DaVinci Resolve 20: When Editing Software Gets Its Act Together (Artificially Intelligently)
Blackmagic Design has decided that editing video was getting too easy and has launched DaVinci Resolve 20, packed with over 100 new features. 🎬 Half are useful tools, the other half are probably only understood by the engineers who created them, but hey, at least now AI can do the boring work for us.
The Color Module Gets (Even More) Magical
For colorists who enjoy playing with tones as if they were digital play-dough, this version offers:
- Chroma Warp: Because sometimes you need to warp colors as if they were made of rubber
- Magic Mask 2.0: The AI that finds things better than you find your keys
- ACES 2.0 Support: For when the client demands "that exact tone they saw once"
"It's like having a color assistant who never gets tired, never complains, and best of all: you don't have to pay them overtime"
Fusion Goes Deep (Compositing, That Is)
The effects module now includes deep compositing, which sounds like a spy technique but is actually useful for:
- Creating fog that looks real (not like your first attempt in After Effects)
- Adding blurs that don't look like Instagram filters
- Making your composites not give away that you made them at home in your pajamas
AI Does Its Thing
DaVinci Resolve Studio can now:
- Convert scripts into timelines (finally someone who reads between the lines)
- Balance audio mixes with one click (goodbye to hours of adjusting faders)
- Automatically remove silences (including those awkward ones when you didn't know what to say)
And the best part: they promise that in future updates you'll be able to create complete backgrounds by describing them with words. ✨ Perfect for when the client asks for "a futuristic but warm sunset, like from a movie but original."
So if you're one of those who still edits with iMovie "because it works," maybe it's time to make the leap. Just be prepared to discover that 90% of these new features are like that gym membership you pay for and never use. 😅
PS: If with all these tools you still can't make professional videos, maybe the problem isn't the software... 🎥