I am loving the video editing channels supporting each other. I don't see this in other communities, but I am here for it!

This is an awesome video. 🔥👏 It answers so many questions, the comparisons and how to’s are so helpful and the footage of the panel is really nice too. Thank-you for linking to our video. I knew we should have included a dog in ours! Dope! Next time.

got it last week. I will say 2 things I dont like. one, I wish the top knob labels were backlit, and number 2 - as you mentioned, I was actually quite surprised that the ipad version didnt work properly, which I never heard mentioned. they made the thing with a slot for the iPad yet it doesnt work yet. personally I think they shouldve held out until it did, or at least make it VERY Clear it was still in the works. . I spent an hour trying to figure out WHY it wasnt working until someone on a forum mentioned it. Lastly my bluetooth ALWAYS needs to be "forgotten" and set back up. never reconnects. Tip time: Hold the two shift buttons down and rotate the top left knob (Y lift)to adjust the backlight strength (found out by accident). also both shift keys and "offset" gets you to log. Thanks for the review, as always top notch. have a great Sunday my friend.

This micro panel is soooooo much better than the old one and has features that give us a glimpse of the future with Blackmagic panels - the shift up/shift down effectively gives us three times the functionality without more buttons or knobs. I have to give it three 👍👍👍

Easter Egg: hold two shifts and rotate the first knob to adjust the backlight :P

Super interesting & helpful insight from someone who isn’t a full-time colorist for folks who similarly aren’t full-time colorists. Thanks a bunch!

Nice video again. And it was nice that I meet you at the Davinci Resolve live Tour in Amsterdam at 14/5. It was a great time there

"Who's buying this panel to use auto color" Well said, lol. Cheers on somehow mostly stopping the transfer of body oils for this video.

Background: I'm a video editor but I'm getting into color so I've only been using davinci for the last couple of months and color grading for a few weeks. That being said, I'm pretty happy overall with it. I've had mine for about a week and I really, really like it. It's small but really powerful and well built, and it has MOST of the features that the big boys have. It's intuitive and easy to learn. Working with wheels is just miles faster and better than using a mouse and keyboard. I think the idea is to have DITs and colorists be on set to actually see the design live. This can easily fit in a bag. There IS a learning curve, and the instruction manual is pretty useless...they need to just put out a keyboard map on one page showing what every key does...but it's been pretty easy to figure out what's what just by guessing. Excited to fully learn it and get my muscle memory under my fingers and really up my color game.

Pre-ordered my Color Panel and have had it for over a month and love it!

This makes me think: I love the feel of real sliders and buttons when making music...because it makes me start to use my "ears" rather than staring at levels and settings and such. I wonder if it's the same for a color panel, you start to use your "eyes" more - rather than stare at the scopes and values. 😁 I'm going to have to try this one out!

What a great summary! I love love love the speed editor and I have no doubt this would step up my color grading game. I hope they add a micro fairlight panel next!

More features than my mini panel? Yes please. Great job educating us Alex!

Great video, Alex. Thank you.

Tried the panel on the Live Tour in Amsterdam. Great little panel! Eventually I might get one myself. It was awesome to meet you in person!

love those slim buttons!! Those are the type I wished the Speed Editor had when I bought it 2 yrs ago.

Have they asked for it back yet!? Good to see you yesterday! Great video, as always!

THE video I was waiting for! I did ordered mine (not received yet) and I was waiting for a good video about the color grading panel... and BAM! You're the first one to make a good video of it!!! Period! (no unboxing blaaa blaaa blaaaa history...) 😂 Can't wait to receive mine! And try it... 😅 Thanks for your work dude! Have a nice one!

Haven't had much of a chance to play with mine but I was bummed out I didn't come with a Studio license like some other Blackmagic devices.

Yesterday I also tried it at the BMD experience day in Amsterdam, I loved it and I think I will get one eventually. Also saw your presentation, very neat but I think the cutpage only works well with the speed editor (which I also own). Wanted to hi but saw you where quite buzzy. Thanks for this video, it makes even more clear I want one ;-)

I will never get one but that was interesting 👍👍

You're a fantastic explainer! To the point, quick with some nice humour as extra ingredient... thank you! A pity this panel is not available (yet) in the Netherlands... I'm just on the point to travel to Italy for a month of 2-3 and I wished I could lay my hands on one b4... Thanks again and TC, Max.

can't wait to get panel, BM hitting home runs once again....well apart from auto colour button, maybe can be re-mapped to something else in future, say "order me a coffee from Uber Eats"

"... the balls will rattle a bit if you give a shake" 😬. Thanks again for another great and entertaining Alex. 👊

Thanks. You just saved me a ton of fussing - by mentioning "auto colour". As someone with different colour vision in each eye I'll never be a colourist so that option does a good enough job for me.

I really liked the content at 15:03

I still haven't got all the shortcuts down, I think I would end up only using the trackballs 😅

Does it do away with that terrible limitation of the speed editor where you can’t program the damn thing to do anything else with your computer unless you’re using da Vinci resolve?

