I've had my mini panel for 3 years and I never knew you could take out the track balls to clean them! Always a pleasure watching and learning from you Darren.
Easily the best tutorial I've seen on this panel and you don't even use this full time! I'm so glad more and more professional colorist are making content, it means those of us who want to learn can better separate out the noise and focus on where the good information is at.
You changed my colour grading skills for the better. I enjoy it a ton watching your tutorials. so much information coming for free. Thanks man. Watching from Ghana
Thanks for your video of the BM mini panel. I just purchased one a month ago and its a bit daunting at first, but you've helped a great deal with this video. So much to learn, but SO much better than using a mouse! Love your videos, keep them coming. I use all your tips every time I color correct. Peace!
Glad you enjoyed it! I was the colourist on the original 1st doc on Tommy and Will directed maybe 7 years ago and its a really great feeling when the director remembers and insists on working with you again despite it being logistically harder work thank the production company want. It was a great doc and I loved working with Will and so a classic case of me making it work for budget, and being happy with the rate and logistics and keep everyone happy to know that Im working with a fantastic team on a documentary I care about! It will be a hit!
Honestly I would wish for a control panel with just one ball and then you just switch between lift, gamma, gain, etc. And then it would have some important shortcuts around it. A macro panel basically. That would also make it way more affordable for people who are just getting into color grading...
look at tangent ripple then - very cheap and works!. one ball - there is no point - the whole idea is you move all at the same time. one ball would be a 'ball ache'.
@@DarrenMostyn yeah I know about that one, definetely a cheaper alternative. Maybe a few more knobs and shortcut buttons would help though. And I mean you are absolutely right, but as I'm coming from using a mouse, everything would be an upgrade, even one ball :D
This is such an amazing video ~ thank you!! I can’t believe the amount of information you’ve covered in this episode. I’m sure I’ll come back to this video if/when I ever have the budget to get a mini panel. Take care!!
On the one hand, I’m happy to see a Darren video on the Mini Panel. OTOH, I’m sad because it means there will be no Mini Panel 2 at Resolvecon. 😢 It’s a six-year old Version 1.0 piece of kit that I’m really interested in, but I sense there must be a heap of potential improvements Black Magic have stacked up for Version 2 by now, and I’d rather not drop the best part of £2k on something that is well overdue for replacement.
It has user updates, just implemented dolby vision. it will be supported in the future. `my advanced panel is 11/12/13 years old (not sure exact age) but its still supported and firmware keeps it good.
Hey Darren. :) I know you’ve done a streamdeck video already, but just wondering if you could do a follow up episode or make a brief comment about how you’d configure a streamdeck to compliment the mini panel. What is the mini “missing” that makes the streamdeck a must have?
Appreciate you staying to the end - this video took me 5 days to make including practise and research to make sure it was a true look at this great panel!
@@DarrenMostyn yeah I can imagine! You did a great job! I didn’t mean to underestimate your efforts by any means! Really appreciate your contribution to Davinci Resolve community - learning a lot from you, thanks so much 🙏
@@alex__film Im so thrilled you stayed to the end!!!Thank you for your very kind words about my channel and make sure you are on my Livestream to celebrate my 100K subs with my $5K worth of licences to giveaway! (ive not added them up - it may be more than that!). All the best, Darren
Love how quick it was with the dials to add a power window, position it, track it and feather it! Would love to play with the mini panel at some point!
Oh so it's got the HDR in the update, i was under the impression of- its same as micro panel without HDR so why bother going for an upgrade, but this video convinced me more for opting the upgrade to mini. I love the way that this video is so detailed, be it a professional or noob it benefits both. Thanks a lot Darren i wouldn't have bothered about exploring more until your video pop's up and i go lets see... What else can i do with this 😅. You are the most inspiring Catalyst and I'm very thankful for it sir🙂.
Yes the HDR can access all the different zones easily and you can expand the window and adjust the zones all on the panel. Enjoy! Thanks for your support over the years too, I know your name is on here a lot and its appreciated.
Question - I have the Speed Editor and therefore Davinci Resolve full version. I am still considering purchasing the mini panel. But if I instead purchase the new micro panel, launced 2024 at NAB and as said already have the Speed Editor what functions if any will I not have compared to the mini panel. When I say functions I mean adjustments made by a knob or wheel since the mouse and keyboard always can be used to do adjustments. Just to add I do also have the a Wacom unit. Today I bascially only do color adjustments and still learning but will expand the use of Davinci to the cut page as well as fusion over time. Appreciate your input- thanks in advance!
