Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve 21

14 Apr 2026 · Software News

If you've been waiting for a genuinely free, genuinely capable reason to ditch your Lightroom subscription, Resolve 21 might just be it — the same node-based color engine that colorists use on Hollywood features is now processing your RAW files, with tethering thrown in for Canon and Sony shooters.

15 Apr 2026 · Software News

Blackmagic just dropped a dedicated photo editing page inside DaVinci Resolve 21 — free, no subscription, and already living in the same app many hybrid shooters use for video. If you're paying for Lightroom while cutting your video work in Resolve, that overlap just got a lot harder to justify.

17 Apr 2026 · Software News

If you've ever wished Lightroom's color tools were as powerful as what colorists use on Hollywood features, Blackmagic just made that argument redundant — DaVinci Resolve 21 now has a dedicated Photo page, meaning the same node-based color engine behind countless blockbusters is now pointed directly at your RAW stills. For photographers already living in Resolve for video work, this could collapse your entire post-production into one application.

17 Apr 2026 · Software Review

If you shoot stills and video and already live in DaVinci Resolve, this matters more than it sounds — Blackmagic just added RAW photo editing and library organization directly into Resolve 21, meaning a real chance to consolidate your post workflow into one app. It's rough around the edges and won't unseat Lightroom for pure photo shooters, but for hybrid videographers who resent tab-switching, this is the most interesting disruption to editing software in years.

23 Apr 2026 · Software News

DaVinci Resolve 21 adding photo editing and tethering is genuinely interesting — Blackmagic is serious about pulling video-first shooters into a single app, and if you're already in that ecosystem, it's worth a look before renewing any subscriptions. Nik Collection 9's color grading overhaul is the more immediately useful update for stills photographers, and the 30% Topaz sale ends May 14th if you've been eyeing Photo AI.

23 Apr 2026 · Software News

DaVinci Resolve 21 just added photo editing and tethered shooting — Blackmagic is coming for Capture One's lunch, and it's free. Everything else in this roundup (Nik 9's AI color tools, Luminar Neo 1.27, Adobe's routine camera support update) is worth bookmarking but not rushing for.

23 Apr 2026 · Launch News

DaVinci Resolve 21 is the real headline here — if you're editing or grading anything serious, clear your afternoon and watch from the 1:38:55 mark. The URSA Cine 12K LF 100G is a genuine upgrade for high-frame-rate and immersive shoots, but the hour of broadcast switching kit before it is safely skippable unless you're running live events infrastructure.

12 May 2026 · Software Review

Resolve 21's Photo tool is genuinely interesting if you already live in Resolve for video work. For a hybrid shooter cutting between stills and footage in the same project, the appeal is obvious: one application, one colour pipeline, no round-tripping. But if your stills workflow is Lightroom or Capture One right now, nothing in this beta is pulling you away. Resolve's colour grading heritage is world-class; its photo culling, metadata handling, and DAM features are not, and that gap is what actually matters on delivery day. Worth watching, not worth switching.

4 June 2026 · Software News

DaVinci Resolve 21 is out now as a full release. The headline addition is a brand-new Photo page built for still-image editing, which puts Resolve directly into territory previously owned by Lightroom and Capture One. The update also brings expanded codec and camera format support, plus workflow improvements across the color, audio, and Fusion pages. Free for existing Studio licence holders; the free version is also updated.

6 June 2026 · Software Review

DaVinci Resolve 21 is adding a dedicated photo editing tab, and The Phoblographer put the beta through its paces. Short version: the headline says it all.