Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel

The DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel from Blackmagic Design is specifically engineered to complement your Apple iPad Pro, offering a professional level of color control akin to other panels while maintaining an interface that is accessible for beginners. This panel enhances the color capabilities and accelerates the workflow of DaVinci Resolve Studio software, surpassing the efficiency of using only a keyboard and mouse. It features three high-resolution trackballs, twelve control knobs, and various buttons to modify parameters such as Y lift, Y gamma, Y gain, and contrast.

The controls on the panel are positioned similarly to those found on the advanced models. Users have the ability to modify the shape, size, and position of the power window, as well as adjust its softness or resize the input image. The Micro Color Panel is only slightly larger than a conventional keyboard and includes a slot for mounting your iPad Pro, allowing the tablet to function as your software display. It can be connected to your iPad or personal computer through Bluetooth or a USB-C connection. The panel operates on an internal battery or can be powered via USB-C.

NOTE: Does not include DaVinci Resolve License.

Primary Adjustment Controls

Control knobs are grouped into four sets of three knobs.

Luminance

• Y Lift control: Adjust the contrast of the image in the darker areas, specifically in the Y (luminance) channel only. This adjustment allows changing the black point without changing saturation.
  
  
• Y Gamma control: Adjust the contrast of the image in the mid-tone areas, specifically in the Y (luminance) channel only. This control helps add depth and extra vibrancy to shots.
  
  
• Y Gain control: Adjust the contrast of the image in the highlight areas, specifically in the Y (luminance) channel only. This adjustment allows you to change the highlights without changing saturation.
  
  

Contrast

• Contrast Control: Increase contrast to make the blacks darker and the whites brighter, or decrease contrast to do the opposite.
  
  
• Pivot: Change the center of tonality about which dark and bright parts of the image are stretched or narrowed during a contrast adjustment.
  
  
• Mid-Tone Detail: Affect the contrast of regions of the image with high edge detail to increase or decrease the perception of image sharpness and definition. Often used for softening facial features, making it popular for beauty shots.
  
  

Detail

• Color Boost Control: Raise the saturation in regions of the image with low saturation while leaving properly saturated areas alone. Also known as a vibrance operation, this is useful for adding color without oversaturating the image.
  
  
• Shadow Control: Selectively lighten or darken shadow detail without affecting your image's mid-tones.
  
  
• Highlight Control: Enable retrieving blown-out highlight detail in high dynamic range media by lowering this parameter. This allows you to achieve a smooth blend between the retrieved highlights and unadjusted mid-tones for a natural-looking image.
  
  

Saturation

• Increases or decreases overall image saturation. You can turn your color image into a grayscale image with this control.
  
  
• Hue Control: Rotate all hues of the image around 360° of the color wheel. The default setting is 50, which retains the original distribution of hues.
  
  
• Luminance Mix Control: Control the balance between the YRGB adjustments and Y-only adjustments made using the Y channel lift, gamma, and gain controls.