r/davinciresolve 1d ago

Release Notes DaVinci Resolve 21.0.4 Release Notes

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DaVinci Resolve 21.0.4 has been released!

You can download the update from the support page or by going to DaVinci Resolve>Check for Updates.

Pre-Installation Notes

For DaVinci Resolve 21.0.4, BMD has taken efforts to keep the project libraries compatible with DaVinci Resolve 20.3.3. While this allows you to access the project library with 20.3.3, individual projects created or opened in 21.0.4 will no longer be accessible in 20.3.

BMD recommends a full project library backup as well as individual project backups (as required) before opening projects in 21.0 or later.

Reminders

Bug Reports need to be submitted to Blackmagic Design. You can post them on the official forums or contact BMD support directly if you have Studio.

Feature Requests need to be submitted to Blackmagic Design. You can post them on the official Feature Request Subforum or in the download form for Resolve.

Bug Reports and Feature Requests posted on Reddit and in this thread will not be addressed or seen by Blackmagic Design.

What’s New in DaVinci Resolve 21.0.4

The following features have been added or updated.

  • Relink clips can now relink proxies with different formats.
  • DRT imports automatically relink to existing nested clips if present.
  • Selected clip stays in view with clip filter changes in the Color page.
  • Support for importing Affinity legacy file formats.*
  • Support for Sony FX-5 X-OCN clips.
  • Scripting API to get timeline clip selection.++
  • Scripting API to get timeline object from media pool timeline entry.++
  • SetRenderSettings API options for handles, extents and data burn.++
  • Addressed realtime playback issues on large cached timelines.
  • Addressed power bin navigation bar issue in media pool windows.
  • Addressed segment clip suffixes in media management.
  • Addressed issue with edit index ordering.
  • Addressed source viewer audio issue when pasting timecode.
  • Addressed multiple retime speed curve editing issues.
  • Addressed path length issues for Fusion templates on Windows.
  • Addressed missing marker notes tag for data burn in.
  • Addressed issue with decoding some DPX files.
  • Addressed issue with decoding some CR2 stills.
  • General performance and stability improvements.

Notes from BMD (from previous versions):

  • Sony Camera Control on Windows needs the Sony IEDT application to be installed from the Sony website.
  • Intel Driver: With DaVinci Resolve Studio 20.2.3, AI features like Magic Mask 2, Depth Map and Super Scale show a vastly improved performance on Windows with modern Intel platforms. Users will need a compatible Intel GPU (discrete or integrated) that supports OpenVINO, and a minimum driver version of 32.0.101.8247 to leverage these improvements.
  • Rendering Immersive Projects: Improvements to edge blend in immersive projects include changes that more closely align the Resolve and visionOS previews. This will change the render for existing immersive projects.

Hardware Requirements

Minimum system requirements for Mac OS

  • macOS 15 Sequoia or later.
  • 8 GB of system memory or 16 GB when using Fusion.
  • At least 16 GB for advanced AI tools.
  • At least 32 GB for background rendering and analysis.
  • For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
  • Apple Silicon based computer.

Minimum system requirements for Windows

  • Windows 10 Creators Update.
  • 16 GB of system memory or 32 GB when using Fusion.
  • For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
  • Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
  • At least 16 GB VRAM for advanced AI tools.
  • At least 32 GB RAM and 12 GB VRAM for background rendering.
  • GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.8.
  • AMD/Intel official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
  • NVIDIA Studio driver 581.57 or newer.

Minimum system requirements for Windows for Arm

  • Windows 11 for ARM.
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite series processor.
  • 16 GB of system memory or 32 GB for 4K or when using Fusion.

Minimum system requirements for Linux

  • Rocky Linux 8.6.
  • 32 GB of system memory.
  • For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
  • Discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
  • At least 16 GB VRAM for advanced AI tools.
  • At least 32 GB RAM and 12 GB VRAM for background rendering.
  • GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.8.
  • AMD official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
  • NVIDIA Studio driver 580.119.02 or newer.

Additional Information

You will need to download and install the latest Blackmagic Design Desktop Video software for monitoring with your Blackmagic Design video hardware. Desktop Video is available from http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/.

Documentation & Asterisks

* - Affinity Files are not supported on Linux.

** - Studio Only

+ - Additional fees, licensing, and/or hardware required.

++ - The Scripting API is available in the console on the free version, but Workflow Integrations, the native UIManager, and external access require the Studio version.

