21Blackmagic Special Report • April 2017
Blackmagic Mini and Micro Panels for DaVinci Resolve
Blackmagic Design has two new portable hardware control
panels for DaVinci Resolve. e new DaVinci Resolve
Micro Panel and the DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel have the
consistent layout, look and feel of a traditional DaVinci
Resolve Advanced Panel. e new panels are portable and
easy to move between locations or take on location. is
should be especially appealing to freelance colorists.
Both panels provide ergonomic, hands-on control that are
beyond reach of a standard mouse and keyboard. Both
have 3 high-resolution weighted trackballs, and a row of
12 knobs provide access to the most powerful primary
correction features: Y Li, Y Gamma, Y Gain, Contrast,
Pivot, Mid-tone Detail, Color Boost, Shadow, Highlight,
Saturation, Hue Rotation and Luminance Mix.
e new panels also have 18 transport and navigation
control buttons on the right side for the most important
and commonly-used commands, thus avoiding the hunt
through menus to change a setting.
e smaller DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel is not much
larger than a computer keyboard and is powered from its
USB connection. It is excellent for editing and working on
primary color correction. It easily ts on a DIT cart.
e DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel includes the same features
as the Micro. But it adds an upper deck with enough
controls for a colorist to do professional work on any
DaVinci workstation or advanced laptop into which it is
attached. ere are 2 high-resolution screens with dozens
of menus for fast access to most of the advanced color
grading features of DaVinci Resolve, with information
and parameter settings for the currently selected tool.
ere are 8 so knobs and 8 so buttons, dedicated keys
for switching tools, working with nodes, grabbing stills,
navigating the timeline and more.
e DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini panels both use
USB-C to connect with the latest laptops and workstations.
For computers with conventional USB 3.0 connections, a
USB 3 to USB-C cable is included. As already mentioned,
the DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel is fully powered over
USB so it can be run directly from a laptop on location,
without requiring external power, making it an excellent
choice for a DIT cart and on-set grading.
e DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel has both AC power and
4-pin XLR 12V DC powers connections. e Mini Panel
also has built-in Ethernet to connect with a DaVinci
Resolve workstation using either USB or a network. e
Ethernet also supports PoE (Power over Ethernet ) so it
can be powered via the network connection from a PoE
compatible router.
e DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel is $995 and the DaVin-
ci Resolve Mini Panel is $2,995. Both panels are available
now from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide.
blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Davinci Resolve Mini Panel
DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel
Start here: 12 knobs for
primaries—sometimes
called “the bread and butter
of color correcting.”
Nicely balanced trackballs
provide RGB balance adjust-
ments for lift, gamma and
gain, each with an outer ring
master level control
18 dedicated
navigation
and transport
buttons
Davinci Resolve Mini Panel connected to Mac Pro and Eizo 32” monitors
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