Thanks. few addictions to this method: 1) you "should" put the "resolve tone mapping" to "none" so the transform is more mathematically correct, this is a change from v16 where the default was "none" 2) if you have a log input you can go straight from log to cineon log, for example if you have alexa log files, you can do alexa logC/logC to rec709/cineon log. 3) you can (should?) add a small highlights corrections to smooth the shoulder of the curve, those luts are particularly aggressive in clipping the highlights 4) I recommend a node after the lut that only deals with the flare of the lut, you can make the output black a bit more intense just by lowering the shadows. a grayscale before the lut will shows where the true black sits.

Just when I think I’ve reached some basic level of competency in Resolve _here comes Darren!_

Really appreciated this, I'm one of those people who has been doing it all wrong and banging my head against the wall with my results. You're the first person I've found who has made this point in a clear and concise way. Thank you! (double subscribed - email and to your channel).

This is the only place we can learn proper color grading

Great video! Like Bertram Batsoo says; straight to the point, no introductory blabla or whatsoever...love this super helpful type of videos!

Best tip ever! I've been perplexed why using lut's has given me such a horrible experience, and I even have tried reducing the opacity to no avail. This is huge for me, thx!

WOW I have had a million questions about the film LUTs in resolve forever now and you answered them all in 5 minutes!!!! Thanks for sure!!

Another blinder - concise, uncluttered and comprehensible, as ever. Thanks, Darren.

Darren, you are by far the easiest to understand Davinci Resolve Tutor on the planet... I have learnt soo much from you from watching a few of your KZfaq videos. Thank you very much and I hope you are planning a course soon... it will definitely be worth it. Congratulations on your 100k sub. I will spread the news about your channel to everyone that cares to listen and we will be here to celebrate your 1Million subs...:)

YES! Finally this makes sense. Thanks Darren.

always great to explain these things. there are QUITE a few people who think LUTS are "filters" and obviously they arent (well, in a sense they are but you know what I mean). I had a friend who made a short and showed it to me. He was literally applying the film LUTS on top of rec709 and just left them dark and crunched. I said "what the hell happened?" and he said "you dont understand, these are 'film LUTS' and this makes it more cinematic. this is how films in the 70's were shot!". I explained the basics of color grading to him and he was like "ooohhhh" ha ha. Don't ever underestimate the importance of these "simple" tutorials. they are anything but. You touch on things that many people ignore, as they've usually gotten to a particular link in the chain and never go further because they don't understand the importance. This is where you come in:). cheers!

Thank you again, Darren! Like always: competent, straight to the point, no unnecessary introduction, no advertising and foremost: no stupid intro! I love your channel, your depth of knowledge and your way of explaining it to us idiots! Your channel is everything that is beautiful and precious about KZfaq.

Wait what!! These LUTs now actually look really good! Thanks a lot for the info Mr. Darren! This was really insightful...

Wonderful explanation 😊 I found myself doing the same (wrong) getting rid of the intense Filmlook 😅 This Tutorial clarified a lot. Thank you

I'm amazed. So much knowledge, thank you for all of that! Agree with other comment recommending that you create a course. You are one of the most trusted colorists on KZfaq.

Oh boy. You've made those LUTs actually useable. Now I can't wait to go experiment after avoiding them for so long. You rock Darren!

Fantastic channel man, love the detailed tips and tricks, subbed! Looking forward to more.

Yet another useful Video Darren, I did exactly what you have said NOT to do .. and did dial it back with terrible results, now I know how to do another CST and the Compound Clip. thanks as always !

I looks a large amount of video to learn the basic setting and things from Da Vinci Resolve and you explain all the things in simple word and direct. I learn a lot pf your channel. Thanks for each video! Sorry for my writing, I’m originally don’t speak english, and I understand each things you talked.

haaaa, now i can´t wait for the next project! Thank you so much for being on youtube!!!

Hey, there were some really good hints in that workflow. Thanks for that. Especially the compound node hint..

