Blackmagic Design has released public beta 2 of DaVinci Resolve 21 which adds improvements and bug fixes across photo workflows, editing and AI tools. This update makes working with still images more intuitive, with consistent crop, flip and rotate behavior and improved handling of crop resolution metadata, so images display as intended. You can also export stills using original file names, adjust Nikon lens distortion and vignetting, and work with a wider range of RAF and 12-bit NEF images.

DaVinci Resolve Studio adds faster and more accurate IntelliSearch with improved face detection, better analysis results and enhanced performance across platforms, helping you find the shots you need more quickly. There’s also support for foveated rendering for Apple Vision Pro, helping deliver more efficient immersive workflows, along with fixes for VR360 text rendering for more accurate results. Key takeaways, (per Lawrence Jordan of AIography):

• The Photo page is new. First time a video tool brings node-based color-grading software (curves, qualifiers, power windows, full node editor) to still photographs inside the same project.
• AI Face Reshaper. Change eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows, face shape on a moving subject. Auto-tracking. Slider control.
• Face Age Transformer. Aging or de-aging a tracked subject without a separate VFX pass.
• Smaller adds: AI Blemish Removal, IntelliSearch (find clips by what’s in them), CineFocus (change focal point in post), tethered camera controls.

DaVinci Resolve 21 Beta 2 update is available now as a free download from: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion