Davinci Resolve - v19 is out of Beta

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Compared to the last incarnation of v18 … there are a lot of changes.

Chances are that few really impact most people here, some new features are useful … some of those depend on the Studio version.

I did need to restart Win10 after installing.

Full list …

What’s new in DaVinci Resolve 19.0

Cut tab

New multi source option to view time-synced footage.
Support for displaying clip markers and keyframes.
Support for a large enhanced viewer in the cut page.
Live overwrite now starts with a single frame duration by default.
Interactive Resolve FX and Fusion effect overlays in the viewer.
Improved grouping of Fusion effects.
Decompose nested clips from clip context menu.
Ability to find timeline clip in multi source.
Apply transitions to all edits and set default from context menu.
Cut page timelines now show render cache activity.
Option to select checkerboard and grey alpha viewer backgrounds.
Improved media pool and timeline sizing to maximize viewer size.

Replay Workflows

Support for the cut page as a media player and playout system.
Support for the DaVinci Resolve Replay Editor.
View ATEM multiview feeds live in DaVinci Resolve.
Live sync camera clips in DaVinci Resolve via Blackmagic Cloud.
Add points of interest and create replays from multiview and timeline.
Cue and run replays with live slow motion.
Pick from slow motion, ramp down and other retime presets.
Apply auto stingers to start and end of playback.
Automatically add replays to build highlights timelines.

DaVinci Neural Engine - (Studio only)

IntelliTrack AI point tracker for tracking and stabilization.
AI powered UltraNR noise reduction for spatial denoising.
New voice isolation mode with faster response and buffering.
IntelliTrack powered audio panning to video in Fairlight.
New 2x and 4x SuperScale options using Nvidia RTX on Windows.
Up to 3.5x faster SuperScale on supported AMD systems.
Up to 3x faster AI features on supported Intel Windows systems.
New faster option for Speed Warp.
Music Remixer FX to remix voice, drums, bass, guitar and other sources.
Dialogue Separator FX to separate dialogue, background or ambience.
Option to detect speakers for text based editing workflows.

Edit

Ability to edit timeline content based on source clip transcription.
Option to display timecode column in the transcription window.
Option to search and replace partial words in the transcription window.
Select a sentence using mark clip in the transcription window.
Place on top button in the transcription window.
Support for transcribing timeline as a nested clip.
Ability to import and export transcriptions as SRT and SRTX files.
Ability to detect speakers during transcription.
Preview, skim and scrub source audio channels in the inspector file tab.
Set common source audio configurations in the inspector.
Preview up to 36 audio channels in source viewer and inspector.
Support for the precision trim editor in the timeline viewer.
Support for safe area overlay options in the timeline viewer.
Ability to select audio channels when aligning clips using waveform.
Support for fixed playhead mode in the timeline.
Support for retaining transitions when ripple deleting a clip.
Support for bezier controls for Open FX keyframes.
Missing Text+ fonts are indicated as a viewer overlay.
Ability to edit Text+ titles in the viewer.
Ability to use the keyboard numeric keypad for direct timecode entry.
Effect library favorites are now categorized.
Option to search across all effect library folders.
Collapse effect library categories with alt or option double click.
Improved snapping and cursor sensitivity on the timeline.
Up to 50% faster iris, shape, wipe and simple dissolves on Apple Silicon.
Option to select checkerboard and grey alpha viewer backgrounds.

Media

Support for updating clip usage for all timelines.
Ability to select channels when syncing audio using waveform.
Ability to reveal media pool bin from multi bin or search displays.
Action to resync a bin to include new clips in the original folder.
Smart bin filter for media pool clips proxy status.
Option to retain video metadata when syncing audio and video files.
Ability to resize 2-up and 4-up views in the media pool.
Media management now retains alpha for supported formats.
Marker clips are now editable in the media pool list view.
Generated proxies now retain reel number metadata.

