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Compare the features of DaVinci Resolve 10

DaVinci Resolve is the world's most advanced color correction system. You get natural 32 bit float YRGB processing, power windows, tracking, primaries and secondary corrections, Log, HSL and curve grading, RGB mixing, 3D object tracker, 3D stereoscopic eye matching, XML and AAF round tripping for NLE systems, optical quality resizing, noise reduction, audio sync and much more!

DaVinci
Resolve
DaVinci
Resolve
Software
DaVinci
Resolve Lite
$29,995 $995 Free
  Real Time Performance      
  Real time resolution independent in-context preview, grading and playback. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time multi-track timeline grading and playback. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time optical quality sub pixel image resizing. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time On-The-Fly extremely high quality proxy generation without disk cache. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time noise reduction with window and grade qualification using CUDA GPUs. Yes Yes No
  Real time concurrent left and right eye Stereoscopic 3D grading. Yes Yes No
  Real time and interactive Stereoscopic 3D convergence adjustments. Yes Yes No
  Faster than real time rendering for many formats. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic Processes for Speed and Accuracy      
  Automatic grade to color balance clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic selection of Camera Raw control based on source clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic 3D LUT generation of grades. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic 3D object multi point tracker. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic clip stabilizer with camera pan smoothing. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic Stereoscopic 3D image alignment. Yes Yes No
  Automatic Stereoscopic 3D color matching. Yes Yes No
  Automatic conforming of XML, AAF and EDL with source clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic re-linking of color corrections between all sessions in one project. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic relinking of proxy with high resolution clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic timecode sync of dual-system audio. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic timecode update using audio channel LTC. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic scene cut detection. Yes Yes Yes
  Unlimited Creative Grading      
  Unlimited video tracks. Yes Yes Yes
New Unlimited audio tracks. Yes Yes Yes
  Unlimited nodes of color correction. Yes Yes Yes
  Unlimited primaries and secondaries. Yes Yes Yes
  Unlimited noise reduction node position using CUDA GPUs. Yes Yes No
  Unlimited image gaussian blur. Yes Yes Yes
New Unlimited OpenFX Plug-ins per clip. Yes Yes Yes
New Unlimited windows - Circle, linear, polygon, PowerCurve and gradient. Yes Yes Yes
New Unlimited same shape Power Windows per node. Yes Yes Yes
  Unlimited Object Tracking for precise window and grade control. Yes Yes Yes
  Unlimited image stabilisation nodes. Yes Yes Yes
  Unlimited matte and key defocus. Yes Yes Yes
  Resolve Live Real Time Video Input for Grading and Display      
New Live video input feed is displayed on the viewer and with a second video card also to the grading monitor. Yes Yes Yes
New Grade and capture a snapshot of the incoming video. Yes Yes Yes
New Store grade snapshot metadata and stills of shots. Yes Yes Yes
New Using ColorTrace link snapshot grades to full length clips. Yes Yes Yes
New Supports live HD-SDI grading monitor output burn-ins Yes Yes Yes
  Real Time HD-SDI Video Output to Grading Display      
  Supports HD-SDI monitoring via DeckLink 4K Extreme. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports HD-SDI monitoring via DeckLink Extreme 3D+. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports HD-SDI monitoring via UltraStudio 3D. Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Linux No
Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Linux No
Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Linux No
  Supports HD-SDI monitoring via UltraStudio 4K. Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Linux No
Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Linux No
Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Linux No
  2K 1080 - 8 and 10 bit YUV or RGB video monitoring. Yes Yes No
  HD 1080 - 8, 10 and 12 bit YUV or RGB video monitoring. Yes Yes Yes
  HD 720 - 8 and 10 bit RGB or YUV video monitoring. Yes Yes Yes
  Standard Definition (NTSC/PAL) 8 and 10 bit RGB or YUV video monitoring. Yes Yes Yes
  Legal scaled or full range output levels. Yes Yes Yes
  Selectable application of 3:2 pulldown. Yes Yes Yes
  Selectable XYZ color space for DCI compliant grading. Mac OS X No
Windows No
Linux Yes
No No
  System Scalability      
  Scalable clustered GPU image processing for super computer performance. 3 on Mac OS X
4 on Windows
8 on Linux
3 on Mac
4 on Windows
1 GPU
  Supports NVidia CUDA GPUs for performance grading. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports AMD Radeon GPUs using OpenCL for HD resolution grading. Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Linux No
Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
  Multiple Red Rocket support. Yes Yes 1 Red Rocket
  Modular hardware configuration, upgradable as project demand requires. Yes Yes Yes
  Scalable Linux computer systems using Infiniband. Mac OS X No
Windows No
Linux Yes
No No
  Scalable PCIe slots via Cubix and Cyclone Expander chassis. Yes Yes Yes
  Scaleable hardware configurations for faster than real time renders. Yes Yes Yes
  Second user interface monitor support for video scopes. Yes Yes Yes
  User interface screen resolution support from 1680 x 1050 up to 2560 x 1440. Yes Yes Yes
  Multiple Panel Support      
  Fully supports DaVinci Resolve Control Surface. Yes Yes No
  Supports Tangent Devices 'Wave' and 'Elements', JL Cooper 'Eclipse' and Avid 'Artist Color' control panels. Mac OS X Yes
Windows Yes
Linux No
Yes Yes
  Supports mouse or pen and tablet operation. Yes Yes Yes
  Colorist Inspired User Interface      
  User interface is fast to use, clean, pictorial, logical and easy to navigate. Yes Yes Yes
  Graphical representations of every project, timeline, track, clip, grade, node and still are updated as you grade. Yes Yes Yes
  Grading controls are on one screen so its quick and easy to change a grade. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time viewer display including cursors and extents markers. Yes Yes Yes
  Lightbox view of all thumbnails, or those selected by flags or other sort and filters. Yes Yes Yes
New Enhanced Lightbox view includes color control palettes and keyframe timeline. Yes Yes Yes
New Lightbox view available on SDI output. Yes Yes Yes
New Split screen viewer and SDI display for quick comparison of grades. Yes Yes Yes
New Display multiple grade versions, clip before and after current, selected clips or clips in a group. Yes Yes Yes
  Playback speed and real time playback indication. Yes Yes Yes
  Node graph pictorial view of signal processing workflow. Yes Yes Yes
  Name nodes for quick identification. Yes Yes Yes
  Stills, memories and PowerGrades shown visually and selectable with a mouse click. Yes Yes Yes
  Stereoscopic side-by-side, checkerboard and anaglyth difference display. Yes Yes No
  Clip keyframes and transitions visually represented and independently adjustable. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable viewer, stills and node graph window sizing. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable multiple timecode, frame number and keycode displays. Yes Yes Yes
  System status display on color screen for instant review. Yes Yes Yes
  Hover over node to reveal list of changed items. Yes Yes Yes
  Hover actions for tool tips. Yes Yes Yes
  Hover node over link to auto connect. Yes Yes Yes
  One click selection of timeline to play and grade. Yes Yes Yes
  Clip details window for instant review of source clip format and image type. Yes Yes Yes