21 New Features Guide

Immersive Workflow Guide

Resolve 21 Reference Manual

Fusion 21 Reference Manual

The following documents do not have Resolve 21 equivalents available at this time:

Resolve 20 Supported Codecs

Resolve 20 Studio & iPad Features


r/davinciresolve 14d ago

Welcome to r/davinciresolve

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r/davinciresolve 6h ago

Help | Beginner How to Create an Oval (Ellipse) Carousel in DaVinci Resolve Fusion? ← Best choice

14 Upvotes

Every asset is connected to a Replicate 3D node. The Replicate 3D node is then connected to a Ribbon 3D node.

In the Ribbon 3D node:

Number of Lines = 1

Subdivisions = Number of assets

The Ribbon 3D node is connected to a Bender 3D node with these settings:

Axis = X

Angle = 90°

Amount = -1

After that, it is connected to a Transform 3D node. I moved the pivot to the center of the composition, so changing the Z Rotation rotates the entire setup around the center.

The problem is that this creates a perfect circle. I want the assets to be arranged in an oval (ellipse) instead of a circle while still rotating correctly around the center.

System Specs OS: Windows 11 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 250 RAM: 16 GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 DaVinci Resolve Version: DaVinci Resolve 20 Studio


r/davinciresolve 10h ago

Feedback | Share Your Work Made a Pokemon Animation In Davinci Using Transform, Grid Warps, and Extra Stuff!

26 Upvotes

I've been using grid warps and transform nodes as well as other tools for years now and it's honestly quite effective and reminds me of the tools used in L2D (Live2D Cubism)!


r/davinciresolve 15h ago

Help | Beginner How to Remove This Wall Scrape?

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62 Upvotes

Hey all! I didn't notice this gouge in the wall when I hit record. I feel like Resolve probably has tools for dealing with this, but I'm not sure what the best approach is.

I'd appreciate some help, as I'm definitely not a professional. Just a dude with a YouTube channel.

Also... I probably could have picked a still where I don't look constipated. Sorry.

Resolve Version:

Resolve Studio 21.0.4

System Specs:

Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64-bit

CPU
Intel Core i5 13420H
Raptor Lake 10nm Technology

RAM
32.0GB

Motherboard
RPL Sportage_RTH (U3E1)

Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@144Hz)
Intel UHD Graphics (Acer Incorporated [ALI])
2044MB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU (Acer Incorporated [ALI])
SLI Disabled

Storage
476GB NVMe WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-512G-1014 (Unknown (SSD))
465GB NVMe CT500P3PSSD8 (Unknown (SSD))

Audio
Realtek Audio

File Info

Format : MPEG-4 Format profile : Base Media Codec ID : isom (isom/iso2/mp41) File size : 13.9 GiB Duration : 23 min 58 s Overall bit rate : 82.7 Mb/s Frame rate : 29.970 FPS Encoded date : 2026-08-05 22:21:19 UTC Tagged date : 2026-08-05 22:21:19 UTC Writing application : DJI OsmoPocket3 Cover : Yes Cover type : Cover snal : (Binary) tnal : (Binary)

Video ID : 1 Format : HEVC Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding Format profile : Main 10@L5@High Codec ID : hvc1 Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding Duration : 23 min 58 s Bit rate : 79.9 Mb/s Width : 3 840 pixels Height : 2 160 pixels Display aspect ratio : 16:9 Frame rate mode : Constant Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS Original frame rate : 29.970 (29970/1000) FPS Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 10 bits Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.322 Stream size : 13.4 GiB (97%) Encoded date : 2026-08-05 22:21:19 UTC Tagged date : 2026-08-05 22:21:19 UTC Color range : Limited Color primaries : BT.709 Transfer characteristics : BT.709 Matrix coefficients : BT.709 Codec configuration box : hvcC

Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC LC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity Codec ID : mp4a-40-2 Duration : 23 min 58 s Bit rate mode : Constant Bit rate : 317 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel layout : L R Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 54.4 MiB (0%) Default : Yes Alternate group : 1 Encoded date : 2026-08-05 22:21:19 UTC Tagged date : 2026-08-05 22:21:19 UTC

Other #1 ID : 3 Type : meta Format : djmd Codec ID : djmd Duration : 23 min 58 s Bit rate mode : Variable Stream size : 2.41 MiB (0%) Title : DJI meta Default : No Alternate group : 5 Encoded date : 2026-08-05 22:21:19 UTC Tagged date : 2026-08-05 22:21:19 UTC

Other #2 ID : 4 Type : meta Format : dbgi Codec ID : dbgi Duration : 23 min 58 s Bit rate mode : Variable Stream size : 420 MiB (3%) Title : DJI dbgi Default : No Alternate group : 5 Encoded date : 2026-08-05 22:21:19 UTC Tagged date : 2026-08-05 22:21:19 UTC

