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New software update for DaVinci Resolve 15 improves performance of video playback on the edit page, including multicam playback. H.265 and H.265 encoding has also been improved on the Mac, the latest version of Intel OpenCL drivers is now supported on Windows, project load and save performance is faster, and 5.1 and 7.1 IMF clip handling is improved. In addition, decode support for different Canon XF-AVC clip formats has been added to DaVinci Resolve Studio, font detection on Windows is improved, and support for Sony Venice 3.0 firmware has been added.

• Improved Edit page viewer playback performance
• Improved performance when rendering H.264 and H.265 clips on MacOS
• Improved stability when using the latest version of Intel OpenCL drivers on Windows
• Improved performance when saving timeline changes in a project
• Improved performance when loading a project with a large number of audio tracks and buses
• Improved handling of 5.1 and 7.1 audio when working with IMF clips
• Improved support for decoding some Canon XF-AVC clip formats in DaVinci Resolve Studio
• Improved font detection on Windows with support for fonts installed in user directories
• Support for the Sony Venice 3.0 firmware update
• General performance and stability improvements

REDCINE-X PRO allows you to open and work with your REDCODE RAW R3D files, and provides an advanced coloring toolset, integrated timeline, and post effects suite works to provide a professional, flexible finishing environment for your R3D files. The new Windows-only v51 Public Beta 3 release adds accelerated R3D decompression on supported NVIDIA CUDA GPUs, new Image Noise Reduction Panel, and more!

The first maintenance update for LightWave 3D 2019, Rev 2019.0.1, is now available for download in Registration. It fixes MacOS 10.11 crashes on launch, crashes related to new UV Display or Gaussian filter, and numerous fixes to the LightWave Bridge to Unreal.

This update adds support for additional frame rates to SmartView 4K monitors in 1080, 2K DCI, Ultra HD, and 4K DCI.

What's new in SmartView 4.0.4
Support for the following formats for SmartView 4K:

• 1080p47.95
• 1080p48
• 2K p29.97 DCI
• 2K p30 DCI
• 2K p47.95 DCI
• 2K p48 DCI
• 2K p50 DCI
• 2K p59.94 DCI
• 2K p60 DCI
• 2K PsF29.97 DCI
• 2K PsF30 DCI
• 2160p47.95
• 2160p48
• 4K p29.97 DCI
• 4K p30 DCI
• 4K p47.95 DCI
• 4K p48 DCI
• 4K p50 DCI
• 4K p59.94 DCI
• 4K p60 DCI

Learn more about the world’s fastest high quality RAW format!

The Blackmagic RAW Tour (March 14, 2019) will show you how Blackmagic RAW works with Blackmagic cameras to shoot feature film quality images faster and using less storage than ever before. You’ll also learn how to work with Blackmagic RAW in DaVinci Resolve to dramatically speed up post production.

Blackmagic RAW is a new and modern codec that gives you stunning image quality in an intelligent new file format. Hardware acceleration is used inside the camera to give you incredibly efficient encoding at small file sizes. In post, you still get total control over all camera RAW settings, along with extensive metadata support including user customizable sidecar metadata files, plus GPU and CPU acceleration, and Blackmagic Design Generation 4 Color Science. It’s a new, high performance workflow that uses a single file format to go from first shot to finished edit faster than ever before!

 
What you’ll learn about on the day:

•  URSA Mini Pro and Pocket Cinema Camera 4K cameras
•  Blackmagic RAW technical overview and options
•  Reviewing shots with the Blackmagic RAW Player
•  Using metadata to simplify and speed up workflows
•  High performance editing with DaVinci Resolve
•  Color grading 12‑bit Blackmagic RAW images
•  Using DaVinci Resolve control panels
•  Accelerating post with Blackmagic eGPU Pro