Hello He's using the Da Vinci Resolve mini panel When I finish Da Vinci Resolve, it automatically turns off after about 10 minutes, but it doesn't turn off today Do you happen to know why?
There are Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign equivalents available from Serif. Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher. Total cost about €150 as a package, no subscription. After seven years, we were dinged for v2 at about €100 to upgrade all three (not each one but all of them). Adobe lifers complain that the feature parity is not exact but it's pretty close and often Affinity Photo does things in a better way, as some Photoshop methods were invented so long ago that they are just awkward. Adobe doesn't dare change them (same Adobe lifers) but Affinity can.
Hey, I have some kind of issue with my mini panel and wondering anyone else having similar thing, the dials on the top seems to keep continuing to do small value adjusts after I stop turning them. Maybe my desk got a minor skew on the balance and thats causing it?
Thanks for the video.. great explanation and very useful - will be getting one of these soon. Slightly off topic, I want to purchase a large TV as a main 'output' monitor - not sure if one exists I can accurately colour grade on that's under £1200, but what you recommend either way? - Im in the UK too (not a million miles from you!). Cheers.
Olá Preciso de sua ajuda Tenho o davinci Resolve studio 18.5 e tenho um Hyperdeck Studio hd pro acontece que quando faço a edição de um vídeo e exporto para o cartão ou ssd do gravador não consigo que o gravador Hyperdeck studio hd pro faça o Playback. Agradeço muito sua ajuda Obrigado
You can do everything without a panel. Yes I do have that video here for you - i have. a few but this one best to start i think ua-cam.com/video/cnWtYYM4Yfg/v-deo.html
One thing that he did not mention is, this where I was sold on this panel, my body was trying to sell me on this and I was at his house playing with it, I hit the viewer button move some of the other buttons and I was grading in viewer mode, I yell out what, he comes back from the kitchen and I was on my computer ordering this, the fact that you can grade while in the viewer mode, its a game changer, you don't need to look at the software, everything its on the panel, viewer screen and grading, can't do that with a mouse or pen.
These panels are worth their weight in gold and like you said, you get used to them very quickly. I have one of these in my studio but not in my home office... the amount of times I've reached for a button at home is ridiculous 😅
I wish I could spend a few days with you I'm sure would learn SO much! You're an entirely other level than most you can tell. Also did you ever do any videos explaining what each thing is for? I still don't know what gain, offset, lift exactly are coming from a professional photo background. Obviously I know what shadows do, contrast, saturation, etc. but would love to hear you explain what each control does for beginners out there. Thanks man.
You can copy and paste grades onto multiple clips, although it requires a mouse to do so. Highlight the clip thumbnail, hit the COPY button on the panel, select target clip/s, hit PASTE. Same works for individual nodes. I haven’t found a way to do it using only panel controls.
After having a mini panel for 9+ months, using it regularly, I realise how much I still have available to incorporate into my workflow. Super useful video, thanks Darren. I'm wondering if you'd maybe be up for doing a video on what streamdeck settings you'd set up if you had 1 (and 2) streamdecks in order to get the closest thing to an advanced panel? How would you have it set up to use with the mini panel? I know you've done a streamdeck video before, but from memory this was used with the advanced panel? Thanks so much pal, big love from Edinburgh
I would add save stills and recall to the stream deck. The advanced panel gives me around 20 still stores - invaluable. else, my steam deck would be pretty much like I have on my UA-cam episode.
@@DarrenMostyn I’m assuming when you say “save stills” that you’ve got another meaning for it than “grab stills”, which obviously there is a button on the mini. I’ve only used an advanced panel twice (fortunately plenty more to come) so maybe I don’t know which feature you’re exactly referring to? Appreciate the response 🙂
My left ball is like I'm continually turning it to the left, everything is crazy. Did I press a wrong button or is this a defect? I bought it this week
Hello Darren, first of all a big thank you for the quality of your videos on Resolve. I have also been a colorist for 20 years in Paris and until now attached to my Pablo Rio who you must necessarily know as a good British subject :-). I am in the process of switching to Resolve with a mini panel and Mac Pro M2, I find lots of great things but in terms of transport and image comparisons in the timeline I find it a little cumbersome when you want to use the comparison function between 2 images of the timeline via Wipe timeline clip, we must do 3 operations: - 1 open a contextual menu by right click - 2 visually search for the Wipe Timeline Clip line - 3 Click on this line. Is there no way to do this by hovering over the image to compare and then just clicking? I couldn't find a shortcut to enable the Wipe Timeline Clip feature. In the same way we cannot activate Wipe Timeline Clip from the timeline window in the gallery, it would be super practical to be able to designate the timeline image to compare in this gallery area so as to keep the position of the image that we compare in place on the main timeline... But probably I'm missing some keys?? You probably have an opinion or advice to improve my question. And thank you again for your perfect videos!!
