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High Soft
The High Soft slider sets the threshold, below the clipping point, at which highlights begin to
compress before hard clipping. At unity, no soft clipping occurs. As you raise this value, more
and more of the clipped highlight values are compressed, rather than clipped, resulting in
softer, more pleasant “glowing” highlights.
IMPORTANT Image data that was clipped “in camera” is not necessarily retrievable
using the Soft Clip controls, although there may be some preserved overhead in the
super-white highlights of Y’CbCr-encoded video data.
Low
The Low Soft Clipping Point slider lets you adjust the minimum signal level at which the signal
clips. This defaults to a digital level of 0 relative to the DaVinci Resolve internal video scopes.
Dragging this slider to the right causes the shadows of the image to clip at a higher level,
resulting in lighter minimum levels, and a lower-contrast image with lighter (possibly
milky) shadows.
Low Soft
The Low Soft slider sets the threshold, above the minimum clipping point, at which shadows
begin to compress before hard clipping. At unity, no soft clipping occurs. As you drag this slider
to the right, more and more of the clipped shadow values are compressed, rather than clipped,
resulting in a softer, more pleasant rolloff in the shadows.
Using Soft Clipping Controls with
the DaVinci Control Panel
The soft clipping controls can also be manipulated using the DaVinci control panel, which
provides separate controls for ganged and individual color channels.
To open the soft clipping control on the DaVinci Resolve control panel:
Press the CLIPS soft key on the Center panel.
To exit the soft clipping controls:
Press the MAIN soft key on the Center panel.
To make a ganged soft clipping adjustment:
 Adjust the MASTER CLIP or MASTER SOFT rotary knobs of the SCENE WHITE CLIPS or
SCENE BLACK CLIPS control groups (there are four individual knobs).
 These controls adjust all four corresponding YRGB High Soft, High Clip, Low Soft, or
Low Clip parameters simultaneously.
To adjust soft clipping for individual color channels:
 Adjust the RED/GREEN/BLUE CLIP or RED/GREEN/BLUE SOFT rotary knobs
of the SCENE WHITE CLIPS or SCENE BLACK CLIPS control groups (there are
12individualknobs).
 Each control adjusts an individual YRGB color channel.
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