r/davinciresolve 5d ago

Release Notes DaVinci Resolve 20 Public Beta 1 Release Notes

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DaVinci Resolve 20 Public Beta 1 has been released!

You can download the update from the support page or by going to DaVinci Resolve>Check for Updates. Note: You must have "Automatically Opt-In for New Beta Program Notifications" checked in System Preferences>System>General to get beta updates from DaVinci Resolve>Check for Updates.

Pre-Installation Notes

For DaVinci Resolve 20, BMD has taken efforts to keep the project libraries compatible with DaVinci Resolve 19.1. While this allows you to access the project library with 19.1, individual projects created or opened in 19.0 will no longer be accessible in 19.1.

BMD recommends a full project library backup as well as individual project backups before opening projects in 20.0.

Reminders

Beta Bug Reports need to be submitted to Blackmagic Design. You can post them on the official 19 public beta subforum.

Feature Requests need to be submitted to Blackmagic Design. You can post them on the official Feature Request Subforum or in the download form for Resolve.

Bug Reports and Feature Requests posted on Reddit and in this thread will not be addressed or seen by Blackmagic Design.

What’s New in DaVinci Resolve Public Beta 1

The following features have been added or updated.

Key New Features

  • Improved keyframing with dedicated curve view and timeline drawer.
  • Voice over tool with record and monitor options.
  • Import Blackmagic Cloud Shared folders to media pool.+
  • AI IntelliScript creates timelines with a user provided script.**
  • AI Magic Mask v2 with paint brush.**
  • AI Dialogue Matcher matches clip tone, level and reverberance.**
  • AI Audio Assistant automatically creates a finished mix.**
  • AI IntelliCut removes silences and checkerboards speakers.**
  • Deep image compositing toolset.

Cut Page

  • Voice over palette with cue, voice tools and teleprompter.
  • Ripple trimming of audio now available on secondary tracks.
  • Replay multi views now show previously used camera angles.
  • Tapping time buttons allows camera buttons to preroll replays.
  • Auto resync media bins now supports stills and sequences.
  • Live overwrite now supports edit keys and search dial.
  • Mouse drag to live overwrite multi source and sync bin.
  • Trim with safe edit avoids overwriting adjacent clips.
  • Media pool metadata palette allows quick review of selected clips.
  • Ability to copy, paste and remove attributes from timeline clips.
  • Support for a dynamic trimming mode using JKL controls.
  • Full featured audio mixer.
  • Mini timeline now includes a context menu.

Edit Page

  • Voice over tool with record and monitor options.
  • AI Multicam SmartSwitch for automatic angle switching.
  • AI VoiceConvert with built-in and user trainable models.
  • Support for source tape.
  • Ability to view and edit timelines in the source viewer.
  • Multicam creation now supports a reference audio track.
  • Opening compound clip from timeline matches playhead position.
  • Access timeline settings from timeline tab context menu.
  • User preference to wrap around 24h timecode.

Cut and Edit Page

  • Improved keyframing with dedicated curve view and timeline drawer.
  • Import Blackmagic Cloud Shared folders to media pool.+ 
  • AI IntelliScript creates timelines with a user provided script.**
  • AI Dialogue Matcher matches clip tone, level and reverberance.**
  • AI Music Editor automatically edits music to desired length.**
  • AI animated subtitles highlights or animates spoken words.**
  • AI SuperScale now includes 3x and 4x enhanced upscaling.**
  • AI Detect Music Beats displays and allows beat snapping.
  • New optimized UI layouts option for vertical videos.
  • Custom grid for sorting and organizing of media pool thumbnails.
  • Text+ paragraph, line wrapping and bounding tools.
  • MultiText tool with layers and easy transform, clip and wrap controls.
  • Subtitle tracks now support Fusion templates for styling.
  • Selectively sync media originals with proxy only cloud sync.
  • Imported PSDs can now be split into individual layers.
  • Support for Alert Red viewer background mode.
  • Transcription engine now offers extended language support.**
  • Smooth Cut now supports AI Speed Warp.**
  • Export audio transcriptions with speaker and timecode.
  • Export transcriptions with improved phrase and sentence breaks.

