DaVinci Resolve AI

DaVinci Resolve is the professional video editing standard used in Hollywood productions, broadcast television, and by serious video creators worldwide. The free version is extraordinarily capable — providing a complete non-linear video editor, colour grading suite, audio post-production tool, and visual effects environment at no cost — and includes most of its AI features.

The AI capabilities in DaVinci Resolve are branded as DaVinci Neural Engine and cover a range of professional tasks. Speech-to-text transcription using AI enables editing by searching for specific words in the transcript and jumping to those points in the timeline, significantly accelerating review and editing of interview-heavy content. The transcription can generate captions automatically from the transcript.

AI-powered colour matching analyses the colour characteristics of a reference image or clip and applies matching colour grade to another clip, which is extremely useful for matching footage shot under different conditions to look consistent in the final edit.

Object removal and MagicMask track objects across video frames for masking, allowing colour grading or effects to be applied specifically to a person, vehicle, or object without manual keyframing. At the quality level DaVinci Resolve achieves, this is a professional visual effects capability accessible to any user.

Face recognition sorts and identifies people across footage for easier clip organisation in large multi-camera projects.

The one-time $295 for DaVinci Resolve Studio is one of the best value propositions in professional software — it unlocks cloud AI processing for more intensive neural network tasks and advanced collaboration features without a subscription.