  Sort and filter timeline thumbnails by flags, markers, shots not rendered, not graded and shots modified since xx time. Yes Yes Yes
New Filters also for grouped, different frame rate, NR, Input PTZR and matte clips and with common Media Pool source. Yes Yes Yes
New Media and Edit screen viewers include zoom to fit and size selector. Yes Yes Yes
New User selectable switching clip selection for first, last or current node position on node editor. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable automatic viewer switching to SDI video output. Yes Yes Yes
  Enhanced viewer mode for accurate window and qualifier selections. Yes Yes Yes
  Cinema mode offering clean full screen review of graded material. Yes Yes Yes
New Full screen viewer for accurate freeform shape drawing. Yes Yes Yes
New Power Windows Overlays of selected window is highlighted for easy identification. Yes Yes Yes
New Menu bar for quick selection of user options. Yes Yes Yes
  Dedicated page for creating rendered deliverables including viewer and timeline with thumbnails. Yes Yes Yes
  Single User and Facility Wide Project Management      
  Simple scroll User Icon and select to login. Yes Yes Yes
  Individual colorist password protected login. Yes Yes Yes
  Browse and select projects with scrubbable thumbnail or list view. Yes Yes Yes
  Double-click thumbnails for fast project loading. Yes Yes Yes
  Search project by name or format. Yes Yes Yes
  Sort project by name, creation or modified date, or frame rate. Yes Yes Yes
New Arrange and save projects in folders for easy organization. Yes Yes Yes
New Hover over project folders to reveal project and timeline count. Yes Yes Yes
  Project count displayed per user in thumbnail and list view. Yes Yes Yes
  Import projects from other users and databases. Yes Yes Yes
  Export projects to archive with or without stills, EDLs, LUTs and audio. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports Disk Database to share users and projects. Yes Yes Yes
  One click selection of alternative databases to import projects. Yes Yes Yes
  User add, delete and connect to new project database. Yes Yes Yes
  Optional PostgreSQL database to share users and projects. Yes Yes Yes
  Database Server Option to share database with multiple Resolves. Yes Yes No
  Read and write project files to the external database server for concurrent project use. Yes Yes No
  Use standard IT industry practice for daily backups. Yes Yes Yes
  System Overview displays installed GPUs and RED Rockets. Yes Yes Yes
  Project Settings Management      
  User configuration parameters saved per project. Yes Yes Yes
  Instantly switch between multiple preset configuration. Yes Yes Yes
  Configure project templates including resolution, aspect ratio, bit depth and playback speed. Yes Yes Yes
  Separate Timeline and Conform settings for maximum flexibility. Yes Yes Yes
  Configure monitoring color space, format, matrix and synchronisation. Yes Yes Yes
  Optimised display mode option for playback. Yes Yes Yes
New Half and quarter resolution debayer options for low GPU powered systems. Yes Yes Yes
New Separate debayer and image sizing options play vs. stop for low GPU powered systems. Yes Yes Yes
  Unique version name preset to speed addition of graded versions. Yes Yes Yes
  Control deck I/O parameters including pre-roll and timing synchronization. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic backup of projects with user selectable duration between saves. Yes Yes Yes
  Media File Flexibility      
  Browse and select clips in the Media Library with resizable and scrubbable thumbnail or list view. Yes Yes Yes
  Sort and search folders and clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Hover over clip to reveal metadata. Yes Yes Yes
  Embedded audio icon indicates clips with audio. Yes Yes Yes
  Drag and drop clips from library to bins and between bins. Yes Yes Yes
  Clip details metadata display for instant view of source clip format and image type. Yes Yes Yes
  Media Pool list view displays in and out timecodes, frame counts, clip name and path, LUT's, IDT, Aspect Ratio, video/data level, frame rate, and audio channels. Yes Yes Yes
  Search for clips and add to Media Pool based on EDL. Yes Yes Yes
  Search for sub clips and add to Media Pool based on EDL. Yes Yes Yes
  Integrated clip task manager for clip conversion and copies. Yes Yes Yes
  Convert non real time file formats to DPX for grading. Yes Yes Yes
  Copy and manage both DPX sequences and clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Copy and manage image files from near-line to online SAN storage. Yes Yes Yes
  Create and delete folders, files and bins. Yes Yes Yes
  Re-name files and bins. Yes Yes Yes
  Sort files in virtual bins. Yes Yes Yes
  Search and re-link replacement clips to new parent folders. Yes Yes Yes
  Change timecode and rewrite header. Yes Yes Yes
  Soft offset of source timecode. Yes Yes Yes
  Clip task manager status display to manage SAN I/O. Yes Yes Yes
  Dailies Metadata and Audio Sync Toolset      
  Supports 100+ production metadata fields for entering on-set shot notes. Yes Yes Yes
New Modify and add metadata while syncing dual system audio. Yes Yes Yes
New User definable metadata preset list. Yes Yes Yes
New Media Pool metadata fields include shot, scene, take and camera roll. Yes Yes Yes
  Modify and add to multiple clips with multiple metadata fields at the same time. Yes Yes Yes
  Add flags to clips for fast and easy location and sorting. Yes Yes Yes
  Audio playback support for up to 16 tracks per source clip and PCM audio rendering in both QuickTime and MXF. Yes Yes Yes
  Dual-system audio auto-sync via timecode to automatically match multiple video clips. Yes Yes Yes
  High precision dual-scale audio waveform display in source viewer. Yes Yes Yes
  Playback of BWF and embedded audio clips with audio waveform display. Yes Yes Yes
  16 channel audio meters with selectable dB and dBu scale. Yes Yes Yes
  User-selectable reference alignment levels for dBu scale. Yes Yes Yes
  Timeline Conform Toolset      
  Supports mixed source clip frame rate. Yes Yes Yes
  Optional automatic creation of the Master timeline to match the Media Pool. Yes Yes Yes
  Edit timeline name and start timecode. Yes Yes Yes
  Master and Default timelines can be sorted in timecode order or reel number and timecode order. Yes Yes Yes
  Conform clips using multiple layer XML, AAF or EDL metadata. Yes Yes Yes
  Conform with reel name extracted from the file name. Yes Yes Yes
  Use timecode embedded in the source clip or clip frame count. Yes Yes Yes
  Conform partial clips with black gaps. Yes Yes Yes
  Assist conform with reel name from user defined clip file path. Yes Yes Yes
  Assist conform with underscore reel numbers from r3d files. Yes Yes Yes
  Assist conform with reel numbers from the media pool folder or source embedding. Yes Yes Yes
  Manual and automatic force conform to specific clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Conform with user defined reel names in media pool. Yes Yes Yes
  Re-conform from folders to add or remove clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Generate new session with or without user defined handles. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic frame syncing between switched sessions. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports drop frame timecode. Yes Yes Yes
  Copy and paste clip keyboard shortcuts in conform timeline. Yes Yes Yes
  Display source timecode option in conform timeline viewer. Yes Yes Yes
  16 channel audio meters with selectable dB and dBu scale. Yes Yes Yes
  Editing      
New Multi-track audio editing. Yes Yes Yes
New High quality optical flow speed changes. Yes Yes Yes
New Static, lower third, scroll and crawl titles. Yes Yes Yes
New Support for compound clips. Yes Yes Yes
New Transform, crop and opacity video effects. Yes Yes Yes
New Multiple take selector. Yes Yes Yes
New Stereoscopic 3D editing. Yes Yes Yes
New Bars, tone and slate generators. Yes Yes Yes
  One click selection of timeline to conform and edit. Yes Yes Yes
  Pictorial based multi track editing. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports user-selectable keyboard shortcut template match popular editing functions. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports speed changes and speed warps from FCP XML and Avid AAF with handles. Yes Yes Yes