Fusion Page

  • Deep image compositing toolset.
  • Multi layer pipelining for OpenEXR, PSD and stereoscopic 3D.
  • Vector warping toolset for image patching and cleanup.
  • Support for 180 VR.
  • 3D Scene Dome Light.
  • Support for native Cryptomatte workflows.
  • View color page grade in media out node.
  • Faster GPU based pano map and spherical stabilizer tools.
  • Ability to search tool based on effects category.
  • User selectable starting frames for compositions.

Color Page

  • AI Magic Mask v2 with paint brush.**
  • AI Resolve FX Depth Map v2.**
  • Chroma Color Warper grading.
  • Resolve FX Warper features new spline warp controls.
  • Open Color IO supported as Resolve FX.
  • New optimized UI layouts option for vertical video.
  • Display viewer overlays for remote monitoring.
  • Stream and monitor H.265 4:2:2 on supported hardware.**
  • Support for Samsung Log.
  • Support for ACES 2.0.
  • Ability to generate HDR light level PDF reports.
  • LUTs and colorspaces can now be modified in multi-user projects.
  • Node layer controls in the advanced panel.
  • Lift, gamma, gain Micro Panel sensitivity improvements.

Fairlight Page

  • AI Audio Assistant automatically creates a finished mix.
  • AI IntelliCut to remove silences.
  • AI IntelliCut to checkerboard dialogue by speaker.
  • AI IntelliCut to generate ADR Cues using transcription speaker info.
  • Clip EQ now features 6 bands.
  • EQ and Level Matcher processes match tone and clip levels.
  • EQ and Gain now also available as Fairlight FX plugins.
  • Fairlight Chain FX to create and restore frequently chained plugins.
  • Drag header color to move tracks and busses in the timeline.
  • Automation now supports per channel mode switching.
  • Trim automation now remains active through a mix pass.
  • Improved view presets store multiple parameters.

Codecs

  • Apple ProRes encode support on Windows and Linux. (Note: This was added in 19.1.4 as well)
  • Encode MV-HEVC without spatial video metadata.
  • MV-HEVC encode support on Nvidia systems.
  • Support for side by side stereo 3D media decode.
  • Side by side display mode for stereo 3D clips in source viewer.
  • Editable spatial video metadata properties in inspector.
  • GPU accelerated H.265 4:2:2 encodes on supported Nvidia systems.
  • GPU accelerated H.265 4:2:2 decodes on supported Nvidia systems.
  • Support for growing TS, MTS and M2TS files as media streams.
  • Support interlaced rendering for frame based formats.
  • HT JPEG 2000 decode support for EXR.
  • Quick Export dialog with custom user preset listings and list view.
  • Ability to assign custom icons to user presets in deliver page.
  • Support for Sony Burano 2.0.
  • Support for RED SDK 8.6.
  • Support for audio normalization for Dropbox presets.
  • Improved PNG support with HDR and SDR signaling.

General Application

  • User definable location for media created in Resolve.
  • Resolve FX AI Set Extender.*
  • Extras Download Manager for AI models and more.
  • Updated remote monitor client with bitrate display.
  • Remote monitor now installs with DaVinci Resolve on macOS.
  • User preference for automatic cache management.
  • Ability to enable dual screen windows in ultrawide displays.
  • Support for OCIO 2.4.2 with ACES 2.0 support.
  • Preference to import all clips with multi mono audio configuration.
  • Bluetooth connection status popup dialog.
  • Ability to filter which fonts are visible in Text+.
  • Data burn options for synced audio.
  • Support for Nvidia Blackwell GPUs with CUDA 12.8.
  • General performance and stability improvements.

Hardware Requirements

Minimum System Requirements for macOS

  • 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.

Additional Information

You will need to download and install the latest Blackmagic Design Desktop Video software for monitoring with your Blackmagic Design video hardware. Desktop Video is available from http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/.

Documentation & Asterisks

* - Still In Progress

** - Studio Only

+ - Additional fees, licensing, and/or hardware required.

++ - The Scripting API is available in the console on the free version, but external access requires the Studio version.

On Reactor/GUI Scripts and 19.1

Peter Chamberlain has confirmed this was an intentional choice. Most affected scripts are listed in this thread. If you need them, we recommend sticking with the free version of 19.0.3 or earlier; or buying Studio before upgrading.

