It\u2019s a small update, but if you tend to open programs from your docked windows or Mac toolbar accidentally, then you\u2019re probably prone to casually hopping pages without intending to. I\u2019ve accidentally clicked the Fusion icon plenty of times, and since it takes a second or two to load up the processor-heavy page, it\u2019s quite an annoyance. (Not anymore!)<\/p>\n There wasn’t an inherent need to change the timeline since it was already fantastic, but we do now have a ruled timeline, which allows precise placement and editing.<\/p>\n Another subtle change comes when scrubbing through the timeline with the playhead \u2014 we now have tape-style audio scrubbing which will help editors find specific moments within the timeline without pressing play. You can see a visual and auditory example of this in action in Blackmagic’s “What’s New” video<\/a>.<\/p>\n Since 16 is still currently a beta release, I would wager that this feature is more of a bug than an update. If this is a legitimate change, well, it\u2019s not a clear one. When opening the inspector with a clip selected, you have a range of adjustable tools and parameters to manipulate. In 15, the inspector\u2019s tools looked like this:<\/p>\n In 16, it looks like this:<\/p>\n Cleaner and more compact; however, it\u2019s not necessarily apparent how you open the additional settings. A single click does nothing, and there\u2019s no drop-down arrow; instead, you have to double-click over the title, and the panel will animate open.<\/p>\n There\u2019s been a huge push to create individual identities with each page, but the problem is that there are some tools that reside in other pages, which means you\u2019re going to have to visit them once in a while \u2014 or do you? In 16, several features that were previously only in the color page have now been added to the edit page. Stabilization (rightly so) is one of them.<\/p>\n You can now stabilize a clip directly from the inspector panel, and aside from a visual graph of what has been stabilized, it works in the same manner.<\/p>\n Additionally, you can now find more ResolveFX effects in the effects panel (quite a tongue twister), which again quashes the need for using the color page (if you have no other need for it).<\/p>\n One of the big takeaways from the NAB demonstration was Resolve\u2019s answer to After Effects\u2019s adjustable layer: adjustable clips. Regardless of the difference in nomenclature here, the adjustable clip does the same thing as the adjustable layer; it will affect all video clips underneath with whatever effects you add to the adjustable clip.<\/p>\n While you could do this with Resolve 15\u2019s new shared node feature, this new addition to Resolve makes the effects process a lot easier to manage and maintain.<\/p>\n To add an adjustable clip, open the Effects panel, click the effects sub-panel, then drag and place the adjustable clip to the desired place on the timeline. Like an After Effects layer, the clip will affect all clips that sit underneath it, so you will need to increase or decrease the layer\u2019s length if you want the adjustable layer to cover a larger area.<\/p>\n If you’re going to adjust the properties of the added effect, you need to open the inspector and switch to the Open FX panel. As a side note, if you splice the adjustable clip into two, both clips will act independently of each other. So you could delete the effect places onto the first sub clip, and the effect will remain on the second sub-clip. And although the effect has been added on the edit page, by activating the bypass color grade and fusion effects button, it will deactivate the effects from the adjustable clips.<\/p>\n In 16, not only on the edit page, but also across all pages, you can now Quick Export. You can do this simply by navigating to File > quick export<\/em>. This process very much mimics exporting in Premiere Pro, which is just a quick dash up to the menu bar. However, there is an emphasis on quick<\/em> in quick export<\/em>, as there are only two export settings to select: H.264 and H.265 \u2014 along with direct YouTube and Vimeo uploads. For most online uploads, this is sufficient, but for everything else, you’ll need to continue using the delivery page. I imagine in future updates we’ll see the function for customizing which quick exports you can select.<\/p>\n Prior to Resolve 16, all timelines would conform to the settings as entered in the master settings timeline format. This was unfortunate, because Resolve had made great strides in multiple-timeline functionality. The problem was that if you had one timeline for 4K YouTube viewing and then a separate timeline for a shorter version of the video for an Instagram ad, you couldn’t create a timeline with individual settings.<\/p>\n In Resolve 16, this is now possible, and here’s how you do it. Go to File > Create New Timeline<\/em> and in the timeline pop-up menu, hit use custom settings<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>From here, you can create a timeline with entirely different properties than the master timeline. However, while you can change the timeline resolution of the master timeline, you still can’t change the timeline frame rate.<\/p>\n With DaVinci’s Neural Engine added into the fray, the software can do a lot more sub-surface work than previous versions, and one of those new features is analyzing your clips to identify different characters. Here’s how it works.<\/p>\n In your media pool, select all clips, right-click, and hit Analyze Clips for People<\/em>.<\/p>\n Depending on the number of clips, Resolve will take a minute or two to scan the clips, and upon completion, you’ll get the following results panel:<\/p>\n In this panel, you can now enter the names for each character, and in doing so, Resolve will create a smart bin, which will populate with clips that contain the character. You’ll also find another bin titled “Other people,” and in this bin, you’ll find clips for which Resolve couldn’t accurately pinpoint the character. Just right-click, and tag the character, so the clip joins the correct bin.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Hide-Page-Icons-Resolve-16.jpg\" "\\"A"){kind=icon}
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\nCreate Multiple-Format Timelines<\/h3>\n
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\nAutomatic Character\/People Detection<\/h3>\n
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