Da Vinci Digital Colorist

Da Vinci Systems is a main manufacturer of high-end post-production color grading and film restoration systems for motion picture film, video and broadcast post-production facilities. It was headquartered in Coral Springs, Florida still with offices in Los Angeles, New York, London and Singapore, the company systems control telecines, virtual telecine, digital mastering systems and film restoration processes. da Vinci Systems equipment was initially developed by VTA in 1982 for use by a Hollywood, FL, based production/post-production facility to alter and enhance colors from scanned film and video tape. The Wiz system was marketed to other post-production facilities, laying the foundation for the creation of the colorist and the post-production color suite. The control panel is based on track balls and other discrete controls that enable colorists to control the software that manipulates motion picture images. On September 8, 2009, Grant Petty, owner of Blackmagic Design, announced his intentions to buyout Da Vinci Systems Ltd. The purchase was completed by the following day.

The post production standard
DaVinci color correctors are the standard in post production since 1984. There are thousands of colorists worldwide who understand the performance, quality and workflow of DaVinci and love it as their trusted partner in creativity. DaVinci is the name behind more feature films, television commercials, documentaries, episodic television production and music videos than any other grading system. Now available for both Mac and Linux, the true quality and power of DaVinci is now affordable for everyone!

World's greatest 3D tracker!
DaVinci Resolve includes the world's most powerful 3D object tracker that's perfect for locking Power Windows to on screen objects. No more time wasting key frame generation! Just drop a Power Window into a shot, such as someone's face, turn on 3D tracking and press play. 3D object tracking automatically follows the objects movement, position and size, even if it's tracking someone's face and they turn their head sideways! 3D object tracking uses 1 to 99 tracking points for real time perfect tracking lock.

DaVinci uses node based image processing where each node is a separate color correction, power window or effect. Nodes are similar to layers, but much more powerful because you can change the connections between the nodes. Join nodes sequentially, or in parallel to combine grades, effects, mixers, keyers, custom curves in any order for mind blowing creative styles, that are totally unhindered by technical limitations. You can reconnect nodes in any order for all types of exciting and cutting edge creative looks.

Every node has full YRGB processing with primary and secondary controls; lift, gamma, gain, hue, saturation, luminance, calibrated printer lights, matte defocus, image defocus, 3D object tracking, YSFX, Custom Curves™, soft clip, highlight, circle, rectangle and polygon Power Windows™, plus the new Power Curve™ windows with full bezier control and independent inside and outside softness. Only DaVinci has such a mind blowing range of creative options to explore, and of course it's all real time!