Blackmagic Design Releases DaVinci Resolve 20.1
The update adds support for Apple Immersive Video workflows to DaVinci Resolve Studio for macOS.
DaVinci Resolve 20.1, available now from Blackmagic Design’s website, adds support for Apple Immersive Video workflows to DaVinci Resolve Studio for macOS.
With the update, users can edit, grade, add visual effects, mix Spatial Audio and deliver Apple Immersive Video captured with the Blackmagic Ursa Cine Immersive camera. An immersive video viewer enables users to pan, tilt and roll clips for viewing on 2D monitors or directly stream to Apple Vision Pro.
With support for decoding and playback of the stereoscopic 8K 90fps Blackmagic Raw files from the Ursa Cine Immersive camera, Resolve 20.1 is a complete workflow from editing to playback on Apple Vision Pro. Users get the same familiar tools as their 2D projects, but they’re updated for 3D immersive video. The new immersive viewer shows immersive video in its native state, converted to LatLong or to a viewport view that customers can pan around in onscreen; customers can even add a 360-degree backdrop track that can appear outside of the projected immersive image.
When working with files from the Ursa Cine Immersive on the color page, users get full use of primary color-correction tools, along with select secondary grading tools. New tools in the 3D palette such as the Edge Mask let customers adjust the field of view captured by the Ursa Cine Immersive to exclude microphones or other items just in shot. Edge Mask also adjusts the mask blend to soften the transition from the projected space to the backdrop.
The Fusion page now lets users create 3D titles and graphics or work with USD files. The immersive patcher converts lens-space images to a flattened image so customers can patch or paint, add graphics or text. Converting back to lens space lets customers composite correctly onto the original camera lens-space image. 3D images or compositions made in Fusion using the immersive workflow will automatically convert from the virtual 3D space on the Fusion page to the immersive lens space of the timeline. Titling on the timeline has been made easier with the introduction of lens-space correction and the addition of the convergence slider for title templates.
The media and delivery pages have also been updated to include presets for Apple Immersive Video export. Customers can use the presets to render their immersive project just like a normal project, then drag and drop the rendered file in the Apple Immersive Video Utility for macOS. This means that the immersive video is now ready to stream to their Apple Vision Pro. Customers can also render a ProRes bundle for viewing using Apple Compressor.
Blackmagic Design has also announced Blackmagic Camera 9.7 public beta, which adds support for the Ursa Cine Immersive.
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