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In Bars mode, the Offset controls are represented by three vertical sliders, which mirror the settings of the Offset color balance controls in the Color Wheel palette, except that they provide individual control over the Red, Green, and Blue color channels. In fact, this interface also happens to be the epicenter of the Printer Points functionality offered by DaVinci Resolve.
When you drag one of the Offset sliders up or down, you raise or lower that color channel in its entirety. This can be useful for adjusting color channels that are particularly problematic, but it’s also the way you impose the kinds of traditional linear color adjustments that color timers of film have employed for decades. In fact, many colorists consider the simplicity of these controls a virtue, and embrace the slight shadow or highlight contamination that can result from color balancing in this linear way as a creative hallmark of traditional cinema color adjustment.
Offset RGB and master controls
NOTE: Unlike the other Color Balance control adjustments described in this chapter, the Offset controls do not use the Lum Mix parameter to control whether individual
adjustments to the R, G, or B channels result in automatic adjustments being made to the other two color channels in order to maintain constant Luma levels. All Offset and printer points adjustments made to a specific color channel affect only that color channel.
NOTE: Unlike the other Color Balance control adjustments described in this chapter, the Offset controls do not use the Lum Mix parameter to control whether individual
adjustments to the R, G, or B channels result in automatic adjustments being made to the other two color channels in order to maintain constant Luma levels. All Offset and printer points adjustments made to a specific color channel affect only that color channel.
NOTE: Unlike the other Color Balance control adjustments described in this chapter, the Offset controls do not use the Lum Mix parameter to control whether individual
adjustments to the R, G, or B channels result in automatic adjustments being made to the other two color channels in order to maintain constant Luma levels. All Offset and printer points adjustments made to a specific color channel affect only that color channel.
Adjusting Printer Points in the Bars Mode
Each Offset slider also has a pair of arrow buttons, one at the top and one at the bottom. These buttons provide “Printer Point” adjustment of these values, which let you adjust each Offset channel in discrete increments. Printer Points can be useful for projects that have tight integration with a film lab, and are designed to emulate color adjustments made using optical printers.
The “plus” and “minus” red, green, and blue buttons for making printer point adjustments
NOTE: The DaVinci Resolve Advanced and Mini color grading panels each have support for adjusting printer points using rotary controls for the Red, Green, and Blue channels, as well as All channels together.
NOTE: The DaVinci Resolve Advanced and Mini color grading panels each have support for adjusting printer points using rotary controls for the Red, Green, and Blue channels, as well as All channels together.
NOTE: The DaVinci Resolve Advanced and Mini color grading panels each have support for adjusting printer points using rotary controls for the Red, Green, and Blue channels, as well as All channels together.