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DaVinci Resolve 17

DaVinci Resolve 17

Professional Editing, Color, Effects and Audio Post!

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DaVinci Resolve is the world's only solution that combines editing, color correction, visual effects, motion graphics and audio post production all in one software tool! Its elegant, modern interface is fast to learn and easy enough for new users, yet powerful for professionals. DaVinci Resolve lets you work faster and at a higher quality because you don't have to learn multiple apps or switch software for different tasks. That means you can work with camera original quality images throughout the entire process. It's like having your own post production studio in a single app! Best of all, by learning DaVinci Resolve, you're learning how to use the exact same tools used by Hollywood professionals!

Download Now

Hollywood's #1 Post Solution

High end professionals working on feature films and television shows use DaVinci Resolve more than any other solution! That's because it's known for incredible quality and creative tools that are light years beyond the competition. You get DaVinci's Emmy™ award winning image technology with 32‑bit float processing, patented YRGB color science and a massive wide gamut color space for the latest HDR workflows. You also get the legendary quality of Fairlight audio processing for the best sound in the industry! With DaVinci Resolve, you get the same exact tools professional colorists, editors, VFX artists and sound engineers use every day to finish your favorite films and streaming television shows!

What's New in DaVinci Resolve 17

All In One Solution for Post Production

DaVinci Resolve is divided into "pages," each of which gives you a dedicated workspace and tools for a specific task. Editing is done on the cut and edit pages, visual effects and motion graphics on the Fusion page, color correction on the color page, audio on the Fairlight page, and media organization and output on the media and deliver pages. All it takes is a single click to switch between tasks!

Cut

Designed for editors to turn around work fast!

Color

Hollywood's favorite color corrector!

Fusion

Cinematic quality visual effects and motion graphics!

Fairlight

Professional tools designed for audio post production.

Media and Delivery

Incredibly wide format support, finishing and mastering!

DaVinci Resolve Studio 17 features over 100 GPU and CPU accelerated Resolve FX in categories such as blurs, light effects, noise, image restoration, beauty enhancement, stylize and more! Version 17 adds 11 new plugins for texture pop, detail recovery, creating video collages, 3D keyer, HSL keyer, luma keyer, smear, motion trails, noise reduction, image transforms and false color. The video collage plug-in is perfect for picture in picture zoom style videos, virtual choirs and more! There are also improvements to the object removal, dead pixel fixer, dust buster, blur and film grain plug‑ins. All Resolve FX can be animated using the new unified inspector on the cut, edit and Fusion pages!

The DaVinci Neural Engine uses state of the art deep neural networks and machine learning, along with artificial intelligence to power features such as facial recognition, object detection, smart reframing, speed warp retiming, super scale up‑scaling, auto color and color matching and more! The DaVinci Neural Engine is entirely cross platform, using the latest GPU innovations for AI and deep learning to provide unparalleled performance and quality. The DaVinci Neural Engine provides simple tools to solve complex, repetitive and time consuming problems. For example, it enables facial recognition to sort and organize clips into bins based on people in the shot, to reframe shots and more.

Works with 3rd Party Plug‑Ins and Storage

With all of the different workflows and systems available, you need a post production solution that's compatible and open enough to handle anything! DaVinci Resolve can be used with any type of storage ranging from direct attached hard drives to NAS and SAN systems. You can extend DaVinci Resolve with third party Open FX and VST plug-ins, or add third party title and motion graphics templates. New workflow integration and encoding APIs let developers integrate workflow and asset management systems with DaVinci Resolve. Plus, it works with all major file formats and post production software, making it easy to move files between DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro X, Media Composer, and Premiere Pro.

DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboards

DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor - $295

DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard - $995

DaVinci Resolve Color Panels

DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel

DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel

DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel

Fairlight Professional Audio Consoles

Download DaVinci Resolve Free!

The best creative tools shouldn't be limited to Hollywood. That's why there's a free version of DaVinci Resolve, so you can learn how to use the same tools that professional Hollywood artists use. DaVinci Resolve is designed to inspire creativity so you can focus on doing your best work. Once you learn the software and start using it for more work, you can purchase DaVinci Resolve Studio which adds tons of additional effects, 3D and more. Adding an editor keyboard, color control panel, or audio console lets you work even faster because you can use both hands at the same time, allowing you to be more creative and do things that are impossible with a mouse!

DaVinci Resolve

Hollywood's most popular solution for editing, visual effects, motion graphics, color correction and audio post production, all in a single software tool for Mac, Windows and Linux!

