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Input and Output Sizing Presets
If there are Input or Output Sizing settings that you find yourself using repeatedly, you can save them as presets for easy recall. For example, if there’s a group of input settings that you use to resize a clip of a particular format to match the current project, you can save it as a preset that you can
use whenever.
— Preset drop-down menu: Provides access to all the currently saved presets in the current project library.
— Delete Preset: To delete a preset, select it from the drop-down menu, click the trash can button, then click OK.
— Save As New Preset: To add a preset, make whatever settings adjustments you need, then click the plus button. When the Format Preset dialog appears, enter a name, check that the settings are correct, then click Save in the Format Preset window.
— Update Preset: To change a preset, load the preset you want to change, make whatever changes you need, then click Update in the Format Preset window.
The Input and Output Sizing modes save different presets. Each of these sets of presets is available from the “Override input scaling” and “Override output scaling” drop-down menus in the Image Scaling project setting menu.
Sizing Controls with the DaVinci Control Panel
There are two sets of DaVinci control panel mappings for the sizing controls. The most obvious controls can be seen permanently mapped to the knobs and soft keys of the Transport panel. This makes these controls easy to access for projects where you’re panning and scanning nearly every shot of a film-scanned program.
1 Press the OUTPUT or INPUT soft key to switch between Output Sizing and Input Sizing modes.
2 Use the PAN, TILT, ZOOM, and ROTATE knobs of the Transport panel, and the H FLIP and V FLIP soft keys.
1 Press the INPUT BLANKING or OUTPUT BLANKING soft key on the Transport panel.
2 Use the knobs labeled LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, and BOTTOM to make a blanking adjustment.
3 Press SIZING when you’re finished.
Another set of DaVinci control panel mappings appears when you press the SIZING button of the
T-bar panel. In this case, the Center panel knobs and soft keys update to a page showing the following:
— Ref Wipe Sizing Adjustments: These controls, on the middle screen of the Center panel, let you reposition a still from the Gallery that’s being displayed in a split screen. This can make it easier to compare features that would otherwise be obscured by the still’s position on screen.