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Once you’ve conﬁgured the PlayHeads window, the following controls let you reconﬁgure the available

playheads:

Gang checkbox: Lets you choose which playheads will play during playback. If a

VTR’s checkbox is turned off, that playhead will only display a

still image.

Show checkbox: Lets you turn playheads on and off in the Viewer.

Select checkbox Turning on a VTR’s select checkbox lets you move that playhead to

another clip by clicking a thumbnail in the thumbnail timeline. This

also determines which clip is currently selected for correction.

Place checkbox: Lets you assign a previously unassigned playhead.

It’s important to understand that, once multiple playheads have been placed in the Timeline, the

currently selected playhead (the VTR with the Select checkbox turned on) determines which clip is

currently selected for correction.

Once multiple playheads have been conﬁgured, you can disable this functionality by turning off the

Show checkboxes for VTR A, B, and C.

PlayHeads Via the DaVinci Resolve Control Panel

On the DaVinci Resolve control surface, playhead and VTR linking is done using the PlayHeads mode,

whichexposescontrolsonthecenterpanel.AdditionalplayheadbuttonscanbefoundontheJog/

Shuttlepanel,abovetheJog/Shuttlewheelitself.

To open the PlayHeads mode of the DaVinci Resolve control surface:

1. Press the Modes button on the center panel.

The display buttons directly underneath the rotary knobs update to show the available

mode options.

2. Press the PLAY HEADS display button on the center panel.

The display buttons update to show the various playhead controls.

Once you’ve entered playheads mode on your control panel, you can assign playheads using the

following procedures.

To enable one of the three playheads in addition to the source, then display them in the Viewer:

1. Press GANG ON/OFF.

2. Do one of the following:

 •PressPLACEA(orB,orC)toenablethatplayhead.

 •OntheJog/Shuttlepanel,pressSHIFTUPandthenPLACE(A),PLACE(B),or

PLACE (C).

If you have the PlayHeads window open in the GUI, you can see the corresponding VTR (playhead)

checkboxes becoming enabled with each PLACE button you press. By default, they remain off.