15-Inch MBP display resolution advice

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C. L. John

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15-Inch MBP display resolution advice

PostFri Dec 04, 2015 7:11 pm

Greetings,
Just got a mid 2014 15-Inch Retina MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 native resolution and I'm running Resolve 12 for the first time on a laptop. I'm just a bit confused where to set the resolution on the display preferences while working on Resolve. Could you please advise.

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John
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Re: 15-Inch MBP display resolution advice

PostFri Dec 04, 2015 11:51 pm

start for resolution [best for display] so it does not try to scale it
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Re: 15-Inch MBP display resolution advice

PostThu Dec 10, 2015 3:21 pm

I also use a Retina MBP, and i just crank the rez to max (more space). By doing this i get lot's of room to work, even if the interface is a bit 'tight'. If i recall, in Resolve 11, i had to do this, or else i could not see important parts of the UI (bottom room switchers etc).

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Re: 15-Inch MBP display resolution advice

PostThu Dec 10, 2015 3:51 pm

I don't think OSX preference will let you set actual native res of the screen. You need SwitchResX for this.
If you do set it to native it gives you plenty of space, but text, icons etc are tiny.
Best means scaled 2x (I think), which can be artefacts free. Others are are a bit of comprise.

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