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The majority of the bottom half of the Scene Detect window, to the left, consists of the Scene Detect Graph, which shows the scene detect analysis results after you’ve clicked the Start button.
Detection graph displays potential scene cuts
Frames that DaVinci Resolve thinks are cut points appear as green vertical “scene cuts” of various heights. The height of each scene cut corresponds to the likelihood that frame is really an edit point, and not a swish pan, sudden jump in the motion of the frame, or abrupt change in color or lighting, all of which can fool the scene detection algorithm.
NOTE: Dissolves and other transitions are not automatically detected, although dissolves most often appear as a triangular cluster of lines peaking in the middle.
NOTE: Dissolves and other transitions are not automatically detected, although dissolves most often appear as a triangular cluster of lines peaking in the middle.
NOTE: Dissolves and other transitions are not automatically detected, although dissolves most often appear as a triangular cluster of lines peaking in the middle.
A horizontal magenta confidence bar lets you choose the threshold of confidence required for scene cuts to be added to the Cut List. If you drag this bar up above any shorter scene cuts of low confidence, those lines turn gray and are omitted from the Cut List.
Four controls appear underneath the graph.
— Auto Scene Detect: This initiates the scene cut detection process.
— Add: Lets you manually add a scene cut at the current position of the playhead. Sometimes two adjacent clips with similar color and lighting will appear to be a single clip to the scene detection algorithm. This lets you add scene cuts at frames where they weren’t initially found.
— Delete: Lets you manually delete a scene cut located at the position of the current frame indicator within the graph.
— Zoom slider: Lets you zoom into and out of the Scene Detect Graph to see more or less detail as you examine the results.
Cut List
At the lower right of the Scene Detect window, the Cut List displays one entry for each of the scene cuts that intersect the confidence bar.