I want one! 😀 And then I could say with 100% confidence "All the gear and no idea". The Panels look like a great modest investment for kitting out a studio from scratch. I'm guessing that a powerful computer, a good monitor, ample storage and a Mini Panel would come in at just under half of the cost of your Advance Panels. You never answered your opening title.🤐🤐 Good luck with ResolveCon. Sadly I'm working but I will be catching up on any live streams when time allows.
I’m not quite at the point to buy one of these but after this Video man do I want one !! Thanks Darren. It’s Paul Garner btw just changed my icon and name slightly just so you it’s me when I comment in the future. Thanks !
Thank you Darren! I've had to settle for the Micro Panel as I had budget restrictions, but I do use it in conjunction with a Stream Deck XL and just having the ability to balance using the track balls is already far more accurate, easier and a time saver. Keep it up with the great videos.
Hey I have a color question. I shoot a lot of music videos and I use the color changing RGB nanlights a lot. how do you color something that is constantly changing in color like that?
Great video. I just got a Micro Panel... One question, when I rotate a trackball vertically (ie towards 12 o'clock), the white dot on the color wheel in Davinci moves up towards 11 o'clock, ie not straight up, but towards the left. Similarly when I rotate the trackball straight down at 6 o'clock, the white dot on the color wheel in Davinci moves down towards 5 o'clock. It seems off by 30 degrees. The same if I rotate the trackball left or right (towards 9 o'clock or 3 o'clock), the white dot moves between 8 o'clock and 2 o'clock respectively). This is with all trackballs. Is this correct? It doesn't seem right. I assumed that the trackballs would directly correspond with the Color Wheels in Davinci on screen.
SOLUTION For those who came across this issue, here is the solution to align the Trackballs with that on Davinci. STEPS Go to DaVinci Resolve > Preferences > User > Control Panels, and uncheck "Classic DaVinci trackball alignment" Now the Trackballs will be aligned with that on the screen.
The balls and rings and dials for features will change how you work. HUGE difference - Im not sure I could actually grade the same level of perfection with a mouse just due to sensitivity of parameters.
I’m so much faster with my mouse on the curves adjustment and it gives me control over the tones in between the lift gamma gain wheels. I don’t even use those blunt instruments.
Thanks for the great videos and getting so many subscribers. how about testing some lower priced HDR production monitors like the Osee Megamon 15 15.4inch 10bit 1000nits HDR Field Studio Production Monitor. thanks again Barry top that video.
Hey Darren! Great video, as usual. While watching your grade in this one, I thought of a question. What’s the difference in primary offset and global in hdr? When should we opt for one over the other? Thanks in advance, and for always giving good information ✌️
i have a micro panel, i coulnt believe how easy you pull that tracker ball out :D then i saw your outro backstage !! :D ahahaha, thanks for your content sir
Thank you Darren for a detailed video on the mini panel:) i just had one question, when you choose the offset like the wheel does the trackball also functions the way it does for the primary
thank you for the prompt reply :) I’ve been using Tangent Element bundle so far and i was missing the offset trackball and wheel function which wasn’t provided on it.I tried setting the scripts with new warp functions but i guess picking the Mini panel would be a better option
I had the tangent element too for a few years. Great panel but this is really optimised for Resolve and much better build quality - I love tangents though...great price/performance.
Great review Darren! My only gripe with these panels is that the labels on the first row of knobs isn't backlit (Y LIFT, Y GAMMA, Y GAIN, CONTRAST, etc...)
On the advanced panel they are not even labelled at all!- you'll get used to them very quickly!! No need for backlighting after maybe a week or so of heavy use.
I’ve been very happy with the Mini panel but wish there was more flexibility in customizing some of the controls. For example there is a Grab Still button but no corresponding “Apply Grade” button. It seems that we users should be able to do more to decide what functions to assign or omit. Still a superb tool. Thank you for your excellent teaching.