  Consolidate RED r3d clips via trimming to new extents, with handles. Yes Yes Yes
  Preview composite of all tracks in real time. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports drag and drop editing on and between tracks. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports drag and drop effects from Effects Pool. Yes Yes Yes
  Mark in and mark out of source clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Insert and overwrite source clip to any track. Yes Yes Yes
  Add or delete; clips, cuts, dissolves or speed changes. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports slip, slide, roll and ripple. Yes Yes Yes
New Split viewer display of both clips when edit trimming. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports two and three point editing. Yes Yes Yes
New Support for four point fit-to-fill editing with optical flow retiming. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports edit trimming with clip extents display. Yes Yes Yes
  Expandable timeline view for long edit sessions. Yes Yes Yes
  Three timeline thumbnail layout options with resizable tracks. Yes Yes Yes
  Add, delete and lock tracks. Yes Yes Yes
  Optional audio waveform display on tracks. Yes Yes Yes
  Eight different color user positioned flags to mark clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Eight different color user positioned markers for frame identification. Yes Yes Yes
  Undo and redo edits with history display. Yes Yes Yes
New Edit screen media pool clip scrubber. Yes Yes Yes
  Multitrack XML Support      
  Multiple track Final Cut Pro™ 7 XML timeline support. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports Final Cut Pro™ 7 XML v5 import and export. Yes Yes Yes
  Includes the automatic setting of Resolves timeline resolution and frame rate. Yes Yes Yes
  Also allows one click importing and linking of source clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports relinking events and clips when reimporting a changed Final Cut Pro™ 7 edit via XML. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports cuts, cross dissolves and opacity. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports Final Cut Pro 7 XML clip by clip selectable import of image sizing data. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports the following FCP7 effects: cross, diamond and oval iris; centre, clock, edge and venetian blind wipe. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports wipe borders with softness. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports the following FCP7 composite modes: Add, subtract, difference, multiply, screen, overlay, darken and lighten. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports Final Cut Pro™ XML export including file location metadata. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports Final Cut Pro™ X XML round trip. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports cuts, dissolves and speed changed events. Yes Yes Yes
  Ignore file extension option when conforming using XML. Yes Yes Yes
  Multitrack AVID AAF Support      
  Includes Avid AAF export for simplified AMA round trip with handles. Yes Yes Yes
  Avid AAF import support for cuts, dissolves, speed changes, dip to color. Yes Yes Yes
  Avid AAF import support for edge wipe with border, center wipe with border, clock and venetian blind wipe, cross, oval and diamond iris wipe. Yes Yes Yes
  Avid AAF import support for sizing effect with PTZR and overlay composite. Yes Yes Yes
  Ignore file extension option when conforming using AAF. Yes Yes Yes
  Conform and Offline Video Verification      
  Automatic XML, AAF and EDL conforming of online clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Synchronized playback of online and offline images to check conform. Yes Yes Yes
  Conform EDL highlights current clip on current track. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic media pool clip sync. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports multiple offline clips with individual timecode offset. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable offline image shine through for missing conform clips. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable automatic EDL hole replacement with black clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Offline and online image sync on color and conform screen. Yes Yes Yes
  Auto location of clips in the Media Pool to find missing clips. Yes Yes Yes
  EDL Support      
  Supports industry standard CMX3600 EDLs with cuts, cross dissolves and speed changes. Yes Yes Yes
  Load multiple EDLs and offline video to conform, edit, and display in sync with online image. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatically conforms source images to EDL. Yes Yes Yes
  Conform from timecode in header, reel number and file path. Yes Yes Yes
  Conform partial clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports FCP, Avid and Discreet EDLs with long reel names for conforming and selects grade. Yes Yes Yes
  Conform native RED R3D files using absolute or time of day code. Yes Yes Yes
  Conform and auto load source clips to Media Pool. Yes Yes Yes
  Import pre-conformed clips and auto match grades. Yes Yes Yes
  Source and record mode for pre-conformed projects. Yes Yes Yes
  Single and multiple clip reel name editing. Yes Yes Yes
  Import and Export SMPTE standard EDLs. Yes Yes Yes
  Load EDL to new track in existing session. Yes Yes Yes
  Export EDL of missing clips. Yes Yes Yes
  CDL Support      
  Import and export of ASC color decision list. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports full slope, offset and power specifications. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports additional saturation metadata. Yes Yes Yes
  CDL events syncronised with EDL events. Yes Yes Yes
  Also supports stereoscopic 3D sizing metadata. Yes Yes No
  Automatic Scene Cut Detection      
  Automatically detects scene cuts 5X faster than real time. Yes Yes Yes
  Visual display of the last frame of scene next to first and second frame of the next scene. Yes Yes Yes
  Autocue display of all cuts as detected in real time. Yes Yes Yes
  Includes user variable pre, during and post detection threshold. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatically split a single clip into subclips within the media pool. Yes Yes Yes
  Includes scene cut add and delete. Yes Yes Yes
  Includes prune within marked in and out range. Yes Yes Yes
  Generate an EDL or pull list from the scene detector. Yes Yes Yes
  Load a previously generated EDL or pull list. Yes Yes Yes
  Color Screen Multitrack Timeline      
  Multitrack timeline displayed including transition effects. Yes Yes Yes
  Support for cuts, dissolves, wipes, speed changes and composite mix of tracks. Yes Yes Yes
  Grades for all timelines automaticly link to the Master Timeline. Yes Yes Yes
  Switching timelines updates clips and grades instantly. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time timeline synchronized frame indication during playback. Yes Yes Yes
  Audio playback in color screen. Yes Yes Yes
  Customisable loop mode for clips or marked timeline. Yes Yes Yes
  User configurable cue offsets. Yes Yes Yes
  Color Screen Clip Thumbnails      
  Timeline thumbnails for every clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Thumbnails update with grade and playback. Yes Yes Yes
  Select the thumbnail to select the clip regardless of track. Yes Yes Yes
  Thumbnails displays clip timecode, number and track. Yes Yes Yes
  Thumbnails also display object tracking, cache and stereo status. Yes Yes Yes
  Switch between record and source mode with instant thumbnail update. Yes Yes Yes
  Scrub thumbnails and monitor clip timecode. Yes Yes Yes
  Double click version name to display clip format/codec. Yes Yes Yes
  Quality Image Processing      
  Full 32 bit floating point image Processing. Yes Yes Yes
  DaVinci YRGB Color Science. Yes Yes Yes
  ACES Colorspace support. Yes Yes Yes
  Sub pixel optical quality image resizing. Yes Yes Yes
