Blackmagic Design ships DaVinci Resolve 7.0

IBC 2010, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Blackmagic Design today announced DaVinci Resolve 7.0 is now shipping, starting from only $995.

DaVinci Resolve 7.0 will be demonstrated on the Blackmagic Design IBC 2010 booth #7.B25.

DaVinci Resolve is the world’s most popular high end DI grading system with powerful features used by both Hollywood and high end post production worldwide. Now with the new DaVinci Resolve on Mac OS X, these high end features are available on the platform that’s popular with creative professionals.

DaVinci Resolve 7.0 now includes a new user interface which provides quick, simple and intuitive creative control without clutter and bloat that make other color grading systems difficult and slow to use. Only DaVinci Resolve has been developed with colorists and benefits from the decades of DaVinci color grading experience.

The new DaVinci Resolve 7.0 for Mac now reads and writes all the common Apple ProRes file formats including 4444, 422, 422(HQ), 422 (Proxy) and 422 (LT) directly on the timeline with no conversion required. Colorists can just select the clips in their media storage and DaVinci Resolve will play and grade them in real time, even if there are mixed resolutions and formats on the timeline.

Both Mac OSX and Linux systems now support read and write of DNxHD files with the optional DaVinci Resolve DNxHD Update. This optional $500 update allows native DNxHD media files to move instantly between Avid and DaVinci Resolve.

For production using the new generation of DSLR cameras such as the Canon 5D, DaVinci Resolve 7.0 now supports read and write of H.264 files on Mac and playback on Linux. Now colorists can grade directly from DSLR media files in real time for professional production from these high quality and affordable cameras. DSLR cameras look as good as the highest end film camera with the color treatments that only DaVinci Resolve specializes in. Also supported in DaVinci Resolve, is full playback support for native Cineform 2D and 3D and SI-2K files for playback and grading in real time.

DaVinci Resolve now supports RED Rocket cards on both Mac OS X and Linux platforms for native r3d file grading with full resolution decoding and premium debayer all in real time. Colorists can now extract r3d reel names from either FCP, Adobe or Avid EDLs, grade and render to ProRes or DPX or DNxHD at near real time speeds. On Linux, DaVinci Resolve now supports dual RED Rocket cards in a single computer for stereoscopic 3D real time performance with r3d files at full camera image quality.

DaVinci Resolve 7.0 massively upgrades the stereoscopic 3D grading features and now includes 3D features on the Mac OS X platform that previously required multiple Linux CPUs. DaVinci Resolve 7.0 now features a new convergence control tool to let colorists separately program pan adjustments to change the point of convergence on 3D projects while still making individual eye pan adjustments
The new stereoscopic 3D support now lets colorists play back, grade and monitor in 3D using side-by-side and line mesh displays. This allows even lower cost Mac OS X DaVinci Resolve systems to work on complex stereoscopic 3D projects!

DaVinci Resolve 7.0 lets colorists apply grades made on one eye, automatically apply to the other eye so colorists can see the result instantly.

A new eye matching tool is included so colorists can compare between eyes with a color or B&W difference display, or a new checkerboard view that allows a more accurate comparison in greater detail. Rendering a side-by-side Stereoscopic 3D project is now extremely fast, so clients can review the finished project immediately after grading.

All existing DaVinci customers who have an older model DaVinci Resolve or DaVinci Splice will qualify to get this new version 7.0 software at no charge. In addition, anyone who has an older DaVinci 2K system can use the control surface they have, and upgrade to DaVinci Resolve by paying only for the Linux license. Now all these existing DaVinci customers will get a very affordable way to upgrade to the latest technology simply by purchasing a new Linux computer and GPU.


Availability and Price

DaVinci Resolve 7.0 is available now starting from US$995 for the software only Mac OS X version from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide. DaVinci Resolve on Linux is available from Blackmagic Design DaVinci Specialists worldwide.


Press Photography

Product photos of DaVinci Resolve 7.0, and all other Blackmagic Design products, are available at www.blackmagic-design.com/press/images.


About Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, color correctors, video converters, routers, waveform monitors and film restoration software for the feature film, post-production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in the television industry, while the company’s DaVinci Emmy™ award winning color correction products have dominated the television and film industry since 1984 and continue ground breaking innovations including stereoscopic 3D and 4K workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. For more information, please check www.blackmagic-design.com.