On 50-Series GPUs

While there is a note about support for Blackwell GPUs, this is still a beta release and may still be buggy.


r/davinciresolve 8d ago

Monthly Hardware Thread r/davinciresolve Monthly Hardware Thread

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Hello r/davinciresolve! Here's this month's Hardware Thread! In the interest of consolidating hardware questions, we've introduced monthly threads dedicated exclusively to hardware. u/whyareyouemailingme has finally given in and started scheduling these threads.

Thread Info & Guidelines

This is the thread to ask if your computer meets the minimum requirements, ask what part to upgrade, and other general hardware questions. Future FAQ Fridays may still cover hardware & peripherals, depending on how frequently questions get asked.

In addition to subreddit rules, there is one additional thread guideline we're introducing:

  • If you're asking for suggestions for a build, please include a budget/range.
    • If you don't include a budget/range, you may get suggestions above or below your budget range.

Official Minimum System Requirements for Resolve 19.1.3

Minimum system requirements for macOS

  • Mac OS 13 Ventura
  • 8 GB of system memory. 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. 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
  • AMD/Intel official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
  • NVIDIA Driver - Studio driver 550.58 or newer.

Minimum system requirements for Windows for Arm

  • Windows 11 for ARM.
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite series processor.
  • Recommended: 16 GB of system memory. 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
  • AMD official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.**
  • NVIDIA Studio driver 550.40.07 or newer.**

Minimum system requirements for iPadOS

  • M1 iPad Pro or later
  • Earlier non-M1 iPads may be limited to HD and have performance limitations.

*Rocky is the current film and television industry standard distro for numerous VFX/color correction programs. Resolve may run on other distros but is only officially supported on and Rocky.

**Mod Note: This must be the proprietary driver; open-source drivers may cause issues.

Remote Monitoring

The Resolve Host (Sending Video) must have the following hardware and software requirements for DaVinci Remote Monitor:

  • The Resolve Host needs to have the Mac, Linux, or Windows version of DaVinci Resolve Studio installed.
  • For Linux and Windows users, the Resolve Host needs an RTX series NVIDIA GPU and drivers installed. AMD and Intel GPUs are currently unsupported.
    • macOS GPU/Apple Silicon requirements have not been published as of time of posting.
  • The Host must have a Blackmagic Cloud account.

The Resolve Client (Receiving Video) must have the following hardware and software requirements for DaVinci Remote Monitor:

  • The Resolve Client needs to have the Mac, Linux, or Windows version of DaVinci Resolve Studio installed. The DaVinci Remote Monitor App is automatically installed in the same folder as DaVinci Resolve.
  • Apple iPhone and iPad devices are supported as Client platforms. Download the DaVinci Remote Monitor app from the App Store (The Studio Version of DaVinci Resolve is not required on these devices).
  • For Linux and Windows users, the Resolve Client needs an RTX series NVIDIA GPU and drivers installed. AMD and Intel GPUs are currently unsupported.
  • All Clients must have a Blackmagic Cloud account.

Mini FAQ:

Is there/will there be an Android version?

This is speculation, but it's likely that what makes the iPad version possible is the Apple Silicon architecture and the pre-existing OS similarities to macOS. It seems unlikely that BMD would offer Android support in the near future, and it may have similar codec licensing limitations to the Linux version - no H.26x support without the Studio version, and no AAC audio.

There is also too much variability for Android tablets for accurate remote monitoring. No other comparable solution (ClearView, Streambox, etc.) offers an Android solution.

Can I use Integrated Graphics on Linux if I don't have an NVIDIA or AMD GPU?

Nope, and BMD has no plans to support them.

How do I know if my GPU supports CUDA 12

You can visit the Wikipedia page for CUDA, find the specific CUDA version you need and the corresponding compute capability, then find your GPU. CUDA 11 requires a compute capability of 5.0-9.0.

How low can my system specs go compared to these?

A while back, we did a series of FAQ Fridays on different levels of hardware setups. For the subreddit's bare minimum recommendations, check out the Consumer Hardware Setup FAQ Friday.

How much is a Speed Editor/Is it a good deal to get the Speed Editor/License combo?

