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Both viewers share the following onscreen controls:
— Zoom drop-down menu: Choosing Fit fits the currently visible frame to the available size of the Viewer. Choosing a percentage zooms the visible frame to that size. You can also use the scroll wheel functionality of your mouse, trackpad, or tablet to zoom in and out of the Viewer..
— Duration field: At the top left-hand side of the Source Viewer, this displays the total duration of the clip, or the duration from the In to the Out point, if these have been placed. In the Timeline tab, this displays the total duration of the currently selected timeline.
— GPU Status Display: Every viewer in DaVinci Resolve exposes a GPU status indicator and a frame-per-second (FPS) meter, which appears in the Viewer’s title bar, which shows you your workstation’s performance whenever playback is initiated. Since DaVinci Resolve uses one or
more GPUs (graphics processing units) to handle all image processing and effects, the GPU status display shows you how much processing power is being used by whichever clip is playing.
— Clip Name: The clip name is displayed at the center of the Source Viewer title bar.
— The Source Viewer displays a drop-down at the top of the Source Viewer, next to the name of the currently open clip, which lets you open a menu containing a list of the last 10 clips you opened in the Source Viewer. This list is first in, first out, with the most recently opened clips appearing at the top. If you wish to clear the visual history in the menu, you can remove unwanted entires and start a new queue by clicking on the Viewer’s option menu and selecting Clear Recently Viewed Clips.
— The Timeline Viewer displays the timeline name and is also a drop-down menu that lets you switch among other timelines in the current project. The clip/timeline name is highlighted orange when either the Source or Timeline Viewer has focus.
— Bypass Color Grades and Fusion Effects: The Bypass Color Grades and Fusion Effects button/ drop-down from the Color page is also available on the Edit page either via the View > Bypass Color and Fusion drop-down, or via a toggle button/drop-down menu in the Timeline Viewer. Turning off color grades and Fusion effects is an easy way to improve playback performance on low power systems when you just need to make a quick set of edits, and it’s also a convenient way to quickly evaluate the original source media.
— Source/Timeline Timecode/Frame/Keykode Display: At the top right-hand side of the Source Viewer, this field shows the timecode of the current frame at the position of the playhead in
the Source Viewer’s jog bar, and can be switched between source timecode, source frame, and keykode by right-clicking and choosing from the contextual menu. In the Timeline Viewer, this field shows the record timecode of the current frame at the position of the playhead in the Timeline, and can be switched between source and record timecode, source and record frames, and keykode by right-clicking and choosing from the contextual menu.
— Source Viewer Option menu: Contains the following commands:
— Gang Viewers: With Gang Viewers enabled, the movement of the Source and Timeline Viewer playheads is locked together, so that they move in unison. This is useful when you’re matching the timing of part of a clip in the Source Viewer to match an event in the Timeline.
— Live Media Preview: Enabled by default, makes it possible for thumbnails that you’re skimming in the Media Pool to show the skimmed frame in the Viewer. When skimming with Live Media Preview enabled, the playhead that appears in the thumbnail is locked to the playhead displayed in the Viewer’s jog bar.
— Show Timecode Toolbar: The Timecode toolbar shows the In/Out point timecodes, as well as the total duration set.
— Show All Video Frames: When available processing power is insufficient to play the clip or clips at the position of the playhead due to the grade, transforms, or effects that are applied at that moment in the Timeline, you have the ability to choose exactly how performance in DaVinci Resolve degrades. When off, DaVinci Resolve prioritizes audio playback at the expense of dropping video frames when processing power is tight, resulting in a more conventional playback experience. When on, audio quality is compromised while every frame of video plays in slower-than-real time to maintain playback.
— Show Zoomed Audio Waveform: When enabled, shows an audio waveform overlay at the bottom of the Source Viewer with a zoomed in section of the audio surrounding the current position of the playhead.
— Show Full Clip Audio Waveform: When enabled, shows an audio waveform overlay at the bottom of the Source Viewer that displays the audio over the entire duration of the clip.
— Previous Clip: Goes to the previous clip in the Media Pool.
— Next Clip: Goes to the next clip in the Media Pool.
— Clear Recently Viewed Clips: Clears the memory of the recent clips in the Source Viewer.
— Show Marker Overlays: Enabled by default, markers that intercept the playhead when playback is paused appear superimposed in the Viewer.
