The recently released DaVinci Resolve 17 is a major new release with over 300 new features and improvements including HDR grading tools, redesigned primary colour controls, next-generation Fairlight audio engine including Fairlight audio core and support for 2,000 real-time audio tracks, plus dozens of other time-saving tools for editors including a redesigned inspector, new bin sorting and metadata clip views! Blackmagic Design today announced DaVinci Resolve 17.1 Beta 1 which adds universal app support for M1 powered Macs.

You can download and start editing with DaVinci Resolve 17.3 right now from Blackmagic's site. The M1 Mac with DaVinci Resolve 17.3 will be able to handle 8K much better. This is especially true when working with 8K video, which tends to tax a computer's overall system, regardless of the speed of the CPU and GPU, plus the amount of RAM and drive capacity. And if you are using an M1 Mac, particularly a laptop, there are plenty of speed enhancements and features that won't run down the battery quickly. Whether you're using an M1 Mac or not, this is an excellent upgrade, considering the improvements and new processing engine. And many more features than were introduced in DaVinci Resolve 17 ( read about them here ).New saturation and gamma controls in the glow plugin allow for more control and subtlety of lighting effects.Keyer garbage mattes now feature rotation controls.New anamorphic aperture controls in the aperture diffraction feature give more lens emulation options.New Resolve FX controls which include new grid shape and more precise control over mosaic blur.Decoding of AVC Intra files on M1 Macs.H.265 hardware encode option on M1 Macs.Other new options found in DaVinci Resolve 17.3 include:

Additionally, according to Blackmagic Design, there are options for quality or speed priority when rendering, which improves render times up to 65%. Thanks to tile-based rendering, those using a Mac laptop with an M1 chip will see up to 30% longer battery life when working in the new DaVinci Resolve. As a result, editing, colour grading, and playing back 4K projects will be a breeze, and working with 8K will be quicker and more satisfying. Blackmagic Design unveiled DaVinci Resolve 17.3 with a new processing engine, promising to work up to three times faster when using an Apple Silicon M1 Mac.

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