Free Download Now

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Includes everything in the free version plus DaVinci Neural Engine, stereoscopic 3D tools, dozens of extra Resolve FX filters and Fairlight FX audio plugins plus advanced HDR grading and HDR scopes.

Find Reseller

Software

DaVinci Resolve 17

Hollywood's most popular solution for editing, visual effects, motion graphics, color correction and audio post production, all in a single software tool for Mac, Windows and Linux!

Free

DaVinci Resolve Studio 17

Includes everything in the free version plus DaVinci Neural Engine, stereoscopic 3D tools, dozens of extra Resolve FX filters and Fairlight FX audio plugins plus advanced HDR grading and HDR scopes.

$295

Editor Keyboards

DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor

Includes large search dial in a design that includes only the specific keys needed for editing. Includes Bluetooth with battery for wireless use so it's more portable than a full sized keyboard!

$295

DaVinci Resolve Editing Keyboard

Full sized traditional QWERTY editor keyboard in a premium metal design. Featuring a metal search dial with clutch, plus extra edit, trim and timecode keys. Can be installed inset for flush mounting.

$995

Color Panels

DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel

Low profile panel features 3 high resolution trackballs and 12 precision machined knobs to access the primary color correction tools. Includes buttons for common features and workspace navigation.

$1,025

DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel

This model includes the features of the micro panel model plus two LCDs with menus and buttons for switching tools, adding color corrector nodes, applying secondary grades and using Power Windows.

$3,079

DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel

Designed in collaboration with professional Hollywood colorists, the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel features a massive number of controls for direct access to every DaVinci color correction feature.

$29,995

Fairlight Audio Consoles

Fairlight Desktop Console

Portable audio control surface includes 12 premium touch sensitive flying faders, channel LCDs for advanced processing, automation and transport controls plus HDMI for an external graphics display.

$3,595

Fairlight Desktop Audio Editor

Get incredibly fast audio editing for sound engineers working on tight deadlines! Includes LCD screen, touch sensitive control knobs, built in search dial and full keyboard with multi function keys.

$4,395

Fairlight Advanced Consoles

Used by Hollywood and broadcast, Fairlight consoles make it possible to mix large projects with a massive number of channels and tracks. Modular design allows customizing 2, 3, 4, or 5 bay consoles!

From $21,995

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DaVinci Resolve 17

DaVinci Resolve 17

Professional Editing, Color, Effects and Audio Post!

Download Now

DaVinci Resolve is the world's only solution that combines editing, color correction, visual effects, motion graphics and audio post production all in one software tool! Its elegant, modern interface is fast to learn and easy enough for new users, yet powerful for professionals. DaVinci Resolve lets you work faster and at a higher quality because you don't have to learn multiple apps or switch software for different tasks. That means you can work with camera original quality images throughout the entire process. It's like having your own post production studio in a single app! Best of all, by learning DaVinci Resolve, you're learning how to use the exact same tools used by Hollywood professionals!

Download Now

Hollywood's #1 Post Solution

High end professionals working on feature films and television shows use DaVinci Resolve more than any other solution! That's because it's known for incredible quality and creative tools that are light years beyond the competition. You get DaVinci's Emmy™ award winning image technology with 32‑bit float processing, patented YRGB color science and a massive wide gamut color space for the latest HDR workflows. You also get the legendary quality of Fairlight audio processing for the best sound in the industry! With DaVinci Resolve, you get the same exact tools professional colorists, editors, VFX artists and sound engineers use every day to finish your favorite films and streaming television shows!

What's New in DaVinci Resolve 17

All In One Solution for Post Production

DaVinci Resolve is divided into "pages," each of which gives you a dedicated workspace and tools for a specific task. Editing is done on the cut and edit pages, visual effects and motion graphics on the Fusion page, color correction on the color page, audio on the Fairlight page, and media organization and output on the media and deliver pages. All it takes is a single click to switch between tasks!

Cut

Designed for editors to turn around work fast!

Color

Hollywood's favorite color corrector!

Fusion

Cinematic quality visual effects and motion graphics!

Fairlight

Professional tools designed for audio post production.

Media and Delivery

Incredibly wide format support, finishing and mastering!