— Markers submenu: When one or more markers are applied to the clip in the Source Viewer, they appear in this list in chronological order, listed by Name and Note. Choosing a marker from this menu jumps the playhead to that marker in the Source Viewer.
— Timeline Viewer Option menu: Contains the following commands:
— Gang Viewers: With Gang Viewers enabled, the movement of the Source and Timeline Viewer playheads is locked together, so that they move in unison. This is useful when you’re matching the timing of part of a clip in the Source Viewer to match an event in the Timeline.
— Show All Video Frames: When available processing power is insufficient to play the clip or clips at the position of the playhead due to the grade, transforms, or effects that are applied at that moment in the Timeline, you have the ability to choose exactly how performance in DaVinci Resolve degrades. When off, DaVinci Resolve prioritizes audio playback at the expense of dropping video frames when processing power is tight, resulting in a more conventional playback experience. When on, audio quality is compromised while every frame of video plays in slower-than-real time to maintain playback.
— Show Timecode Toolbar: The Timecode toolbar shows the In/Out point timecodes, as well as the total duration set.
— Timeline Sort Order: These options allow you to set the sort order that timelines use in the timeline selector in the top middle of the Viewer. Options are: Alphabetical, Creation Date, or Recently Used.
— Previous Timeline: Goes to the previous clip in the Media Pool.
— Next Timeline: Goes to the next clip in the Media Pool.
— Show Marker Overlays: Enabled by default, markers that intercept the playhead when playback is paused appear superimposed in the Viewer.
— Show Timecode Overlays: When enabled, shows the source timecode of the video and audio clips under the position of the playhead when playback is paused.
— Show Overlays During Playback: When enabled, shows timecode and marker overlays on the Viewer constantly during playback. When disabled, overlays are only visible while playback is paused.
— Markers submenu: When one or more markers are applied to a Timeline, they appear in this list in chronological order, listed by Name and Note. Choosing a marker from this menu jumps the playhead to that marker in the Timeline.
— Source Viewer Mode drop-down (Source Viewer only): This drop-down menu lets you set the Source Viewer to display different views of the clips you’re working on, depending on what you need to do.
— Source: Shows the video of the currently open clip in the Source Viewer.
— Offline Reference Movie button: If you’ve assigned an offline reference movie to the currently selected timeline, clicking the Offline Mode button lets you display the offline movie so you can compare it with the currently open timeline. In this mode, Source and Timeline playback are synced; an Offset field replaces the duration field, letting you re-sync the offline reference movie, if necessary.
— Audio Track: Shows the audio waveforms corresponding to all channels of the currently open clip in the Source Viewer. The top of this audio-only view shows the waveform for the entire duration of the clip, while the main region of the viewer shows a zoomed in section of the audio waveform. The level of zoom displayed is controlled by the zoom drop-down at the upper left-hand corner of the Source Viewer.
— Multicam: Shows you the multi-angle Multicam Viewer that you can use to switch among different angles of video and audio while multicam editing a clip in the Timeline. For more information on multicam editing, see Chapter 41, “Multicam Editing.”
— Annotations: Allows you to draw directly onto the current frame to highlight areas for further attention.
— Transform Mode drop-down (Timeline Viewer Only): This functions as both a toggle switch and a drop-down menu. Clicking the button control to the left enables or disables onscreen controls that you can use to transform the clip right in the viewer. Clicking the drop-down control to the right lets you switch between two modes of transforms:
— Transform: Exposes controls for Pan (X) and Tilt (Y), Scale X and Y, and Rotation.
— Crop: Exposes controls to crop from the top, bottom, left, and right.
— Dynamic Zoom: Shows controls to do quick pan and scan effects on the selected clip.
— OpenFX Overlay: Exposes the onscreen controls of an applied OpenFX filter.
— Fusion Overlay: Exposes the onscreen controls of an applied Fusion FX or Title filter.
— Annotations: Allows you to draw directly onto the current frame to highlight areas for further attention.
— Smart Reframe: Exposes the onscreen controls of the Smart Reframe.
— Jog control: Clicking the Jog control and dragging left and right lets you move slowly through a clip or the Timeline a frame at a time.
— Transport controls: These controls include, from left to right, Jump to First Frame, Play Reverse, Stop, Play Forward, Jump to Last Frame.