  Grade flat gamma, linear and log images with equal precision. Yes Yes Yes
  Noise Reduction and Motion Blur Effects      
New Motion Effects palette with noise reduction and motion blur. Yes Yes No
New Real time playback and grading with spatial noise reduction using CUDA GPUs. Yes Yes No
New High quality temporal noise reduction using CUDA GPUs. Yes Yes No
New Separate luminance and chrominance noise reduction controls Yes Yes No
  Noise reduction can be used in any node in any position on the node graph. Yes Yes No
  Noise reduction area can be qualified by HSL, windows and mattes. Yes Yes No
  User definable noise reduction threshold. Yes Yes No
  User definable noise reduction influence radius. Yes Yes No
  User definable noise reduction blend of original and noise reduced image. Yes Yes No
  Live display of noise reduction influence while adjusting. Yes Yes No
  Noise reduction controls on BMD panel and color user interface screen. Yes Yes No
New Motion Blur effects simulating aperture and shutter angle lens control. Yes Yes No
New Motion Blur controls include blend and number of analysed frames. Yes Yes No
  High Dynamic Range Grading      
  Use HDR source images for real time display, blending and grade. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports 16bit floating point ACES Colorspace input and output. Yes Yes Yes
  32 bit floating point image processing maintains all the quality and dynamic range. Yes Yes Yes
  Normal exposure image can be blended and mixed with the short exposure image. Yes Yes Yes
  Dynamic control of blend between HDRs two source images. Yes Yes Yes
  Keyframe control of dynamics for smooth transition. Yes Yes Yes
  Windows and qualification can also used to control blend. Yes Yes Yes
  Primary Grading      
  Unlimited primary and printer light grading. Yes Yes Yes
  Lift, gamma and gain adjustments with master gain and offset. Yes Yes Yes
  Independent saturation and hue controls. Yes Yes Yes
  Unique luminance mix control. Yes Yes Yes
New Contrast control with pivot to define center of contrast range. Yes Yes Yes
New AutoGrade with auto white and black balance. Yes Yes Yes
  Printer light incremental offset controls for log grading steps. Yes Yes Yes
New Printer light grading using computer keyboard numerical keypad. Yes Yes Yes
  Calibration control of printer lights to match film lab aim densities. Yes Yes Yes
  Log Grading      
  Film style Log grading with Lowlights, Midtones and Highlight trackballs, each with master gain. Yes Yes Yes
  Log grading acts concurrently with primary grades in every corrector node. Yes Yes Yes
  Low range and high range control to define transition between low, mid and highlights. Yes Yes Yes
  Offset trackball with master gain. Yes Yes Yes
  Contrast control with pivot to define center of contrast range. Yes Yes Yes
  Independent saturation and hue controls. Yes Yes Yes
  Individual DaVinci Resolve control panel controls for all parameters. Yes Yes Yes
  3Way Color Wheels Grading      
  Primary grading with Lift, gamma and gain trackballs, each with master gain. Yes Yes Yes
New Offset trackball with master gain. Yes Yes Yes
  Independent saturation and hue controls. Yes Yes Yes
  Unique luminance mix control. Yes Yes Yes
New Contrast control with pivot to define center of contrast range. Yes Yes Yes
  AutoGrade with auto white and black balance. Yes Yes Yes
  RGB Mixer Grading      
  RGB mixer grading with monochrome effects. Yes Yes Yes
  Individual red, green and blue gain for each color channel. Yes Yes Yes
  Separate red, green and blue control for monochrome mix. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable preserve luminance option to normalize lum output. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable swap input selection for extreme effects. Yes Yes Yes
  Camera Raw Grading      
  Dedicated control palette for Camera Raw sources. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic selection of Camera Raw control based on source clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time decoding and playback of camera Raw clips. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable decode controls per project and per clip. Yes Yes Yes
New Half and quarter resolution debayer options for low GPU powered systems. Yes Yes Yes
New Separate debayer and image sizing options play vs. stop for low GPU powered systems. Yes Yes Yes
  Use camera metadata or individual clip decoder controls. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports CinemaDNG clips with Highlight Recovery for over exposed clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Individual DaVinci Resolve control panel controls for all parameters. Yes No No
  Gang, adjust and apply one or multiple decode parameters. Yes Yes Yes
  Copy one or multiple decode parameters to other clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Custom Curves Grading      
  Custom Curves™ with user definable gamma curve. Yes Yes Yes
  Ganged and individual channel control. Yes Yes Yes
  Ganged and individual gain control. Yes Yes Yes
  Ganged and individual influence control. Yes Yes Yes
  YSFX luminance and saturation effects. Yes Yes Yes
  Curves Clip Grading      
  High and low clip control on a per node basis. Yes Yes Yes
  Ganged and individual channel control. Yes Yes Yes
  Independent and ganged high clip softness. Yes Yes Yes
  Independent and ganged low clip softness. Yes Yes Yes
  Curves Grading      
  Unlimited Curves grading with HSL curves and qualification control. Yes Yes Yes
  Select from; Hue vs. Hue; Hue vs. Sat; Hue vs. Lum and Lum vs. Sat curves. Yes Yes Yes
  Parallel mixing of separate curves grades permits concurrent use. Yes Yes Yes
  Select manually or use the six vector selection with a mouse click. Yes Yes Yes
  Hue and lum selection also available with screen color picker. Yes Yes Yes
  Bezier control of all curves grades. Yes Yes Yes
  Individual DaVinci Resolve control panel controls for all parameters. Yes Yes No
  Curves grade controls from user interface. Yes Yes Yes
  Addition or deletion of control points added by panel and mouse. Yes Yes Yes
  Secondary Grading      
  Unlimited secondaries grading. Yes Yes Yes
  User definable hue, saturation, luminance (HSL), RGB and LUM only qualifiers. Yes Yes Yes
  Qualifier softness, slope, width and symmetry control form every secondary. Yes Yes Yes
  Sat high and low qualifier with low and high softness. Yes Yes Yes
  Lum high and low qualifier with low and high softness. Yes Yes Yes
  Grey or black and white highlight control to quickly see qualification. Yes Yes Yes
  Grading screen or user interface color picker with automatic range control. Yes Yes Yes
  Add or subtract selected points with variable softness. Yes Yes Yes
  Shrink and grow qualifiers for super clean keys. Yes Yes Yes
  Power Windows      
New Unlimited circle, linear, polygon power curve and gradient Power Windows per node. Yes Yes Yes
New Multiple same shape Power Windows per node. Yes Yes Yes
New Power Window presets to combine multiple windows. Yes Yes Yes
  Dedicated control palette for Power Windows displays selected window and position. Yes Yes Yes
  Windows provide inside or outside grading control. Yes Yes Yes
  Circular windows with variable softness and aspect. Yes Yes Yes
  Linear windows with independent edge softness. Yes Yes Yes
  Polygon windows with variable inside and outside softness. Yes Yes Yes
  PowerCurve free form windows with bezier curves. Yes Yes Yes
New PowerCurve windows include independent entry and exit per point bezier adjustment. Yes Yes Yes
  PowerCurve windows include independent inside and outside per point softness. Yes Yes Yes
New Gradient Power Window with single click softness control. Yes Yes Yes
New Command key selection to dynamically adjust overall window size. Yes Yes Yes
  All window have position and rotation controls. Yes Yes Yes
  Use matte and mask to combine multiple windows in one node. Yes Yes Yes
  Power Window size and position tracks image sizing changes. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic Object Tracking      
  Dedicated control palette for Tracker displays keyframe path. Yes Yes Yes
New Tracking metadata can be copied and pasted to other windows. Yes Yes Yes
