User Manual

Comparing Clips in the Viewer
The ability to compare different clips to one another is an important part of the color correction
process. DaVinci Resolve provides three different ways of doing so. You can use the Gallery to
display two clips for split screen comparison. You can also use different reference modes to see
a timeline clip or reference movie directly as part of a split screen comparison. Finally, you can
use the Split Screen controls to display multi-frame arrangements in the Viewer.
Saving and Wiping Stills in the Gallery and Timeline
The Gallery on the Color page provides fast access to stills that you’ve saved from various clips
in the Timeline. While the dedicated Gallery page provides a more comprehensive interface for
browsing presaved “looks,” as well as for importing stills from other projects, you can save,
organize, and browse stills directly within the Gallery of the Color page.
Stills are saved in the DPX file format. Once you’ve saved one or more stills, you can set up split
screen wipes in the Viewer, which will be mirrored to your external display.
Stills from the Gallery can be compared to the current shot making it easier to match grades
This section provides an abbreviated summary of still store and split screen functionality to get
you started quickly.
To save a still, do one of the following:
 Choose View > Stills > Grab Still (Option-Command-G).
 Right-click on the Viewer and choose Grab Still.
 Press GRAB STILL on the Transport panel of the DaVinci control panel.
To wipe a still, do one of the following:
 Select a still in the Gallery, and click the Image Wipe button on the top Viewer toolbar.
 Choose View > Stills > Play Still (Command-W), or right-click in the Viewer and choose
Toggle Wipe.
 Double-click a still in the Gallery.
 Press PREV STILL or NEXT STILL on the Transport panel of the DaVinci control panel to
select a still, then press PLAY STILL.
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