DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel



2 x 5" LCD Screens 

Portable Hardware Edit Control Panel

Overview:

The DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel from Blackmagic Design is a step-up in functionality from the Micro panel but without all the features of the Advanced panel. It is a portable control surface suitable for those that need to switch between editing and color grading. It can sit on your desk top, in a rack, or be bolted to a surface. As with the Micro panel, it features three high-resolution, weighted trackballs and 12 control knobs for accessing essential primary color-correction tools in the Resolve software. 18 dedicated keys on the right side also give you access to the most commonly used grading features and playback controls.

However, the Mini Panel also features two LCD screens that allow you to display menus or the parameters of the tools you are working with. Eight customizable soft knobs provide precise control and a quick reset by pushing the knob. Dedicated feature buttons allow you to change tools without needing to use the mouse. The Mini panel incorporates a USB Type-C and Ethernet interface. It is compatible with Mac, Windows, and select Linux systems. You can power the panel via an AC power source, a 4-pin XLR connector, or PoE. For the panel to work with Resolve, your computer must be running DaVinci Resolve 12.5.5 or DaVinci Resolve Studio 12.5.5 or later. An included USB 3.0 Type-A to USB Type-C cable provides backward compatibility for systems that are limited to USB Type-A connectors.

DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel

The DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel is a compact panel that’s packed with a massive combination of features and controls! Like the micro panel, you get three professional trackballs along with a variety of buttons for switching tools, adding color correctors and navigating your node tree. It also features two color LCD screens that display menus, controls and parameter settings for the selected tool, along with direct access buttons that let you go direct to the menus for specific DaVinci features. The DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel is ideal for editors and colorists that need to regularly switch between editing and color grading, or for freelance colorists that need to take their panel with them when moving between facilities! The mini panel is also great for colorists working on location shoots, for corporate and event videographers, houses of worship and more!

High Resolution Displays

The DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel and DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel feature bright full color displays allowing full control over the massive creative toolset built into DaVinci Resolve. The displays show menus for the soft knobs and soft keys, as well as visual feedback of the knob adjustments in real time. Menus update to the current toolset automatically as you use DaVinci so you get the the quickest and most direct keys to every feature, and you never waste time searching through long complicated menus.

Professional Trackballs

Trackballs provide RGB balance adjustments for lift, gamma and gain, each with a master level control. The Advanced panel also features a dedicated RGB offset and master gain trackball to adjust the tint and brightness of the entire image. The trackballs can be set to work in either log or RGB with the touch of a button.

Illuminated Keys

The buttons and keys on the DaVinci Resolve control panels illuminate when selected so you can easily see which controls are active. On the Advanced and Mini panels, the keys are also backlit, making it easy to clearly see each button in a dimly lit suite!

Soft Knobs

With 30 customizable soft knobs on the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel and 8 on the Mini panel, you get super high resolution, flexible parameter adjustments that you can reset back to the default with a simple push.

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS:

3 x High-Resolution Track Balls

12 Primary Correction-Control Knobs

18 Navigation and Transport Keys

Dedicated Feature Buttons

2 x LCD Information Display Screens

Backlit and Illuminated Buttons

USB Type-C and Ethernet Interface

Supports Mac and Windows

Supports Select Linux Installations

USB 3.0 Type-A to Type-C Cable Included

Quickly Change Tools

The DaVinci Resolve Advanced and Mini panels include dedicated feature buttons that let you quickly change tools so you don’t have to switch back and forth between the mouse and panel. With the push of a button you can easily access tools such as the RAW palette, primary color correctors, curves, qualifiers, windows, tracker and more.

Still Store Reference Management

Colorists constantly grab and play stills to compare grades using the gallery. The DaVinci Resolve Advanced, Mini and Micro panels have dedicated keys to quickly save and recall stills. On the DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel you can also use the fader T-bar to wipe between saved stills and your grading timeline.

Transport Controls

The play forward, reverse and stop transport keys on all the panels give you full control of your project timeline or deck while the Advanced panel adds a jog/shuttle knob for faster and more precise scrubbing.

Features:

Small enough to take with you, so you can bring it to any Resolve system (12.5.5 or later) and do color correction on location or at the editor's suite

Shares basic layout with both Micro and Advanced Panels

Interfaces with and controls software

Three track balls with outer control rings

Log and Offset color-correction selection buttons

Buttons are backlit and light up when actuated

Two LCD display screens for displaying the menu system or the parameters of the tools you are wotking with

Custom control knobs with 4096 steps per rotation and push button reset

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.

Specifications

Minimum Requirements  Software

DaVinci Resolve 12.5.5 or DaVinci Resolve Studio 12.5.5.

Blackmagic Design Desktop 10.4.1 OS

macOS/OS X: 10.10.5 Yosemite or later

Windows: 8.1 Pro 64-bit or later

Linux: CentOS 6.4, Red Hat Enterprise 6.8 and 7.3

RAM: 8 GB min, 16 GB recommended (16/32 GB Linux)

Material of Construction ..............................Die-cast and machined aluminum

LCD Screen ..............................2 x 5" LCD Screens

Interface ..............................USB 3.0 Type-C  Ethernet

Power   ..............................4-pin XLR ,AC Power ,PoE

In the Box

Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Mini Panel

USB 3.0 Type-A to USB Type-C Cable