I understood, I was taking away one of the best features on the Z Flip to find the best-sized User Interface in Resolve. In search of a good solution, I decided to play with the Flip Z’s screen resolution. I’m not at the reading glasses stage of my life so I decided to another way. I may be myopic but it is correctable and I felt like a good set of reading glasses might be needed. This led me to hunch over the Vaio Z Flip and squint my eyes to be able to read the setting in Resolve.

When trying to read the font in Resolve the screen resolution of 2560 x 1440 forces the font to be small.

When viewing a video the native resolution of 2560 x 1440 sized screen is great. It is sharp and this is both a blessing and a bit of problem when working in Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve. The VAIO Z Flip comes with a 13.3″ sized screen Capacitive Touchscreen and the factory setting of 2560 x 1440 pixels. If you do not take the time to learn it then the Stylus becomes frustrating. The key is to learn how it works without falling back to the trackpad or mouse. I could definitely get more used to a Stylus. I mean you literally use the stylus to touch the screen to change your color wheel. I found this to be an interesting workflow because working with the Stylus felt more intuitive than a mouse or trackpad. Once I learned what all the buttons did on the Stylus I found I started using the Stylus for all my color correcting and grading. I loved color grading with the Stylus on the VAIO Z Flip when the Z Flip was folded over into the tablet mode, like in the screen grab above. The stylus which comes with the VAIO is one of the better ways to interact with the incredibly sharp screen. I mean the footage in the Intel video definitely looks appealing with the actors color correcting their home footage on a couch in a living room. I am a confirmed Apple fan but understand Apple, or even HP, are not the end all be all for the creative industry.

The Z Flip, sent to me by Blackmagic to test, is an impressive machine, but is it a good computer to color grade my recently shot footage? These are the questions I ask myself as I drink my morning coffee. How well will this work? I had the opportunity to find the answers myself with the VAIO Z Flip sporting a 6th generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor with Intel® Iris™ Graphics and 16GB of RAM.

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