At this year’s NAB, Blackmagic Design has announced the latest version of its popular NLE DaVinci Resolve. We are now at version 19 – and it adds a lot of very interesting features that will make your post-production workflow easier, from a built-in film look creator, to AI powered tools such as the IntelliTrack AI tracker. To tell us more about this newest release my colleague Graham Sheldon talked to Stuart Ashton, Business Development Manager at Blackmagic Design, about all the additions to this already very powerful software. Let’s take a quick look! Enhanced Grading Tools Blackmagic Design has added a feature called “Film Look Creator” which looks like it might make some plugins obsolete. It replicates film properties like halation, bloom, grain, flicker, gate weave and vignetting. We will test out how it compares to some of the most popular ones in the near future. “Film Look Creator” tool in DaVinci Resolve 19. Image credit: Blackmagic Design Another interesting new tool is called “Defocus Background”. It allows the user to isolate the foreground using blur tools, and even lets you set the amount of anamorphism to mimic the look of anamorphic lenses. “Defocus Background” tool in DaVinci Resolve 19. Image credit: Blackmagic Design New AI features One of the new functionalities introduced in DaVinci Resolve 19 is the IntelliTrack AI. This refers to two tracking options within the software. One is a point tracker for tracking and stabilization which allows you to track multiple points within the frame, while...
Published By: CineD - Sunday, 14 April