Colour

New ColorSlice six vector grading palette.
Node Stack allows management of complex grading workflows.
Support for ACES AMF 2.0.
Option to normalize channels in the RGB mixer.
SDI output now shows advanced 3D keyer strokes and marker annotations.
Support for double clicking to open a compound node.
Preview matte node layers by alt or option hovering over layer entry.
Node context menu actions can now be assigned shortcut keys.
Support for cleaning up node graph for multiple selected clips.
Support for creating smart filters for HDR graded clips.
Improved stereoscopic 3D control layouts on advanced and mini panels.
Support for current group filter on advanced panels.
Improved viewer zoom increments when using shortcut keys.
Support for Dolby Vision HDMI tunneling on DeckLink 8K Pro G2.
Dolby Vision tone mapped viewer previews and scopes in dual SDI mode.
Option to link Dolby Vision target display selection for trims and preview.
Improved HDR Vivid support.
Support for FujiFilm Log and Log2 for color managed workflows.

Fusion

Fusion viewers are now color managed.
Multi Poly tool for easier rotoscoping of complex objects.
Support for Open Color IO 2.3.
Support for referenced Fusion compositions in the media pool.
USD enhancements for Material X and advanced volumetric shading.
Stereoscopic 3D clip support in Fusion compositions.
Multiple shape toolset enhancements.
Improved Text+ inspector and on-screen controls.
Show user defined guides in the viewer.
Support for deleting and resetting layers in MultiMerge.
Option for sBooleans to retain the upstream style.
Option to specify duplication path in duplicate tools.
Set control to default now clears animations, modifiers and expressions.
New occlusion mask input for Surface Tracker.
Track forward and reverse controls for multiple tracker tools.
Ability to match planar tracker sizes to dissimilar logo and image overlays.
Deselecting trackers now hides tracking paths in viewer.
Improved performance for some large Fusion compositions.
Faster rendering of streaming 3D textures in compositions.
Up to 3x faster Magic Mask performance in Fusion.
New left flow and mid flow UI presets with vertical viewer layouts.

Resolve FX

New Film Look Creator.
New auto SDR to HDR tone mapping using Nvidia RTX Video on Windows.
Better Face Refinement box and profile handling and smooth skin options.
New Defocus Background isolates foreground with blur.
Improved blur quality for Radial Blur and Zoom blur.
Smoother sub pixel animation and finer control for Box and Directional blur.
Up to 3x faster Beauty, Edge Detect and Watercolor on Mac.
Up to 2x faster Beauty, Edge Detect and Watercolor on Nvidia systems.

Fairlight

Fully integrated native Ambisonics workflow.
IntelliTrack powered audio panning to video.
Ability to sidechain VST3 and AU audio effects.
Music Remixer FX to remix voice, drums, bass, guitar and other sources.
Dialogue Separator FX to separate dialogue, background and ambience.
Ducker track FX for auto level management of beds against dialogue.
Voice Isolation supports true stereo and improved buffering.
Dialogue Leveler has improved with faster cue up time.
Improved frequency analyzer displays for spectrum and waterfall options.
Improved real time control response to clip equalizer changes.
Multiple improvements for native FX processing.
Multiple automation improvements.
Support for panning in groups.
Support for clip head and tail snapping in focus mode.
Support for zoom to fit for timeline view.
Support for timecode and midi timecode chase.
Support for an exclusive solo mode.
Support for fades with Dolby Atmos compositions.
Ability to loop playback over range from Fairlight panels.
Preferences option to auto-patch armed tracks to default audio input.
Support for dynamic delay compensation with AU plugins.
Support for Sony 360RA Walkmix audio formats and plugin.
Improved ADM and Vivid audio with MPEG-H SDK 2.75.
Support for third party auto conform workflows.