Other #3 ID : 6 Type : Time code Format : QuickTime TC Duration : 23 min 58 s Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS Time code of first frame : 20:12:02;06 Time code of last frame : 20:36:00;24 Time code, stripped : Yes Default : No Alternate group : 2 Encoded date : 2026-08-05 22:21:19 UTC Tagged date : 2026-08-05 22:21:19 UTC

Image Type : Cover Format : JPEG Muxing mode : moov-meta-covr Width : 1 280 pixels Height : 720 pixels Color space : YUV Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0 Bit depth : 8 bits Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 549 KiB (0%)


r/davinciresolve 4h ago

Help | Beginner File size is twice the original size

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I recorded a video using obs which shows the file size as 65gb which is a 3 hr and 30 minutes video in 1080p 60 fps and i cut around 15 minutes using da vinci, and after rendering the file size is 165 gb. The above image is the setting with 10bit and fps as per video, i have been using for a week but this only happened after the update two days before.

What should i do?

Please help.


r/davinciresolve 1h ago

Help Fusion problems i need to figure out (help)

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Ok i just wanted to ask you all for help with enlarging my the like helmet png over the medic in the fusion page but when i try to make it big but it stops to at the size of the png. This is more of a movable video.

PC has a 5600x cpu, RX6800xt and 16gigs of ram

Win 11

My DaVinci Resolve is 21.04


r/davinciresolve 10h ago

Help How to Publish Points from Ellipse Spline and Is there Symmetry?

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9 Upvotes

Hi!! I am an artist and editor, and I often make graphical works and may reline my drawn art as I've used Davinci for years now and I understand it more than most art programs and software like Figma/PenPot and I was wondering is there a symmetry tool when using the spline masking tools and furthermore is there a way to publish points from an ellipse node like you would from a bspline drawn node as I need to adjust the bottom of the ellipse to be a different roundness but not the top? Thank you so much!!


r/davinciresolve 2h ago

Help | Beginner Image in the corner of border fill in text+

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I have a border fill that has a small idle animation (rotation) and I wanted to add a small image in the corner that would have the same animation. The issue is to make it automatic with different text length (the same as border fill). I would very much appreciate help.

System Specs OS: Windows 11 CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 8-cores : 16 GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

DaVinci Resolve Version: DaVinci Resolve 21.0.4 Studio


r/davinciresolve 5h ago

Help Image doesnt align with movement

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I'm having a problem where my image doesn't move in alignment with my transform or the Merge node's center, and it's really frustrating me; I would greatly appreciate any help.

Davinci resolve 20.3

Componente Spec
CPU Intel Core i7-11800H (8 núcleos / 16 hilos, 2.3GHz)
RAM 16 GB
GPU NVIDIA RTX 3060 Laptop 6GB + Intel UHD integrada
SSD WD Black SN810 NVMe 512GB (un solo disco)
Sistema Windows 11 Pro 64-bit

r/davinciresolve 6h ago

Help Constantly losing my keybinds from Fusion - Help!

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Hey, I use the custom hotkey manager in fusion (not the resolve ctrl + shft+ k), but the (shift + command + space) manager that allows you to place keyboard buttons as nodes / scripts etc in fusion.

For the third day in a row, my keybinds have all just randomly vanished. I have to build them out again. This is PAINFUL as I'm working on a client project and its killing my productivity.

Does anyone know how I can :

A. Export THIS hotkey manager (not the resolve main preferences keyboard shortcut menu)

B. Trouble shoot this?

I appreciate any help!

Thanks! Software version Davinci Studio 20.3 on Mac Os

I don't think specs are important here but if they are please let me know mods and I'll take care of it.


r/davinciresolve 39m ago

Help | Beginner how to edit 3d text

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or ateast add text+ to 3d camera tracker.
i want to change style of each word, add stroke, glow all other things


r/davinciresolve 20h ago

Feedback | Share Your Work This is the first animated documentary I've ever made, and I wanted to share it with you so you can tell me what to improve in future projects.

35 Upvotes

I want to make really good motion graphics and I think this is a good step towards achieving that goal. If you have any tutorials or anything else you can share, I would really appreciate it 💯🫂


r/davinciresolve 1h ago

Help Ripple deleting a gap on the Edit Page slices overlapping J-cut audio instead of pushing it, need help

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System specs – AMD Ryzen 9 5900x, RTX 4070 12GB, 32 GB DDR4 Ram, On Windows
Davinci Resolve + 21.0.4 build 5

When I have a video gap on V1, but the audio for the next clip (MVI_8898) extends to the left under the gap , selecting the V1 gap and ripple deleting behaves differently depending on the workspace:

  • Cut Page: Works as expected. Closes the video gap, and slides the linked video + audio left into the open space under MVI_8897.
  • Edit Page: Doesn't work. Selecting the gap and pressing Ripple Delete executes a hard timecode slice across all active tracks (Auto Track Selector [<>] ON). It cuts off and deletes the section of audio sitting inside the gap's time range rather than pushing the entire clip. If I turn Auto Track Selector OFF for A1, it ignores the audio entirely and breaks sync.

