Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 280)

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Inside and Outside Window Grades
It is common to grade inside a Power Window to change the image in a particular area. However, if
you wish to adjust the grade both inside and outside the window independently, this is performed in
DaVinci Resolve with two nodes with a Link Control that sends the key signal from one node isolation
to another node.
You can manually add and link a node, or with the DaVinci Resolve Control surface, select ‘Add Outside
Node’ on the Windows Soft menu to Add another node automatically and link the Alpha channel. You
can then select the first node and grade the image inside the window and select the second node and
correct outside the window. To add a Matte Link to a second node manually, connect the nodes by
clicking on the Arrow icon located to the right of one node, and then drag the mouse to the Arrow icon
located to the left side of the next node.
Circular Power Window
The Circular Power Window (CPW) can have its Horizontal and Vertical Position, Size and Aspect
changed as well as the Softness of the window’s impact on the underling image. Quite often, the CPW
is use to make a vignette. DaVinci’s Circular Power Window changed the industry as it permits very small
to large size settings with what seems to be infinite softness.
Use the CPW in a large wide aspect to make a grading impact on the entire top or bottom of the image.
Or, use it on a single eye of the talent to change the look.
Circular Power Window