I had a bit of a chuckle Darren because without this explanation I would never have figured this out. 😊

Thank you Darren! I’m guilty of fiddling with the gain of that simulation.. And series of parallels would be highly appreciated!!! 🙌🙌🙌

Thanks Darren, just found your channel and gaining a lot of insight from your videos, keep up the good work!

Oh man, another good one. Respect my man. I often wondered what was the point of those LUTs when they never looked good when applied. Thanks for this.

Just tried this and changed my life, thank you!

OH MY GOODNESS I wish I knew this like 2 years ago! Thank you for this nugget of gold!

Hi Darren. Thanks this helps a lot, to be honest I had avoided LUTs didn't really understand what was going on until now, add to that good tips from Walter Volpatto. Fantastic videos, a great following and a brillent educator. Thanks again Darren, look forward to the next one stay safe mate

These tutorials are brilliant. Been binging your videos and appreciate all the education as a week 1 Resolve user.

Absolutley amazing tutorial! Thanks man!

Insanely helpful. Now I just need you to keep making these, non-stop, for the rest of your life. Thanks!

Hi Darren, just signed up for your mailinglist. Although i already did some great courses from others, the information you give us in your video's is next level. Very likeable guy, clear explanation and very easy to follow. You're AWESOME! I really do hope you are working on an online course at this moment. For sure i will be one of your students! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, very much appreciated.

Finally I did it right after watching this tutorial. I did watched it about 5 times and did some practice on my new project. Thank you Darren ! Now I know how to use a LUTs

Wow this was very helpful! Thank you for sharing your wisdom!

No intro is my favorite part. Straight to the chase, minus the 'pwat's up everybody, this is so and so...'

Great video as always! I'm glad you covered this, I've seen plenty of youtube tutorials teaching the wrong way.

Love the idea of compound node❤️ and i save this setting as a grab still for append in future🙂Thank you again Darren 🎉

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I was just wondering why all the luts look so bad on my footages, and then I found your video. Thanks a lot! Subscribed!

I wish I could like as many times as I watched this. TY so much brother.

The node prior to the Film emulation LUT gives much more control. So I usually tend to put three nodes. In first I convert image to Rec.709 using DCT. then I put another node where I use Lift, Gamma, Gain to adjust image and then again I convert it to Log as you shown and put the Emulation LUT.

you are just helping with brilliant easy tips n tricks..simply great. wish you all the best.

Always stellar stuff from you. Much appreciated

Thanks a ton for this tutorial. I have been struggling with the resolve luts. I have been correcting it in the wrong way. This was so useful.

Awesome... God Bless... I missed your channel when I started film editing...

Finally, someone shows us how to dial it back properly...I've been trying to figure this out for some time now. Interestingly, some people insist on putting the CST, and film LUT near the start, with maybe some adjustments in between, but sat, look, and other nodes after it all, not before. I think I prefer it at the end, like you did it. Anyhoo, thanks for clarifying this procedure for me.

Thank you so much Darren! This is a real game changer.

Thank you for getting straight to the point and for clear concise explanations. As a beginner that is much appreciated.

Great stuff for me, a guy that is new to log grading and want to try luts. This technic got me better result than I have before. So much to learn :)

Wow, I recently found your channel, is awesome. Great tips

Thanks Darren. Quality content as usual.

Darren - thanks again. I love your videos and find them really helpful. Could you cover a suggested workflow for footage from a DJI Mavic 2 Pro - the 10-bit "log" footage, including LUTS like this? Would I need the colour correctors for example?

Wowwwww.. Darren enjoying your tutorial and you are the best

Well, well, well - up to the very last step with the compound node and the key output - I thought that I knew everything about that. So a big little lesson there for me. Thanks Darren. When I thought that the film emulation was too contrasty I tended to try to pull some contrast out. This method you use is a better and faster choice. I think that people might be confused as to why the emulations work on some things and not on others. The reason that happens is because there quite a few LOG gammas curves that are based on Cineon gamma. So someone may have tried it directly on Arri log C, or Vlog, or Slog-3, and it looked pretty good without doing any CST. I always forget about using the compound node, and this is good application of why I should be using it. Thanks again.