DaVinci Resolve Studio 17 features over 100 GPU and CPU accelerated Resolve FX in categories such as blurs, light effects, noise, image restoration, beauty enhancement, stylize and more! Version 17 adds 11 new plugins for texture pop, detail recovery, creating video collages, 3D keyer, HSL keyer, luma keyer, smear, motion trails, noise reduction, image transforms and false color. The video collage plug-in is perfect for picture in picture zoom style videos, virtual choirs and more! There are also improvements to the object removal, dead pixel fixer, dust buster, blur and film grain plug‑ins. All Resolve FX can be animated using the new unified inspector on the cut, edit and Fusion pages!

The DaVinci Neural Engine uses state of the art deep neural networks and machine learning, along with artificial intelligence to power features such as facial recognition, object detection, smart reframing, speed warp retiming, super scale up‑scaling, auto color and color matching and more! The DaVinci Neural Engine is entirely cross platform, using the latest GPU innovations for AI and deep learning to provide unparalleled performance and quality. The DaVinci Neural Engine provides simple tools to solve complex, repetitive and time consuming problems. For example, it enables facial recognition to sort and organize clips into bins based on people in the shot, to reframe shots and more.

Works with 3rd Party Plug‑Ins and Storage

With all of the different workflows and systems available, you need a post production solution that's compatible and open enough to handle anything! DaVinci Resolve can be used with any type of storage ranging from direct attached hard drives to NAS and SAN systems. You can extend DaVinci Resolve with third party Open FX and VST plug-ins, or add third party title and motion graphics templates. New workflow integration and encoding APIs let developers integrate workflow and asset management systems with DaVinci Resolve. Plus, it works with all major file formats and post production software, making it easy to move files between DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro X, Media Composer, and Premiere Pro.

DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboards

DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor - $295

DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard - $995

DaVinci Resolve Color Panels

DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel

DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel

DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel

Fairlight Professional Audio Consoles

Download DaVinci Resolve Free!

The best creative tools shouldn't be limited to Hollywood. That's why there's a free version of DaVinci Resolve, so you can learn how to use the same tools that professional Hollywood artists use. DaVinci Resolve is designed to inspire creativity so you can focus on doing your best work. Once you learn the software and start using it for more work, you can purchase DaVinci Resolve Studio which adds tons of additional effects, 3D and more. Adding an editor keyboard, color control panel, or audio console lets you work even faster because you can use both hands at the same time, allowing you to be more creative and do things that are impossible with a mouse!

DaVinci Resolve

Hollywood's most popular solution for editing, visual effects, motion graphics, color correction and audio post production, all in a single software tool for Mac, Windows and Linux!

Free Download Now

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Includes everything in the free version plus DaVinci Neural Engine, stereoscopic 3D tools, dozens of extra Resolve FX filters and Fairlight FX audio plugins plus advanced HDR grading and HDR scopes.

Find Reseller

Software

DaVinci Resolve 17

Hollywood's most popular solution for editing, visual effects, motion graphics, color correction and audio post production, all in a single software tool for Mac, Windows and Linux!

Free

DaVinci Resolve Studio 17

Includes everything in the free version plus DaVinci Neural Engine, stereoscopic 3D tools, dozens of extra Resolve FX filters and Fairlight FX audio plugins plus advanced HDR grading and HDR scopes.

$295

Editor Keyboards

DaVinci Resolve Speed Editor

Includes large search dial in a design that includes only the specific keys needed for editing. Includes Bluetooth with battery for wireless use so it's more portable than a full sized keyboard!

$295

DaVinci Resolve Editing Keyboard

Full sized traditional QWERTY editor keyboard in a premium metal design. Featuring a metal search dial with clutch, plus extra edit, trim and timecode keys. Can be installed inset for flush mounting.

$995

Color Panels

DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel

Low profile panel features 3 high resolution trackballs and 12 precision machined knobs to access the primary color correction tools. Includes buttons for common features and workspace navigation.

$1,025

DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel

This model includes the features of the micro panel model plus two LCDs with menus and buttons for switching tools, adding color corrector nodes, applying secondary grades and using Power Windows.

$3,079

DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel

Designed in collaboration with professional Hollywood colorists, the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel features a massive number of controls for direct access to every DaVinci color correction feature.

$29,995

Fairlight Audio Consoles

Fairlight Desktop Console

Portable audio control surface includes 12 premium touch sensitive flying faders, channel LCDs for advanced processing, automation and transport controls plus HDMI for an external graphics display.

$3,595

Fairlight Desktop Audio Editor

Get incredibly fast audio editing for sound engineers working on tight deadlines! Includes LCD screen, touch sensitive control knobs, built in search dial and full keyboard with multi function keys.