Codecs - (Good news for non-Studio)

Up to 3x faster H.264 and H.265 decodes on non Studio in Windows.
Up to 2x faster H.264 and H.265 native encodes in Windows.
Support for Blackmagic RAW SDK 4.2.
New IMF iQIYI Deliver page preset.
Custom deliver presets are sorted alphabetically.
Support for encoding IMF packages with JPEG HT content.
Support for exporting AMF with image sequences.
Up to 2x faster decodes for ZIP1 compressed OpenEXR sequences.
Support for alpha-based HEIC formats.
Support for encoding FLAC audio.
Support for encoding QuickTime JPEG YUV 422 and 444 formats.
Support for 44.1 KHz and other audio sample rates in Linux.
Render support for odd numbered resolutions in mov and avi formats.
Initial support for iPhone Cinematic video on Mac OS Sonoma.
DaVinci IO Encode Plugin SDK support for audio only formats.
Support for Sony XAVC H raw controls.
Support for embedded LUTs in Sony MXF and MP4 clips.
Support for H.264 and H.265 bitrate settings in Quick Export.
GPU accelerated decodes for ARRI Codex HDE on CUDA.
Rendered DNxHR 444 clips now default to using full data range.

Scripting API

Support for managing clip color groups.
Ability to query timeline, clip and group node graphs.
Support for enumerating tools used in a given node.
Support to enable or disable color nodes in a node graph.
Support for setting and getting color keyframe mode.
Ability to export clip LUTs.
Ability to export timeline ALE and CDL.
Support to invoke Dolby Vision analysis on a timeline.
Ability to import OpenTimelineIO timelines with custom import options.
Support for querying media audio track mapping.
Support to query and set speaker detection from project settings.
Support to add a timeline track at a given index.
Support to query for a timeline item’s linked clips.
Support to query for a timeline item’s track type and index.
Support to get and set cloud project media location from project settings.
Improved support for querying media pool stereoscopic 3D clips.

General

Organization profile support for Blackmagic Cloud.
Support for Blackmagic Cloud monthly Studio licenses.
Improved Blackmagic Cloud media sync dialog.
Support for ARM64 based Windows systems.
Open FX Resolve Renderer plugin for external VFX applications.
Support for German and Italian user interface localizations.
Support for duplicating local project libraries.
Support for restoring timeline backups from deleted timelines.
Loading large timelines now shows a progress bar.
Support for disabling specific video tracks for a render job.
Option to optimize audio loudness and peaks in render settings.
Support for HDR viewers on Windows.
Support for HDR scans using the new Cintel scanner 8mm gate.
Support for black and white scans from the Cintel scanner.
Media management can trim mp3 and flac audio in mp4 and mov clips.
Clip flags and colors support in data burn-ins.
Ability to assign keyboard shortcuts for up to 5 UI layout presets.
New workflow integration example for common MAM APIs.
Improved battery life for the Speed Editor and Micro Color Panel.
DaVinci Remote Monitoring using IP address connections.
Option to specify a custom TURN server for remote monitoring.
General performance and stability improvements.

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Bloody hell haven’t mastered 18 yet. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::rofl:

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Ha. In the same way that I doubt there’s one person in the world that knows how to use everything in Excel … I’d imagine the same is true of Resolve.

No changes in the nuts and bolts, you can use 19 and not even realise anything’s changed … except, perhaps for

I dabble with Fusion quite a bit … so I probably know 0.5% of that … :crazy_face:

One thing about Resolve that appeals to me is that I know it can do pretty close to anything … and I love the challenge of finding out how to do something that comes to my mind, or I see on TV, and learning from that trial and error process.

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Thats. What i like, i seen something in a YT video being doen in resolve an think oh that vool.

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The big thing for me will be being able to use my GPU to encode.

Anything that helps cut down that time will be really helpful.

I’m still planning to buy Studio as there are a lot more features available that I’d like to look at and use

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I think that will remain a Studio option.

We all know this is insanely powerful software with a shit load of features … and they need some leverage to sell Studio to cover their costs.

