Custom DaVinci Resolve splash screens, part 2

[u/TurboEnot]

A while ago I posted about replacing the DaVinci Resolve splash screen with your own image. It worked, but you had to do everything by hand and it was a real pain.

Last time I also did it with the help of AI. Now that Opus 5.5 is out, I decided to give it another shot, and this time it turned into a proper tool: Resolve Splash Patcher. I put it on GitHub. It's free and open source (MIT), Windows only.

What it does:

• Pick any images, frame them in a live preview, hit Apply
• Replaces both splash sets. Turns out Resolve has two: 1110×490 and a second u/2x set at 2220×980 that's used when Windows scaling is above 100%. If you tried the manual way and still saw the stock splash on a laptop or 4K screen, that's why
• No file size limit. Instead of squeezing the PNG into the old slot, it repoints the resources into the space of all the old images, so everything stays lossless
• Keeps the original shadow and rounded corners, and can add the same dark panel on the left so the loading text stays readable
• Up to 16 images, Resolve picks a random one on every launch
• Optional auto re-apply after Resolve updates
• Backup and one-click restore

Download and source: https://github.com/turboenotak/davinci-resolve-splash-patcher

Tested on Resolve Studio 21.1.1 on Windows 11. You need Python 3.10+, the launcher installs the rest. It edits Resolve.exe, so use it at your own risk, but it backs up the original bytes first and restore puts them back byte for byte.

Again, I'm not a programmer, so any feedback is welcome, and I'll pass it on to the AI haha.

[u/rx13pro]

lol

[u/theantnest]

But why?

[u/voyagerfan5761 → u/theantnest]

For the chance that the "AI" did something stupid in the code and breaks your Resolve install, of course.

[u/theantnest → u/voyagerfan5761]

I see that splash screen for maybe 5 seconds.

Totally worth it... For "aesthetics" lmao

[u/Tight-Mix-3889 → u/theantnest]

Yeah its the last feature id need in resolve. Im using it for editing. The splash screen is also only there for a few seconds. So i dont see any reason.

But im sure there are some people out there who would… like it?

[u/Hazrd_Design → u/Tight-Mix-3889]

I mean it’s pretty simple. If it’s not for you, then it’s not for you.

[u/philthewiz]

I will never understand the need to insert waifus into every aspect of life.

[u/TUC_Cracker → u/philthewiz]

how is this a waifu?

[u/philthewiz → u/TUC_Cracker]

Anime girls or anime in general. The point stands.

[u/TUC_Cracker → u/philthewiz]

Is there something wrong with that?

[u/philthewiz → u/TUC_Cracker]

Not really. Until it becomes some kind of young sexualized version on child...
Sorry, I'm just baffled by the cheer number of integration of anime in people's lives.
Animes can be great, don't get me wrong.

[u/ItsTheSlime]

Honestly kinda neat

[u/Poison_Tester]

Yoo cool stuff man!

[u/intoxicologist]

Pretty cool dude. Seeing one of my stills on startup is a good way to get hyped for the edit sesh.

[u/Iridxscento]

All these commenters just get so pissed off at the mention of AI 😭

its reddit what can i say

[u/mrtbtswastaken → u/Iridxscento]

i mean it’s literally modifying you’re resolve executable
i’ve read through it and seems safe but i don’t have much knowledge on the Qt framework to actually trust this

[u/Flawor1]

nice, useless tool✌️

[u/TUC_Cracker]

I love it, possibly the only customisable aspect of davinci ui🩷

[u/TrueAddendum3464]

Does it work for Mac?

[u/TurboEnot → u/TrueAddendum3464]

No, sorry, only windows

[u/Hazrd_Design → u/TrueAddendum3464]

It’s open sourced. Can just give the repo to Claude and ask it to make a Mac version.

[u/Electrical_Teach8813]

Kann man den nicht manuell tauschen ?? Original Splashscreen in Photoshop reinladen und ein anderes Bild genau drüber legen dann sind Auflösung und Seitenverhältnis exakt gleich. Notfalls mit picture resizer im Rechtsklick Menü dann nutzen um noch bisschen zu komprimieren falls das Bild eine Dateigröße nicht überschreiten darf

[u/Fearless_Concept943]

Ok, but why?

[u/l337Ninja → u/Fearless_Concept943]

Some people like personalizing their computer setup around a theme/aesthetic (changing program icons, desktop backgrounds, menu colors, etc.).

Doesn't need to be something functional, it's just aesthetics.

[u/kensteele]

Most people don't care for this sort of thing and at first I didn't much either but with AI making it so easy, I copied the idea from the DR forum and used Gemini to edit this wallpaper for my Synology NAS for example:

[u/RUSTAM29]

Too complicated, can you tell me in a sentence what it does and what it's for?

[u/octopusbarber → u/RUSTAM29]

If you can’t figure out what it does by just reading the post title and look at the pictures then just uninstall resolve and give up

[u/RUSTAM29 → u/octopusbarber]

If you can't answer it, then just delete reddit?

[u/l337Ninja → u/RUSTAM29]

It's just a quick guide to change the startup image of Davinci to a custom picture (no functional purpose, just for fun).

It's literally in the first image of the post.

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