{"id":101186,"date":"2018-04-17T15:03:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T20:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=101186"},"modified":"2018-04-17T15:03:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T20:03:54","slug":"resolve-15-super-scale-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/resolve-15-super-scale-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Get To Know DaVinci Resolve 15’s Super Scale Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Increasing the size of a low-resolution image is not always a good idea. However, Resolve 15’s new Super Scale feature changes the game.<\/h2>\n

There are\u00a0many ways to use SD footage on an HD timeline: you can give the SD layer a background (as most news broadcasts do), you could duplicate the SD layer and expand and blur the bottom layer (as documented here<\/a>), or you could increase the scale of the low-resolution media to fit the resolution of the timeline. However, increasing low-resolution media\u00a0causes a handful of problems, such as pixelation, noise, and a loss of sharpness. Simply put, it makes the image look tacky.<\/p>\n

Many software features can help with the resizing process and make an image appear clearer than it would if you simply increased the scale of the media. Now In Resolve 15, there’s a new upscaling feature that can resize HD to 8K.\u00a0 It’s called Super Scale. Resolve already has a fantastic image rescaling filter, which you\u00a0can set up according to the requirements of your project \u2014 either through the setup menu or in the inspector.<\/p>\n

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The Super Scale\u00a0tool is different. It uses an advanced algorithm that improves image detail upon enlarging \u2014 so it\u2019s a processor-intensive operation. For the first several seconds of a clip that\u00a0I\u00a0enlarged from 1080p to 4k, I was getting 9 frames-per-second playback.\u00a0The tool is more for SD media in a UHD timeline \u2014 or for when you need to zoom way into a 1080p clip on a timeline with a significantly higher resolution.<\/p>\n

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Where Is It?<\/h3>\n

The Super Scale isn’t as accessible as many other features \u2014 you won\u2019t find it in the inspector, nor in any menu panels. To get to Super Scale options, right-click your media, and select “Clip Attributes.”<\/p>\n

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From there, you’ll find the Super Scale menu at the bottom of the video tab with three settings to work with: Super Scale, Sharpness, and Noise Reduction. The first setting changes the size of the file. You can choose from 2x, 4x, and 6x. The sharpness and noise reduction settings will then help you fine-tune the resize.<\/p>\n

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The still below is a screenshot zoomed in at 200% with the Super Scaled image on the right. It was a 1080p file Super Scaled to fit a UHD timeline. I’m not too sure how well the comparison\u00a0image below is going to convey the results \u2014 perhaps not at all\u00a0since we can only upload stills at a specific resolution (we have to make sure these tips load at lightning speed right?), but I encourage you to test out the Super Scale feature. There is a significant difference in quality between Resolve’s standard resize filter and the Super Scale\u00a0feature.\u00a0It’s magical.<\/p>\n

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Lewis McGregor is a certified DaVinci Resolve trainer.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Looking for more information on DaVinci Resolve? Check out these articles.<\/p>\n