Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel

DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel: Professional Colour Grading Control Surface

The DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel is Blackmagic Design's flagship colour grading control surface, built for colourists working through long, complex grading sessions. Where a mouse or pen adjusts one parameter at a time, this panel gives you fluid, hands-on control of multiple parameters at once. Designed in collaboration with leading colourists, it puts the most important controls under natural hand positions so you can work faster.

Three Modular Panels

The Advanced Panel is a set of three panels working together as one system:

• Trackball panel (centre): four trackballs, fixed keys, fixed rotary knobs, soft controls and a slide-out keyboard.
• T-bar panel: a dense cluster of fixed keys and a T-bar mix/wipe lever.
• Search Dial panel: Jog/Shuttle control, transport keys, numeric keypad and more fixed keys.

The two side panels are interchangeable to suit operator preference. They connect to the centre panel through an integrated USB hub, and the centre panel connects to your workstation by USB 2. Backlit keys suit darkened grading suites, and the LCD and key colour and intensity can be customised.

Four Trackballs with Endless Rings

Four trackballs handle colour balance across the Color page, each surrounded by a control ring with no end stop for continuous adjustment. They work with the Color Wheels and Log Wheels modes of the Primaries palette and the Global and Zones controls of the HDR palette.

The fourth trackball is especially versatile. It can act as an Offset control, switch between Global and Zone controls in HDR, work as an eyedropper for qualifying, edit curve control points, or adjust the position and rotation of Power Windows. Six fixed rotary knobs beside the trackballs control Gain, Gamma, Lift, Saturation, Hue and Luminance mix.

Reset keys above each trackball clear RGB, Level or All adjustments. They sit behind SHIFT UP so a grade isn't wiped by accident.

Soft Controls That Follow Your Workflow

Soft keys and rotary knobs sit above high-resolution LCDs that label each control and show its setting in real time. The centre panel offers 24 rotary controls and 12 keys that update to match the palette you are using.

The side panels give simultaneous access to other palettes. By default, the T-bar panel shows Sizing and the Search Dial panel shows Curves, so you can adjust both at any moment. You can reassign either panel to another palette, such as Qualifier or Motion, directly from the control surface.

Fixed Keys with Shift Functions

Dozens of fixed keys are grouped by function so related controls sit together. Many keys carry up to three functions: a primary action, a SHIFT UP action and a SHIFT DOWN action. Pressing a shift key lights every key with an alternate function, so you can see what is available.

The top row of keys gives one-press access to Camera Raw, Log, Primaries, HDR, RGB Mixer, Motion Effects, Magic Mask, Curves, Color Warper, Qualifier, Blur, Window, Tracker, Sizing, Key and Stereo 3D. The Dolby Vision palette opens when it is enabled in Project Settings.

Node-Based Grading from the Panel

The T-bar panel's Node Control group lets you build node trees without reaching for the mouse:

• Add serial, parallel and layer nodes.
• Create nodes with polygon, circle, linear, curve or gradient windows already enabled.
• Add outside nodes to adjust everything outside a qualified or windowed area.
• Create shared nodes, key mixers, splitters and combiners.
• Switch between Clip, Timeline, Pre-Clip and Post-Clip grade modes.

Select the first, last, next or previous node with one key, or type a node number and press SELECT NODE.

Reference and Comparison Tools

The T-bar fader controls reference wipes and split-screen comparisons against Gallery stills, the timeline or an offline reference movie. Highlight, black and white highlight and Difference modes help when adjusting qualifiers and windows. You can also isolate the red, green or blue channel in the viewer to check noise or image quality.

Memories, Versions and Rippling

The Search Dial panel is built for fast grade management:

• 26 memories (A to Z) store stills and grades for instant recall, with preview and original-memory keys.
• Quick copy applies the grade from one or two clips back, ideal for shot-reverse-shot scenes.
• Scroll mode previews how other clips' grades would look on the current clip before you accept or cancel.
• Versions and groups let you save grade variations and manage clip groups.
• Four ripple modes (Static, Relative, Absolute and Forced) apply a change to a range of clips entered on the keypad.

Transport, Timecode and Printer Lights

The Jog/Shuttle control combines a free-spinning jog wheel for frame-by-frame movement with an outer shuttle knob for fast playback, backed by dedicated transport keys. The numeric keypad lets you jump to a clip number, type timecode, enter relative frame moves and load qualifier presets. A P/LITE mode adds printer points adjustment in whole, half or quarter points.

Keyframing, tracking and stabilisation controls are also on the panel, along with In and Out points, 16-colour flags and markers, and unlimited undo and redo.

Curves and Auto Colour

Six rotary knobs map to the 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% luminance points of the custom curves. HSL curves and soft clipping are also controllable from the panel. For automatic correction, the DaVinci Neural Engine analyses the image to give a neutral starting point. You can guide it by placing the cursor over a neutral feature.

Who It's For

The DaVinci Resolve Advanced Panel suits professional colourists, post-production facilities, grading suites, remote grading workflows, HDR and Dolby Vision work, and rental houses supplying colour grading hardware.

Key Features

• Three modular, interchangeable panels
• Four trackballs with endless control rings
• Remappable soft controls on high-resolution LCDs
• Fixed keys with SHIFT UP and SHIFT DOWN functions
• Direct access to all major Color page palettes
• Full node creation and navigation controls
• T-bar fader for wipes and split screens
• 26 memories, Gallery tools, versions and ripple modes
• Jog/Shuttle control, transport keys and numeric keypad
• Slide-out keyboard
• 12-month limited warranty