Soft Clipping Adjustments
The soft clipping controls can also be manipulated using the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel,
which provides separate controls for ganged and individual color channels.
To open the soft clipping control on the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel:
Press the CURVES key on the Trackball panel, then press the SOFT CLIP soft key.
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 soft knobs of the SCENE BLACK CLIPS or SCENE
WHITE CLIPS control groups.
These controls adjust all four corresponding Master‑RGB High Soft, High Clip, Low Soft, or
LowClip parameters simultaneously.
To adjust soft clipping for individual color channels:
Adjust the MASTER/RED/GREEN/BLUE CLIP or MASTER/RED/GREEN/BLUE SOFT rotary knobs of
the SCENE WHITE CLIPS or SCENE BLACK CLIPS control groups (there are 12 individual knobs).
HSL Curves Controls
The HSL curves can also be adjusted using the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel.
To open the soft clipping control on the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel:
1 Press the CURVES key on the Trackball panel.
2 Press the CURVES soft key on the soft menu.
3 Press the soft key that corresponds to the HSL curve you want to adjust, HUE•HUE,
HUE•SAT, HUE•LUM, LUM•SAT, SAT•SAT, SAT•LUM.
4 Use the RED, YELLOW, GREEN CYAN, BLUE, and MAGENTA, or the LOW, LOW‑MID, MID‑
HIGH, and HIGH soft knobs to adjust the particular slice of hue or image tonality you want,
using the method you’ve selected.
The Advanced Panel Number Pad
Does Many Things
The number keys serve a wide number of uses. This section describes them all in one place.
Navigating Clips by Clip Number
You can move the playhead to the first frame of any clip in the Timeline by typing that clip’s
number (listed above the upper left‑hand corner of each thumbnail in the Thumbnail Timeline)
using the number keys, and then pressing ENTER.
52The Advanced Panel Number Pad Does Many Things