Smooth slow motion in DaVinci Resolve Free
Tested September 18,2026 in DaVinci Resolve Free21.1 on macOS.

Import Voyager-slow-motion.drp via Resolve Project Manager > Import Project.
If offline, relink walking-source.mov in the Media Pool to this extracted folder.
Timeline Native speed comparison,1280x534,24fps:
0-3s: normal source playback.
3-15s:25% speed,Nearest.
15-27s:25% speed,Frame Blend.
27-39s:25% speed,Optical Flow with Enhanced Better.
All speed changes were applied with Resolve's native Change Clip Speed command with Ripple Timeline enabled. Project remains editable. Speed Warp not used.

Source:3seconds/72frames. Eachslowversion:12seconds/288frames.
Native fulltimeline:39seconds/936frames.
comparison.mp4: synchronized Nearest vs Enhanced Better, resized/labeled.
nearest.mp4,frame-blend.mp4,optical-flow.mp4: individual web copies encoded from native renders.
native-comparison.mp4: native H264 QuickTime export remuxed toMP4 without video re-encoding; audio omitted.
Frame indices in article:zero-based. Comparison frame122=00:00:05:02;frame162=00:00:06:18. OpticalFlowframe162 is between sourceframes40and41. Cropped figures show exported pixels, with labels and enlargement where stated.

FOOTAGE CREDIT
Tears of Steel (2012), (CC) Blender Foundation | mango.blender.org, directed by Ian Hubert.
https://mango.blender.org/
License:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Licensing statement:https://mango.blender.org/sharing/
Source:https://download.blender.org/demo/movies/ToS/tears_of_steel_720p.mov
Excerpt179.5-182.5seconds;audio removed;ProRes intermediate; native speedchange/interpolation; crop/resizing/labels for comparisons. No original soundtrack included. Performers do not endorse Voyager or the demonstrated tools.