Thanks for sharing. I purchased one last week but it bricked on a firmware update. I think it had an issue with the usb port also. Had to send in for an RMA hoping it ain’t gonna cost too much.
I really enjoyed using it and got used to it very quickly. The engineering on it is superb! Yes struggled getting that ball out when camera was rolling, but it is easy!
Thanks Darren very interesting video, apart from the main features of the panel it was great to see how the sensitivity of the controls can be changed. Also never knew that the trackballs could be removed for cleaning, albeit with a bit of practice judging by the outtakes :)
Glad you enjoyed it - this was enjoyable to make as I've often wondered just how good this panel is - Ive had advanced panel for 13 years - this wasn't available! Im not swapping but would have no issues if I never knew the advanced panel.
Darren thank you for the video! Even If I feel I know something well, I always watch your videos, since there is always something I missed! I didn't even realized that you can tweak the lighting!! Lol!
I've had my mini panel for 3 years and I never knew you could take out the track balls to clean them! Always a pleasure watching and learning from you Darren.
Thanks
+1!
I didn't know this either ! gracias!
Always clean your balls.
Easily the best tutorial I've seen on this panel and you don't even use this full time! I'm so glad more and more professional colorist are making content, it means those of us who want to learn can better separate out the noise and focus on where the good information is at.
Glad to hear it was useful. Its a great panel.
You changed my colour grading skills for the better. I enjoy it a ton watching your tutorials. so much information coming for free. Thanks man. Watching from Ghana
Appreciated.
Great video, Darren! 👍 Time to put my mini panel to serious use.
Thanks for your video of the BM mini panel. I just purchased one a month ago and its a bit daunting at first, but you've helped a great deal with this video. So much to learn, but SO much better than using a mouse! Love your videos, keep them coming. I use all your tips every time I color correct. Peace!
pleased to hear its helping!
Hi, just watched Tommy goes to Hollywood. The scenes were fantastically atmospheric. Great piece of work. What an example to us mere mortals.
Glad you enjoyed it! I was the colourist on the original 1st doc on Tommy and Will directed maybe 7 years ago and its a really great feeling when the director remembers and insists on working with you again despite it being logistically harder work thank the production company want. It was a great doc and I loved working with Will and so a classic case of me making it work for budget, and being happy with the rate and logistics and keep everyone happy to know that Im working with a fantastic team on a documentary I care about! It will be a hit!
You are such a great teacher Darren. Thank you!!
Honestly I would wish for a control panel with just one ball and then you just switch between lift, gamma, gain, etc. And then it would have some important shortcuts around it. A macro panel basically.
That would also make it way more affordable for people who are just getting into color grading...
look at tangent ripple then - very cheap and works!. one ball - there is no point - the whole idea is you move all at the same time. one ball would be a 'ball ache'.
@@DarrenMostyn yeah I know about that one, definetely a cheaper alternative. Maybe a few more knobs and shortcut buttons would help though.
And I mean you are absolutely right, but as I'm coming from using a mouse, everything would be an upgrade, even one ball :D
This is such an amazing video ~ thank you!! I can’t believe the amount of information you’ve covered in this episode. I’m sure I’ll come back to this video if/when I ever have the budget to get a mini panel. Take care!!
Thank you Francis
It's very complex though he's hammering through this I'm totally confused.
On the one hand, I’m happy to see a Darren video on the Mini Panel. OTOH, I’m sad because it means there will be no Mini Panel 2 at Resolvecon. 😢 It’s a six-year old Version 1.0 piece of kit that I’m really interested in, but I sense there must be a heap of potential improvements Black Magic have stacked up for Version 2 by now, and I’d rather not drop the best part of £2k on something that is well overdue for replacement.
It has user updates, just implemented dolby vision. it will be supported in the future. `my advanced panel is 11/12/13 years old (not sure exact age) but its still supported and firmware keeps it good.
Darren -- thank you so much for doing this overview. Been eyeing this for the past year and trying to justify it to my boss. Mission accomplished.
you will love it!
ohhh i've never known that i could acess hdr and color wrapper on mini panel as a mini panel owner, thank you darren for another amazing tutorial !
No problem! Glad I made your mini panel more useful to you!
Thank you for the great video. The addition of Dolby Vision parameters is a big plus for those using DV HDR pallets.
