DaVinci Resolve 19.1.1 Update Brings Major Stability and Minor Workflow Improvements

DaVinci Resolve update 19.1.1 is here to bring about those minor and major improvements. Let’s explore what’s new and updated.

Jourdan Aldredge • Dec 06, 2024

While it’s not the biggest update Blackmagic Design has released for the company’s popular NLE, this latest DaVinci Resolve 19.1.1 update is still noteworthy and set to bring some much-needed stability and workflow improvements.

If we’re being honest, that's all we filmmakers, videographers, and professional video editors care about. Resolve 19 itself is a pretty audacious video editing solution that combines editing, color correction, visual effects, motion graphics, and audio post production alongside some AI-powered tools to make you a more productive editor.

Yet, despite all of its fancy post-pro bells and whistles, it still needs some smoothing out from time to time. And DaVinci Resolve update 19.1.1 is here to bring about those minor and major improvements. Let’s explore what’s new and updated.

DaVinci Resolve 19

Just in case you're still running an older version of DaVinci and are familiar with everything new in DaVinci Resolve 19, let's quickly cover those changes first because version 19 itself represents a major update over 18.

DaVinci Resolve 19 brought more than 100 upgrades to the NLE including AI tools backed by an integrated neural engine along with some major feature set additions like faster decodes and encodes on Windows PCs, remote rendering, temporal and spatial noise reduction, voice isolation, a new film look creator, a background defocus tool, new HDR tools, a camera tracker, and much more.

DaVinci Resolve 19.1.1 Update

With the DaVinci Resolve update 19.1 being released just a month ago, this 19.1.1 is an update to an update, as most of these improvements are just that—minor improvements. Still, it’s worth highlighting a few important new additions.

Most particularly, Resolve 19.1.1 will get enhanced clip placement functionality, which will allow users to paste clips on timelines at their in-and-out points or at their playhead directly. This should help editors move more quickly and speed up their editing process from the get-go.

Everything New in DaVinci Resolve 19.1.1

Overall, Blackmagic has included a list of some thirty-plus updates to Resolve, which range from general improvements and edit page upgrades to issues fixed on fusion, color, and fairlight pages.

Here’s the full list of updates coming to DaVinci Resolve 19.1.1:

Edit Page

  • Addressed an issue displaying track controls in the edit index.

  • Addressed with an option to paste to playhead or in and out range.

  • Addressed a crash previewing a transition on some clips.

  • Addressed issue switching multicam angle when on an edit point.

  • Addressed issue switching angle for multicams with speed changes.

  • Addressed opacity or fader previews with non-black backgrounds.

  • Ability to import and export Final Cut Pro v1.13 XMLs.

  • Addressed multiline subtitles having incorrect line break.


Fusion Page

  • Addressed issue with rendering a SphereMap in software.

  • Addressed issue with outer poly rendering on linear b-splines.

  • Addressed an issue with loading from disk caches on macros.


Color Page

  • Addressed timeline thumbnail displays for some spatial photos.

  • Addressed ColorSlice highlights preview on clips with Magic Mask.

  • Addressed grades resetting to local versions in collaboration.

  • Addressed incorrect tooltips when switching between DCTLs.

  • Added new color thumbnail index tag for clip ordering.


Fairlight Page

  • Addressed an issue when dropping out of automation trim in play.

  • Addressed an issue with interpreting full clip fades in AAFs.

  • Addressed a round-trip issue with Fairlight external audio process.

  • Addressed dialogue leveler gain control range in the main plugin UI.

  • Addressed FairlightFX reverb, noise reduction automation issues.

  • Addressed an issue setting audio interface sync source to internal.

  • Addressed audio accelerator issues with desktop video devices.


General Improvements

  • Addressed availability of shutter angle metadata as a tag.

  • Addressed issue importing SRTX subtitles to the media pool.

  • Addressed H.265 encode issues on older NVIDIA graphics cards.

  • Addressed an issue with H.265 multipass renders on macOS 15.1.

  • Addressed XDCAM encode option to select file or disc as target.

  • Render option for Windows 10 media player compatibility for MP4.

  • Addressed incorrect OpenFX slider changes with mouse scroll.

  • General performance and stability improvements.

Price and Availability

As with all updates, DaVinci Resolve 19.1.1 is free to download for all current users of either the free or the premium Studio versions.

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