Color Grading

Copy .cube files into Resolve's LUT folder, click Update Lists, then apply the LUT to its own node on the Color page instead of to the clip directly. Node placement, DaVinci Wide Gamut compatibility, Key Output Gain and Generate LUT decide whether the look holds up across a full timeline.

Normalize log or RAW footage first, correct exposure and white balance, then build the look in labeled serial nodes while reading the waveform and vectorscope. Free Resolve covers the whole beginner grading workflow; Studio only adds HDR grading, advanced noise reduction and AI tools.

A node in DaVinci Resolve is one step in the image pipeline: each holds its own correction, and the order they connect changes the result. