Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel - Manual (Page 61)

CHAPTER CONFIGURATION
CONFIGURATION 61
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The options available are:
Centre crop with no resizing This option makes no attempt to resize the image to fit the aspect
ratio selected. A simple crop is used from the center of the source
image if it’s larger than the timeline format.
Scale to full frame with crop Automatically inserts blanking within the image area to
compensate for a difference in the source to timeline
aspect ratio.
Scale entire image to fit The image will be resized in order to completely fill the frame.
In some cases, a part of the image will be cut from the left and
right sides of the source image or the top and bottom. You can
reposition the image using the Input Format sizing controls within
the Format screen.
Stretch frame to all corners When you select this option, DaVinci Resolve will fit the frame
to the output aspect ratio. In this mode, the frame edges will
be stretched to the corners and no information will be lost.
However, this option can also result in squeezing or stretching of
the image in order to fit the output format.
Low Resolution Proxies
The proxy mode can be enabled from the Project tab or on the DaVinci Resolve control surface. When
using the Low Resolution Proxies section of the Project tab, select the resolution for the proxy, which
is often exactly half the system resolution. Proxies on DaVinci Resolve are made with our optical-
quality resizing engine and have been used for major-budget film outs. There are two types of proxies.
The traditional pre-generated proxies which are managed from the Browse screen and often used for
4K projects where the system hardware only permits real time 2K performance and the advanced ‘On
the Fly Proxy (OFP) which DaVinci Resolve generates in real time.
Proxies are generally used when a complex color correction is created and the system begins to run
a little slower than real time. When this occurs, the proxy mode can be activated in order to see the
results running in real time. Alternatively, you can cache the clip to gain real time performance again.
The Low Resolution Proxies display shows the resolution of the generated proxy and the ’Use real
time proxies’ checkbox allows the operator to activate the Proxy mode.
Low Resolution Proxies