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Viewer Controls
Both viewers share the following onscreen controls:
Zoom drop-down menu: Choosing Fit fits the currently visible frame to the available
size of the viewer. Choosing a percentage zooms the visible frame to that size. You can
also use the scroll wheel functionality of your mouse, trackpad, or tablet to zoom in and
out of the viewer.
Duration field: At the top left-hand side of the Source Viewer, this displays the
total duration of the clip, or the duration from the In to the Out point, if these have
been placed. In the Timeline tab, this displays the total duration of the currently
selected timeline.
GPU Status Display: Every viewer in DaVinci Resolve exposes a GPU status indicator
and a frame-per-second (FPS) meter, which appears in the viewer’s title bar, which
shows you your workstation’s performance whenever playback is initiated. Since
DaVinci Resolve uses one or more GPUs (graphics processing units) to handle all image
processing and effects, the GPU status display shows you how much processing power
is being used by whichever clip is playing.
Clip Name: The clip name is displayed at the center of the Source Viewer title bar.
The Source Viewer displays a drop-down at the top of the Source Viewer, next to
the name of the currently open clip, which lets you open a menu containing a list of
the last 10 clips you opened in the Source Viewer. This list is first in, first out, with the
most recently opened clips appearing at the top.
The Timeline Viewer displays the timeline name and is also a drop-down menu that
lets you switch among other timelines in the current project. The clip/timeline name
is highlighted orange when either the Source or Timeline Viewer has focus.
Bypass Color Grades and Fusion Effects: The Bypass Color Grades and Fusion Effects
button/drop-down from the Color page is also available on the Edit page either via
the View > Bypass Color and Fusion drop-down, or via a toggle button/drop-down
menu in the Timeline Viewer. Turning off color grades and Fusion effects is an easy
way to improve playback performance on low power systems when you just need to
make a quick set of edits, and it’s also a convenient way to quickly evaluate the original
source media.
Source/Timeline Timecode/Frame/Keykode Display: At the top right-hand side of
the Source Viewer, this field shows the timecode of the current frame at the position
of the playhead in the Source Viewer’s jog bar, and can be switched between
source timecode, source frame, and keykode by right-clicking and choosing from the
contextual menu. In the Timeline Viewer, this field shows the record timecode of the
current frame at the position of the playhead in the Timeline, and can be switched
between source and record timecode, source and record frames, and keykode by
right-clicking and choosing from the contextual menu.
Source Viewer Option menu: Contains the following commands:
Gang Viewers: With Gang Viewers enabled, the movement of the Source and
Timeline Viewer playheads is locked together, so that they move in unison.
This is useful when you’re matching the timing of part of a clip in the Source Viewer
to match an event in the Timeline.
Live Media Preview: Enabled by default, makes it possible for thumbnails that
you’re skimming in the Media Pool to show the skimmed frame in the Viewer.
When skimming with Live Media Preview enabled, the playhead that appears in the
thumbnail is locked to the playhead displayed in the Viewer’s jog bar.
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