Hey Darren. :) I know you’ve done a streamdeck video already, but just wondering if you could do a follow up episode or make a brief comment about how you’d configure a streamdeck to compliment the mini panel. What is the mini “missing” that makes the streamdeck a must have?
I have acquired an old Tangent Wave Panel but one of these are definitely on my Wishlist after watching this. Thanks Darren 😎👍
I had a tangent wave as my first one! Good value for sure.
Nice explanation of this color panel Darren. Thanks for that. Ever, ever...
My pleasure!
I'm glad I've watched till the end! :D Thanks, Darren!
Appreciate you staying to the end - this video took me 5 days to make including practise and research to make sure it was a true look at this great panel!
@@DarrenMostyn yeah I can imagine! You did a great job! I didn’t mean to underestimate your efforts by any means! Really appreciate your contribution to Davinci Resolve community - learning a lot from you, thanks so much 🙏
@@alex__film Im so thrilled you stayed to the end!!!Thank you for your very kind words about my channel and make sure you are on my Livestream to celebrate my 100K subs with my $5K worth of licences to giveaway! (ive not added them up - it may be more than that!). All the best, Darren
Love how quick it was with the dials to add a power window, position it, track it and feather it! Would love to play with the mini panel at some point!
super smooth!
Having this panel already my dream.
good choice!
Track Ball Blues at the end. 😂
Oh so it's got the HDR in the update, i was under the impression of- its same as micro panel without HDR so why bother going for an upgrade, but this video convinced me more for opting the upgrade to mini. I love the way that this video is so detailed, be it a professional or noob it benefits both. Thanks a lot Darren i wouldn't have bothered about exploring more until your video pop's up and i go lets see... What else can i do with this 😅. You are the most inspiring Catalyst and I'm very thankful for it sir🙂.
Yes the HDR can access all the different zones easily and you can expand the window and adjust the zones all on the panel. Enjoy! Thanks for your support over the years too, I know your name is on here a lot and its appreciated.
HDR support was added when the HDR wheels were added 😅
@@mariotriforce I would have presumed so yes. Its always getting new features.
Hi. Thanks for the video. Is there any way of controling DCTL sliders with this mini panel aswell?
Question - I have the Speed Editor and therefore Davinci Resolve full version. I am still considering purchasing the mini panel.
But if I instead purchase the new micro panel, launced 2024 at NAB and as said already have the Speed Editor what functions if any will I not have compared to the mini panel.
When I say functions I mean adjustments made by a knob or wheel since the mouse and keyboard always can be used to do adjustments.
Just to add I do also have the a Wacom unit.
Today I bascially only do color adjustments and still learning but will expand the use of Davinci to the cut page as well as fusion over time.
Appreciate your input- thanks in advance!
Hello
He's using the Da Vinci Resolve mini panel
When I finish Da Vinci Resolve, it automatically turns off after about 10 minutes, but it doesn't turn off today
Do you happen to know why?
all I personally need from Blackmagic now is a Photoshop equivalent so I can finally cut the umbilical Adobe cord
There are Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign equivalents available from Serif. Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher. Total cost about €150 as a package, no subscription. After seven years, we were dinged for v2 at about €100 to upgrade all three (not each one but all of them). Adobe lifers complain that the feature parity is not exact but it's pretty close and often Affinity Photo does things in a better way, as some Photoshop methods were invented so long ago that they are just awkward. Adobe doesn't dare change them (same Adobe lifers) but Affinity can.
Hey, I have some kind of issue with my mini panel and wondering anyone else having similar thing, the dials on the top seems to keep continuing to do small value adjusts after I stop turning them. Maybe my desk got a minor skew on the balance and thats causing it?
Hi Darren. May I ask you to share your Streamdeck XL icons and setting and make an episode on that? Thank you for your great content!
here you go! ua-cam.com/video/e6Za7TyGBoY/v-deo.html
Thanks for the video.. great explanation and very useful - will be getting one of these soon. Slightly off topic, I want to purchase a large TV as a main 'output' monitor - not sure if one exists I can accurately colour grade on that's under £1200, but what you recommend either way? - Im in the UK too (not a million miles from you!). Cheers.
Thanks for this Darren!
My pleasure!
Thanks, just bought it !
Great investment! You’ll love it
Olá
Preciso de sua ajuda
Tenho o davinci Resolve studio 18.5 e tenho um Hyperdeck Studio hd pro acontece que quando faço a edição de um vídeo e exporto para o cartão ou ssd do gravador não consigo que o gravador Hyperdeck studio hd pro faça o Playback.