Back in October 2021, Blackmagic Design announced that the Speed Editor's introductory bundle with a Studio license for $295 was being discontinued. The MSRP for a Speed Editor is now $395, and it still comes with a Studio license. Some retailers may have the introductory bundle in stock, but it's not a guarantee. More information about the price changes for the Speed Editor and other panels can be found in this press release from BMD.

Why am I not seeing picture when I import media (NOT MEDIA OFFLINE)?

Some remote softwares or GPUs have "fake" virtual display drivers that can cause issues with Resolve not displaying media or generators. More details and a solution from Dwaine can be found on the forums at this link.

Related Links

Hardware "Rewrap"

Peripherals & Control Surfaces, Macro Keyboards, and Peripherals

Consumer Hardware Setup

Prosumer Hardware Setup

Professional Hardware Setup

Licensing (Wiki page)

Resolve for iPad First Release Notes

Issues with AMD Drivers

H.264/5 GPU Decoding Matrix - From Puget Systems

Phishing Warning


r/davinciresolve 15h ago

Help Can you please tell me how this effect is called?

84 Upvotes

I have an idea of how to do it but I want more references yet I can’t seem to figure out the name of this effect.


r/davinciresolve 8h ago

Tutorial | English Episode 2 for my Animation series is now on Youtube! (Yes I spelled Animation wrong. I just noticed 😅)

19 Upvotes

Episode 2 can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHkRXq8al34
It was split in 2 parts.


r/davinciresolve 5h ago

Help wait what?? what's next after my next install?

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9 Upvotes

I only need resolve on one computer at the time... but I often reinstall windows on various machines and when I travel, I don't always have the same machine... This means I used multiple activation rather quickly. What happens after this last activation? I'm still a single artist using the software on one computer at the time. Would the next install override the oldest one (which is most likely on a windows install that no longer exists...)


r/davinciresolve 1h ago

Help [Warning its loud] How can I recreate this both visual?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnaRPu2UEDE

I got the audio down but I was wanting to know what would be a great way to replicate the screaming parts if possible the glitch like effect too. Hope someone can help thanks!


r/davinciresolve 2h ago

Help | Beginner What version should I download as a beginner?

3 Upvotes

Helloo! I'm a broke college student, not tech-savvy, and I want some help from you guys.
My PC is just limited in terms of specs, but I'm still wondering if I can work around it.

My goals in editing are not hardcore because I will be an assistant editor to my friend. I will just gather raw cuts, put them together, and mix the audio with it smoothly so I can pass it forward to them afterward for the main editing.

SPECS: Windows 11

Processor - AMD Ryzen 3 7320U with Radeon Graphics 2.40 GHz (2401 Mhz, Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

Installed RAM - 8.00 GB (7.24 GB usable)

System type - 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

(If not feasible, can you guys recommend free lighter apps that my PC could handle? Thank youuu! <3)


r/davinciresolve 12h ago

Feedback | Share Your Work This is joy division :D

18 Upvotes

r/davinciresolve 5h ago

Help How would I go about recreating this?

2 Upvotes

Search terms or tutorials will be helpful. Thanks.


r/davinciresolve 11h ago

Help | Beginner Boomer Question on titles

11 Upvotes

The answer may be staring me in the face but I have not figured out how to change text on titles. Most other elements and controls are intuitive but this one has got me beat.


r/davinciresolve 15h ago

Feedback | Share Your Work Saw a clock on ig so decided to animate it :D

23 Upvotes

r/davinciresolve 2h ago

Help Davinci Resolve studio keeps crashing when rendering fusion composition

2 Upvotes

So Im trying to render out a fusion composition that I am using as the intro credits to a mini movie I made for a class yet it always crashes in the exact same part when rendering. The footage for the actual movie is just iphone footage so Its not very hard to render. My fusion comp is a little complicated but I honestly think it shouldnt have too much of a problem to render. Im on davinci resolve 19 studio.

Here is the fusion composition that its crashing on. Im on a M4 Pro Mac mini with 24 gb of ram.


r/davinciresolve 5h ago

Help | Beginner Converting from Adobe | Is there an alternative for this?

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Hey everyone!

New to DaVinci here, but I've been editing for 6 years using the Adobe Suite. One of the things that saves me a TON of time on After Effects making animations is this neat little plugin called Flow.

The gist of it is it makes graph "presets" that you can save and just apply to your graphs in one click later, and it saves so much time working with graphs/splines. I want to know if something similar exists for Resolve/Fusion?

