Any one heard plans to allow the Resolve interface to scale for lower display resolutions

[Ola Haldor voll]

Haven’t heard anything about that – and I’m curious about how they’d do that properly.. Best bet is to use an external monitor.

[Uli Plank]

Works well for me with an external monitor. I don’t think they are even considering to rewrite the GUI to that extent.

Director of the Institute of Media Research (IMF) at Braunschweig University of Arts

[Helge Løken]

Dear Taj,

The problem will be to make the interface useable with such a low screen resolution. Things are actually quite crammed on a 1920×1080 resolution screen, especially if you try to work using a mouse and keyboard rather then a control surface. I also believe that although they allow you to run Resolve of a MacBook Pro 17″ this is mainly for on set preview, quick grades etc but at the facility it should run of a Mac Pro with BlackMagic Decklink card and two GPUs plus ideally the DaVinci Resolve control surface and BlackMagic Ultrascope, both of which are really great products!

I wouldn’t think (and I really hope) a GUI that’s optimized for resolutions less then 1920×1080 is something they spend time on doing as this is not what’s important for most Resolve users. I believe XML support, support for more formats (IMX50, XDCAM HD422, AVCIntra, DVCPro HD etc..) and general performance and stability optimization is much more important.

[Uli Plank]

Absolutely.
From my experience, a MBP is OK for some demoing and learning, but far too limited in power for any serious grading (for the latter you’d need a I/O card plus calibrated display anyway).

Director of the Institute of Media Research (IMF) at Braunschweig University of Arts

[Taj Jackson]

Thanks guys for your answers.

[Taj Jackson]

Found the answer on google. This will work in a pinch when I am traveling or away from my Mac Pro and still want to keep working. So here it goes.

Close Resolve.
Now type in the Terminal App:
defaults write -g AppleDisplayScaleFactor 0.85

and voilà it shrinks your 15in monitor resolution size 85 percent. The Resolve interface finally fits. It’s a little smaller interface but if you are stuck with a 15in screen like I am, it’s a life saver.

To get your screen size back to normal just type again in the Terminal:
defaults write -g AppleDisplayScaleFactor 1

Back to 100 percent.

Note: Any app running during the terminal commands will not be affected so make sure Resolve is closed first.

Obviously this fix isn’t ideal and a desktop computer that is supported by Resolve should be used for any serious color correcting or grading work. However I bought my 15inch before I knew what was supported and what wasn’t and I desperately wanted my 15in i7 to work with Resolve. Hopes this helps someone like it did me. 🙂

[Gabriele Turchi]

Hi Taj,
i have the same problem (trying to trying myself a bit at home on the MacbookAir 13″) ,

i tried you command line on the terminal but not produce anything at all ?
do you have any idea why ?
can i ask you the web source where you get that command line from ?
maybe on the mackbook air the monitor is not called appldisplay ?

thanks

g

[Taj Jackson]

Hmmm the command line method should work. Make sure you run Davinci or any program only after you put the command line in the terminal or else it won’t display it with the change.

Here is some of the references I found.
https://www.macworld.com/article/142173/2009/08/scaleapps.html
https://thinkcrack.com/?p=12908
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1041265
https://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20060119152725322

Hope these help 🙂