DaVinci Resolve 17.1.1 and DaVinci Resolve Studio 17.1.1.

The new upgrade adds support for hardware-accelerated decoding of H.264 10-bit formats on Macs with Apple M1 processors, improves reliability when restoring older database backups, as well as better audio performance in various playback scenarios.

Includes:

• Support for Blackmagic RAW 2.1 Beta 4
• Support for 10-bit H.264 hardware decoding on Apple Silicon

• Faster Sony 8K alpha playback on 2019 Mac Pro
• General performance and stability improvements

• Improved scripting API for setting multiple metadata values at a time

• Addresses:

  • the problem with restoring older database backups
  • issues with audio glitches in some playback scenarios
  • several issues with interrelated timelines
  • malformed metadata when rendering DNxHR clips
  • wrong brightness for ambient light in 3D camera settings
  • performance issues for some fusion composition clips
  • issues with Resolve FX Blanking Fill in multiple schedules

Blackmagic RAW 2.1 Public Beta 4

A software update for Blackmagic RAW is also available, which adds the following features:
• support for Panasonic Lumix S1H Blackmagic RAW clips captured by Blackmagic Video Assist
Studio version requires DaVinci Resolve Studio license dongle or software activation code.

Blackmagic Video Assist 3.4.1 Update

This software update adds support for Blackmagic RAW recording from Panasonic Lumix S1H cameras to Video Assist 12G HDR.

Additionally, there is now support for Blackmagic RAW recording from the Nikon Z6 II and Z7 II for Video Assist 12G HDR models, as well as 2K DCI video support for Video Assist 3G models.

Blackmagic RAW support also requires Blackmagic RAW 2.1 Beta 4 and DaVinci Resolve 17.1.1 updates to be installed.

ATEM Switchers 8.6.1

Adds the ability to prioritize your ethernet or cellular data connection, and adds support for TLS 1.2 encryption while streaming to ATEM Mini Pro and ATEM Mini Extreme models.
• Allows priority selection between ethernet and cellular connections
• Added support for TLS 1.2 encryption for streaming
• General performance and stability updates

Fusion Studio 17.1.1 Update

Adds improved brightness for ambient lighting in 3D camera settings, better rotation and spin inversions for new particles, and improvements to light direction shadows when working with 2D and 3D objects.

• Fixed a problem loading splines set to ping pong duplicate
• Fixed incorrect brightness for ambient light in 3D camera settings
• Fixed an issue with directional shadows in some projects
• Fixed an issue with rotation and spin assignments on new particles
• General performance and stability improvements
This version requires a Fusion Studio activation key or license dongle.

Blackmagic Cintel 4.1 upgrade

This upgrade adds universal application support for Macs with Apple M1 for Cintel scanners, as well as better support for multi-core CPUs.

• Offers universal application support for Mac with Apple M1
• General performance and stability improvements for all models

More information on all of the above releases can be found on the Blackmagic Design website

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