If not, can someone please make one, I'd pay good money for it 😭


r/davinciresolve 3h ago

Help Davinci Resolve 20 Keyframes Editor, cannot see Open FX Keyframes for effects like transform.

2 Upvotes

I can get the normal adjustments for my clips to appear but I am unable to show the keyframes for my transform effect.

Am I missing something?


r/davinciresolve 11h ago

Help | Beginner Image sequence editing. What's your standard pipeline?

6 Upvotes

So I got 2000 frames rendered as PNG. How does one approach editing it? Because DaVinci is not good enough with playing back sequences, do you export it as a video first and then edit this video? If so, what codec do you guys use to preserve the quality?


r/davinciresolve 46m ago

Help | Beginner Input Colour Space - for Lumix S1H - what would you recommend?

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Hi so just curious if anyone here had any advice for the following:

I'm colour correcting + grading a project (also I am a noob). 2 different cameras were used on differing days of shooting.

Camera 1: Lumix s1h
Camera 2: Black Magic 6k

Now, Davinci can handle Cam2's footage just fine and identified it as Black Magic RAW files - so automatic Colour Space detected. However Cam1 is where the problem is at.

I was given the files for Cam1 in .mov - Quicktime Video Files. I use Windows and am currently using Davinci Resolve 20 BETA (free version, not studio). Thus, Davinci on my PC wasn't able to handle any .mov files, only importing them as audio files. I tried different trouble shooting methods but resolved to converting all the files through Handbrake using THIS method with the Production Max preset.

So where I'm at is that the Cam1 footage is now readable on Davinci Resolve, but it's not its original file - and it has that flat RAW look to it, while the Cam2 footage has been interpreted just fine. I went to > Input Colour Space to manually add Lumix, but found there isn't a Lumix Colour Space.

I'm not sure how to proceed. I still have all the original files from Cam1 pre-conversion. Is there a way to input Colour Space for Lumix s1h? Or should I convert the videos again with an alternate method? Or should I just colour correct all the Lumix footage to try to match with the Black Magic cam as much as possible.

Any thoughts are much appreciated, thanks~!

UPDATE; I've input Cam1 footage to have the same colour space as Cam2. Also tried Input Colour Space > Same as Timeline which also looks nice. Is this something I should just judge by eye?


r/davinciresolve 9h ago

Help | Beginner How can i make a tracking like this?

4 Upvotes

How can I make a tracking like this but in fusion?

That's a video of me playing and I did manually, but I've tried several times in fusion and I don't know how can I do this "automatically" using the tracker, and how to make this tight too.


r/davinciresolve 1h ago

Help proxy files with laptop in rest mode

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if davinci is generating proxy media, will it continue to generate if i close my laptop?


r/davinciresolve 4h ago

Help QOL probably exists, but I need help figuring out how to do it

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2 Upvotes

I want to insert an audio clip within the area marked with a red underline. Usually, I throw it to the side and use the blade edit tool to sneak it in and manually extend it.

Is it possible to directly insert the clip from the media pool, without overwriting what's after it, or do I have to manually do it every time?


r/davinciresolve 5h ago

Help Suddenly DaVinci's maxing out HDD IO and locking system

2 Upvotes

I went back to a project of mine from a few weeks ago (haven't made any changes to hardware or software, everything is basically the same state as it was when I edited it initially) and suddenly DaVinci is stuttering trying to play anything and my HDD activity is maxed at 100% the whole time the software's open.

While I was editing it initially I had no problems, maybe the odd hiccup when dropping in a new clip, but nothing that would cause freezing.

Now I can't open and work on that project anymore, which luckily I've already exported and can make edits on the exported copy if I need to, but I'm wondering if anyone can help me diagnose the issue?

I'm on Win10, DaVinci Resolve v19.1.2 build 3, the video clips are ~14.1GB across three clips (~21 minutes of 4K video) and audio is a single 28MB wav file, and they're all held on a tertiary drive.


r/davinciresolve 6h ago

Help | Beginner Can you please identify this specific zoom effect and point me in right direction to recreate it?

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I have studio version want to know what type of zoom effect or transition this is — including the wobbling one.


r/davinciresolve 1d ago

How Did They Do This? How to make this in fusion ?