Agradeço muito sua ajuda Obrigado
thank u
You're welcome!
Can you make a short from about 5:04 on, it'll probably go viral.
will do - great idea - thanks
@@DarrenMostynBesides the bawdy humour, I do learn a lot from your channel! Keep up the great tutorials!
great
At least the trackballs are easy to remove haha
Is it possible to do face tracking without a panel? Do you have a video on that?
You can do everything without a panel. Yes I do have that video here for you - i have. a few but this one best to start i think ua-cam.com/video/cnWtYYM4Yfg/v-deo.html
@@DarrenMostyn thanks so much!
No the top knobs end up not working for a expensive piece
Mini panel with 2 stream decks and a stream deck +
perfect
What I heard was "these balls are a little bit sensitive".
I hope the answer is yes coz i just bought one to replace the micro
Yes
One thing that he did not mention is, this where I was sold on this panel, my body was trying to sell me on this and I was at his house playing with it, I hit the viewer button move some of the other buttons and I was grading in viewer mode, I yell out what, he comes back from the kitchen and I was on my computer ordering this, the fact that you can grade while in the viewer mode, its a game changer, you don't need to look at the software, everything its on the panel, viewer screen and grading, can't do that with a mouse or pen.
Grading full screen on my 42 OLED would be a game changer. You just sold me on this…
These panels are worth their weight in gold and like you said, you get used to them very quickly. I have one of these in my studio but not in my home office... the amount of times I've reached for a button at home is ridiculous 😅
Giggled at "the balls... whilst they're really smooth, are a little bit sensitive". :)
You're such a great teacher. Thank you for all the work you put into your videos. They've been saving my butt.
Thank you, glad its helping you
I wish I could spend a few days with you I'm sure would learn SO much! You're an entirely other level than most you can tell. Also did you ever do any videos explaining what each thing is for? I still don't know what gain, offset, lift exactly are coming from a professional photo background. Obviously I know what shadows do, contrast, saturation, etc. but would love to hear you explain what each control does for beginners out there. Thanks man.
You can copy and paste grades onto multiple clips, although it requires a mouse to do so. Highlight the clip thumbnail, hit the COPY button on the panel, select target clip/s, hit PASTE. Same works for individual nodes. I haven’t found a way to do it using only panel controls.
middle mouse click copies grades which is easier than your method described but would be noce to do on the panel. Thanks larry.
And and OCD power tip for those trackballs....put on a pair of rubber gloves will grip them perfectly I bet! 😃
After having a mini panel for 9+ months, using it regularly, I realise how much I still have available to incorporate into my workflow. Super useful video, thanks Darren. I'm wondering if you'd maybe be up for doing a video on what streamdeck settings you'd set up if you had 1 (and 2) streamdecks in order to get the closest thing to an advanced panel? How would you have it set up to use with the mini panel? I know you've done a streamdeck video before, but from memory this was used with the advanced panel?
Thanks so much pal, big love from Edinburgh
I would add save stills and recall to the stream deck. The advanced panel gives me around 20 still stores - invaluable. else, my steam deck would be pretty much like I have on my UA-cam episode.
@@DarrenMostyn I’m assuming when you say “save stills” that you’ve got another meaning for it than “grab stills”, which obviously there is a button on the mini. I’ve only used an advanced panel twice (fortunately plenty more to come) so maybe I don’t know which feature you’re exactly referring to? Appreciate the response 🙂
Jag visste inte att video editering var så hårdvaruberoende.... Jag använder min dator och tangentbord.
My left ball is like I'm continually turning it to the left, everything is crazy. Did I press a wrong button or is this a defect? I bought it this week
Hello Darren, first of all a big thank you for the quality of your videos on Resolve. I have also been a colorist for 20 years in Paris and until now attached to my Pablo Rio who you must necessarily know as a good British subject :-). I am in the process of switching to Resolve with a mini panel and Mac Pro M2, I find lots of great things but in terms of transport and image comparisons in the timeline I find it a little cumbersome when you want to use the comparison function between 2 images of the timeline via Wipe timeline clip, we must do 3 operations: - 1 open a contextual menu by right click - 2 visually search for the Wipe Timeline Clip line - 3 Click on this line. Is there no way to do this by hovering over the image to compare and then just clicking? I couldn't find a shortcut to enable the Wipe Timeline Clip feature. In the same way we cannot activate Wipe Timeline Clip from the timeline window in the gallery, it would be super practical to be able to designate the timeline image to compare in this gallery area so as to keep the position of the image that we compare in place on the main timeline... But probably I'm missing some keys?? You probably have an opinion or advice to improve my question. And thank you again for your perfect videos!!
