolve
"Breathing life" into static images with effects from DaVinci Resolve - so-called Cinemagrams - are easy to do - and in our new series "Resolve Tricks for Beginners" we'll start with them!
DaVinci Resolve 19: Final Release
USD tools, multi-source editing, rotoscoping in Fusion and MUCH more!
Beauty-Grading in Resolve
Using software to approximate images of people to current conventions of beauty is work that has shifted more and more from compositing to the domain of grading. As the possibilities increased, so did the demands. Following on from the last article, which dealt with best practices in colour grading in general, we would like to take a very specific look at tips in the area of beauty and retouching. Here, too, we take the perspective of filmmakers who, for budgetary reasons, are "forced" to grade all or at least part of their films themselves and have already gained some experience in Resolve.
Spyder Checkr Video
Wasn't everything better when video by definition was still in black and white? Since colour was added, it has only become more complicated - but what the heck, there are helpers for that!
Shutter Encoder – Multitool for video and audio
If you want to work with video on a machine that does not support all of today's codecs (preferably via hardware), you will often come up against limits. This ranges from a stuttering timeline to clips that are not displayed at all. Then there are the clips from smartphones, which are usually recorded with a variable frame rate. Professional editing systems usually don't like this either, which can lead to asynchronous picture and sound or even rendering errors.
Fallout becomes cinematic.
Paul Hatton catches up with Nikita Travnikov, an executive producer for Huuuge Games and 3D tinkerer - and we chat about the whole Fusion/Resolve pipeline!
Grading tricks from a professional
Many of you come into contact with colour grading time and again, whether intentionally or unintentionally. For example, when thinking about colours in the context of a VFX workflow or, like me, because it has become part of my job as a filmmaker in the image film sector. It would be perfectly conceivable to have this work step done by a professional colourist, but the budget is often not sufficient for this...
Tech demo or working tool? DaVinci Resolve on the iPad Pro
You would expect Apple itself to demonstrate the enormous performance of its tablet devices in practice. So far, only gamers have been able to utilise such an iPad, and they are rarely out and about with it. Otherwise, the many cores usually twiddle their thumbs. But instead of a port of Final Cut Pro X, Apple itself uses DaVinci Resolve in its own advertising, which has already been ported, albeit with a limited range of functions.
Can you seriously work with it?
Daniel2 Dynamo? Next-gen Codecs!
„The fastest codec in the world“ is how the Munich-based broadcasting and production software developer Cinegy advertises its video codec Daniel2; it uses the computing power of the graphics processor to speed up image processing specifically and workflows in general. The codec promises: real-time film editing with Adobe Premiere CC, at a resolution of
of 8K - without any drop in frame rate. A conversation with Cinegy boss Jan Weigner about Content Creation with Power Codecs.
Fire & Flame for Fusion?
Danasa Arsad, VFX artist and alumnus of the SAE Institute, explains how a real-looking fire can be staged - with fusion in DaVinci Resolve.
Saving audiovisual cultural heritage with Topaz Video AI 3.0
In DP 04:20, we have already tested the artificial intelligence for upscaling video. Topaz Video AI (TVAI for short), as it is now called in version 3.0, has, according to the manufacturer, been developed from scratch
developed from scratch to incorporate additional capabilities and enable the stacking of AI models with filters and parallel operation.
“Gyroscopes” for image stabilisation in post-production
Why do I put the term in parentheses? Because it actually refers to classic gyro stabilisation. The word is based on the Greek word for "circle" or "turn" - which is why the meat from the spit is also called Gyros in Greek.
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 18
Software update times two: New versions of Fusion Studio and DaVinci Studio released. Has DaVinci successfully outgrown the beta phase?
Resolve 10 on tour
Review: In DP 01 : 2014, Resolve 10 went into open beta. We spoke to London-based videographer James Tonkin, who was on tour with Resolve 10 and Robbie Willliams. The perfect topic for the festival season!
DaVinci Resolve 18 goes into open beta!
Blackmagic CEO announces at the "DaVinci Resolve Cloud Update" event: DaVinci Resolve 18 Open Beta - but also global collaboration via Blackmagic Cloud!
DaVinci Resolve | Tipps & Tricks
Insider tips from a Resolve veteran: every DaVinci user should know these three tricks!
DaVinci Resolve | Price reductions
Blackmagic Design's special offer: DaVinci Resolve for panels and keyboards on top!
Cut faster – The Blackmagic Speed Editor
In DP 02:20, we already presented the Editor Keyboard from Blackmagic Design (BMD for short). It used to be close to 1,000 euros, but when it didn't become a big seller, it was lowered to around 600. Meanwhile, the manufacturer has removed the regular keys in the centre, moved the side panels closer together and added a few extra keys. The result is called Speed Editor (SE for short) and is still being offered at the competitive price of 380 euros including a licence for DaVinci Resolve Studio. Some folks are even marketing the device for 199 euros without the licence, but it remains unclear whether this is permissible on the part of BMD.
DaVinci Resolve 17.3 | Release
Blackmagic Design releases the latest version of its editing tool!
Fairlight Audio Guide | Manual
Now for DaVinci Resolve 17: Practical training for (future) sound experts.
DaVinci Resolve 17.2 | Release
Lean back - and wait for the boat? Not any more! With version 17.2, involuntary coffee breaks are a thing of the past!
DaVinci Resolve | Public Beta
Makes us smile: Blackmagic releases Beta 8 for DaVinci Resolve 17.
BlackMagic Livesessions
If you are already on holiday this week or urgently want to learn Resolve: Blackmagic is hosting free webinars on the individual parts Edit, Color, Fusion and Fairlight!
It can also be cheap: Beatstep Resolve Edition
It's also cheap - if you don't edit in Resolve all day, here's an alternative to the BMD keyboard.
DaVinci Resolve Training | Europe Tour 2020
Want to learn DaVinci Resolve? Then take the free Europe Tour from Blackmagic Design!
Neat Video in update frenzy
Neat Video goes into the next version: Noise-free and with its own Resolve plug-in!
Blackmagic Fusion: 9 becomes 16
The Fusion compositing tool is entering the next round together with DaVinci Resolve - and there are also some changes.
The virtual glue press:CineXtools from Cinedeck
Non-linear video editing with computers (NLE for short) has given us enormous freedom. Not only the fiddling with adhesive presses and cotton gloves, synchronised tape machines or even toxic carbon tetrachloride in magnetic magnifiers from the early days of videotape are a thing of the past. today, "cuts" are non-destructive and can be altered at will (sometimes all too often). But the whole thing has one disadvantage .....
BaseGrade and the evolution of colour grading
At NAB 2O16, colour grading specialist Filmlight caused quite a stir in the colourist scene. BaseGrade - a completely newly developed grading operator for Baselight - was presented, which is intended to replace classic tools such as Lift, Gamma and Gain. That sounds like a small revolution. Filmlight promises more consistent results and a more natural way of working. Reason enough not only for Baselight colourists to take a detailed look at it.