DaVinci Resolve 21 ships a full suite of new AI tools
By Steven Van ·
PLUS: Google Chrome introduces "Skills" for one-click AI workflows, Wonder opens "Public Alpha," a design canvas built on real code, and more.
DaVinci Resolve 21 ships a full suite of new AI tools
PLUS: Google Chrome introduces "Skills" for one-click AI workflows, Wonder opens "Public Alpha," a design canvas built on real code, and more.
Steven Van
April 15, 2026
Good morning. DaVinci Resolve 21 just dropped in public beta, packed with new AI tools, including one that ages or de-ages a face on a moving subject.
Also: Google Chrome just announced "Skills," a new feature that lets you save your most-used Gemini AI prompts as one-click shortcuts right inside your browser.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
One brand built 30+ landing pages through Viktor without a single developer.
Each page mapped to a specific ad group. All deployed within hours. Viktor wrote the code and shipped every one from a Slack message.
That same team has Viktor monitoring ad accounts across the portfolio and posting performance briefs before the day starts. One colleague. Always on. Across every account.
5,700+ teams. 3,000+ integrations.
VIDEO EDITING
🎬 DaVinci Resolve 21 ships a full suite of new AI tools
AI Face Age Transformer
DaVinci Resolve 21 is out in public beta, and this update is loaded with new AI tools that are genuinely useful for video creators.
Adjust Focus with AI CineFocus
Here’s what’s new:
CineFocus lets you redefine the focal point of any shot after filming, with realistic bokeh and rack focus keyframing.
AI Face Age Transformer ages or de-ages a face on a moving subject.
AI Face Reshaper tweaks facial features like eyes, nose, and jawline while the subject is moving.
AI Blemish Removal cleans up skin while keeping natural texture intact.
AI UltraSharpen rescues blurry or low‑res footage with extreme detail recovery.
AI Motion Deblur removes motion blur artifacts for cleaner slow‑mo and freeze‑frame shots.
AI IntelliSearch lets you search your entire media and photo library by content (faces, objects, or spoken words).
AI Speech Generator creates a custom voice from as little as a 10‑second sample, with controls for speed, pitch, and inflection.
On top of all that, there's also a brand new Photo page that brings DaVinci's full node-based color grading to still images (a first for the software).
The public beta is free to download now.
VIDEO EDITING
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PRODUCTIVITY
✍️ Google Chrome introduces "Skills" for one-click AI workflows
Google just announced "Skills" in Chrome, a new feature that lets you save your most-used Gemini AI prompts as one-click shortcuts right inside your browser.
Instead of typing the same prompt every time, Skills lets you store it and fire it with a single click.
Creating a new Skill in Google Chrome
You can also browse a library of premade shortcuts.
For example:
Health & Wellness: quickly calculating protein macros for any recipe.
Shopping: generating side-by-side spec comparisons across multiple tabs.
Productivity: scanning lengthy documents for important information.
Skills are rolling out now on Google Chrome on Mac, Windows, and Chrome OS.
DESIGN
🎨 Wonder opens "Public Alpha," a design canvas built on real code
Wonder (a new design tool built to compete against Figma) just launched its public alpha as a design canvas where everything you create is backed by real code.
What you put on the canvas is exactly what goes live (nothing changes when you convert designs to code).
Wonder is also partnering with Shaders.com to bring shader presets directly into the canvas.
With Shaders' also MCP now live, the two platforms plan to integrate more closely for a full loop of creating and polishing shaders inside Wonder.
What's MCP? MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a standard that lets AI tools connect directly to other apps and codebases. Think of it like giving your design tool a live wire into your code (instead of exporting and copying values manually, they sync automatically).
ADVERTISING
How Jennifer Aniston’s LolaVie brand grew sales 40% with CTV ads
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LolaVie used Roku Ads Manager to test and optimize creatives — reaching millions of potential customers at all stages of their purchase journeys. Roku Ads Manager helped the brand convey LolaVie’s playful voice while helping drive omnichannel sales across both ecommerce and retail touchpoints.
The campaign included an Action Ad overlay that let viewers shop directly from their TVs by clicking OK on their Roku remote. This guided them to the website to buy LolaVie products.
Discover how Roku Ads Manager helped LolaVie drive big sales and customer growth with self-serve TV ads.
The DTC beauty category is crowded. To break through, Jennifer Aniston’s brand LolaVie, worked with Roku Ads Manager to easily set up, test, and optimize CTV ad creatives. The campaign helped drive a big lift in sales and customer growth, helping LolaVie break through in the crowded beauty category.
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