DaVinci Resolve 20.1.1 Update Available Now

September 2^nd, 2025

DaVinci Resolve 20.1.1 Update Available Now

by Dave KratzSeptember 2^nd, 2025

Blackmagic Design has released DaVinci Resolve 20.1.1. This update is smaller than the last one, focusing on fixing issues, improving performance, and maintaining stability. It’s a maintenance release meant to smooth out day-to-day work rather than introduce new tools.

If you missed it, version 20.1 earlier this month was a much bigger release, adding support for Apple Vision Pro workflows on macOS along with a wide range of creative tools and improvements.

You can read our full coverage of that release here.

Version 20.1.1 now follows as a cleanup update, clearing up bugs and polishing some of the new features.

What’s new in DaVinci Resolve 20.1.1

Faster load times for cloud projects
Attributes dialogue now remembers user selections
Better handling of retime and motion persistence when copying attributes
Fixes for PSD imports in Fusion
Magic Mask offset issue resolved in Fusion
Corrected lens space transforms in Fusion comps
Media Out in Color and Mix mode now reflects Magic Mask
Crashes fixed for Depth Map on Intel Macs, MTS clips, and some MKV clips
Dolby Vision metadata formatting improved
Restored dual-screen layouts when switching pages
Clearer bit rate and quality layout for Windows codecs
General performance and stability improvements

This update tackles a bunch of little things that can trip people up. Cloud projects with stacked timelines should open faster, and the Attributes dialogue will finally keep the options you set instead of resetting every time. Over in Fusion, PSD files now load the way they should, Magic Mask doesn’t slip when you switch modes, and lens space transforms behave properly.

On the color side, Magic Mask results now carry through to Media Out, and Dolby Vision metadata gets formatted correctly. Several crash situations have also been fixed, including Depth Map on Intel Macs, corrupted MTS clips, and certain MKVs. Windows users get a clearer codec layout, and dual-screen setups should return to normal when switching between pages.

Overall, it’s not about new features but about making the software less likely to slow you down or crash while you’re working.

A quick look back at 20.1

Version 20.1, earlier this month, was a bigger deal. It added:

Better keyframe handling and custom guides in the Edit page
Magic Mask v2 and the new Immersive Patcher in Fusion
ACES 2.0 support and improved safe area tools in Color
New Resolve FX, like ColorTone Diffuser and Split Tone
Fairlight support for Apple Spatial Audio and 32-bit float recording

So while 20.1 gave people new tools to play with, 20.1.1 makes sure those tools actually run more smoothly in day-to-day use.

DaVinci Resolve 20.1.1 system requirements

macOS: Sonoma or later, Apple Silicon required
Windows: Windows 10 or newer, 16 GB RAM minimum, 32 GB for Fusion
Windows for ARM: Windows 11 with Snapdragon X Elite series
Linux: Rocky Linux 8.6, 32 GB RAM

All systems require GPUs that support OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 12.8, along with the latest AMD or NVIDIA Studio drivers.

Price and availability

DaVinci Resolve 20.1.1 is available now as a free download from Blackmagic Design’s support page. The free version and Studio versions use the same processing, but Studio adds extra features like multi-GPU support, advanced noise reduction, and immersive audio tools.

That’s the rundown on DaVinci Resolve 20.1.1. Have you updated yet? Did it fix any problems you were running into, or are you hoping for more changes down the line? Drop your thoughts in the comments.