What's New In DaVinci Resolve 17?

When is Team Mixing Light's first impressions, initial Insights during the DaVinci Resolve 17 release cycle?

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A Mixing Light Special Report: Resolve 17 Announcement

Blackmagic Design just announced Resolve 17. We jump on a call to discuss the release, its timing, new features, and our initial thoughts.

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Resolve 17: First Impressions And Favorite Features

Resolve 17 Public Beta is here and it is a huge release! Colorist Joey D'Anna points you to his favorite new features, updates, improvements.

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Resolve 17: Big Little Features Part 1 - The Color Page

Sometimes, it's the small features making a huge difference! Learn new color page tools to speed up and improve your workflow in Resolve 17.

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Resolve 17 Big Little Features Part 2 – The Edit Page

Small features can make a huge difference to your workflow! Learn new edit page features to speed up and improve your workflow in Resolve 17.

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Resolve 17.4: My Favorites From A Huge Release

DaVinci Resolve 17.4 is a substantial update. Colorist Joey D'Anna explores his favorite features, big and small, on the Color & Edit Pages.

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DaVinci Resolve 17.4.5 - Custom YRGB Output Color Spaces

Colorist Joey D’Anna explains why the new Output color space setting in DaVinci YRGB projects is a great tool for node based color management.


Resolve 17 Tutorials and In-Depth Explorations

Fusion is high-end compositing software integrated into DaVinci Resolve in the version 15 release cycle. These Insights give you an overview and dig into important aspects of using DaVinci Resolve Fusion. Many of these Insights have a Part 2, so follow the whole series.

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Color Management The 'Right' Way?

In this episode, we discuss if project-wide or more custom approaches to color management are the 'right' way to do things.

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Getting Up To Speed On Resolve 17's New Proxy Workflow

Get up to speed on Resolve 17's new proxy workflow for lightning fast editing and grading performance when working remotely.

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Resolve 17 Color Management Tips and Pat's Fixed Node Tree

Learn how to set up Resolve Color Management for success. You'll also see a colorist's node tree, designed for RCM & the HDR Palette.

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Creating Your Own Fusion Effects Plug-ins with DaVinci Resolve 17

Get an overview of how you can create your own 'plug-ins' for DaVinci Resolve's Edit Page with its new Fusion Effects functionality.

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How To Set Up and Deliver Dolby ATMOS in Resolve 17

In this Insight, learn how to setup, monitor, edit and deliver Dolby Atmos immersive audio in DaVinci Resolve 17

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How Do Zones Work in Resolve 17's New HDR Palette?

The HDR Palette represents a major advance in Resolve 17's color grading toolset. Learn about it's core concept, Zones, and how they work.

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Color Warper 101 Part 1: Concepts and Interface Fundamentals

The new Color Warper in DaVinci Resolve 17 is very powerful, very accurate, but a bit complicated. In Part 1, learn this tool's fundamentals.

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Color Warper 101 Part 2: Managing Points & Pins + Chroma-Luma Panel

In part 2 of his series, Peder Morgenthaler dives deeper into the controls in DaVinci Resolve's Color Warper.

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Color Warper 101 Part 3: Creating Looks (Plus A Grading Challenge)

In the finale of the series, colorist Peder Morgenthaler puts what we've learned into action creative 3 looks with the Color Warper.

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Custom ACES Part 4: Updating For Resolve 17

Watch colorist Joey D'Anna update his custom ACES workflow to better use the new HDR tool in Resolve 17, and use DaVinci Wide Gamut colorspace

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HDR Palette 101 - Resolve Color Management 2.0 + Contrast Controls

In Part 3 of this series, learn how the color grading controls work differently with RCM 2 enabled. Plus, contrast control in the HDR Palette.

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HDR Palette - Using Multiple Zones, Contrast, Presets, Global Control

In Part 2 of this series, we dig deeper into the HDR Palette and continue exploring its differences from the traditional Primaries Palette.

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Review - Controlling The HDR Palette With The Resolve Mini Panel

How does the DaVinci Resolve Mini control surface manage to control 7+ color wheels in the HDR Palette, with only 3 physical trackballs?

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Resolve Color Warper Tips Part 1 - Pin Patterns Within Fixed Node Trees

Learn how to build Color Warper 'Pin Patterns' for flexible saturation fixes in DaVinci Resolve and integrating them into fixed node trees.

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Color Warper Tips Part 2 - Migrating Off Curves in DaVinci Resolve

Colorist Patrick Inhofer shares how he modified his approach to Resolve's Color Warper - and now rarely uses 'Hue vs' and 'Sat vs' curves.

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Investigating Fusion Connect for Avid Media Composer - Does It Work?

Welcome Arthur Ditner as a new Mixing Light Contributor! Learn about Fusion Connect with Avid Media Composer - its strengths and limitations.

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Using A Blackmagic Color Panel Remotely - Resolve 17 Solves A Problem

Learn how to use Resolve 17's new remote panel capabilities for remote color grading that is secure, interactive, and color accurate.

External Resources

Links to key resources on DaVinci Resolve 17 and Fusion 17.


PDF: DaVinci Resolve Configuration Guide

What's the best gear for building a DaVinci Resolve computer? Should you buy an external output box? These questions - and many more - are answered in this must-read Guide for any serious DaVinci Resolve user. Note: This Guide was last updated for Resolve 15 - but is still worth the read.

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PDF: What's New In Resolve 17?

Besides a dozen or so 'headline' new features are hundreds of smaller new features and tweaks in Resolve 17. This PDF by Blackmagic shares them, in detail. The link is a direct download.

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Official DaVinci Resolve 17 Training Videos

20 different (and free) videos on editing, color grading, vfx, and assorted tasks in Resolve 17 are available on Blackmagic's website! All have free Project files for download and follow-along.

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Official DaVinci Resolve 17 Certification Books

5 different Blackmagic Certification books are freely available for download on Blackmagic's website.

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