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‌If you don’t have access to a middle-click on the pointing device you’re using, there’s another way of doing this using a contextual menu command.‌‌

‌To copy a grade from a clip or still to one or more clips using the Apply Grade command:

1 Select the clip thumbnail you want to copy the grade to in the Timeline; a single selected clip appears highlighted orange. If you want to copy a grade to several clips, you can either Command- click multiple non-adjacent clips, or Shift-click a continuous range of clips; multiple selected clips appear highlighted red.

2 Right-click the clip thumbnail, Gallery still, or memory you want to copy the grade from, and choose Apply Grade from the contextual menu.

The grade of the clip you middle-clicked is copied to the previously selected clip or clips.

Copy Forward Commands

Another simple way of copying grades is to use the equals (=) and minus (–) keys on the keyboard to copy grades forward from one or two clips behind the currently selected clip. This is a great way to copy grades in scenes with a shot-reverse-shot structure, where you’re cutting between two angles of coverage, each of which uses the same grade.

To copy grades forward:

‌— To copy a grade from one clip back: Choose Color > Apply Grade From One Clip Prior, or press Equals (=).

‌— To copy a grade from two clips back: Choose Color > Apply Grade From Two Clips Prior, or press Minus (–).

Copying Using Memories

Memories are virtually identical to stills, except that they’re labeled with a letter (A–Z) for easy access via keyboard shortcuts or DaVinci control panel buttons. A memory bank above the Gallery browser provides a visual reference of which saved grade is assigned to which letter. This makes it easy to keep track of multiple saved memories in instances where you’re copying them to several different clips throughout a scene or program.

For example, you might save a memory for each angle of coverage in a complicated scene, making it easy to copy grades forward. In another example, you might save a memory for the grade applied to each interview subject’s headshot in a documentary, so you can copy that grade forward as you work through the documentary.

To save the current clip’s grade to a memory for future use, do one of the following:

— Choose Color > Memories > Save Memory A–H (Option-1–8).

If you save a grade to a memory that already contains something, the previous memory is overwritten.

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