$4,395

Fairlight Advanced Consoles

Used by Hollywood and broadcast, Fairlight consoles make it possible to mix large projects with a massive number of channels and tracks. Modular design allows customizing 2, 3, 4, or 5 bay consoles!

From $21,995

Fairlight Studio Console Bundles

Fairlight Studio Console Individual Modules

Fairlight Studio Console Unpopulated Chassis

Accessories For Custom Furniture

Fairlight Audio Interfaces

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There is not really a lot that users can do to improve the performance of a hard drive on a computer system. This however is changing currently with the introduction of the first Advanced Format hard drives that some PC manufacturers have started to add to their systems. The main difference is that AF drives use a 4K physical sector instead of a 512 byte logical sector that conventional hard drives use. The Advanced Format drives emulate that sector for compatibility reasons. The core benefit of the new technology is that data can be stored more efficiently.

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The post on the Dell community blog lists one of the issues that users can run into when working with AF hard drives.

With previous (512B) drives the physical and logical sector size was always 512 bytes. Now with the physical sector being 4K and the emulated logical sector still being 512 bytes, you encounter performance issues if the start of the logical partitions don't line up with the boundaries of the physical sectors. Proper alignment will be dependent on the deployment methodology and tools that you use.

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The program itself will not fix alignments that reduce the performance of the drive. The developer links to tools that disk manufacturers like Western Digital, Hitachi, Toshiba and Samsung have created to align the sectors properly. (A universal tool is Paragon's Alignment Tool)

The program is made available as a command line utility and version with graphical user interface. The portable software is compatible with all Microsoft windows versions from Windows 2000 to the very latest version. Please note that it may require administrator rights to function correctly.

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A judge recently ordered a US citizen to decrypt storage space on a computer so that police forces could analyze protected files on the system. In this particular case, the defendant was ordered to decrypt the hard drive of her Toshiba notebook no later than February 21, or face the consequences "including contempt of court".

The ruling may still get overturned, but at this point in time it is not clear how this will turn out.

Encryption makes sure that only authorized users can enable access to data provided that there is no loophole or backdoor built-into the software itself. People traveling to the US may have their mobile computers analyzed by federal agents even without probable cause.

Users have a number of options at their disposal to protect their data from prying eyes. Encryption for instance requires a pass phrase or key to be entered to decrypt the contents of the storage device. If you forget the password, you cannot open the encrypted contents anymore.

There is however a better option for users who want to make sure that they private files stay personal. True Crypt supports so called hidden volumes. These volumes are encrypted volumes inside an encrypted volume. True Crypt calls the concept plausible deniability. You put your important files into the hidden volume, and other files that you do not mind to share with others in the regular encrypted container. When someone asks you to decrypt your data, you enter the password to decrypt the first volume that you do not mind sharing with anyone.

It may happen that you are forced by somebody to reveal the password to an encrypted volume. There are many situations where you cannot refuse to reveal the password (for example, due to extortion). Using a so-called hidden volume allows you to solve such situations without revealing the password to your volume.

The principle is that a TrueCrypt volume is created within another TrueCrypt volume (within the free space on the volume). Even when the outer volume is mounted, it should be impossible to prove whether there is a hidden volume within it or not*, because free space on any TrueCrypt volume is always filled with random data when the volume is created** and no part of the (dismounted) hidden volume can be distinguished from random data. Note that TrueCrypt does not modify the file system (information about free space, etc.) within the outer volume in any way.

Hidden volumes can be created quite easily in True Crypt. New True Crypt users should read through the tutorial posted on the site first to understand the basics of creating encrypted volumes on the computer.

You have the option to create both volumes in one go though, by following the process outlined below. Click on Tools > Volume Creation Wizard. You have two options now how to proceed:

Create an encrypted file container: This option can be used to create an encrypted file on one of the computer's hard drive and add a hidden file container to it, or add a hidden file container to an existing encrypted file.

Encrypt non-system partition/drive: This is basically the same option as above, only that it works partitions and hard drives, and not with files. Please note that all contents of the selected hard drive/partition will get deleted in the process.

I suggest you start with an encrypted file container to see how the process works.

Select Hidden TrueCrypt volume on the next page

Now you have the option to select normal or direct mode. Normal mode creates both the outer and the hidden volume in the process, while direct mode creates a hidden volume inside an existing True Crypt file container.

Lets pick normal mode to demonstrate how both the standard encrypted container and the hidden container within are created.

You now need to select a file name for the outer container. Pick any directory and file name that you want. You can use the file name to your advantage, for instance by making it a .tmp file or a .avi.

