Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel with Resolve Studio Software

Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Micro Overview

The DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel from Blackmagic Design is a portable control surface that provides more control and a faster workflow to DaVinci Resolve Studio software than working with a keyboard and mouse alone. Suitable for editors and colorists that need a portable control surface, it features three high-resolution, weighted trackballs and 12 control knobs for accessing essential primary color-correction tools in the included Resolve software. Eighteen dedicated keys on the right side also give you access to the most commonly used grading features and playback controls.

The Micro Panel uses a USB 3.0 Type-C interface that allows you to connect to a computer or laptop and power the panel, alleviating the need for a separate power supply.

It also interfaces with macOS, Windows, or select Linux systems. For the panel to work with Resolve, your computer must be running DaVinci Resolve 14.3 or DaVinci Resolve Studio 14.3 or later. An included USB 3.0 Type-A to USB Type-C cable provides backward compatibility for systems that have USB 3.0 Type-A ports.

Key Features

• Small enough to take with you, so you can use it with any Resolve system (14.3 or later) and do color correction on location or at the editor’s suite
• DaVinci Resolve Studio software activation key included
• Shares basic layout with Mini and Advanced Panels
• Interfaces with and controls software
• Three track balls with outer control rings
• Log and Offset color-correction selection buttons
• Custom control knobs with 4096 steps per rotation and push-button reset

Primary Correction Creative Control Knobs
Control knobs are grouped into four sets of three knobs.
Luminance

• Y lift Control: Adjust the contrast of the image in the darker areas, specifically in the Y (luminance) channel only. This adjustment allows changing the black point without changing saturation.
• Y Gamma Control: Adjust the contrast of the image in the mid-tone areas, specifically in the Y (luminance) channel only. This control helps add depth and extra vibrancy to shots.

Contrast

• Contrast Control: Increase contrast to make the blacks darker and the whites brighter, or decrease contrast to do the opposite.
• Pivot: Change the center of tonality about which dark and bright parts of the image are stretched or narrowed during a contrast adjustment.
• Mid-Tone Detail: Affect the contrast of regions of the image with high edge detail to increase or decrease the perception of image sharpness and definition. Often used for softening facial features, making it popular for beauty shots.

Detail

• Color Boost Control: Raise the saturation in regions of the image with low saturation while leaving properly saturated areas alone. Also known as a vibrance operation, this is useful for adding color without oversaturating the image.
• Shadow Control: Selectively lighten or darken shadow detail without affecting your image’s mid-tones.
• Highlight Control: Enable retrieving blown-out highlight detail in high dynamic range media by lowering this parameter. This allows you to achieve a smooth blend between the retrieved highlights and unadjusted mid-tones for a natural-looking image.

System Requirements for DaVinci Resolve
System requirements as of DaVinci Resolve 18:

Minimum System Requirements for Mac OS

• macOS 11 Big Sur
• 8GB of system memory; 16GB when using Fusion
• Blackmagic Design Desktop Video version 12.0 or later
• Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 2GB of VRAM
• GPU that supports Metal or OpenCL 1.2

Minimum System Requirements for Windows

• Windows 10 Creators Update
• 16GB of system memory; 32GB when using Fusion
• Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 10.4.1 or later
• Integrated GPU or discrete GPU with at least 2GB of VRAM
• GPU that supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 11
• NVIDIA/AMD/Intel GPU Driver version–as required by your GPU

Minimum System Requirements for Linux

• CentOS 7.3
• 32GB of system memory
• Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 10.4.1 or later
• Discrete GPU with at least 2GB of VRAM
• GPU that supports OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 11
• NVIDIA/AMD Driver version–as required by your GPU