I got Studio because I needed a couple of Studio-only tools for a specific video I was working on, even though for the most part I don’t actually use them.

Managed to offset half the cost by also getting the Speed Editor that bundles the Studio version with it.

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You do need a 64bit computer to run version 19. My 32bit computer only runs v18

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Whilst my 8 year old laptop is 64bit, the NVIDIA GPU isn’t NVIDIA Studio driver compatible … so I won’t get everything on offer.

Such is life - things move forward and can’t forever be compatible with the myriads of old tech.

6 year old Asus router doesn’t do new 1GB up/down broadband speeds, etc.

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Im not complaining. V18 does everything I want it to. :wink:

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The only 18 to 19 changes summary YT I’ve seen, so far.

At least he concentrates on features that many might use, and probably more than most will use.

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First Divinci Resolve update: 19.0.1

What’s new in DaVinci Resolve 19.0.1
• More responsive timeline updating when moving a large numbers of clips.
• Smoother playback when using fixed playhead in edit.
• Addressed disabled matte nodes being enabled in duplicated timelines.
• Addressed media management issues when transcoding embedded AAFs.
• Addressed applying clip grades potentially causing unlinked mattes.
• Addressed Windows issue detecting new audio devices after launch.
• Addressed viewer annotation markers not honoring selected marker color.
• Addressed an issue with directional blur at 180º angles.
• Addressed a license activation issue on systems with macOS 15 beta.
• Addressed Dolby audio bus-assign workflows not engaging the renderer.
• Addressed incorrect GetClipProperty script return values for audio clips.
• Addressed issues with executing compiled Lua scripts on Windows.
• Addressed an issue with some shortcuts with the latest Mac updates.
• Scripting API support to query audio mapping for timeline clips.
• Scripting API support to query format for audio tracks.
• General performance and stability improvements.

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No reboot needed on my Win10 laptop. :+1:

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Some people have too much time on their hands. :laughing:

Interesting idea, though.

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What's new in DaVinci Resolve 19.0.2

• Support for decoding MPEG transport stream .ts clips.
• Scripting API support to get and set per-clip custom metadata.
• Scripting API support to get and set source start and end frames.
• Scripting API support to get and set source start and end timecode.
• Scripting API support to get and set media pool selection.
• Scripting API support to query timeline clip positions at subframe precision.
• Scripting API support to append clips to timelines at subframe offsets.
• Support for Electron version 31.3.1 for workflow integrations.
• Improved quality with speed warp faster mode.
• Addressed a ripple delete issue for audio only clips in the cut page.
• Addressed issue with audio alignment when replacing media pool clips.
• Addressed subclip markers not being displayed in the source viewer.
• Addressed metadata import not updating EDL clip name.
• Replace clip actions now retain destination track settings.
• Addressed issue with color managed timelines with Text+ losing highlights.
• General performance and stability improvements.

Nothing of any great interest for most, probably.

No reboot needed for me (Win10).

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A very minor uopdate …

What's new in DaVinci Resolve 19.0.3

• Support for Blackmagic RAW SDK 4.3.
• Input LUT setting is no longer applied to offline reference clips.
• Scripting APIs to add clips to timeline now support source subframes.
• Support to auto-generate proxies for ARRI image sequences.
• Addressed issue with slow cascaded expressions in Fusion inspector.
• Addressed issue with media managing embedded AAFs for copy.
• Improved performance for workflow integrations on Apple Silicon.
• General performance and stability improvements.

No reboot needed on my Win10 laptop.

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What's New in DaVinci Resolve 19.1

The following features have been added or updated.

Media Page

• Context menu option to automatically sync bins from file folders.
• Ability to export multiple selected timelines from the media pool.
• Media pool now remembers the last opened bins between restarts.
• Media pool column presets now persists sort order.
• Smart bin and smart filter option to filter media from a specific bin.
• Manual sync options to retain video metadata and native audio.
• Media Management audio transcodes now default to 24 bit.
• Support for decoding spatial photos on Mac.
• Ability to relink media pool clips from all pages.
• Templates using .drb files can now include empty bins.
• Metadata support for tilt angle and roll angle from Canon files.
• Change start timecode for multicams and compound clips.