You are then asked to select the encryption algorithm and hash algorithm for the outer volume. Pick one each or keep the default settings.

You are then asked to select a size for the file container. Keep in mind that the hidden volume is added to this container file as well. Select a password on the next screen. This password is used to decrypt the files stored in the outer volume. The volume will be formatted afterwards. Move your mouse around to create random values. Click on Format afterwards to create the file. Depending on the size, you may need to switch the file system from FAT to NTFS.

Now that you have created the outer volume, you move on to the next step, the creation of the hidden volume.

The process is nearly identical. You first select the encryption and hash algorithms, then the file size. True Crypt will display the maximum possible hidden volume file size on that screen. Don't select the maximum if you plan on adding files to the outer volume as well.

The remaining steps are identical. You now have one outer volume, one hidden volume and two pass phrases to decrypt the volumes on your computer.
Mounting the hidden volume
To mount either the outer or hidden volume do the following:

Select a free drive letter in the True Crypt interface.

Click on Select File and browse to the encrypted file that you want to mount.

click on mount afterwards.

Enter the pass phrase for the outer volume to mount it, or the password for the hidden volume to mount it instead.

If you mount the outer volume you may want to click on mount options to check the "protect hidden volume against damage caused by writing to outer volume" box to avoid to protect the hidden container from being partially or fully overwritten. You need to supply the hidden volume password though for this option.

The very same principle applies to the creation of a hidden volume inside an encrypted partition or hard drive.

What's your take on this new ruling?

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A judge recently ordered a US citizen to decrypt storage space on a computer so that police forces could analyze protected files on the system. In this particular case, the defendant was ordered to decrypt the hard drive of her Toshiba notebook no later than February 21, or face the consequences "including contempt of court".

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PC manufacturers such as Dell, Asus, HP or Toshiba increase the revenue of each system they sell by installing third party software on these systems. They cooperate with software companies who pay them for the privilege of adding programs or files to the PCs.

The applications added to PCs this way are commonly referred to as bloatware or crapware as they usually consist of trial software or software limited in other ways that the majority of users do not need at all. This can be a free trial version of antivirus software, a DVD burning software, or simply shortcuts on the desktop that link to sites on the Internet.

Manufacturers in addition to that add programs of their own to the PC which are also often not needed to work with the PC.

While you can now go ahead and uninstall all those programs, shortcuts and files manually and spend an hour or two doing so, you can alternatively use a program that automates the process so that you can remove and uninstall most bloatware that shipped with your PC in one single swipe.

The go-to program is PC Decrapifier as it has been around for years. Decrap is a new program that provides a similar feature set to users. The free program is available as a portable version or installer, and based on the popular jv16 PowerTools application.

The program displays a couple of tips to you on first start that act as a tutorial of sorts. The program itself can be run in automatic mode or manually. Automatic means that it will uninstall and remove crapware on your computer without input.

Warning: As you can see on the screenshot above, it is not recommended to run the program in automatic mode. While it covers some programs and files that may not be needed anymore on the system, it is also listing others for removal that you may still need on your system. It is highly suggested to run the program in manual mode to avoid any issues caused by the removal of files.

The results are divided into several groups:

Automatically starting software.

Desktop items.

Start menu items.

Third party software.

Windows related software.

Third party software lists all non-Microsoft software installed on the system and everything is checked by default.

It is important to go through the list one by one to uncheck any item that you do not want to uninstall on your system.

The program recommends to create a system restore point before you go ahead with the deletion. The option is checked by default and it is recommended to keep it that way unless you have created another backup prior to running the application.

Decrap my Computer can run all program uninstallers silently in the background, or display the interface of each on the screen to give you more control over the process. It scans the Registry for leftovers automatically after the uninstallation process. You can change this to manual mode to verify the results before they are deleted, or select to not clean the Registry at all.
Closing Words
This program has been designed to run on all Windows systems, but it makes the most sense to run it on factory-fresh PCs that you have not started to customize yet. The core reason here is that it will catch all third party software, all desktop files and shortcuts and other system related settings when it scans the system. That's great if you have not installed any software of your own yet, or added files to the desktop.

If you did, you can still use the program but should run it manually as you may end up with a system where all the programs that you have installed are gone too.

About Martin Brinkmann

Martin Brinkmann is a journalist from Germany who founded Ghacks Technology News Back in 2005. He is passionate about all things tech and knows the Internet and computers like the back of his hand.

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