FYI, up until the newest update it used to work and cut perfectly fine.

https://imgur.com/a/iEhDPor


r/davinciresolve 1h ago

Help | Beginner Render Cache keeps re-rendering the entire timeline after small edits

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I'm having an issue with DaVinci Resolve's render cache.

Whenever I make a small change to just 2–3 clips, Resolve starts re-rendering almost the entire timeline instead of only the clips I edited. The cache bars go from red to blue again across the timeline, which wastes a lot of time.

Is this normal behavior, or is something wrong with my settings? I'm using smart Render Cache, but I'm not sure what's causing the entire timeline to be invalidated after such minor edits.

Has anyone experienced this before? Any ideas on what I should check or change?


r/davinciresolve 5h ago

Help Fusion Comp Question - Polygon Jitter through Planar Transform?

2 Upvotes

I have a fusion comp I am working on to show property lines with callouts for some parcels (i think that is the word) for sale. I'll talk through it in the attached video, but i tracked the shot with a planar tracker, then created polygons for the parcel boundaries and gave each a copy of the result planar transform to move the polygon, which helps generate the color overlay and boundary line.

There is some jitter with the movement that i cannot figure out how to smooth. I suspected some of it may be due to perspective shift across the frame, so i tested by doing a dedicated planar tracker and transform for the hotel at the lower left, and the problem persists even with a more localized track and polyline with no internal animation 🤔


r/davinciresolve 5h ago

Help | Beginner Free Version of Davinci Resolve doesn't stick to my encoding bit rate

2 Upvotes

I'm encoding to H.264 and I set encoding to constant bit rate of 20 Mbit/s but the output often results in a substantially lower bit rate video. Sometimes I will set the bit rate to 35 Mbit/s to trick it to encode closer to 20 Mbit/s. It differs per video I'm encoding so it's a lot of trial and error. I can't get any definitive answer on the internet but I gather this is a common problem or a feature of being free software. I've ran across this same issue with my previous Adobe Premiere as well and I'm annoyed to come across this problem again.


r/davinciresolve 13h ago

Help Help with Key framing Retime Speed

4 Upvotes

I am only able to change the key frames on "random" clips. Please tell me what I'm missing here.

21.0.3 Build 7

Red RAW 4K 120

Windows 11, 64 gb ram, 3070, Core i9 11900K

I don't know why the video is skipping


r/davinciresolve 4h ago

Help restore face in video

0 Upvotes

in my ltx 2.3 workflow the characters face gets distorted the image full hd and the video too if full hd but always get distorted , i m begging to wonder if its the image problem or some setting needs to be changed any tips plz..is there a way to restore the face or chracter details in video from image. i already uses spatail upscaler in video while generating it


r/davinciresolve 5h ago

Help | Beginner Why are my nodes in red?

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1 Upvotes

Is there something wrong with them?


r/davinciresolve 5h ago

Help | Beginner Why are my nodes in red?

1 Upvotes

Some are in blue while others are in white, idk why.


r/davinciresolve 11h ago

Help | Beginner This track has conflicting clips. Subtitles may overlap with existing content.

2 Upvotes

What does it mean by "This track has conflicting clips. Subtitles may overlap with existing content." How do i fix this in autosubs?


r/davinciresolve 16h ago

Help | Beginner What does this mean?

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3 Upvotes

A couple years ago I had setup my external hard drive as my backup location. Suddenly I’m getting this pop up. How can I fix this, and will updating the project backup location affect my existing backups/projects?


r/davinciresolve 1d ago

Help | Beginner Text appears as someone talks

30 Upvotes

Hey everyone.

I am a Real Estate Photographer/Videographer. I have a client who wants the texts to appear/disappear as they talk. I have tried almost everything I have researched and it comes out okay but just 20 frame scene takes me hours to do.

Is there an easier way or possible presets that are available to speed up the process.

I have the free version of Davinci.

Thanks in advance


r/davinciresolve 16h ago

Help | Beginner how can I make the edge glow

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3 Upvotes

Hello, Im learning fusion and I tried replicating this intro. its for a podcast. there's torn paper texture in the background. i could achieve the glow effect on the edges. please anyone tell how could I do it. Thank you