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Video Monitoring
The settings available in this group control the signal that’s output by the video output interface
that’s connected to your workstation, and let you specify what standard of signal is output, and
via which signal path.
By default the frame size and frame rate match those in the Timeline resolution and Playback
frame rate options. However, if necessary you can change these settings to match those of the
external display you’re using to monitor your work. For example, if you’re working with 2K files
for 2K output, but you’re color correcting using a high definition monitor set to 1080 resolution,
you can select the appropriate HD standard for that monitor without changing the Timeline
Resolution settings.
Video format: Lets you choose a video standard combination of frame size and frame
rate to be output via your connected video output interface.
Video connection checkboxes: Lets you choose the signal standard to output from
your connected video output interface to the video monitor. Make sure to choose a
standard that’s supported by both your video interface and your monitor.
The options are:
Use 4:4:4 SDI: A signal path for monitoring image data to monitors that supports
4:4:4 chroma sampling, typically over SDI connections.
Use Level A for 3Gb SDI output: A signal path for monitoring image data via a single
3 Gb/s SDI connection.
Use dual outputs on SDI output: All DaVinci Resolve systems can generate a side-
by-side display that can be sent to a Stereoscopic monitor via the HD-SDI output
of an UltraStudio 4K or DeckLink card. When dual SDI 3D monitoring is enabled,
each eye is output separately at full resolution. In this mode, split-screen wipes and
cursors will not be visible on the grading monitor.
SDI Configuration: Lets you choose from among Single Link, Dual Link, and Quad Link
SDI, depending on what your display supports.
Data Levels: This setting only affects the data levels being output via the video
interface that connects the DaVinci Resolve workstation to your external display.
Ithas no effect on the data that’s processed internally by DaVinci Resolve, or on the
files written when you render in the Deliver page. It is imperative that the option you
choose in DaVinci Resolve matches the data range to which your external display is set.
Otherwise, the video signal will appear to be incorrect, even though the internal data is
being processed accurately by DaVinci Resolve. There are two options:
Video: This is the correct option to use when using a broadcast display set to the
Rec. 709 video standard.
Full: If your monitor or projector is capable of displaying “full range” video signals,
and you wish to monitor the full 10-bit data range (0–1023) while you work, this is the
correct option to use.
For more information about data levels, see Chapter 7, “Data Levels, Color
Management, and ACES.
Retain sub-black and super-white data: Turning this checkbox on lets DaVinci Resolve
output the undershoots (sub-black) and overshoots (super-white) within the headroom
of video encoded data levels to video. When this is turned off, these out-of-bounds
values are clipped in video output.
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