It’s not merely “designed primarily for DaVinci” it’s EXCLUSIVELY for DaVinci. I’d be more likely to buy this if Blackmagic opened up the device so that drivers could be written to use this as an input device in other applications like photo editing or something else (music production?). If the amount I deal with video declines or if something better than DaVinci comes along (difficult to imagine but possible) I don’t want this to become more e-waste.

We need micro panel with LCD buttons like stream deck and work with both color and editing tabs Just a button to switch a profile from colour to editing tab and vice versa.

BMD, Let us use one of the colour wheel to for the editing panel, especial when using it on the iPad. 10:56

Plastic is Ok if it is quality plastic (thicker plastic, rather than thinner plastic?

I love me some physical equipment compared to a digital interface. I come from a traditional television background so this just makes me feel more at home. Love how they added a "Auto Colour" button lol. $650 panel for one button to negate it all xD

How often do you shake yours Alex? 🥴 I found that so funny lol. I have ordered the panel but its out of stock and has been for a while now but I am hoping it will arrive soon! The auto button should be omitted or able to change to be honest.

Can I use it for capture one ?

Love my panel except for the panel auto powering on when starting davinci, I feel there should be an option to auto power ON when working in color tab! Reason is because the panel battery drains when working in any other tabs e.g. cut/edit, so always need to have panel connected to power supply so it’s fully charged when I need to use. (So many times have gone to use it and battery flat) Can everyone confirm color panel can only be used within color tab?? or am I missing something? With Macbook, can’t disconnect panel from Bluetooth unless forget device. Seems to auto reconnects within 1-2 seconds.

Question for you Mr! I've just received my micro color panel BUT I need to install DVR 19. Does it bugs out a lot or not? (Like what I was used to use on DVRS 18.6 are still works well). In fact, do YOU use DVRS 19 for your own videos actually? (I'm asking that because I used to have bad experiences with BETA version of a software before...) Thanks for your answer and have a nice one! 😊

re the power button. A lot of us have been asking for that on the Speed Editor for years. Also those of use who use these things a a desk via USB also wan to be able to turn off Bluetooth but again BMD are deaf

Looks soooo small :)) That is MICRO should be! LOL

Can you access the HDR palette with the panel?

I think from now onwards you should sign off all your videos with a Boop. Thanks for the video Alex.

Hope not mine arrived today 😅

It would be really nice if resolve would open this up to other programs. Same too for their speed edit controllers. Now I understand that many hardware company and they want you to buy the hardware but it could be linked to a DaVinci resolve Studio account. Maybe there's a driver software kind of like the razor driver software that you have to log into first to prove that you have a Studio Pro account and then you can alter the keys to your liking for another program.

This will save me hours on each job. I doen't really enjoy colouring, so all the more reason to use efficient tools to get it over with.

The console seems to be very good. Unfortunately, it will not be delivered. I already ordered it in mid-May. It is still not available in Germany. Does anyone know the exact delivery date?

Are the test styles from motion VFX?

If I was to get one of these Bad Boys, could I use my iPad purely to show the scopes while I edit on my monitor?

Can you use this with a switcher to adjust cameras live?

Should I buy it if I don’t know how to colour grade.

Any way to control HDR wheel with this panel?

This is a really cool piece of kit. But for knocking out one episode every couple of months or so, it may be an expensive toy, especially as my latest masterpiece hasn't even hit 0.1k views. But then my drone at twice the price and that only comes out to play every month or so. Just got to make sure she-who-must-be-obayed never learns how to google prices of stuff. BTW What magic secrets did Darren tell you to make your talking-head studio stuff pop so well? Or is it mostly down to real-world lighting and then you doing a little bit in the Colour Page. Got to admit I really like the look with the punchy colours an shizzle. Hope you have a good time in Amsterdam, and if Sebastiaan from Red Frame Tech says hello, please say hello for me. Saves me having to spam him with email.🤣😂

What about HDR wheels?

"Bing, bing, bong!" 😁

waiting for the update, think I want one ( color panel.....)

Damn! Can this also be used for Adobe Lightroom? That would have been a blast! =D

Dose it come with a Davinci Resolve license?

I'd love to buy, but so far there's a lot of hype and the products are missing from the shops....

we have the same mouse pad hahaha

I want one lols

Mine goes to sleep then I can't get it back on without reconnecting

a lot of times we saw how ppl just spin this circles to show how some instruments are changes at color page, but i NEVER SAW smb really Working on IT from start to Finish result using this panels, to see is it reaaly so better as ppl advert it?) looks like SAME as mouse+keyB)) just click click and hotKeys, will be same as Panel....

The functionality of the new one is better BUT it is noticeably much much lower quality. Every knob and dial feels floppy and cheap compared to the old micro panel.

DJ 😂

Nah, rich folks can also have it :)

Don’t need to grade that fast, I mean its not like you’re djing for a crowd

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$900 for a KEYBOARD!!!!!

Davinci Resolve 19 is STILL a BETA!!!