Resolve 21 Is Here (Beta) 👀

Just dropping this in here for you guys, Resolve 21 is officially out in beta, and there’s actually a lot in this update.

I grabbed two solid videos that break everything down so you can skim through the features and see what actually matters without wasting time digging through release notes.

A few things that stood out to me right away:

AI IntelliSearch → being able to search clips by what’s in them (objects, faces, dialogue) is a big workflow shift
AI Cine Focus → finally a blur tool that actually looks natural and handles edges well
Speech Generator → built-in text-to-speech with custom voice options, more useful than I expected for small fixes
Magic Mask caching → not having to re-track masks every time is a legit quality of life win
New Photo Page → full photo workflow inside Resolve, feels like they’re pushing toward replacing Lightroom

There’s also a bunch of smaller quality-of-life stuff that honestly adds up more than the headline features.

Quick heads up, though, this is beta. Expect bugs, and don’t throw it on a critical project without backing things up first.

Go check out the videos and see what stands out to you.

Curious what you guys actually think is useful vs just new and shiny 👇

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