In order to determine exactly how much of an improvement the update brings, we imported a ProRes 4444 file and dragged it onto the timeline of Resolve. Note: all tests were performed with HEVC 4:2:0 10-bit even after the update.ĭaVinci Resolve Studio 17.4.4 brings many enhancements, chief among them being support for encoding H.265 Main 10 on Apple Silicon, the codec used to upload HDR video to YouTube and the most demanding operation on our M1 Max MacBook Pro with 32GB RAM. Apple still destroys Blackmagic in playback speeds and render times.

DaVinci Resolve Studio 17 update adds support for HEVC Main 4:2:2 10-bit on Apple Silicon. Closing out Final Cut Pro and other apps and selecting Slower (higher quality) in Apple Compressor substantially reduces memory pressure, but we recommend 64GB RAM nonetheless.

We haven’t even tested with 6K or 8K footage, non-Apple codecs, other power hungry apps open, third-party plugins apart from Dehancer, high frame rates, grading, power windows, transitions, titles, or tracking yet. Memory pressure, DaVinci Resolve 17.4, Dehancer Pro v.5.2.0 dramatic improvement.

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