Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 230)

COLOR 230
Master RED Decoder Settings
There are three sections to the decoder window. The first is on the top left of the RED Settings window;
the configuration here sets the operation for the balance of this window.
The Decode Quality setting can be set to use the Project setting as selected on the Configuration
screen, Source tab for RED, or you can select one of the other debayer and resolution settings. These
settings include Full Resolution with Premium Debayer, to Half Res Premium (as often used for grading),
down to the One-Sixteeneth Res with Good debayer, which is often used when grading RED files on
a MacBookPro.
As you assign the decode quality you will have a direct impact on the performance of the system, so
you may want to grade in a resolution which provides real-time playback, then use the config settings to
switch to a higher quality/resolution for rendering. This will depend entirely on the hardware capabilities
of your system.
Color screen Thumbnail Right Click to select Edit RED codec settings