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Use S-curve for contrast: On by default, this checkbox sets the contrast control in the
Color Wheels palette to apply an “S-curve” to the image, such that the shadows and
highlights of a signal will not be clipped when you increase the value. If you would
prefer for these contrast adjustments to be made linearly, and for the signal to be
allowed to clip when you reach the upper and lower boundaries of the video signal, you
can turn this checkbox off.
Use legacy sizing interactions for windows and effects: DaVinci Resolve 14.1.1
improved how window tracking applies transformations, to correctly handle things like
pixel aspect ratio (par). New projects should leave this setting disabled, however older
projects should leave this checkbox enabled to ensure tracking and transforms remain
applied the way they were before.
Apply stereoscopic convergence to windows and effects: When enabled,
DaVinci Resolve correctly maintains the position of a window that’s been properly
placed over each eye as convergence is adjusted in the 3D palette. Enabling this
checkbox also enables an additional Convergence parameter in the Window palette
that lets you create properly aligned convergence for a window that’s placed onto a
stereoscopic 3D clip, as seen in the following screenshot.
The Convergence control in the Transform section of
the Window palette appears when you enable “Apply
stereoscopic convergence to windows and effects”
Use local version for new clips in timeline: Automatically sets all new clips that
are added to existing timelines, or all clips that are added to new timelines that are
imported via AAF, EDL, or XML, to use local grades by default. If you want all clips
added to new timelines to use remote grades instead, as with DaVinci Resolve version
9 and earlier, you can turn this checkbox off.
Automatically match master timeline with media pool: If you turn on this option before
importing any media into the Media Pool, or importing any timelines that will in turn
import media into the Media Pool, you can create projects with a Master Timeline.
When enabled, clips are added to and removed from the Master Timeline as they’re
added to and removed from the Media Pool, so that the Master Timeline always
contains all media in the Media Pool. Once media has been imported into a project, this
setting cannot be changed.
Save timeline thumbnails with project: To minimize project size, and maximize the
speed of saving and loading projects, you should leave this checkbox unchecked. If
you select the checkbox, all of your Timeline thumbnails will be stored inside every
project, instead of in the default directory that’s ordinarily dedicated to stills, during
both Save and Auto Save operations. This provides a good history of the project but
takes much longer to complete and uses more hard disk space.
Use BGR pixel order for DPX v2: Lets you choose a different pixel order for projects
using DPX version 2 media.
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