About DaVinci Resolve 16.2 Studio

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 16.2.2

• Hardware accelerated H.265 Main10 renders on supported Macs.
• Blackmagic RAW clip LUT name can now be viewed in clip metadata.
• Ability to assign frame rate in YouTube, Vimeo and Frame.io renders.
• Support for marking Frame.io comments in markers as complete.
• Nudge keyboard actions can be used in the sync clip dialog.
• Support for exporting .srt files without formatting.
• Support for RED 7.3.1 SDK.
• Support for Rec.709-A gamma option for QuickTime player compatibility.
• Preference to automatically tag Rec.709 clips as Rec.709-A.
• Addressed level shifts playing some short H.264 clips on Mac systems.
• Addressed loss of audio transition when trimming clips in the timeline.
• Addressed issues with stabilization not being available in the inspector.
• Addressed issues with incorrect channel order for audio waveform display.
• Addressed an issue with previewing in Fusion when in proxies mode.
• Addressed an issue with using reference sizing with timeline wipe.
• Addressed an issue with aspect ratio metadata in some MXF renders.
• Multiple performance and stability improvements.

Minimum system requirements for Mac OS

• macOS 10.14.6 Mojave
• 16 GB of system memory. 32 GB when using Fusion
• Blackmagic Design Desktop Video version 10.4.1 or later
• Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 2GB of VRAM.
• GPU which supports Metal or OpenCL 1.2.

Minimum system requirements for Windows

• Windows 10 Update
• 16 GB of system memory. 32 GB when using Fusion
• Blackmagic Design Desktop Video version 10.4.1 or later
• Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 2GB of VRAM
• GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 10
• NVIDIA/AMD/Intel GPU Driver version – As required by your GPU

Minimum system requirements for Linux

• CentOS 7.3
• 32 GB of system memory
• Blackmagic Design Desktop Video version 10.4.1 or later
• Discrete GPU with at least 2GB of VRAM
• GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 10
• NVIDIA/AMD Driver version – As required by your GPU

Installing DaVinci Resolve Software on Mac

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

Installing DaVinci Resolve Software on Windows

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

Migrating Legacy Fairlight projects to DaVinci Resolve on Windows

In order to import legacy Fairlight DR2 projects into DaVinci Resolve, download and install the following utility on your Windows system: downloads.blackmagicdesign.com/DaVinciResolve/Fairlight-Project-Importer.zip After installing the utility, you should see an option to "Import Fairlight Project" in the Fairlight menu in DaVinci Resolve.

Installing DaVinci Resolve Software on Linux

Double-click the DaVinci Resolve Installer icon and follow the onscreen instructions. To remove DaVinci Resolve from your system, select the uninstall option after running the installer.

Additional Information

Please refer to the latest DaVinci Resolve Configuration Guide for your platform detailing support, including certified driver versions for third party hardware. It is available from www.blackmagicdesign.com/support.

You will also 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 www.blackmagicdesign.com/support.

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Updated May 15, 2020.