Edit Page

• New Fusion titles, effects and generators in the effects panel.
• Searching for effects can now use category names to find matches.
• Improved marker index search with support for all marker fields.
• Ability to set the location of the fixed playhead.
• Clips are now always pasted at playhead instead of mark in.
• Menu actions to select nearest in, out or roll edit points.
• Render in place now supports metadata tags for filename.
• Ability to delete multiple selected tracks via the track index.
• Timeline aspect ratio option in the safe area overlays dialog.
• Automatic Fusion caches now apply to both effects and templates.
• Audio Ducker support for multiple tracks to trigger ducking.
• Access track EQ, dynamics and plugins from the audio mixer.
• Toggle track header control states by clicking and dragging.
• Apply track destination via the track header context menu.
• Multiple video destinations for editing nested clips with decompose.
• Menu option to create new tracks when adding clips to timeline.
• Menu toggle for all tracks auto selector and track destination.
• Improved nested timeline audio with native mixes and solo states.
• Improved responsiveness when switching multicam angles.
• Source audio channels option when editing multicam angles.
• Mono channel selection from clip context menu or inspector.
• Inspector trim slider to trim levels of individual source channels.
• Ability to set individual audio channels to none in clip attributes.
• Fine grained virtual slider adjustments with option, alt or shift.
• Match frame and match frame to source for nested clips.

Fusion Page

• New uExport tool to export USD scenes from compositions.
• Field dominance changes are honored in interlaced media inputs.
• Polygon and B-spline viewer toolbar controls for multi poly tool.
• New switch and uSwitch to manage and keyframe multiple inputs.
• OCIO display transforms can now be applied with a tool.
• OCIO CDL transforms can now be used as view LUTs.
• Support for USD 24.08 with improved MaterialX performance.
• Fusion compositions in the media pool can now use IntelliTrack.
• Improved performance with multiple and long paintbrush operations.
• Support for freeze frame with TimeSpeed.

Color Page

• Dedicated mini panel controls to edit custom curve control points.
• Copy active node stack layer from timeline clips in the gallery.
• Ability to set default qualifier mode for new clips.
• Ability to export stills with Dolby Vision tone mapping.
• Post group clip node stack layer option in project settings.
• Per-user option for changed node color in the node options menu.
• Ability to filter timeline clips by node color.
• Object Mask caches persist until manually reset or re-analyzed.
• Input and output tooltips for splitter, combiner and matte nodes.

Resolve FX

• New grain controls for Resolve FX Sky Replacement.
• New saturation and gamma controls for Resolve FX light rays.
• Ability to set per-channel settings for blur effects.

Fairlight Page

• Track effects can now be applied to stereo linked tracks.
• Audio tracks can now be duplicated via the context menu.
• Ability to disable audio tracks.
• Ability to delete multiple selected tracks from the track index.
• Reorder tracks and busses by dragging the name plate in the mixer.
• Support for trimming from unity in the mixer.
• Support for new stereo direct, 7.1.2 and 9.1.4 Dolby audio formats.
• Fine grained virtual slider adjustments with option, alt or shift.
• Clearer timeline displays:

  • for adjacent waveforms when trimming clips.
  • for clip names against clip waveform backgrounds.
  • when resizing tracks.
  • for the playhead indicator in the scroll bar.
    • Mono channel selection from the clip context menu or inspector.
    • Separate track groups panel accessible via a header icon.