  Unlimited object tracking per clip. Yes Yes Yes
  One click tracking for precise window and grade control. Yes Yes Yes
  Track forward or reverse from any point in the clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Re-track any portion of the clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Show track and interactively edit track postion. Yes Yes Yes
  Clip and keyframe manual track editing. Yes Yes Yes
  Manual insertion and removal of track points. Yes Yes Yes
  Interpolation between track marks to close two tracks. Yes Yes Yes
  Individual pan, tilt, zoom and rotation selections for track. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic Image Stabilization      
  One click stabilisation analysis of images. Yes Yes Yes
New Stabilization metadata can be copied and pasted to other clips. Yes Yes Yes
New Stabilize shots even with camera pans. Yes Yes Yes
  Analyse clips either forward or reverse. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time playback after image analysis. Yes Yes Yes
  User variable frame smoothing for camera pans. Yes Yes Yes
  User variable frame sticking strength for realistic stabilisation. Yes Yes Yes
  Selectable automatic image zoom to full screen. Yes Yes Yes
  Blur, Sharpen and Mist      
  Real time full Gaussian blur on unlimited nodes. Yes Yes Yes
New Extended blur range permits total bluring of entire image. Yes Yes Yes
  Image sharpening. Yes Yes Yes
  Mist and Coring for professional mist effect. Yes Yes Yes
  Ganged or individual control of radius. Yes Yes Yes
  Ganged or individual control of H/V ratio. Yes Yes Yes
  Ganged or individual control of scaling for sharpening and mist. Yes Yes Yes
  Internal and External Key/Matte      
  Input, output and external key gain and offset control. Yes Yes Yes
  Post mix gain and offset control for blending images. Yes Yes Yes
  Use key mixers to combine multiple qualifiers in one grading node. Yes Yes Yes
  User re-linkable image and key path for each node. Yes Yes Yes
  Selectable invert, matte and mask modes. Yes Yes Yes
  Support for external RGBA and single channel mattes. Yes Yes Yes
  Support for looping external matte clips. Yes Yes Yes
  External key radius blur and offset. Yes Yes Yes
  Composite of chroma key live foreground over reference image. Yes Yes Yes
  Optical Quality Image Formatting and Resizing      
  Dedicated control palette for Image Sizing. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time and live resizing including pan, tilt, zoom and rotate all at optical quality. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time and live width and height trimming. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time pixel aspect ratio resizing. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable filter type for resizing. Yes Yes Yes
  Interlaced video support. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic input image reformatting to timeline resolution and image size. Yes Yes Yes
  User programable input and output image transform presets. Yes Yes Yes
  Data Burn-In      
  Dedicated control palette for Metadata Burn-in. Yes Yes Yes
  Burn-ins per Clip and for whole Track. Yes Yes Yes
  User configurable metadata selection. Yes Yes Yes
  Add comments and Logos. Yes Yes Yes
  Set text, or timecodes, file names, clip names etc. Yes Yes Yes
  User settings for font, size and location of burn-in. Yes Yes Yes
  User configurable fade up and fade down control. Yes Yes Yes
New Global or individual burn-in selections. Yes Yes Yes
New Reveal or hide burn-in names. Yes Yes Yes
  Save and recall presets on Color page and in Deliver page. Yes Yes Yes
  Color Corrector Node Channel Isolation      
New User selectable RGB or YUV internal node processing. Yes Yes Yes
New Individual RGB or YUV channel isolation. Yes Yes Yes
New Grade single or multiple RGB/YUV channels. Yes Yes Yes
  OpenFX Plug-ins      
New Support for third party purchased OpenFX plug-ins. Yes Yes Yes
New Unlimited OpenFX Plug-ins per clip. Yes Yes Yes
New OpenFX plug-in palette with controls for each plug-in. Yes Yes Yes
New On viewer screen cursors and control as defined by plug-in vendors. Yes Yes Yes
  Stereoscopic 3D Grading      
  Dedicated control palette for Stereoscopic 3D grading. Yes Yes No
  Real time grading of Stereoscopic 3D timelines with concurrent left and right eye grading. Yes Yes No
  Auto color match grade between eyes using primary or curves match. Yes Yes No
  Copy left to right eye, or right to left or grade both simultaneously in real time. Yes Yes No
  Delta between eyes can be preserved or graded out per clip, reel or camera. Yes Yes No
  Apply grade ripple to both eyes. Yes Yes No
  Optional preservation of convergence data when copying grades. Yes Yes No
  Stereo still wipe with invert option. Yes Yes No
  Apply ColorTrace to copy grades from other projects to both eyes. Yes Yes No
  Save stereoscopic 3D stills with grades for each eye. Yes Yes No
  Timeline thumbnails display current eye with source image status. Yes Yes No
  Stereoscopic 3D Image Alignment      
  Automatic multipoint Stereoscopic 3D image alignment to correct camera rig errors. Yes Yes No
  Analyse one, all, or a selection of clips for auto alignment. Yes Yes No
  Real time and interactive Stereoscopic 3D convergence adjustments. Yes Yes No
  User selectable auto zoom with convergence. Yes Yes No
  Protected convergence settings when coping grades. Yes Yes No
  Pitch and Yaw controls for keystone correction. Yes Yes No
  Stereoscopic 3D Monitoring      
  Real time concurrent display of Stereoscopic 3D timelines. Yes Yes No
  Display either eye or stereoscopic with a mouse click. Yes Yes No
  User interface display of side-by-side, line-by-line, checkerboard, Anaglyph B&W or color difference. Yes Yes No
  User selectable checkerboard size. Yes Yes No
  Swap monitoring eye image control. Yes Yes No
  Real time and separate HD-SDI RGB 10 bit output of each eye. Yes Yes No
  Separately configurable meshed HD-SDI output of stereoscopic images. Yes Yes No
  Separately configurable meshed scopes display of stereoscopic images. Yes Yes No
  Optional stereo wipe for waveform and DVI monitor output. Yes Yes No
  Full YUV 10 bit HD resolution left and right eye playback on DeckLink HD Extreme 3D+. Yes Yes No
  Stereoscopic 3D Workflow      
  Real time dual eye ingest and playout to tape. Yes Yes No
  Slip one eye timecode sync in reference to the other. Yes Yes No
  Automatic image H Flip and V Flip from camera metadata. Yes Yes No
New Stereoscopic 3D editing. Yes Yes No
  One click generation of Stereoscopic 3D EDL. Yes Yes No
  Stereoscopic 3D side-by-side and line-by-line render option. Yes Yes No
  Swap source eye image control. Yes Yes No
  Stereoscopic 3D Editing for both eyes. Yes Yes No
  Start with a 2D project and convert to 3D by Color-tracing grades to the other eye. Yes Yes No
  Start with a 3D project and render 2D version from either eye. Yes Yes No
  Fully Nodal Processing Architecture      
  Full node based control for all image processing. Yes Yes Yes
New Grade bypass for quick before and after grade review. Yes Yes Yes
New Optimized latency while grading complex node graphs. Yes Yes Yes
  Unlimited corrector nodes per clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Serial and parallel image path with complete user control. Yes Yes Yes
  Unlimited parallel mixer, layer mixer, key mixer and matte nodes. Yes Yes Yes
New Splitter and Combiner nodes for single color channel effects. Yes Yes Yes
  Layer node composite effects. Yes Yes Yes
  Drag and drop corrections from one node to another. Yes Yes Yes
  Drag and drop corrections from one still or clip to another. Yes Yes Yes
  Drag and drop to append nodes. Yes Yes Yes
  Unlimited undo and redo. Yes Yes Yes
  Append grades, stills and memories to existing node graph. Yes Yes Yes
  Insert new node prior to current on existing node graph. Yes Yes Yes
  Append node and automatically ripple grade. Yes Yes Yes
  Enable and disable all or current node. Yes Yes Yes
  Drag stills and memories grades to any position within the node graph. Yes Yes Yes
