Navigating Clips by Timecode
To type timecode instead of a clip number, you need to add colons to signify that you’re
entering hours followed by a colon, then the minutes followed by a colon, the seconds with a
colon, and finally the frames followed by the ENTER key. As you enter timecode on the Color
page, the timecode values you type appear in the lower right‑hand corner of the DaVinci
Resolve window, to the left of the Project Manager and Project Settings buttons.
DaVinci Resolve does not need to have leading numbers entered where they offer no value
and the default value is 0, so to type one hour, three minutes, zero seconds, and sixteen
frames, you do not need to type 01:03:00:16. Simply type 1:3::16 and then press Enter. This
speeds timecode entry.
Moving the Playhead Using Relative Frame Numbers
If you type a + or – and a number of frames, the playhead will move forward or backward by
that number of frames relative to its prior position.
Selecting Specific Nodes in the Node Editor
You can select specific nodes in the current node tree by typing the node’s number and then
pressing SELECT NODE.
Making Printer Points Adjustments
You can use the number keys to make controlled Printer Points adjustments by pressing the
P/LITE button (found in the group of keys just above the number keys). The P/LITE button
remains highlighted as long as printer points adjustment using the number keys is active.
Press P/LITE again to toggle printer points mode off.
The P/LITE button toggles printer points mode on and off in the default “whole point” mode.
You can also press SHIFT UP P/LITE 1/2 to work in “half point” mode, or SHIFT DOWN P/LITE 1/4
to work in “quarter point” mode.
In Printer Points mode, you have three sets of controls:
Plus and minus Red, Green, and Blue to adjust color balance in the additive manner, by
raising or lowering specific color channels
Plus and minus Master to raise or lower RGB equally to adjust luminance
Plus and minus Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow to adjust color balance in the subtractive
manner, by raising or lowering pairs of color channels corresponding to Cyan (Blue and
Green), Magenta (Red and Blue), and Yellow (Red and Green)
Viewing Individual Red, Green,
and Blue Channels in the Viewer
You can use the number keys to choose individual channels to evaluate in the Viewer, in order
to more closely evaluate noise or image quality on a per‑channel basis.
First, press SHIFT DOWN, then press the GALLERY/REF INVERT/RGB button on the T‑bar
panel to trigger the RGB function. Three number keys are then highlighted, 1 (labeled GREEN),
3 (labeled BLUE), AND 5 (labeled RED). Pressing any of these keys sets the Viewer to show only
that channel as a grayscale image.
To go back to viewing full‑color RGB, press REF INVERT.
53The Advanced Panel Number Pad Does Many Things
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