Deliver Page

• Drag to reorder render jobs in the render queue.
• Support for encoding MV HEVC spatial video on Mac.
• Encode Sony MXF Op1A to XDCAM drives on Mac and Windows.
• Encode H.265 Main10 formats in DaVinci Resolve on Windows.
• AV1 encodes in DaVinci Resolve with Nvidia acceleration.
• Option to render without timecode for mobile uploads to YouTube.
• Render settings now default to timeline resolution and frame rate.
• Decode and encode EXR standard metadata attributes.
• P2 Viewer compatibility for Panasonic P2 renders.

Scripting API

• Load cloud projects.
• Query and set mark in and out ranges.
• Auto sync media pool clips using audio waveform or timecode.
• Render options for start frame, timecode and to replace files.
• Ability to delete a render preset.
• Invoke Quick Export renders.
• Reset all grades and nodes from node graph.
• Apply grade from DRX and CDL LUT to layers from the Graph API.
• Create gallery albums.
• Query and set per-node cache modes.
• Query and enable clip cache for Fusion output and color output
• Query media pool entry for a timeline.

General Improvements

• Dual screen layouts now allow secondary screen resizable window.
• Improved toolbar and application menu layout on Windows.
• Search menu actions from the Help menu in Windows and Linux.
• Notification support when users join or leave multi-user projects.
• Application menu actions to go to previous or next timeline.
• Support for marker notes metadata tags in data burn in.
• Open or close inspector metadata by clicking on header.
• DCTLs support color picker, reset buttons and randomizer controls.
• DCTL transforms now have alpha channel support.
• Ability to view DCTL build errors, expiry dates and control tooltips.
• General performance and stability improvements.

Minimum System Requirements for macOS

• macOS 13 Ventura or later.
• 8 GB of system memory or 16 GB when using Fusion.
• For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
• Apple Silicon based computer or GPU which supports Metal.

Minimum System Requirements for Windows

• Windows 10 Creators Update.
• 16 GB of system memory or 32 GB when using Fusion.
• For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
• Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
• GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.
• AMD/Intel official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
• NVIDIA Studio driver 550.58 or newer.

Minimum System Requirements for Windows for Arm

• Windows 11 for ARM.
• Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite series processor.
• 16 GB of system memory or 32 GB for 4K or when using Fusion.

Minimum System Requirements for Linux

• Rocky Linux 8.6.
• 32 GB of system memory.
• For monitoring, Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 12.9 or later.
• Discrete GPU with at least 4 GB of VRAM.
• GPU which supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.
• AMD official drivers from your GPU manufacturer.
• NVIDIA Studio driver 550.40.07 or newer.

That’s a long list - that I’ve read all way through.

Pretty much nothing that affects most of us hobbyist users.

No new “features” - just a lot tweaks and improvements.

No re-boot needed (for me) on Win10.

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We all know that DR has SO many many options (that change depending on the active Tab), and finding one we know exists can be a real pain.

This will really help a lot of people (including me) that know a menu option exists and can never remember where to find it.

Under the Help menu, there’s now a Search option …

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Enter the menu item you’re looking for and a list of the best matches comes up …

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… the expanded menu to get to it is displayed …

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Those really new to DR - this isn’t a How to … search. The absolutely huge PDF manual (that will have been downloaded with the install - and the route to it is in that first screenshot) is the bible. However - it’s so huge you still really need to know what you’re wanting to search for.
Probably best to stick to YTs that are aimed at the beginner.

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Not sure if Black Friday related, or not, but DR (and some panels) are currently 20% off.

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Edit: This is the first time Blackmagic Design have ever discounted DaVinci Resolve on its own.

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Good time to buy Studio. Strangely, they are advertising the original DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel (top right in pic), but it no longer seems to exist on their website. Still available through some resellers though. I bought it a while back and love it, but Micro it isn’t. Slightly tempted by the new much smaller DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel, but I’d probably miss the heavyweight trackballs and rings. Anyone tried both for comparison? No DR software licence with the new one of course, and only works with DR19 on.

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Saw some reviews when the new one came out - and whoever it was seemed suitably impressed. Don’t recall who it was off the top of my head.

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