Fired my computer up a few days ago and DaVinci wouldnt start. After staring at the screen and scratching my head for a minute, I noticed there was a Windoze update ready to install. Install, shutdown and restart sorted it out. 
Not had that once since when I started using back with v14.
Solved it within seconds
But it had run the last time you used it, I’m assuming, so there should be no need to update windows to keep it working.
Updating windows did indeed solve it. Dunno why ?
Anyway, I’m thinking of getting a new computer as resolve runs rather slowly on my 8yr old pile of silicon. What do others recommend as a minimum spec to run resolve these days ? ( Also thinking of upgrading to the paid version at the same time) 
My laptop is 8 years old … the only probably saving grace is that it has a second Nvidia GPU (something I was actually unaware of when buying in rather a hurry after my old laptop threw in the towel in 40℃+ in Southern Italy).
Don’t rush and get Studio for performance - several things (multi GPU is one) have trickled down to free with 19.
With 19 the differences become mainly feature based rather than feature and performance based. So the benefits of spending the money may not be worth it?
This supports that …
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Ahh, Alex does say you can only enable the Multi GPU in the Studio version, but yep it does look a lot faster and smoother.
Ah - yeah - It’s the video decoding/encoding I think they’ve done the most on and made available to the free.
For many, that’s been the bit that’s made things sluggish.
Certainly worth reappraising 19 before heading to Studio if that’s only for performance.
Unfortunately there were Studio only features (that remain so) that I needed that gave me no choice.
Im interested in these tiltshift videos. Only the studio version does that. Tried it on the free version and it puts a large watermark over the video. Last question, are there any LUTS out there for a DJI Mini 3 Pro to make videos look a bit more cinematic / warmer etc ? Looked on the DJI website and theres some for the MP4 but very little for the mini3pro
Just use masks and blur in the colour tab. imo, I can get a far better result, and more tailored to the scene, than the built in effect.
Never use them. I shoot Log and use the DR built in CST for DJI D-Log, then grade as needed.
LUTs can be flawed unless the originator REALLY know what he’s doing - and few do. CSTs are reliable at all times.
A quick example I did a while back …
Quite honestly, I’ve seen far more pseudo tilt-shift that look wrong than I’ve seen that look right. (Yes - my example looks “wrong” to me.)
Need a good old plate camera with adjustable lens plate orientation to really do it justice, and hence know what you’re trying to emulate, and how it should look.
Even the few modern lenses that have a form of physical tilt and shift movement can’t do the effect well, since most only move in a single direction. (OK - you can rotate the camera to some weird angle, but 
)
I’m not suggesting I’m a pro at it … but I have used a proper camera to do it as it was originally done, and I know that creating it really well in a modern digital format never looks good … fine as just a quirky gimmick for personal entertainment … IMO.
BUT - if you’re wanting to do it, you have FAR more control using masks/blur than by using the built in effect.
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Ahh yes, I watched this video ( think you put a link up on here) Thought you were using the Studio version
Edit it was Comedy Hunter who did the video, yours was a reply to it
I do use the Studio version … but I wouldn’t use the DR Shift-Tilt effect.
DaVinci Resolve 19.0 Public Beta 3 update available.
No new significant Features, just more tweaks to what was introduced in 19 and before.
What’s New in DaVinci Resolve 19.0 Public Beta 3
- Support for HDR viewers on Windows.
- Higher quality UltraNR with up to 50% faster playback.
- Ability to reset all layers in a node graph stack.
- Ability to bypass individual node stack layers.
- Invoke Replay preroll by holding a number key for duration and clicking a camera angle.
- When running replays, double press camera key to run invoked camera at in point.
- Option to convert previous POI to marker on clear in the cut page POI dialog.
- Timelines with replay events now display distance to the POI.
- Clip context menu action to decompose a nested timeline in the cut page.
- Context menu action to find clip in the multi source viewer.
- Multi source angles in single view default to a 5 second in out range around POI.
- The jog wheel transition selection window now shows Fusion transitions.
- Context menu action to clear transcription is now available for offline clips.
- Clicking transcription without selected media invokes it for the current timeline.
- Detected speaker information is available for all users in a multi-user project.
- New projects now default to last used speaker detection settings.
- The source viewer and inspector can now play up to 36 channels of audio.
- Audio inspector interprets clips with even audio channels with no track metadata as stereo pairs.
- Support for showing Micro Color panel battery level in Preferences.
- Ability to apply per-clip Music Remixer FX from the inspector.
- Support for exporting AMF with image sequences.
- Support for web login on DaVinci Remote Monitor app.
- The DaVinci Resolve Renderer FX is now automatically chosen for update during installation.
- Scripting API support to add a timeline track at a given index.
- Addressed an audio artifact when nesting timelines.
- Addressed an issue with number pad key shortcuts in the source tape viewer.
- The marker index now persists selected columns between sessions.
- User confirmations when resetting or deleting compositions.
- Addressed an issue with transition duration and speed change dialogs on interlaced timelines.
- Addressed an issue with editing single frames of interlaced footage on top or as source overwrite.
- Addressed an issue with source viewer not showing media selected in the transcription window.
- Addressed an issue with text highlight after replacing text in the transcription dialog.
- Addressed a cursor refresh issue on edit points with the playhead on top.
- Addressed an issue with the trim editor when in blade mode in the Edit page.
- Addressed an issue with extending an edit in trim edit mode without linked selection.
- Addressed playhead position when switching from the edit page with fixed playhead.
- Addressed a crash with onion skinning in polygon tools in Fusion.
- Addressed multiple issues with Fusion viewer and RCM workflows.
