Blackmagic Design BMD-DV/RES/BBPNLMINI DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel

Blackmagic Design BMD-DV/RES/BBPNLMINI DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel

The Blackmagic Design BMD-DV/RES/BBPNLMINI, also named as DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel, is a step-up in functionality from the Micro panel but without all the features of the Advanced panel. It is built as a portable control surface suitable for those that are needed for switching between editing and color grading. It is capable to sit on your desk top, in a rack, or be bolted to a surface. As with the Micro panel, it is made featuring three high-resolution, weighted trackballs and 12 control knobs that are designed for accessing essential primary color-correction tools in the Resolve software. 18 dedicated keys on the right side are also made for giving you the access to the most commonly used grading features and playback controls.

However, the Mini Panel are also made featuring two LCD screens that are capable of allowing you to display menus or the parameters of the tools you are working with. Eight customizable soft knobs that are providing precise control and a quick reset by pushing the knob. Dedicated feature buttons are intended for allowing you to change tools without the need to use the mouse. The Mini panel is also capable of incorporating a USB Type-C and Ethernet interface. It is made compatible with Mac, Windows, and select Linux systems. You are capable to power the panel with the use of an AC power source, a 4-pin XLR connector, or PoE. For the panel for working along with Resolve, your computer must be running DaVinci Resolve 14.3 or DaVinci Resolve Studio 14.3 or later. An included USB 3.0 Type-A to USB Type-C cable is providing backward compatibility designed for systems that are limited to USB Type-A connectors.

Primary Correction Creative Control Knobs
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: You can reduce hot spots or tweak the whites to define a look.

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 over-saturating the image.
• Shadow Control: Selectively lighten or darken shadow detail without affecting your images 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: Rotates 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: Controls the balance between the YRGB adjustments and Y only adjustments made using the Y channel lift, gamma, and gain controls.
• The system powers from either AC power or a 12 VDC source via the 4-pin XLR connector.
• The Mini panel can sit on a desktop, be mounted in a rack, or mounted to a surface to prevent theft or be used in a moving vehicle or on a cart.