DaVinci Resolve 21: AI tools tutorial and caching tips

Chadwick demonstrates DaVinci Resolve 21's AI editing tools, which he describes as working offline. The tutorial covers where to find them and how to apply them, with practical attention to indexing and playback performance.

The speech generator turns short text into an audio file on the timeline. Chadwick uses a 15-second recording as a custom voice reference and explains speed, pitch and variation controls. He specifies using a voice sample you have permission to use; included voice models are associated with DaVinci Resolve Studio.

IntelliSearch searches visuals, transcribed audio and metadata. Clips need AI analysis first. Results can appear as full clips or restricted segments, and searches can become smart bins. Switching to the better analysis mode requires reanalyzing the footage.

For CineFocus, the tutorial demonstrates background separation and animated focus changes. A separate AI Depth Map node, node caching and User render cache form the suggested playback workflow. Other examples cover selective sharpening, tracked facial adjustments, blemish removal and age offsets. Slate detection adds duration markers when a slate appears.

The motion deblur demonstration has a clear limit: Chadwick says he has not found a strong example during the public beta. The final tip renders Magic Mask in place to preserve its tracking result.