- Addressed an issue where changing Fusion viewer gain or gamma interrupts Saver workflows.
- Addressed clips with magic mask not honoring source resolution render setting.
- Addressed an issue with moving playhead in magic mask when viewing individual strokes.
- Addressed an issue with scaling controls for Resolve FX Warper viewer overlays.
- Addressed an issue with dynamic keyframes in the ColorSlice tool.
- Addressed an issue with HDR clipping of saturation hue or black offset at 10000 nits.
- Addressed an issue persisting ducker source when reopening a project.
- Addressed an AAF import issue with multi-channel audio.
- Addressed an issue with decoding MP4 clips with invalid edit lists.
- Addressed an issue with tags when switching languages.
- Addressed an issue with listing script menu options in the keyboard customization window.
- Addressed an issue with reading timecode from Sony A7SIII clips shot at 100 fps.
- General performance and stability improvements.
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More than usual being updated …
Reboot needed (Win10).
Also …
Installation Notes
- Please install the panels firmware update to improve idle battery consumption with the DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor and Micro Color Panel.
- If you use a Nvidia graphics card, please upgrade your driver to Studio driver 546.01 (Windows) / Studio driver 550.40.07 (Linux) or newer.
There never has been a Studio incarnation of drivers for the old Nvidia GPU in my old laptop - but there was a new “Game Ready” version.
I know I’ve had to install these updates in the past, to clear DR issues and/or error messages. Always good to keep them up to date.
Nvidia download page.
Another reboot was needed (Win10) after installing the updated driver.
No feature updates … just some UI improvement tweaks (in the main) and general improvements and bug fixes.
What’s New in DaVinci Resolve Public Beta 4
- Ability to Live Sync content from Blackmagic Design cameras.
- Support for Blackmagic RAW SDK 4.1.
- New replay menu controls to add most recent and go to end.
- Improved speed change indicator in the cut page.
- Option to select checkerboard and grey alpha viewer backgrounds in the cut and edit viewers.
- New nested timeline indicators in the cut page with decompose clip context menu option.
- Improved audio waveform visibility when trimming audio in the cut page.
- Improved real time control response to clip equalizer changes.
- Ability to assign keyboard shortcuts for up to 5 UI layout presets.
- Ability to switch Blackmagic Cloud organizations in project manager.
- New occlusion mask input for Surface Tracker in Fusion.
- Fusion tracker modifiers now default to using IntelliTrack if available.
- Fusion clip listing now ignores color page clip filters.
- Various improvements to Resolve FX Film Look Creator.
- Ability to lock a node stack layer.
- New IMF iQIYI Deliver page preset.
- Media management now falls back to copy for trim failures.
- Preferences option to automatically patch armed tracks without audio input.
- Ability to resize 2-up and 4-up views in the media pool.
- New projects now default to preferring originals over proxies.
- Improved thumbnail and waveform previews for growing files.
- Scripting API support for getting node stack layers of a timeline item.
- Addressed issue with shape color picking offset in Fusion.
- Addressed an issue with ending project names with periods in local libraries on Windows.
- Addressed decompose on edit being ignored when replacing with an in out range in the edit page.
- Addressed the Replay Editor go to end button not working in the timeline.
- Addressed incorrect color for JPEG renders.
- Addressed an issue with clearing icon when resetting Color Slice from a color panel.
- Addressed an issue with Surface Tracker undo and redo in Fusion.
- Addressed an issue where live overwrite is not allowed when a camera is selected on the replay panel.
- Addressed an issue where viewer playback point should stay at the out point after a live overwrite
- Addressed an issue where some scripts don’t show in Workspace menu at startup on Linux systems
- Addressed an issue with invoking show tracker controls shortcut in Fairlight.
- Addressed potential audio issues after changing audio format of edited media in the source viewer.
- Addressed an issue with playhead position after viewing nested clip contents.
- Addressed an issue changing color bar values with mouse wheel hover in the Color page.
- Addressed incorrect preview position on the full clip waveform in the source viewer.
- Addressed an issue with exporting Audio Vivid timelines with pan automation.
- Addressed incorrect waveform for media with synced audio.
- Addressed Fusion viewer corruption issues in RCM projects on systems with NVIDIA GPUs.
- Addressed viewer overlay issue when animating a Fusion template.
- Addressed an issue where not all selected points would be published to the Fusion tracker.
- Addressed a cursor issue when moving between upper and lower cut page timelines.
- Addressed an issue loading projects with Apple cinematic clips.
- New add window option for Advanced Panels in the power window side panel.
- Addressed incorrect data burn display with grey or checkerboard background.
- General performance and stability improvements.
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Maybe worth noting that version 19 will only run on 64bit computers
I looked at a few different programs before settling on Da Vinci Resolve. In ways I can’t readily explain, it just seemed a good ‘fit’ for me. Having gone over all 4+ hours of the video you recommended, I feel I can now embark on some modest projects - Steven Spielberg can rest easy, :though. slight_smile:
I did briefly consider going Pro, but as an amateur/hobbyist I feel that may be more than I need, if I’m being realistic. Anyway, once I’ve put something together that isn’t completely s**t, I’ll post it here.
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I’m glad it was informative and helpful. 
For 95+% of what you’ll need - the free version does everything.
The only thing that took me to the Studio version was something very specific I was doing that was nothing to do with normal/drone video … and it proved to do that job rather well then, several times since, and it will be used again within the next few weeks.
Since then I’ve made use of a few Studio features.
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Im going to get a new 64bit computer at some point so I can use the version 19
There’s not such an enormous difference between the final v18 and the (still in beta) v 19. Certainly I’d not consider the difference sufficient to justify a new computer - personally.