Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 243)

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Master Scroll Wheel
Directly under these numerical indications are the master scroll wheels. As you click and drag each
control to the left or right you will decrease or increase the master level. Note that the Y, R, G and B all
move together. You can also use the scroll wheel or the two finger gesture control to use this control
instead of holding down the left button of the mouse. Holding the Option key, and adjusting this control
lets you control the Lum (Y) individually.
The master levels and luminance levels are also adjustable using the Command key and Option key
respectively and scrubbing the mouse or pen horizontally in the respective color wheels.
If you review the image waveform you can quickly see how the Lift master control can bring the image
shadows closer to or further away from 0 IRE or black. The Gain master will move the image towards
the white point and the Gamma master will influence the image between the blacks and whites.
Resets
Each of the parameters you adjust in the 3-Way Color wheels has resets. Use the reset icon at the top
right of each wheel to reset that wheel.
Double clicking inside the wheel will reset the RGB values but not the master control. Just as the Option
scroll wheel adjusts the Luminance only, holding the Option key and selecting the wheel reset will reset
that Luminance value.
Resolve also has a level reset operation. Use the Command key and click lift, gamma or gain reset to
adjust the YRGB levels around the default values while maintaining the balance between these values.
At the bottom right of the tab there is also a tab reset for all parameters.
Hue, Saturation and Lum Mix
The three sliders below the scroll wheels are the Hue, Saturation and Lum mix controls. These mirror
the physical controls on the right side of the DaVinci Resolve Control Surface and the sliders on the
Primary tab.
You can select them with your mouse and adjust or reset any control with a mouse click on the slider
name. To change the overall saturation or hue of the image or within a qualified area simply adjust the
slider. To type in a precise number, it is possible to click on the number on any of the sliders and type
in a value.
The Lum Mix control provides a balance between the DaVinci YRGB grading parameters that are native
in Resolve and the Y extracted from the traditional RGB in a 3-Way color grading system.
Auto Color
The Auto Color button provides a quick way to balance the blacks and whites of the image. Resolve
looks for the darkest levels to balance the RGB in the blacks and the brightest to balance the RGB in
the highlights for the Auto Color grade.