DaVinci Resolve 21 from Blackmagic Design brings editing, color grading, visual effects, motion graphics, audio post production, photo editing, and media management together in a single application. Its page-based interface gives each part of the post-production process a dedicated workspace while allowing users to move between tasks without switching applications.

Complete Post-Production Workflow

DaVinci Resolve is organized into dedicated pages for different stages of production:

• Media – Import, organize, synchronize, prepare, and manage project media.
• Photo – Work with still images using DaVinci's color tools, RAW camera files, cropping, reframing, and image organization.
• Cut – A streamlined workspace designed for fast editing, multicamera projects, documentaries, live production, and replay workflows.
• Edit – A full professional non-linear editing environment with trimming tools, customizable keyboard shortcuts, timeline management, titles, transitions, and effects.
• Fusion – Node-based visual effects and motion graphics with 2D and 3D tools, tracking, compositing, keying, particles, and animated titles.
• Color – Advanced color correction and grading with HDR tools, curves, Power Windows, qualifiers, tracking, and node-based workflows.
• Fairlight – A dedicated audio post-production environment with editing, mixing, ADR, Foley, effects, EQ, dynamics, and immersive audio capabilities.
• Deliver – Encoding, rendering, mastering, and exporting projects in a wide range of formats.

New Features in DaVinci Resolve 21

Version 21 introduces the new Photo page, extending DaVinci Resolve's color workflow to still photography. The release also adds more than 100 motion graphic effects, over 50 new features, and numerous workflow improvements.

New AI-powered capabilities include IntelliSearch, CineFocus, facial refinement tools, and other enhancements. The Cut and Edit pages also receive improved keyframing and expanded graphics-format support, while Fusion adds the Krokodove toolset with more than 70 new graphics. Fairlight gains folder functionality for easier audio-track organization, while the Color page adds workflow improvements such as MultiMaster trim passes, layer list node graphs, and group versions.

Professional Editing

The Edit page provides a traditional track-based editing workflow with drag-and-drop editing, automatic trimming tools, customizable keyboard shortcuts, and a library of titles, transitions, and effects. It is designed to handle projects ranging from documentaries and commercials to feature films, television, and streaming productions.

For faster turnaround, the Cut page provides tools such as Source Tape, dual timelines, Sync Bin, Source Overwrite, multicam editing, and broadcast replay functionality.

Advanced Color Grading

Color correction remains one of DaVinci Resolve's central capabilities. The Color page provides primary adjustment controls alongside professional grading tools including HDR Color Wheels, Custom Curves, Power Windows, qualifiers, tracking, and node-based workflows. The software also uses DaVinci's YRGB color science and wide-gamut workflows for advanced HDR production.

Fusion Visual Effects

Fusion provides a node-based environment for creating visual effects and motion graphics directly inside the application. Its toolset includes 2D and 3D compositing, camera tracking, rotoscoping, keying, particle systems, animated titles, and other effects workflows.

Fairlight Audio Post Production

Fairlight functions as a full audio post-production environment integrated into DaVinci Resolve. It supports sample-accurate editing, ADR and Foley workflows, real-time effects processing, EQ and dynamics, as well as Fairlight FX such as reverb, de-esser, and hum removal. AI-powered tools include Voice Isolation and Music Remixer. The Fairlight Audio Core can handle up to 2,000 tracks with real-time processing, while the platform supports stereo, 5.1, 7.1, and immersive 3D audio formats.