New Switching clips node selection priority option on node editor. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable node copy and paste protection for five nodes. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable PTZR, Arri and RED decoder copy and paste protection. Yes Yes Yes
  Real Time Mixed Image and File Support      
  Supports mix of image formats and resolutions on the same timeline at the same time. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic optical quality input image reformatting to timeline resolution and image size in real time. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports mixed pixel aspect ratio on the same timeline at the same time. Yes Yes Yes
  Clip based Auto, Video or Data level selection. Yes Yes Yes
  Change pixel aspect ratio for multiple clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports real time Cinemascope conversion/monitoring/grading. Yes Yes Yes
  Clip Version Grading      
  Unlimited graded versions per clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Name versions and copy grades to other clips. Yes Yes Yes
New Display multiple grade versions in the viewer for quick comparison of grades. Yes Yes Yes
  Select version control for render. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic mulitple version management during render. Yes Yes Yes
  Clip Group Grading      
  Unlimited grouping of clips for grading. Yes Yes Yes
  Grade all shots in any group. Yes Yes Yes
  Add and remove single shots from group. Yes Yes Yes
  User defined naming of groups. Yes Yes Yes
  Keyframe Timeline      
  Color corrections, PTZR and transitions displayed on separate keyframe timeline. Yes Yes Yes
  Dedicated Track layer for downstream grading of complete timeline. Yes Yes Yes
  Every grading parameter is key-framable. Yes Yes Yes
  Unmix multiple track composite viewer to see individual clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Unmix pre-conformed dissolves to grade either side of the effect. Yes Yes Yes
  Display of all keyframes on clip or track timeline. Yes Yes Yes
  User configurable profile for non-linear interpolation between keyframes. Yes Yes Yes
  Panel and mouse control to add, trim and delete keyframes on clip or track timeline. Yes Yes Yes
  Auto keyframe, parameter lock and channel activation for selective control. Yes Yes Yes
  ACES Colorspace Grading      
  ACES Colorspace support. Yes Yes Yes
New Automatic ACES Log10 and Log12 support. Yes Yes Yes
New Sony Log2 IDT. Yes Yes Yes
New Canon C500 IDT. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports individual IDT for each source Yes Yes Yes
  IDT selection for Rec 709, RED, ALEXA, Canon 1D, 5D, 7D, Sony RAW, ADX 10, ADX 16 and CinemaDNG. Yes Yes Yes
  ODT selection for Rec 709, DCDM, P3 D60, P3 DCI, ADX and sRGB. Yes Yes Yes
  Sony F65, F55 and F5 Grading      
  Real time high quality GPU debayering of Sony Raw. Yes Yes Yes
New Real time decoding and playback of 4K RAW clips. Yes Yes Yes
New Half and quarter resolution debayer options for low GPU powered systems. Yes Yes Yes
New Separate debayer and image sizing options play vs. stop for low GPU powered systems. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports Sony SLog2 color science. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports XAVC and SStP compression formats. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable ISO and color temperature. Yes Yes Yes
  Arri Alexa Grading      
  Real time high quality GPU debayering. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time decoding and playback of Alexa Raw clips. Yes Yes Yes
New Half and quarter resolution debayer options for low GPU powered systems. Yes Yes Yes
New Separate debayer and image sizing options play vs. stop for low GPU powered systems. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports Alexa v3 color science. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic application of Arri LUTs. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable ISO and color temperature. Yes Yes Yes
  Red R3D Grading      
  Real time decoding and playback of R3D clips. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable decode controls per project and per clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Use R3D camera metadata or individual clip decoder controls. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports HDRx, REDcolor3, REDGamma2 and v2 color science. Yes Yes Yes
  Individual DaVinci Resolve Control Surface controls for all parameters. Yes No No
  Gang, adjust and apply one or multiple decode parameters. Yes Yes Yes
  Copy one or multiple decode parameters to other clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Grade with lower resolution for real time and render at full res. Yes Yes Yes
  R3D metadata saved with stills. Yes Yes Yes
  Playhead Grading      
  User selectable playback and grading of multiple clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Grade one clip and automatically apply grade to other playheads. Yes Yes Yes
  Simultaneous control of up to four playheads. Yes Yes Yes
  Real Time Timeline Power Mastering      
  Direct master to deck in HD or SD from timeline without rendering. Yes Yes No
  4k or 2k to HD or SD and HD to SD output to VTR in real time without rendering. (subject to hardware configuration) Yes Yes No
  Power Master source or record timelines with user defined handles. Yes Yes No
  Power Master Stereoscopic 3D projects to tape without rendering. Yes Yes No
  Power Master with programable clip pan and scan. Yes Yes No
  Power Master with definable output formatting inc masks/blanking. Yes Yes No
  Includes user-definable slate key over image inc file name, timecodes, image path etc. Yes Yes No
  External Matte Support      
  Support for external RGBA and single channel mattes. Yes Yes Yes
  Multiple matte support for every node graph. Yes Yes Yes
  User controllable matte mixing and blur. Yes Yes Yes
  Spatial and temporal alignment control of external mattes. Yes Yes Yes
  Loop option for external mattes that are shorter than clip length. Yes Yes Yes
New Freeze option for external mattes to freeze any frame. Yes Yes Yes
New Use same clip as external mattes option for creative effects. Yes Yes Yes
  External matte support for track grade. Yes Yes Yes
  External matte sizing lock to source image. Yes Yes Yes
  Audio Playback Support      
  Playback and render embedded audio from video clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Playback AIFF or WAV audio files with timeline. Yes Yes Yes
  Import, play and export up to 16 channels of audio. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports 48Khz audio sampling precision. Yes Yes Yes
  Click and slip sync mouse control with visual display of audio waveform. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports sub sample audio sync control. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports LTC timecode chase for external audio decks. Yes Yes Yes
  Video Scopes      
  Optimised display for minimum impact on CPUs while displaying high quality traces. Yes Yes Yes
  Select scopes in 1, 2 or 4 up display mode with user selectable position. Yes Yes Yes
  User configurable trace and graticule brighness. Yes Yes Yes
  User configurable reference level indications. Yes Yes Yes
  Zoom and pan traces, and select B&W or color. Yes Yes Yes
  Vectorscope with 'skin tone' indicator. Yes Yes Yes
  1D and 3D LUT Support      
  Open standard .cube LUT support. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time 3D or 1D LUT application to images. Yes Yes Yes
  Shaper LUT support. Yes Yes Yes
  3D or 1D LUTs at input, output and display. Yes Yes Yes
  3D or 1D LUTs for every node. Yes Yes Yes
  Capture external 3D LUTs. Yes Yes Yes
  One click generation of 3D LUT from current grade. Yes Yes Yes
  LUT soft clip controls and video level soft clippers. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable LUT on or not on waveform. Yes Yes Yes
  Copy Grades Between Clips      
  Middle mouse click copy of grade to current clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Copy grades to any clip number. Yes Yes Yes
  Copy grades to any range of clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Drag and drop nodes from stills to node graph. Yes Yes Yes
