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DaVinci Resolve 20.2

About DaVinci Resolve 20
Welcome to DaVinci Resolve 20.2!
This installer will add DaVinci Resolve software to your system as well as additional software for remote monitoring and utilities for setting up hardware control panels. It also installs Blackmagic RAW Player and Blackmagic Proxy Generator into the applications folder.

The free version of DaVinci Resolve 20 includes all of the same high quality processing as DaVinci Resolve 20 Studio and can handle unlimited resolution media files. However it does limit project mastering and output to Ultra HD resolutions or lower and only supports a single processing GPU on Windows and Linux.

If you need features such as support for multiple GPUs, 4K output, motion blur effects, temporal and spatial noise reduction, multiple AI-based tools, HDR tools, camera tracker, voice isolation, surround sound and immersive audio, multiple Resolve FX, 3D stereoscopic tools and remote rendering, please upgrade to DaVinci Resolve 20 Studio.

We hope you do decide to upgrade as your facility grows and you do more advanced work!

Installing DaVinci Resolve Software on MacOS
Double-click the DaVinci Resolve Installer icon and follow the onscreen instructions. To remove DaVinci Resolve from your system, double-click the Uninstall Resolve icon.

Installing DaVinci Resolve Software on Windows
Double-click the DaVinci Resolve Installer icon and follow the onscreen instructions. To remove DaVinci Resolve from your system, go to the Programs and Features control panel, select DaVinci Resolve, click on Uninstall and follow the onscreen prompts.

Installing DaVinci Resolve Software on Linux
Double-click the DaVinci Resolve installer and follow the onscreen instructions. To remove DaVinci Resolve from your system, select the uninstall option after running the installer.

For DaVinci Resolve 20.2, we have taken efforts to keep the project libraries compatible with DaVinci Resolve 19.1.4. While this allows you to access the project library with 19.1.4, individual projects created or opened in 20.2 will no longer be accessible in 19.1.4. We recommend a full project library backup as well as individual project backups before opening projects in 20.2.

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 20.2
The following features have been added or updated.

URSA Cine Immersive Workflow
Streaming from Fusion page to Vision Pro.
Support for immersive option in PanoMap.
Support for immersive world pose rotations and flips.
Render stereoscopic 3D as full side by side or top-bottom.
Node stack support for stereoscopic 3D workflows.
Support for immersive EXR workflows.
Cut Page
Improved replay stinger transition handling in interlaced timelines.
Improved replay editor and ATEM switcher feedback cueing replays.
Edit Page
Sync lock controls ripple edit independently from auto select.
Improved ripple trimming now preserves sync for edit actions.
The trim editor now automatically displays when dynamic trimming.
User preference to switch to single viewer mode for trim editor.
Improved source and destination patching in the track header.
Timeline audio menu action to detach synced audio from video.
Support for adding and populating custom metadata fields.
Support for flattening multicam clips with speed changes.
Audio track solo support for the source timeline viewer.
Source track destination sub menu action to reset to default state.
Cut & Edit page
Menu actions to move selected keyframes up down left and right.
Curve and keyframe editor in timeline now includes actions toolbar.
Shift click keyframe editor headers to toggle multiple parameters.
Alt click keyframe editor headers to toggle parameters exclusively.
Guides support individual colors and lock states.
Switch between pixel and percentage when adding or editing guides.
Mouse priority for Fusion, transform and effect overlays over guides.
Voice over countdowns now support audible beeps.
Editing now preserves audio bus automation.
Option to ripple delete silence for selected clip.
Up to 2x faster transcriptions on macOS.
Up to 2x faster voice convert analysis on macOS.
Fusion page
Support for editing custom guides in Fusion viewers.
Improved MultiText alignment and transformation controls.
Support for animated image inputs for USD tools.
Multilayer support for 3d renderer.
Multilayer AoV channel support for USD renderer.
Up to 2x faster surface tracker performance.
Color page
New AI based Resolve FX Cinematic Haze.
Resolve FX light effects support glow from alpha sources.
Menu action to navigate clips using clip number.
Ability to reset node color for multiple selected clips.
Advanced color panels persist side panel states after restart.
Improved HLG viewer output when using viewer display profiles.
RCM and CST now use ITU BT.2408 for HLG and PQ conversion.
Up to 2x faster Resolve FX surface tracker performance.
Fairlight page
Project settings option to disable soft fades between clip edits.
Project settings option to set ramp-to-play time.
Codecs & I/O
Support for decoding Apple ProRes RAW clips.
Support for encoding Samsung APV clips.
Support for decoding Sony ARW images.
Support for ARRICORE clips.
Single frame webp and gif clips are now imported as stills.
General Improvements
Press and hold c key to skim playhead on viewers.
Exported DRT timelines now include linked Fusion comp media.
Support for current date and time tags in data burn and render.
Scripting API support for adding subtitles in render jobs.
Scripting API support for setting timeline and media pool clip name.
General performance and stability improvements.
Minimum system requirements for Mac OS
macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
8 GB of system memory or 16 GB when using Fusion.
For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
Apple Silicon based computer or GPU which supports Metal.
Minimum system requirements for Windows
Windows 10 Creators Update.
16 GB of system memory or 32 GB when using Fusion.
For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.8.
AMD/Intel official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
NVIDIA Studio driver 570.65 or newer.
Minimum system requirements for Windows for Arm
Windows 11 for ARM.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite series processor.
16 GB of system memory or 32 GB for 4K or when using Fusion.
Minimum system requirements for Linux
Rocky Linux 8.6.
32 GB of system memory.
For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
Discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.8.
AMD official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
NVIDIA Studio driver 570.26 or newer.

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