DaVinci Resolve 20.1 Studio Update Adds Apple Vision Pro Workflow Support to macOS Version

Blackmagic Design has released DaVinci Resolve 20.1, bringing comprehensive Apple Immersive Video workflow support to the platform. This makes Resolve the first professional NLE to offer complete end-to-end production capabilities for Apple Vision Pro content.

The update introduces native support for footage captured with Blackmagic’s URSA Cine Immersive camera, allowing editors to work with immersive video files using standard drag-and-drop editing workflows. A new immersive video viewer enables real-time preview with pan, tilt, and roll controls on traditional monitors, or direct streaming to Apple Vision Pro headsets for immersive playback during editing sessions.

In case you missed our very popular video and article on the DaVinci Immersive video workflow from NAB 2025, check out our interview video further down below – we got a very comprehensive preview on this release in April already.

Complete Immersive pipeline in DaVinci Resolve 20.1

Color grading capabilities extend to immersive footage with full primary correction tools and select secondary grading options. New 3D palette tools include an Edge Mask feature specifically designed to adjust the field of view and exclude unwanted elements like microphones from the immersive capture area.

The edit page supports a unique 360º backdrop track that appears outside the projected immersive image, adding another creative layer to immersive productions.

Fusion gains immersive video compatibility for its distortion and patching tools, enabling 3D titles and graphics that move across the entire field of view. The compositing environment also supports USD files for high-end visual effects work in immersive formats.

The most significant audio advancement is native Apple Spatial Audio Format (ASAF) mixing and mastering in Fairlight. The audio suite now supports 1st to 7th order Ambisonic busses with 64-channel capability. An enhanced 3D panner provides precise sound placement throughout three-dimensional space, including object positioning and room simulation.

AI Magic Mask 2, better keyframe animations, and more

Beyond immersive workflows, the update includes AI Magic Mask 2 in Fusion for improved object tracking and selection accuracy. The keyframe animation system receives substantial improvements with refined easing behavior across multiple keyframes, better curve visibility with direct adjustment capabilities from both keyframe and curve trays, the ability to view keyframes beyond clip boundaries, customizable keyboard shortcuts for view toggling, and a new vertical zoom slider for precise curve editor control.

MultiText gains character-level formatting options allowing different fonts and colors within single text blocks, paragraph-level alignment controls, and CSV import functionality that automatically creates column-aligned text boxes for streamlined formatting.

Blackmagic Design positions itself as major player in Immersive Workflows

This release positions DaVinci Resolve as the primary post-production solution for Apple Vision Pro content creation. With Apple’s push into spatial video and the URSA Cine Immersive camera providing professional capture capabilities, Blackmagic now offers the industry’s most complete immersive video production chain, of course including their Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera.

The update is available as a free download, with immersive features exclusive to DaVinci Resolve Studio on macOS. Sample immersive clips are provided for testing the new workflow capabilities.

Immersive Video for Vision Pro – coverage by CineD

If you are interested about our past extensive coverage of Immersive Filmmaking about major projects shot with it as well as the technology and workflows behind it, check it out here.

Most recently, we featured an extensive article by Leon Barnard on Apple’s and Blackmagic’s Immersive Video Workflow, including a detailed workflow video.

Below you find our interview with Elad Offer, director of “Bono – Stories of Surrender“, shot for Vision Pro.

What do you think about Blackmagic’s latest update to DaVinci Resolve? Will you update to DaVinci Resolve 20.1? Are you an immersive video user? Let us know in the comments.