Blackmagic Design announces DaVinci Resolve 21 which introduces the new Photo page, which enables colorists and photographers to use new advanced color tools for still photos.
Other updates include new AI tools such as IntelliSearch for fast content searching, CineFocus for focal point adjustment, tools for facial refinement, and more.
The Krokodove toolset adds over 70 new graphics to Fusion, Fairlight folders simplify audio track management, plus there are improvements to keyframing, MultiMaster trim passes, layer list node graphs and more. DaVinci Resolve 21 public beta is available for download now from the Blackmagic Design web site.
DaVinci Resolve 21 will be demonstrated on the Blackmagic Design NAB 2026 booth #N2502.
“DaVinci Resolve’s powerful post-production workflow now fully integrates photo image editing. The new Photo page lets customers import and manage photographs, integrating with the color page for node-based grading. Now colorists and photographers can use Hollywood color grading tools on still images,” the announcement states. “Use primary color correction, curves, qualifiers, power windows and node editor to adjust color in artistic ways across an entire project. Plus, customers can use a DaVinci color panel to adjust multiple parameters at once.”
DaVinci Resolve’s powerful node-based workflow can now be used on still images. It’s possible to add nodes in series or parallel to build complex grades, apply different corrections to different parts of an image simultaneously and use shared nodes to apply the same look across an entire album of photos at once.
“The Photo page lets customers reframe and crop images at their original source resolution and aspect ratio. Every adjustment preserves the full quality of their original file, so customers can refine their composition at any time without ever affecting image quality,” the announcement continues. “LightBox view on the Photo page gives customers an overview of their entire album with grades applied. Select any image and grade it live while seeing the results update across the whole collection in real time. Filter by graded, ungraded, star rating, flag and clip color for fast library management.”
Albums let customers build and manage collections directly in DaVinci. Create albums based on shoot days, camera models, or any desired criteria, and save hours by tagging and making raw setting adjustments in batches. Albums appear as timelines on the Color, Cut and Edit pages for easy access.
Camera Controls let customers tether a Sony or Canon camera directly to DaVinci Resolve for live image capture. Adjust camera settings such as ISO, exposure, white balance, monitor with live view and save capture presets to lock in a consistent look before customers shoot. Images save directly into an album.
"The new Photo page in DaVinci Resolve 21 brings Hollywood’s most advanced color tools to still photography for the first time," says Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO. "Professional colorists and photographers now have access to the full DaVinci color toolset and are able to build complex grades in a node-based workflow that goes far beyond the layer-based approach. They can also use all the DaVinci AI tools, ResolveFX and FusionFX and collaborate globally in real time. It’s going to be amazing to see creativity flourish with these tools"
DaVinci Resolve 21 Features
• New photo image editing now fully integrated within DaVinci Resolve.
• Support for DaVinci color control toolset and grading panels.
• Reframe and crop images at original source resolution and aspect ratio.
• LightBox view gives an overview of entire album with grades applied.
• Albums let you build, manage and tweak photos at source resolution.
• Direct image capture via Sony or Canon tethered cameras.
• Looks, LUTs, Resolve and Open FX for your images.
• Photo page is integrated with Blackmagic Cloud collaborative workflow.
• AI IntelliSearch lets you easily search for people or objects.
• AI Speech Generator transforms written text to spoken voice.
• AI CineFocus allows refocus with realistic bokeh and lens effects.
• AI Face Age Transformer lets you age or de-age a face.
• AI Face Reshaper for flexible reshape and resize of facial features.
• AI Blemish Removal to repair facial and skin blemishes.
• AI SlateID to read slate and populate clip metadata.
• AI UltraSharpen for high fidelity sharpening of moving images.
• AI Motion Deblur enables removal of common motion blur artifacts.
• Keyframing provides powerful retime controls with 4 point bezier.
• Fusion animation can be creatively driven by Fairlight audio.
• Native support for OGraf HTML graphics and Lottie animations.
• Spell checking, color fonts and Emoji for Text+ and MultiText.
• Smart bin views in Cut page.
• MultiMaster trim pass to grade single timeline to many deliverables.
• Render Magic Mask in place as an external matte.
• Node graphs can now be viewed as a layer list.
• Support for Krokodove motion graphics effects.
• New Macro Editor with inspector view and publishing to edit effects.
• Support for USD SDK 25.11 with Hydra 2.0 API for Storm renderer.
• Folder tracks allow a group of tracks to be folded down or expanded.
• Apple Immersive workflows now support foveated rendering.
• VR180 and VR360 deliver presets for Meta Quest and YouTube.
• Fusion adds Panomap immersive rotation and ILPD retargeting.
• Resolve FX Picture in Picture effect.
• IntelliScript supports Final Draft or plain text screenplay imports.
• Metadata panel supports star rating and tagging for clips.
Availability and Price
DaVinci Resolve 21 public beta is available now for download free of charge from the Blackmagic Design web site.
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