Historically, if you wanted to edit a project with a remote colorist while someone else mixed audio, you needed expensive third-party tools like Adobe Teams or Avid Nexis.
Resolve 18 changes that with Blackmagic Cloud.
You can now host a project in the cloud. You, an editor in New York, a VFX artist in London, and a colorist in Tokyo can work on the same timeline at the same time. You see their changes in real-time, complete with chat icons and live pointers. The best part? Hosting a project costs nothing—you just pay for the cloud storage (Dropbox, Google Drive, or their own Blackmagic Cloud) to store the media. davinci resolve 18
Before Resolve 18, "collaborative editing" meant expensive enterprise servers or passing a hard drive around like a relay baton.
Not anymore.
Resolve 18 introduces Blackmagic Cloud. You can now have a colorist in London, an editor in Tokyo, and a sound designer in Austin working on the same timeline simultaneously. It supports bin locking, live timeline updates, and chat.
For a free user? You get a free Cloud account with 5GB of storage. For indie teams, this is a seismic shift. Historically, if you wanted to edit a project
⚠️ Set frame rate before importing media to avoid mismatches.
AI is everywhere, but Resolve 18’s implementation feels practical rather than gimmicky. ⚠️ Set frame rate before importing media to
| Action | Windows/Linux | macOS |
|--------|---------------|-------|
| Cut clip | B (blade) then click | same |
| Select mode | A | same |
| Trim mode | T | same |
| Play/Pause | Space | Space |
| Zoom timeline | Ctrl + +/- | Cmd + +/- |
| Fit timeline to view | Shift + Z | Shift + Z |
| Render in/out | Ctrl + R | Cmd + R |
| Undo | Ctrl + Z | Cmd + Z |