  Apply or append still or memory node graph to new clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Copy and paste node metadata between nodes including dynamics. Yes Yes Yes
  Ripple Grades Between Clips      
  Ripple exact grade change to new clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Ripple percentage value change to new clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Ripple unit value change to new clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Ripple all values to new clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Copy Grades Between Sessions      
  Automatic color correction linking with new EDL changes using source timecode. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic color correction linking for new versions. Yes Yes Yes
  Corrections are automatically applied to replacement source clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Colortrace Grades      
  Automatic colortrace corrections from one session to another session based on source clip timecode. Yes Yes Yes
  Manual colortrace corrections for clips with different timecode. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatic multi-project Colortrace to transfer digital dailies grades. Yes Yes Yes
  Batch Link Grades      
  User selectable link or batch unlink clips for grading. Yes Yes Yes
  Batch copy linked grades. Yes Yes Yes
  Batch unlink from default grades. Yes Yes Yes
  Scroll Timeline      
  Scroll along timeline to view and copy grades. Yes Yes Yes
  Instant review of new grade on current clip. Yes Yes Yes
  One click selection of new grade or exit without copy and paste. Yes Yes Yes
  Render Cache Clips      
  User selectable manual or automatic render cache of clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Individual clips can be marked ready to start cache. Yes Yes Yes
  Selectable automatic cache of dissolves. Yes Yes Yes
  Selectable automatic cache of all clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Render cache starts from current frame on current clip. Yes Yes Yes
New Render cache metdata is saved with project. Yes Yes Yes
  All Render cache operations are in the background. Yes Yes Yes
  Dirt and Dust Correction      
  Click and drag dirt and dust correction for DPX images. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable temporal or spacial correction. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable correction aggression and blend. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable region of interest and clean size. Yes Yes Yes
  Safe Area and Blanking Markers      
  Full safe area markers including extents, action, title and centre. Yes Yes Yes
  Preset image aspect ratio markers. Yes Yes Yes
  User adjustable markers. Yes Yes Yes
  Save and recall multiple marker presets. Yes Yes Yes
  Output Blanking Presets      
  Full set of output blanking presets. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable 1.33, 1.66, 1.77, 1.85 and 2.35 aspect ratio blanking presets. Yes Yes Yes
  Separate output resolution and pixel aspect ratio. Yes Yes Yes
  Gallery to Save and Manage Stills      
  Resolution independent still store image gallery. Yes Yes Yes
  PowerGrade stills library for each user to share stills between projects. Yes Yes Yes
New Append PowerGrade still grade with quick double mouse click Yes Yes Yes
  Resizable stills and user named albums. Yes Yes Yes
  44 pre-made 'Looks' for fast grade selection. Yes Yes Yes
  One click to capture still. Yes Yes Yes
  All stills store the grade node map for simplified re-grades. Yes Yes Yes
  Display node map for one click, drag and drop grading. Yes Yes Yes
New Keyframe timeline metadata stored with Gallery stills. Yes Yes Yes
  Name and search stills. Yes Yes Yes
  Stills display filter for current or all sessions. Yes Yes Yes
  Force just one still for each scene. Yes Yes Yes
  Auto capture of still from all clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Grab all stills from first or middle frame. Yes Yes Yes
New Grab all missing stills. Yes Yes Yes
New Drag and drop stills between albums, pages, memories and PowerGrades. Yes Yes Yes
  Sort stills by record and source timecode, or grab and also clip and creation time. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable automatic still and timeline trace. Yes Yes Yes
  Import stills from other project databases. Yes Yes Yes
  Import and convert stills from other devices across the network. Yes Yes Yes
  Export stills in different formats for use offline. Yes Yes Yes
  Add albums to build your own library, storyboard or special effects store. Yes Yes Yes
  Export and import stills with DaVinci Resolve eXchange, DRX, color correction metadata. Yes Yes Yes
  Playback of Stills and Memories for Color Grade Reference      
  One click to compare to online clip. Yes Yes Yes
  One click to wipe to online or offline clip. Yes Yes Yes
  One click to compare with wipe to any other clip on timeline. Yes Yes Yes
  View still with image with horizontal or vertical wipe. Yes Yes Yes
  Flip, pan and zoom still images for image comparison. Yes Yes Yes
  Project Grading Flexibility and Relinking      
  All grading metadata is linked to source clips so you can grade multiple EDLs at the same time. Yes Yes Yes
  Grade the same project on multiple systems from the same source material and metadata. Yes Yes Yes
  Project data can be moved from MacBook Pro, to MacPro to Linux and back for session flexibility. Yes Yes Yes
  Start on-set with dailies or preview grades, move them to the studio for finishing. Yes Yes Yes
  Grade clips in timeline even with missing clips, insert them anytime without loss of work. Yes Yes Yes
  Grade in real time on the clustered GPU systems then save project to render on low cost system. Yes Yes 1 GPU
  Remote Grading      
  Remote grading of projects between systems with a low bandwidth internet connection. Yes Yes No
  Connect Mac to Mac or Mac to Linux with the same software version. Yes Yes No
  Use high resolution images at the master and proxy at the slave. Yes Yes No
  Full remote grading control including grab/select/delete stills and hide/show window cursors. Yes Yes No
  Deliver      
  Dedicated Deliver page for configuration, making batch renders and monitoring renders. Yes Yes Yes
  Check images on viewer, mini timeline, thumbnail timeline and deck output. Yes Yes Yes
New Audio VU meters with dBu and VU range selection. Yes Yes Yes
  Save and recall user configurable easy set ups. Yes Yes Yes
  Render individual source clips, one single clip or sort and filter by flags. Yes Yes Yes
  User configurable render resolutions and frame rate. Yes Yes 1080HD Limit
  Concurrent rendering with multiple output formats for faster than real time dailies rendering. Yes Yes 1080HD Limit
  Render dpx, cineon, tiff, EXR, Quicktime or MXF formats in real time to disk. (subject to hardware configuration) Yes Yes 1080HD Limit
  Render codecs include, ProRes, DNxHD, Sony SStP, XDCAM, compressed and uncompressed EXR, and 16 bit half float DPX. Yes Yes 1080HD Limit
  Render 16 bit DCI compliant TIFF files. Yes Yes Yes
New Render JPEG 2000 for Digital Cinema Package. Yes Yes Yes
New Render Digital Cinema Package with third party EasyDCP integration. Mac OS X Yes
Windows Yes
Linux No
Mac OS X Yes
Windows Yes
Linux No
Yes
  Render timeline with either Auto, Video or Data level selection. Yes Yes Yes
  Render the timeline, a selected range or individual clip. Yes Yes Yes
  Render the current or all graded versions. Yes Yes Yes
  Render with forced highest quality resizing. Yes Yes Yes
  Render with forced highest quality debayer. Yes Yes Yes
  Render files to any folder and any volume on SAN. Yes Yes Yes
  Render clips with source or record timecode. Yes Yes Yes
  Render clips with unique file name. Yes Yes Yes
  Render clips with or without sizing. Yes Yes Yes
  Render clips rendered with or without color correction. Yes Yes Yes
  Render source clips with speed changes including negative speed changes. Yes Yes Yes
  Render sources clip with user defined handles. Yes Yes Yes
  Render source clips with clip based Data Burn-ins. Yes Yes Yes
  Render timeline with track based Data Burn-ins. Yes Yes Yes
