Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 154)

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In more practical examples for titling, if you superimpose a clip that consists of white text against black
and set its Composite Mode to Screen, the black background disappears and the white text is combined
with the underlying clip. Similarly, if you superimpose and Multiply a clip consisting of black text against
a white background over another clip, the white background disappears and the black text is combined
with the underlying clip.
There are ten Blend Modes to choose from:
Normal
Add
Subtract
Difference
Multiply
Screen
Overlay
Darken
Lighten
Unknown
Working with composite modes is simple.
To set or change a composite mode for any clip:
Right-click the clip you want to change the the transfer mode
of, and choose one of the options from the Composite Mode
submenu.
To turn composite modes off:
Right-click the clip you want to turn the composite mode off of,
and choose Normal from the Composite Mode submenu.
Note: Composite modes are designed to be used on clips that are superimposed over other clips
in the Timeline. If you apply a composite mode to a clip that’s not superimposed, you may get
unexpected results.
Speed Effects
DaVinci Resolve is capable of reading linear speed effects from imported EDL, AAF, and XML projects,
and playing clips at the specified speed from within Resolve. Resolve is not compatible with non-
linear speed effects, and there is no frame blending or interpolation. For this reason, you may find it
advantageous to render clips with speed effects as self-contained media files in your NLE or compositing
software before sending the project to Resolve for grading, in order to obtain the best quality.