I want one! 😀
And then I could say with 100% confidence "All the gear and no idea".
The Panels look like a great modest investment for kitting out a studio from scratch. I'm guessing that a powerful computer, a good monitor, ample storage and a Mini Panel would come in at just under half of the cost of your Advance Panels.
You never answered your opening title.🤐🤐
Good luck with ResolveCon. Sadly I'm working but I will be catching up on any live streams when time allows.
sorry you not coming resolvecon - we will meet one day ! shout if you are in Brighton ever! these panels are fantastic.
@@DarrenMostyn I may still treat myself to one.😀
And if I'm ever down your neck of the woods, I will come and say hello.😀
Thanks for all your video.
i have learn more from you than i did goin to a flimschool,
can you do grade similar to Queen of katwe, The woman king
I’m not quite at the point to buy one of these but after this Video man do I want one !! Thanks Darren. It’s Paul Garner btw just changed my icon and name slightly just so you it’s me when I comment in the future. Thanks !
Hi Paul. Good to hear from you and glad you enjoyed it. Worth the investment.
@@DarrenMostyn I’ll add to my wish list then !! It’s a long list :-)
how do you have your monitor laid out?
Thank you Darren! I've had to settle for the Micro Panel as I had budget restrictions, but I do use it in conjunction with a Stream Deck XL and just having the ability to balance using the track balls is already far more accurate, easier and a time saver. Keep it up with the great videos.
Micro panel is same great build quality! Just less features but the trackballs and 12 fixed knobs will be a huge asset to your grading time.
Great Review! Is there the possibility to use the color warper with the mini panel, or do I have to use the mouse for it?
mouse
Hey I have a color question. I shoot a lot of music videos and I use the color changing RGB nanlights a lot. how do you color something that is constantly changing in color like that?
tedious frame by frame lol
Great video. I just got a Micro Panel...
One question, when I rotate a trackball vertically (ie towards 12 o'clock), the white dot on the color wheel in Davinci moves up towards 11 o'clock, ie not straight up, but towards the left.
Similarly when I rotate the trackball straight down at 6 o'clock, the white dot on the color wheel in Davinci moves down towards 5 o'clock. It seems off by 30 degrees.
The same if I rotate the trackball left or right (towards 9 o'clock or 3 o'clock), the white dot moves between 8 o'clock and 2 o'clock respectively).
This is with all trackballs.
Is this correct? It doesn't seem right. I assumed that the trackballs would directly correspond with the Color Wheels in Davinci on screen.
SOLUTION
For those who came across this issue, here is the solution to align the Trackballs with that on Davinci.
STEPS
Go to DaVinci Resolve > Preferences > User > Control Panels, and uncheck "Classic DaVinci trackball alignment"
Now the Trackballs will be aligned with that on the screen.
does the speed controller makes seinse in combination with the mini? it has functions that the mini doesnt?
correct. See my speed editor videos. Part 1 here - ua-cam.com/video/26OfvGXGezw/v-deo.html
Any chance you would do the same video with the tangent element? I am choosing between them at the moment.
I dont element but i used to. Mini panel much more solid and useable with resolve.
is it just me who thinks its just as good as keyboard and shortcuts? great video tho
The balls and rings and dials for features will change how you work. HUGE difference - Im not sure I could actually grade the same level of perfection with a mouse just due to sensitivity of parameters.
I really enjoy your content. Would you recommend the Stream Deck + for Davinci or rather the XL Version? Thanks a lot
I’m so much faster with my mouse on the curves adjustment and it gives me control over the tones in between the lift gamma gain wheels. I don’t even use those blunt instruments.
fantastic tutorial. Love it. I am trying to learn to be a colorist. Looking forward to grading like you
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@@DarrenMostyn looking forward to seeing it. I am going to subscribe straight away
Thanks for the great videos and getting so many subscribers. how about testing some lower priced HDR production monitors like the Osee Megamon 15 15.4inch 10bit 1000nits HDR Field Studio Production Monitor. thanks again Barry top that video.
