DR Studio 19

I bought Studio v18. Do I have to re-buy 19? I've spent an hour trying to see how to download/register it but nothing. Login takes me to some random cloud page. The v19 link adds it to a basket. This website is a nightmare (though the product is of course excellent.)

Resolve 19 beta installers for all platforms are available from the Support page: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/suppor ... and-fusion

Links to the Support page are also provided in the Release Notes in the Announcements section at the top of the forum.

Also note the following Pre-Installation Notes from the Release Notes:

For DaVinci Resolve 19.0, we have taken efforts to keep the project libraries compatible with DaVinci Resolve 18.6.6. While this allows you to access the project library with 18.6.6, individual projects created or opened in 19.0 will no longer be accessible in 18.6.6.

We recommend a full project library backup as well as individual project backups before opening projects in 19.0.

This is what you should see on the Blackmagic website Support page when highlighting the DaVinci Resolve and Fusion Software square,

Step 1:

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Step 2:

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Step 3:

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Does testing Betas of DVR Studio 19 require a licence?

I have a 2 installs with my Studio licence, and no spare installs to test the beta. (Running the beta on a separate bootable installation of macOS).

Yes.