u/CrustyBread-420

Blackmagic Mini Panel causing OFX and DCTL error

Hey all! I recently upgraded from the micro panel to the mini panel, and I've been having issues with OFX like the CST and DCTLs not showing correctly on my GUI. This isn't the same issue people have been describing with DCTL sliders containing emojis and conflicts with the panel, I specifically use Non-Emoji DCTLs. Instead, the panel will properly display the DCTL sliders in the FX toggle, whereas the GUI will have them completely mislabeled and display the same sliders for all different instances of DCTLs already present in nodes. So for instance, Tetra sliders on a contrast DCTL.
The Color Space Transform also suffers from this, showing all dropdown options as default (use timeline), even when the transform is clearly otherwise and computed correctly.

This mismatch seems to happen some time after launching a project, maybe when switching between nodes with different DCTL/OFX instances and/or playing with the FX toggle on the panel. Restarting Resolve momentarily fixes things, until the issue arises shortly after.
I'm running Resolve 20 on MacOS (M3 Ultra) and have the panel connected via Ethernet.

Wondering if anyone has had similar issues and if there's a know fix. Thanks!

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u/CrustyBread-420 — 19 hours ago

HDR Wheels Internal Conversion Issue

Hey all! I've been experimenting with a specific node structure that benefits from using the HDR global offset for exposure control, while operating on a linear signal. Properly mapping the HDR wheels to Linear "Gamma" should in theory make the Global Offset HDR wheel behave like the Primaries Gain wheel within the linear sandwich (for exposure, not colour balance).

However, when comparing -2 stops Global Offset to .25 master on the Primaries Gain within Linear, the results are quite different. The HDR Offset has a steeper response in the shadows, that can lead to crushing. In comparison, HDR Offset on DWG/DI (and mapped accordingly) yields identical results to the Primaries Gain wheel on Linear. I'm curious if anyone knows what causes this mismatch and if there's a fix for it.

I obviously know I can just use Linear Gain, but I would appreciate the speed of working in stops for this specific use case.

Thanks!

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u/CrustyBread-420 — 18 days ago