200 Upvotes

Ik how change the pos of the particles but how would u change the animation ?

the yt link for the tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrZ8t-NcGuw


r/davinciresolve 4h ago

Help | Beginner How do I make it so that the timecode shows how long my project is?

1 Upvotes

I come from using CapCut and iMovie, and both softwares had two timecodes; one to show where my cursor currently is, and one to show how long my project. I use the second timecode to gauge how much more editing I need to do on a project. I've checked the manual, I've tried to Google it (but it doesn't really know what I'm talking about), I've checked this sub's Wiki and no luck.

It used to do it when I first loaded my project into Davinci Resolve, but it doesn't anymore.


r/davinciresolve 4h ago

How Did They Do This? how do I mask objects or people like this so the text is behind?

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1 Upvotes

I can pretty much do everything i want to in davinchi but for some reason i can't figure this out, anyone know? I'm using the free version


r/davinciresolve 5h ago

Help While trying to export out a 4K video, why do I keep getting hit with the message reading "The selected render resolution is higher than the timeline resolution." even though my footage is 4K and my timeline settings are set to 4K?

1 Upvotes

I'm currently trying to export out a 4K video from a timeline that is set to 4K and filled with footage that was shot in 4K. The original project timeline was 1080p, and I made a duplicate of that timeline and ensured that ALL SETTINGs were set to 4K. Yet despite all this, whenever I go to export out the video I am hit with this message:

"The selected render resolution is higher than the timeline resolution. Rendered images will be upscaled from timeline resolution to the selected resolution. This may result in reduced image quality."

I asked ChatGPT how to resolve this issue and it gave me the following steps to try and troubleshoot the issue:

"1. Double-check Timeline Resolution

Go to Project Settings (bottom-right gear icon) → Master SettingsTimeline Resolution and ensure it's set to 3840x2160 (UHD) or 4096x2160 (DCI 4K).

2. Confirm Output Scaling Settings

  • Go to Project SettingsImage Scaling
  • Under Output Scaling, set "Match timeline settings".
  • If "Match timeline settings" is off, manually set the output resolution to 3840x2160.

3. Ensure Your Render Settings Match

  • Open the Deliver page.
  • Under Render Settings, check:
    • Format & Codec (e.g., MP4/H.264, ProRes, DNxHR)
    • Resolution → Manually set to 3840x2160.
    • Quality → Choose "Best" (if using H.264 or H.265).

4. Check Individual Clip Resolutions

  • If any clips have been interpreted at a lower resolution:
    • Select a clip on the timeline.
    • Open InspectorRetime and Scaling.
    • Set Scaling to "Scale Entire Image to Fit" or "Crop".

5. Bypass any Render Caching or Proxy Files

  • If you used Optimized Media or Render Cache, they may be lower resolution.
  • Go to PlaybackDelete Render Cache → Select "All".
  • Also, check if "Use Optimized Media" is enabled under Deliver settings and disable it.

6. Try Rendering in Another Codec

Sometimes, Resolve has trouble rendering 4K H.264/H.265 directly. Try exporting as ProRes (Mac) or DNxHR HQ (Windows) first, then convert to H.264/MP4 in another program like HandBrake.

7. Restart DaVinci Resolve

After making changes, restart Resolve to apply them fully."

I followed all of these steps (except #6) to a "T" and am STILL getting hit with the same dumb error message. Has anyone here ever experienced and resolved this issue before?


r/davinciresolve 6h ago

Help How much stable is the Public Beta?

0 Upvotes

I am a freelance Video Editor and use Davinci Resolve for my work. I need to know how much stable the Public beta is. Any help will be much appreciated! :)


r/davinciresolve 6h ago

Help | Beginner I need help with a fusion tutorial

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0 Upvotes

PC Specs: 64 GB RAM, GeForce 3070 Ti, AMD Ryzen 5000

Davinci Resolve version: 19, Free

I've been wanting to practice some stuff for a fan film project I've had in mind using this tutorial

On the video, the guy is shown to be expanding or shrinking the polygon mask with a slider, which shows an immediate response on the viewport. However, mine doesn't do that and instead I have to switch to the edit tab to see the changes made. I think in simplest terms, I'm just not getting any playback. can someone help me?