Hi. Thanks. I cant test monitors as i dont have them?
Hey Darren! Great video, as usual. While watching your grade in this one, I thought of a question. What’s the difference in primary offset and global in hdr? When should we opt for one over the other? Thanks in advance, and for always giving good information ✌️
i have a micro panel, i coulnt believe how easy you pull that tracker ball out :D then i saw your outro backstage !! :D ahahaha, thanks for your content sir
yes, its easy when it works. i think really you just tip the panel a bit and they drop out but that looked really awkward on camera!
Great Video - a little surprised you stated you did not know how to copy and paste grades? Hint: top right panel - Copy and Paste buttons 😉
That doesn't copy and paste the grades - only the node as far as I can tell. Let me know otherwise
thanks.
Thanks mate.
Thank you Darren for a detailed video on the mini panel:) i just had one question, when you choose the offset like the wheel does the trackball also functions the way it does for the primary
The trackball behaves in either offset or gain mode depending in button selection.
thank you for the prompt reply :) I’ve been using Tangent Element bundle so far and i was missing the offset trackball and wheel function which wasn’t provided on it.I tried setting the scripts with new warp functions but i guess picking the Mini panel would be a better option
I had the tangent element too for a few years. Great panel but this is really optimised for Resolve and much better build quality - I love tangents though...great price/performance.
Informative video !!
I am considering getting it w the resolve software
You will be pleased.
Great review Darren! My only gripe with these panels is that the labels on the first row of knobs isn't backlit (Y LIFT, Y GAMMA, Y GAIN, CONTRAST, etc...)
On the advanced panel they are not even labelled at all!- you'll get used to them very quickly!! No need for backlighting after maybe a week or so of heavy use.
I’ve been very happy with the Mini panel but wish there was more flexibility in customizing some of the controls. For example there is a Grab Still button but no corresponding “Apply Grade” button. It seems that we users should be able to do more to decide what functions to assign or omit. Still a superb tool. Thank you for your excellent teaching.
Exactly why i suggest a stream-deck. I have one and it is perfect with it. Try it.
Thanks for sharing. I purchased one last week but it bricked on a firmware update. I think it had an issue with the usb port also. Had to send in for an RMA hoping it ain’t gonna cost too much.
you'll be good - they are rock solid!
@@DarrenMostyn thanks brother 🙏🙏
Oh my dear lord !! This is AMAZING!! Iv been needing a reason to get one !!…not anymore !! Thanks boss !!
Enjoy!
$3500 here in Norway.
worth every dollar
@@DarrenMostyn Over the new Micro Color Panel?
@@whengrapespop5728 Micro new panel is awesome. Mini is a great asset if you fixed and have more desk space IMO
Great, seriously considering one of these. Bit like the speed editor where it just makes the edit more enjoyable. Love the outtakes (ffs hahaha)
I really enjoyed using it and got used to it very quickly. The engineering on it is superb! Yes struggled getting that ball out when camera was rolling, but it is easy!
Happy mini panel user here! Been on it for about three years now. I also didn't know how to remove the trackballs, lol. Great tip!
Glad I could help!
Wonderful, fast paced introduction, and that blooper section made my day 😂😂
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Darren very interesting video, apart from the main features of the panel it was great to see how the sensitivity of the controls can be changed. Also never knew that the trackballs could be removed for cleaning, albeit with a bit of practice judging by the outtakes :)
Glad you enjoyed it - this was enjoyable to make as I've often wondered just how good this panel is - Ive had advanced panel for 13 years - this wasn't available! Im not swapping but would have no issues if I never knew the advanced panel.
I like your phone ring, hahaha)) Thanks Darren, great video!
my phone rings soooo much it drives me crazy! I always forget to silence when filming! glad you enjoyed the video. Appreciated.
I love the outtakes, it actually shows that even if it's easy is not as easy as just lifting the wheels in one smooth movement
keeping it real! Its easy when it works!!
Good lord indeed 😂
That was just the clean outtakes!!
Great video, man! Very informative.
Glad you liked it!
Wish I could afford one of these loool
micro panel ?
@@DarrenMostyn I'll get there one day
Some things seem to be a bit clunky and complicated with this thing
Cant think of a single one ?
@4:52 THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!
Darren thank you for the video! Even If I feel I know something well, I always watch your videos, since there is always something I missed! I didn't even realized that you can tweak the lighting!! Lol!
I appreciate that!