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Copying from Stills in the Gallery
As mentioned previously, each still you store in the Gallery contains the grading information as
well as the image of the frame it was saved from. This saved grade can be applied to any clip in
the Timeline.
IMPORTANT Copied grades overwrite any previously existing grades on the clip
orclips you copy to.
To apply a grade from a still to one or more selected clips in a timeline:
1 Choose one or more clips in the Thumbnail timeline to copy to. This can be the current
clip, or it can be a range of clips that you select by Command-clicking or Shift-clicking.
2 Do one of the following to copy a grade to the selected clips:
Right-click a still in the Gallery and choose Apply Grade.
Middle-click a still in the Gallery.
Double-click a still to wipe it in the Viewer against the current clip in the Timeline,
then right-click the Viewer and choose one of the options from the Apply
Gradesubmenu.
To apply a grade from a still to the current clip using the DaVinci control panel:
1 Select the clip you want to copy a grade to using the PREV SCENE or NEXT SCENE
buttons of the Jog/Shuttle panel.
2 Press NEXT STILL or PREV STILL to select the still with a grade that you want
copy from.
3 Press PLAY STILL to wipe the selected still against the current clip.
4 Press SHIFT UP and then press PLAY STILL to copy the grade from the selected still to
the current clip.
Append Node Graph
You can also append a saved grade to any clip in a timeline. This adds the entire node graph of
the saved still to the end of the node tree of the current clip. In other words, the current clip’s
grade isn’t overwritten, the applied grade is added to the end of it.
By planning ahead, you can save fragmentary grades that create specific effects or adjustments
using only a few nodes. You can then use these fragmentary grades as a toolkit that you can
add to other grades in order to mix and match different adjustments and effects.
For example, you could create a three-node glow effect, save it, and then apply that effect at
the end of a completely different clip’s grade.
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