We are pleased to announce the release of DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.0 Beta 3. This update is available free of charge for all existing customers and can be downloaded from the official Blackmagic Design support page:

Blackmagic Design Support Page

Important Compatibility Notice

For DaVinci Resolve 21.0 Beta 3, Blackmagic Design has worked to maintain compatibility between project libraries and DaVinci Resolve 20.3.2. This means you can still access the same project library using version 20.3.2.

However, any individual project that is created or opened in 21.0 Beta 3 will no longer be accessible in 20.3.2.

Before updating, it is strongly recommended to:

• Create a full backup of your project library

• Create separate backups of important individual projects

What’s New in DaVinci Resolve 21.0 Beta 3

Camera & Media Support

• Live capture and camera control support for Sony α7 V cameras

• Panasonic Lumix RW2 RAW decoding support

• Improved support for XAVC Intra playback on NVIDIA hardware

• Better feedback for camera tethering failures

OGraf & Lottie Enhancements

• Loop and extension support for Lottie animations

• Improved realtime-only OGraf animation support

• Add OGraf and Lottie clips directly from keyboard shortcuts or viewer overlays

• Fixed OGraf caching and rendering issues

MultiMaster HDR Workflow Improvements

• Manage active MultiMaster trim per timeline

• Manage active MultiMaster trim per collaborator

• HDR controls are now limited to the MultiMaster hero trim

Photo Page Improvements

• SDI Lightbox support for remote monitoring workflows

• Double-click photos in Lightbox for single viewer mode

• Multi-photo inspector parameter editing

• Camera orientation controls for photo capture

• Option to add captured photos directly to a new album

• Better Lightroom Catalog import orientation handling

• Improved thumbnail information for smaller thumbnail sizes

• Fixed crop refresh and inspector reset issues

• Fixed keyword entry issues that could remove existing keywords

• Cinema viewer overlay no longer appears incorrectly on the Photo page

Editing & Timeline Updates

• Trim tooltip support in the Cut page

• Source timecode in source tape and multiview now reflects underlying media

• Source viewer audio waveform now persists after restarting the app

• Improved retime smoothing with speed ramp actions

• Fixed media pool refresh and sorting persistence issues

Fairlight Audio Improvements

• Mixer controls to collapse or expand folder tracks

• Solo and mute support for folder tracks

• Fixed ASIO recording issues on Windows

• Fixed Fairlight ducker behavior with lookahead and recovery controls

Fusion & Macro Editor Updates

• Macro editor now supports multi-selection of controls

• Save macros as either Macro or Group

• Clicking controls now highlights matching settings

• Fixed missing connected inputs in Macro Editor

Scripting API Additions

• IntelliSearch analysis support

• Slate analysis support

• Speech Generator support

• Motion blur removal for media clips

• Disable all background tasks for the current session

VR & Immersive Video Updates

• Improved Stereo3D VR metadata handling

• YouTube VR renders now include spherical immersive metadata

• Fixed immersive metadata issues with disabled clips

• Fixed proxy generation issues for immersive clips

Color & RAW Processing Fixes

• Better Face Age Transformer results for:

  • Small age adjustments

  • Poor lighting conditions

  • Partial face visibility

• Fixed AI UltraSharpen artifacts on images with negative pixel values

• Colorspace and gamma controls now work for NEF sRAW stills

• Fixed highlight handling in RCM projects

• Fixed chromatic aberration and distortion correction issues for RAF stills

• Fixed ProRAW gamma issues in RCM workflows

• Improved exported sRGB HEIC compatibility with external image editors

Additional Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed Text+ rendering issues with ©, ™, and special symbols

• Fixed Cryptomatte issues with cropped data windows

• Fixed node labeling issues in Color page list view

• Fixed clip focus issues when switching between A and C mode sorting

• Fixed printer light state issues with advanced panels

• Fixed render cache deletion affecting unrelated projects

• General performance and stability improvements throughout the application