  Render Cineform.mov with Cineform encoding license. Mac OS X Yes
Windows Yes
Linux No
Yes Yes
  Render batch queue displays job status. Yes Yes Yes
New Render with job version name for fast job review. Yes Yes Yes
  Monitor the render process, speed and available storage. Yes Yes Yes
  Commercial Workflow Render Toolset      
  Render graded clips with commercial workflow to export to other systems. Yes Yes Yes
  Render clips to differnent directories with source timecode. Yes Yes Yes
  Render versions with logical timecode offsets. Yes Yes Yes
  Render reels and clips with automatic folder management. Yes Yes Yes
  Render folder path with version name. Yes Yes Yes
  Advanced Render Toolset      
  Rendered clip prefix and suffix render tags. Yes Yes Yes
  Rendered file path with prefix and suffix tags. Yes Yes Yes
  Render tags include: event, version, clip index, Media Pool Folder, stereo session and reel number. Yes Yes Yes
  Preserve source directory level control when rendering clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Batch render for multiple job processing, queue in one suite ‚Äì render in another. Yes Yes Yes
  Stereo mesh or each eye render selections. Yes Yes No
  Selectable number of digits in the clip name. Yes Yes Yes
  Selectable clip name prefix and suffix. Yes Yes Yes
  Manage render speed for slow storage systems. Yes Yes Yes
  Deck Ingest and Playout      
  Full deck control and image monitoring. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time capture and playout. Yes Yes Yes
  Stereoscopic 3D image capture and playout. Yes Yes No
  Batch capture and playout with user configurable handles. Yes Yes Yes
  Capture directly to storage to any folder or volume as .dpx files in real time. Yes Yes Yes
  Insert and Assemble edit control. Yes Yes Yes
  Ingest or playout audio from separate file. Yes Yes Yes
  Record to tape with source or record timecode. Yes Yes Yes
  Auto jam sync timecodes for continuous recording. Yes Yes Yes
  Deck Workflow      
  Multi-version deliverables from a single master as each render uses source images for resize. Yes Yes Yes
  Layoff deliverables to tape in source mode with user defined handles and source timecode. Yes Yes Yes
  Automatically replace a single re-graded shot on tape. Yes Yes Yes
  Versions of grades laid on tape in timecode order. Yes Yes Yes
  Re-stripe timecode header as required. Yes Yes Yes
  Auto black filler for short source clips. Yes Yes Yes
  Logical offsets for easy version management. Yes Yes Yes
  User selectable color space conversions from video range to data and back. Yes Yes Yes
  Capture with or without audio and VITC. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports 3:2 pull-down and pull-up. Yes Yes Yes
  Native File Formats Supported      
  Native ProRes read and write support on Mac OS X platform. Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Linux No
Yes Yes
  H.264, Uncompressed RGB and YUV QuickTime. Yes Yes Yes
  Uncompressed YUV MXF 8 and 10 bit. Yes Yes Yes
  DPX, Cineon and TIFF. Yes Yes Yes
  Compressed and uncompressed OpenEXR. Yes Yes Yes
  MPEG4 Video, Sony SStP MPEG4 and Sony XDCAM (QT). Yes Yes Yes
  JPEG, HDV, DVCPRO, DVCPROHD and DV. Yes Yes Yes
  Avid DNxHD file format support in MXF and Quicktime format. Yes Yes Yes
  Format conversion for non native files to DPX from: JPEG, XPM, PPM and BMP. Yes Yes Yes
  Camera Codec Support      
  BMCC CinemaDNG Raw. Yes Yes Yes
  Ikonoskope and Aaton; CinemaDNG Raw. Yes Yes Yes
  Alexa ARRI Raw .ari files including v3 color science. Yes Yes Yes
  Canon 5D and 7D; H.264 files. Yes Yes Yes
  Canon C300 & C500 files. Yes Yes Yes
  Cineform; QT files. Yes Yes Yes
  Cineform stereo; QT files. Yes Yes No
  SI-2K; Cineform QT files. Yes Yes Yes
  RED One; R3D files including RED color3 and REDgamma2 with real time full premium de-bayer. Yes Yes Yes
  RED EPIC; R3D files including 5K and HDRx. Yes Yes Yes
  Sony F65 Raw and SStP. Yes Yes Yes
New Sony F55 Raw and XAVC. Yes Yes Yes
New Sony F5 XAVC. Yes Yes Yes
  Vision Research, Phantom; .cine files. Yes Yes Yes
  Image decoder settings use camera files metadata. Yes Yes Yes
  Media Storage Flexibility      
  Supports Mac OS Extended file system. Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Linux No
Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
  Supports Quantum StorNext file system. Yes Yes Yes
  Supports SGI CXFS file system. Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Linux Yes
Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
No
  Direct access to storage area network (SAN) - no need to copy images to local storage. Yes Yes Yes
  Direct external drive mount to system, play, grade and render without coping to the local storage. Yes Yes Yes
  Hot mount of external drive to Mac OS X. Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Linux No
Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Mac OS X Yes
Windows No
Linux No
  Multiple suites can share the same images, EDLs and projects without compromising speed. Yes Yes Yes
  Browse clips directly from the SAN in real time. Yes Yes Yes
  Includes a file system speed benchmark tool. Yes Yes Yes
  Includes a clip based speed benchmark tool. Yes Yes Yes
  User customisable path for proxy, cache and gallery stills. Yes Yes Yes
  Proxy Generation      
  Integrated high quality proxy generator. Yes Yes Yes
  Real time on-the-fly high quality proxy generation without disk cache. Yes Yes Yes
  Pre generate proxies for grading render and output. Yes Yes Yes
  All grades applied to proxy are automatically linked to the high res image. Yes Yes 1080HD Limit
  Proxy windows and mattes are automatically resized to the high res image. Yes Yes 1080HD Limit
  Supported Video Formats      
New 4K2160p 23.98, 4K2160p 24, 4K2160p 25, 4K2160p 29.97 and 4K2160p 30. Yes Yes 1080HD Limit
New 4K DCI 23.98, 4K DCI 24, 4K DCI 25. Yes Yes 1080HD Limit
  2K 1080psF 23.98 and 1080psF 24. Yes Yes 1080HD Limit
  2K 1556psF 23.98, 1556psF 24 and 1556psF 25. Yes Yes 1080HD Limit
  HD 1080psF 23.94, 1080psF 24 and 1080psF 25. Yes Yes 1080HD Limit
  HD 1080p 23.94, 1080p 24, 1080p 25, 1080p 29.97, 1080p 30, 1080p 50, 1080p 59.94 and 1080p 60. Yes Yes Yes
  HD 1080i 50, 1080i 59.94 and 1080i 60. Yes Yes Yes
  HD 720p50, 720p 59.94 and 720p 60. Yes Yes Yes
  PAL 625/25. Yes Yes Yes
  NTSC 525/29.97. Yes Yes Yes
  All video I/O formats up to 2K support 4:2:2 YUV and 4:4:4 RGB color space. Yes Yes 1080HD Limit
  All video RGB formats support single link 3Gb/s or dual link HD-SDI. Yes Yes Yes
  Selectable application of 3:2 pulldown for 30/60Hz formats. Yes Yes Yes
  DaVinci Resolve Control Surface      
  High quality control panel look and finish. Yes No No
  100+ hot keys for immediate and responsive feature selection. Yes No No
  Provides creative grading control with instant user feedback. Yes No No
  Optical precision super smooth Lift, Gamma and Gain trackballs. Yes No No
  Optical precision master rings. Yes No No
  Five high resolution LCD screens with soft menus. Yes No No
  30 soft keys for fast and seamless menu control. Yes No No
  38 soft knobs with display for concurrent multiple trims of grades. Yes No No
  Direct control of ARRI and RED camera decoder settings. Yes No No
  Direct six vector curve and RGB mixer controls. Yes No No
  Direct Noise Reduction controls. Yes No No
  Integrated pull-out Qwerty keyboard. Yes No No
  Full transport controls including Jog and Shuttle knob. Yes No No
  Direct VTR transport controls. Yes No No
  T-Bar for wipe control for still to grade comparison. Yes No No
  Customizable panel display and key brightness settings saved per project. Yes No No
  Customizable panel key color settings saved per project. Yes No No
  Trackball and knob sensitivity settings saved per project. Yes No No
  Fourth trackball for Offest, cursor and window positioning. Yes No No
  Direct key selection of memories. Yes No No
  One key to grab stills. Yes No No
  One key to play stills. Yes No No
  Powerful shift up and shift down qualifier keys. Yes No No
  Separate left and right panel permits position to user preference. Yes No No
  DaVinci Resolve Control Surface connects by simple USB 2 cable. Supports USB 2 extenders. Yes No No