Wave questions about “Base Mem”

[Dwaine Maggart]

From page 268 of the Resolve operations manual:

Memory Access

DaVinci Resolve has a number of hot keys where you can store a grade for quick reference of use, called Mems. In fact, every time you make a grade for a clip, a memory of the grade is kept. (facilitates ’Undo’
and ’Redo’).

While you can obviously save a still for each clip, having 1000s of stills to scroll through can
take time, so there are 26 quick and easy memory locations to store a grade, called A-Z Mems.

As every clip has its own metadata for the grade, this is stored by DaVinci Resolve as a Memory too.
There are a number of keys to select or revert to these stored metadata memories, or to clear the
metadata to revert to a base grade, or no grade, state.

All Base Mem (Shift Up Base Mem):
This is used to clear the current color correction of every node
in the Node Graph for the current clip, but it leave the nodes
in place.

Base Mem: Used to clear the grade of the current node.

Current Base Mem (Shift Down Base Mem):
Will clear all the grades and all the nodes of the current clip.

There is an exception to rule to clear the Base Mem. It is possible, in fact very helpful sometimes, to have
a preset to a clip that is not cleared when you select Base Mem. The simple example is when a film is
over scanned and the frame edges are shown as well as the image. Instead of making an input resize
adjustment for every clip to remove the framing, a preset resize can be made and stored, with a label,
and this preset is not deleted when using Base Mem.

Dwaine Maggart
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Support

[Andrew Huebscher]

Dwaine,

Thanks for the prompt reply. I was wondering if (with exception to the resize preset) these functions will always delete the grades/nodes, or if it’s possible to default them to a default grade. How would I set that grade? Also, is there any way to recall stored grades from the keyboard/Wave other than the F5 recall still feature?

Andrew Huebscher
Los Angeles, CA

[Dwaine Maggart]

I do not think it is possible to modify the Base Mem, so the Base Mem related functions will always do what they do.

F5 does not really “recall” a stored grade, it “plays” a still. It should put up a split screen wipe showing you the currently selected still against the current live image.

There is currently no way to recall stills or mems from the keyboard or the Wave panel. There is also currently no way to save mems from the keyboard or the Wave panel. All you can do is grab a still (F4 on the Wave), and using the mouse, drag the still into a mem. You can recall mem settings (or still settings) by middle clicking on the mem (or still).

Dwaine Maggart
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Support

[Joseph Owens]

We used to be able to redefine the Session Basemem. If you were working with a particular stock on telecine and had worked out an excellent “one-light” setting from a TAF, for example, then hitting the Basemem button would return you to the “Kodak says” values.

I don’t expect we will be able to “dissolve” between the D and E mems, though right?

jPo

You mean “Old Ben”? Ben Kenobi?

[Dwaine Maggart]

If when you say “we used to” you mean you used to with a Classic or DUI or 2K system, you would be correct. But the Resolve Base Mem does not have that capability.

You are correct that there is no dissolving between the D and E mems.

Dwaine Maggart
Blackmagic Design DaVinci Support

[Adam Hendershot]

Yeah the basemem on a 888/2K could be overwritten just like any other memory. What made it a “special” memory is that when you reset something individually it reset to what was stored in the basemem.

The D & E dissolve changed in the 2K to dissolve between the last two selected memories. 🙂

No hotkeys for memory store/recall on either Wave or keyboard is going to be rough. I’d put that second on my list of requested features. First request being able to use my 2K panels on the Mac version!

My copy was delivered today from Safe Harbor, but after I already left work.

[Vladimir Kucherov]

Ah so I wasn’t crazy not being able to get those to work.

I’d like to second my support for adding quick memory access to Wave/Keyboard combo!