Thanks Darren, that is very interesting. This explains why I've never managed to get good looking results from the film look LUTs. Going to try this right now.

Just keep going man, you are amazing, your channel is amazing, you explain everything perfectly. just keep going.

Darren thanks so much such useful information as always, so well presented.

Yeah, I did the same with the key output... Very usefull, thanks Darren!

Simple and clear explanation, Great again n again Sir

Thanks Darren... as always straight to the point.

I was wondering why these luts nener worked for me! Thank you, once again watching your video makes me discover something new!

Thanks for this Darren you explained it so well I can now apply film LUTs correctly after all these years of getting it wrong

One of the best advices for luts, no, *the* best advice 👍👍👍

Darren i knew you the top, but after this video i can exactly say you're lifesaver. W/O this video i wouldn't use Film Luts ever:)))) LIFE SAVER!

This is the definition source of professional knowledge.

Thank you Thank you Thank you Darren... My luts were just not happening for me until now. Thank you so much 👍👍

Thank you very much Darren!! You are simply an amazing colorist! I am learning a lot from your knowledge... thank you!!

Super helpful Darren! Thankyou 👍😀

Amazing as always!

Congratulations for making such a good and professional KZfaq channel!!!!! I want to ask a question, to work with the Film LUT but in a job in REC 2020 how can I do?

Hi Darren. A short one but very usefull! Thanks a lot!

Thanks again for another right to the point and precise information.

Thank sir for sharing this beautiful learning video 🙏

Appreciate your professional explanation video!

omg Thank you. I knew lowering the key node on a lut wasn't the only way!!! Thank uuuuu

The contents are gold in your channel, they are brief and on point every time. I was just wondering can you do an episode about color management?

Thank you! Super helpful!

this is quite possibly life changing information. now i can finally dive into using the real film LUTS instead of guessing on my own.

Outstanding. Little complex to understand for an amateur like me. However I will be buying a new laptop soon which can handle resolve. Cant wait to try this and other videos as well

WoW!!! It is very useful! Thank you.

fantastic. well done!

Mate where have you been all my Resolve life? so clear and simple. Your voice does sound like MrAlexTech ha!

This means that everyone "youtube wide" has been teaching this wrong. You are the master my friend.

Thanks for another helpful tip! Much appreciated!

Why not just choose cineon log on the output of the first cst? Is there a difference between doing that and adding a second cst and selecting the output to be cineon? Is the only benefit being able to compound those two together?

Thanks Darren. That was priceless 🙏

thanks for the awesome tips !

That's a major difference in result, for a minor addition to the workflow. Nice

That was very informative oh man thanks a lot!!

Awesome!! would you ever consider doing a more in depth video discussing working with rec709 vs logc or aces with resolve color dials? how it affects the feel but also technical settings on color node level and project settings page.

Straight to the point and fantastic tips as always. What are the advantages of using CST and not conversion LUTS? Thanks Darren! I'm already subscribed to your mailing list :)

Do you have to color transform back into Rec709 after applying the LUT? Or does the project setting being at Rec709 take that into account when being exported? Also, why not use the Aces Transform instead of CST?

Great job!

thanks so much m Darren Mostyn 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you, you solved my problem very well!

I’ve definitely been doing it wrong 😆 Thank you for uploading this 🙌

I learned so much just then, thank you!

Wow! This was soooo helpful!

Wow I can't believe somebody finally explains this properly.

I am in love with your videos. Thank you, Darren! The only thing I don't get is why you didn't add one extra node to the compound to get you from the cineon film log back to gamma 2.4?

Very interesting as always ! Two questions : .When a CST is inside a compound node, is the corresponding "colourspace/gamma" only applied to that node, or does it also apply to the following operations and renders ? .Is this recipe be applied for all the "film looks" LUTs of Davinci Resolve, or only for that LMT Kodak Print emulation ?