Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 294)

VIEWER 294
Full Screen Viewer
At the top of the Viewer, in the center window bar, is the name of the Project and Session. To the left
of this is a GPU status display and the playback speed display in frames per second. The GPU status
indicates the percentage of use that the current color correction demands of the GPU. A full green
indication is good, indicating there is plenty of GPU headroom. As the GPU processing resources are
used by additional color correction, the green bars will reduce. A flashing red indication shows that
the GPU is unable to consistently process the correction in real time. Ultimately, as you add a greater
number of corrections, you will reach the real time limit of the GPU and DaVinci Resolve will play back
at a slower than selected speed.
There are a number of operational options in this situation to continue with the slower than real time
operation. If you select ‘On-The-Fly Proxy,’ DaVinci Resolve can generate proxy source images in real
time, which will allow the GPU sufficient headroom to process the image, or you can select Render
Cache to cache the clip.
This display will show either Record or Source timecode, Record or Source frame number, and, if available
in the DPX header, KeyKode. On the bottom right of the Viewer is the primary timecode display for the
clip being played. Just like the top display, you can change the information displayed by clicking on the
timecode display with the mouse to toggle the display between the five options, as indicated above.
To the right of the primary timecode display is the Clip Loop selection button. When enabled, the
current clip displayed in the timeline will turn blue so you can play the clip in a Loop mode.
The button on the left-hand side will select and deselect the PowerWindows cursors. The next button
will change the cursor into the Color Picker mode for selecting a specific color from the Viewer image.
When the third button is activated, the Gallery Wipe will be visible. The right button is used to activate
the interactive Dirt and Dust tool.