User's Manual

TIP Gamma controls are disabled for footage shot with the ‘video’ dynamic range,
butyou have not lost your Blackmagic RAW data. Simply select Blackmagic Design
Film or Blackmagic Design Extended Video from the dropdown gamma menu and
make your adjustments.
Saving your Blackmagic RAW changes
1 Adjust the gamma controls for your Blackmagic RAW clip.
2 Click the ‘update sidecar’ button.
A ‘sidecar’ file will now be created in the same folder as your .braw file. When another user
imports the Blackmagic RAW files, the sidecar files will automatically be read by DaVinci
Resolve. If you make additional adjustments, press ‘update sidecar’ again.
TIP To remove your sidecar file, you can simply delete it from its location on your
media drive.
Project Settings for Blackmagic RAW
If you need to make a setting change that is common to all the clips, for example a global
change to the white balance or ISO setting, you can set the clips to use the project ‘camera raw’
settings and make global changes from there.
To set project settings for Blackmagic RAW:
1 Enter the project settings menu by clicking ‘file,’ and selecting ‘project settings.’
2 In the ‘Camera RAW’ tab, you’ll see a dropdown menu next to RAW profile. Click on
thearrow to select Blackmagic RAW from the list.
3 Select ‘project’ in the ‘Decode Using’ dropdown menu.
4 Set the white balance setting to ‘custom’.
5 Select ‘Blackmagic Design Custom’ from the dropdowngamma menu. Set the
color space to ‘Blackmagic Design’. This will also set the gamma setting to
‘Blackmagic Design Film’.
6 Choose your resolution from the ‘Decode Quality’ menu. A lower resolution will give
you better playback on limited systems. You also have the flexibility to change to full
resolution later on before delivery for the highest quality output.
Now you can adjust the camera settings for your clips such as saturation, contrast and midpoint.
This will affect all clips in your project that are set to decode using ‘project’.
Color Correcting your Clips with the Color Page
Now with your clips on the timeline and titles added, you can start color correcting using the
‘color’ page. The color page is extremely powerful and will define the overall look of your film,
but for this example a good place to start is to neutralize all your clips so they are consistent.
You can also return to the ‘cut’ or ‘edit’ page at any time if you want to make changes to
your edit.
The color page lets you adjust the look of your edit and in many ways color correction is an art
form in itself. You are really adding emotion to your work when you add color correction. It’s an
incredibly creative part of the workflow and very satisfying when you learn these skills and can
68Working with Clips in DaVinci Resolve