
Feedback to the DaVinci Resolve Development Team
Dear Blackmagic Design Development Team,
I'm writing to highlight a significant trend that's developing within your user base: there is a rapidly growing community of photographers who are adopting DaVinci Resolve for their photography workflows. Many of us have discovered the enormous potential that DaVinci Resolve offers beyond its traditional video-oriented focus, and we're enthusiastic about the possibilities it brings to photographic work.
Why Photographers Are Choosing DaVinci Resolve
The current features that make DaVinci Resolve Studio 20 particularly valuable for photographers include:
Professional-level color grading tools that surpass many dedicated photography applications
The ability to create sophisticated slideshows with advanced transitions
Seamless integration of musical timelines with visual material
The recent automatic detection feature for markers based on musical rhythm
This last feature deserves special mention: the precision with which DaVinci Resolve detects musical beats is remarkably superior to competing software like Wondershare Filmora, opening new creative possibilities for photographers.
Feature Requests for Photography Enhancement
As the photography community using DaVinci Resolve continues to grow, we would greatly appreciate dedicated features that specifically address our needs:
Enhanced Slideshow Capabilities: Building upon the excellent marker-based system introduced in DaVinci Resolve Studio 20, we'd like to see more efficient tools for creating music-synchronized photo presentations.
Intelligent AI Organization: A system that automatically prevents sequences of overly similar images, ensuring visual variety in presentations.
Smart Orientation Management: An algorithm that elegantly handles transitions between horizontal and vertical photos, a common challenge in photography presentations.
Complete Synchronization Automation: The ability to automatically distribute images between detected musical markers to complete entire sequences efficiently.
IntelliScript for Photography: Extending your powerful AI technology to analyze photo content and suggest coherent narrative sequences for storytelling.
Vision: A Dedicated Photography Module
These capabilities could form the foundation of a "Photography Module" within DaVinci Resolve that might include:
AI-powered content analysis for automatic categorization by subject, dominant color, and exposure
Narrative sequence suggestions for effective visual storytelling
Preset presentation templates optimized for different photography genres (weddings, portfolios, reportage)
Emotional synchronization features to match photo moods with appropriate musical sections
The intelligent automation system I'm proposing—capable of analyzing images, detecting similarities and differences, and automatically distributing them along pre-analyzed musical timelines—would represent a significant competitive advantage for DaVinci Resolve in the professional photography market.
Given your team's reputation for attentiveness to user feedback and the rapid evolution of AI in creative software, I believe these features represent a natural and exciting development direction for DaVinci Resolve.
Thank you for considering these suggestions. I look forward to seeing how DaVinci Resolve continues to evolve as an increasingly essential tool for photographers.
Sincerely,
A Dedicated DaVinci Resolve User italian

Dear Blackmagic Design Development Team,
I'm writing to highlight a significant trend that's developing within your user base: there is a rapidly growing community of photographers who are adopting DaVinci Resolve for their photography workflows. Many of us have discovered the enormous potential that DaVinci Resolve offers beyond its traditional video-oriented focus, and we're enthusiastic about the possibilities it brings to photographic work.
Why Photographers Are Choosing DaVinci Resolve
The current features that make DaVinci Resolve Studio 20 particularly valuable for photographers include:
Professional-level color grading tools that surpass many dedicated photography applications
The ability to create sophisticated slideshows with advanced transitions
Seamless integration of musical timelines with visual material
The recent automatic detection feature for markers based on musical rhythm
This last feature deserves special mention: the precision with which DaVinci Resolve detects musical beats is remarkably superior to competing software like Wondershare Filmora, opening new creative possibilities for photographers.
Feature Requests for Photography Enhancement
As the photography community using DaVinci Resolve continues to grow, we would greatly appreciate dedicated features that specifically address our needs:
Enhanced Slideshow Capabilities: Building upon the excellent marker-based system introduced in DaVinci Resolve Studio 20, we'd like to see more efficient tools for creating music-synchronized photo presentations.
Intelligent AI Organization: A system that automatically prevents sequences of overly similar images, ensuring visual variety in presentations.
Smart Orientation Management: An algorithm that elegantly handles transitions between horizontal and vertical photos, a common challenge in photography presentations.
Complete Synchronization Automation: The ability to automatically distribute images between detected musical markers to complete entire sequences efficiently.
IntelliScript for Photography: Extending your powerful AI technology to analyze photo content and suggest coherent narrative sequences for storytelling.
Vision: A Dedicated Photography Module
These capabilities could form the foundation of a "Photography Module" within DaVinci Resolve that might include:
AI-powered content analysis for automatic categorization by subject, dominant color, and exposure
Narrative sequence suggestions for effective visual storytelling
Preset presentation templates optimized for different photography genres (weddings, portfolios, reportage)
Emotional synchronization features to match photo moods with appropriate musical sections
The intelligent automation system I'm proposing—capable of analyzing images, detecting similarities and differences, and automatically distributing them along pre-analyzed musical timelines—would represent a significant competitive advantage for DaVinci Resolve in the professional photography market.
Given your team's reputation for attentiveness to user feedback and the rapid evolution of AI in creative software, I believe these features represent a natural and exciting development direction for DaVinci Resolve.
Thank you for considering these suggestions. I look forward to seeing how DaVinci Resolve continues to evolve as an increasingly essential tool for photographers.
Sincerely,
A Dedicated DaVinci Resolve User italian

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