Blackmagic gets ahead of Black Friday with $236 DaVinci Resolve Studio

Blackmagic Design is taking 20% off DaVinci Resolve Studio and its editing keyboards and color panels until November 20. Studio drops from $295 to $236.

Blackmagic Design is getting well ahead of the annual Black Friday hoopla by offering 20% off DaVinci Resolve Studio and a range of DaVinci Resolve editing keyboards and color panels until Friday, November 20.

If the timing seems slightly odd, the company says it is tying it into the AI performance gains on the latest Apple M6 and NVIDIA RTX Spark processors.

DaVinci Resolve Studio 21 is now $236 (was $295). It adds several features over and above the free edition, namely the DaVinci Neural Engine for automatic AI region tracking, stereoscopic tools, more Resolve FX filters, more Fairlight FX audio plugins, and advanced HDR grading.

The company is also applying the same discount to grading and editing control surfaces, which can add up to some substantial savings as you move up through the pricing tiers.

On the color side, the Micro Color Panel is $449 (was $559), with controls for color grading including adding windows, and connects via Bluetooth or USB-C. The Mini Panel is $1855 (was $2319), a portable panel with three high-resolution trackballs, 12 primary corrector knobs, and LCDs with menus and buttons for switching tools, adding color nodes, and HDR and secondary grading. Then there is the top of the range Advanced Panel, which falls to $27,735 from $34,665. Designed in collaboration with professional Hollywood colorists, this provides direct access to every DaVinci color correction feature and is an object of peak desire for many who work with the software.

For editing, the Speed Editor is $349 (was $435), and promises exactly what it says on the tin with a large search dial and only the keys needed for the task in hand, plus Bluetooth with battery for wireless use. The Replay Editor, designed for multi-cam editing for news cutting and live sports replay, is $445 (was $559). And the Editor Keyboard falls to $535 from $669. It is a full-sized QWERTY keyboard in a metal design, with a metal search dial with clutch plus extra edit, trim, and timecode keys, and it can be installed inset for flush mounting.

All the hardware is available while stocks last. Some might run out fairly soon, but even at a $7k discount we’d be surprised if the Advanced Panel is facing an upcoming shortage. It is lovely though...