Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 207)

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An alternative way to work is to put the nodes in parallel rather than in series. The nodes can then have
a common input, the full range data, and each can produce the individual enhancement and output to
a Parallel Mixer node.
The Parallel Mixer node is a multiple input and single output node for images. (There is a Key Mixer node
we will cover later.) When you add a Parallel node to an existing node, DaVinci Resolve will automatically
add one Corrector node below the current node and will also add a Parallel Mixer node. The current
node and the new Corrector node will have the same input source, which can be the original file source
or the output from another node. Both the current and the new Corrector nodes will have their outputs
connected to an input on the Parallel Mixer. If you add one more Parallel Corrector node the Mixer will
add another input.
A Parallel Mixer node will mix all the inputs with equal processing priority.
Layer Mixer Node
The Layer Mixer node appears at first sight to be similar to the Parallel Mixer in that it allows for multiple
Corrector node outputs to be mixed into one node. While the Parallel Mixer processes all the inputs with
equal priority, the corrections in a Layer Mixer are prioritized from top (least priority) to bottom (greater
priority). As you add additional Corrector nodes to the Layer Mixer they are placed with a higher priority
on the Node Graph below the preceding nodey.
Changing the position of the links that are connected to the Layer Mixer node inputs will change the
priority. You may also add additional inputs to the Layer Mixer node with a right mouse click on the
Layer Mixer node and selecting ‘Add Input.’
Layer node operation is ideal when you have multiple inputs to the mixer and you want some to mask
others or have a greater influence over the mixed image.
Parallel Mixer