With the freshly baked beta version of DaVinci Resolve 21 unleashed at NAB 2026, Blackmagic Design is boldly entering the realm of still images alongside the flesh-eating leviathan that is Adobe. In a move ensuring creatives can now edit both their wedding videos and awkward family photos in one application, the company unveiled a devoted page with promises of superior node-based color adjustments.
“The ability to turn Grandma's party photos into art with the node-based Color page is groundbreaking,” enthuses fictional spokesperson Gary Clickerson, whose enthusiasm is nicely matched by mysteriously underwhelming user interest. “Why stop at video when you can add wrinkles to Grandpa in 8K?”
Not resting merely on transforming photographs, Blackmagic Resolve 21 introduces AI-powered facial transformations to address the burning demand to precisely age relatives or completely switch toddlers' faces (because who needs childhood memories?). The innovative AI Face Reshaper lets users tweak their siblings' features at whim, ensuring every family reunion slideshow becomes an interactive guessing game.
Naturally, these advancements require Blackmagic Cloud's paid membership for comprehensive collaboration, because who doesn't adore commitment? Meanwhile, professionals find coordinating the fusion between videos and photos as intuitive as establishing world peace.
In synthesizing video and photo editing through chaotic authority, Blackmagic officially alters the creative landscape, eliminating just enough original image quality to keep everyone wondering if they even bothered taking that shot.