“We think it’s important that DaVinci Resolve customers can purchase these new Macs and run native software to get the best performance possible. “We’re excited to support the new Macs powered by M1,” said Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO.DaVinci Resolve 17.1 is also compatible with macOS Big Sur, and is initially only available for Mac.

Significantly, the combination of M1,Metal processing and DaVinci Resolve 17.1 offers up to 5 times better performance when compared to previous generation computers.

Plus the unified memory architecture on M1 enables DaVinci Resolve 17.1 to leverage the power of CPU and GPU processing more effectively, avoiding the need for PCI Express transfers.

DaVinci Resolve 17.1 Beta 1 offers universal app support for M1 powered Macs to provide better performance on small laptops.

Here’s a few bullet points about this 17.1 beta release: But hey, BMD moves to a different drummer.

I’m sure the engineers have been working hard on porting Resolve to the M1 chip long before this week but I was shocked to see that BMD would have the event on Monday, release the 17 beta and then update it again a few days later. Just a few days after announcing and launching Resolve 17, Blackmagic Design has released the 17.1 beta with support for the new Apple Silicon and the new Apple hardware. RESOLVE 17.1 BETA 1 WITH SUPPORT FOR APPLE SILICON AND THE M1 CHIP.

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