Broadcast2Post Podcast with Shawn Carlson, Blackmagic Design
In this episode of Broadcast2Post, we sit down with Shawn Carlson from Blackmagic Design for a hands-on look at DaVinci Resolve 20. The conversation goes beyond feature lists and dives into how Resolve’s latest AI-driven tools actually change day-to-day editing, audio, and finishing workflows for professional creative teams.
From faster dialogue cleanup to smarter subtitles and next-level subject isolation, Resolve 20 continues Blackmagic’s push to unify editing, color, VFX, and audio inside a single platform. Below is a breakdown of the key features Shawn demonstrated and why they matter in real-world production environments.
Key Features in DaVinci Resolve 20
AI Transcription Engine (Studio)
The AI Transcription Engine converts spoken dialogue into text with improved accuracy and language support. Editors can search interviews by words or phrases, generate subtitles automatically, and speed up story assembly for long-form or unscripted content.
Speaker Detection
Resolve 20 can automatically detect and differentiate speakers in multi-person conversations. This makes transcripts easier to read, supports faster dialogue-based edits, and enables smarter automation in tools like Multicam SmartSwitch.
AI Voice Isolation
AI Voice Isolation focuses on dialogue while reducing background noise such as room tone, HVAC, or environmental distractions. It is especially valuable for field recordings, remote interviews, and fast-turnaround content where re-recording audio is not an option.
AI Dialogue Manager
Built into Fairlight’s IntelliCut workflows, Resolve’s AI-assisted dialogue tools help organize conversations by detecting silence, separating dialogue per speaker, and structuring audio tracks for faster editorial and mixing decisions. This reduces manual cleanup and keeps complex timelines manageable.
AI Animated Subtitles (Studio)
Animated Subtitles use Resolve’s transcription data to create visually engaging captions that animate in sync with spoken words. These Fusion-based templates are ideal for social, marketing, and digital-first content where subtitles need to capture attention, not just convey text.
AI Dialogue Match (Studio)
AI Dialogue Match analyzes a reference clip and applies its tonal and spatial characteristics to other dialogue clips. This helps match audio recorded across different locations or sessions so conversations sound consistent from cut to cut.
AI Magic Mask v2 (Studio)
Magic Mask v2 delivers more accurate subject isolation with improved tracking and simpler selection. Instead of drawing complex masks, editors and colorists can quickly isolate people or features for targeted grading, effects, or stylization.
AI Depth Map v2 (Studio)
Depth Map v2 creates masks based on distance from the camera, allowing foreground, midground, and background separation without manual rotoscoping. This opens up creative grading and effects possibilities while significantly reducing prep time.
AI Audio Assistant (Studio)
The AI Audio Assistant helps automate common mixing tasks by organizing tracks, setting levels, applying dialogue cleanup, and guiding mixes toward broadcast or platform loudness standards. It is designed to speed up delivery without sacrificing quality.
Bringing Resolve 20 Into Real-World Creative Workflows
DaVinci Resolve 20 is not just about new AI features. It is about how those tools fit into scalable workflows for teams juggling deadlines, multiple editors, shared storage, and growing content demands.
If your creative team is looking to deploy DaVinci Resolve across a mid-to-large environment, optimize collaboration, or modernize post-production workflows, Key Code Media can help.
Key Code Media works with creative teams to design, build, and support Resolve-based solutions that actually scale. From shared storage and GPU infrastructure to audio workflows, training, and long-term support, the focus is on making sure your tools work together and your team can use them confidently.
Contact Key Code Media to explore DaVinci Resolve workflows designed for performance, collaboration, and long-term growth.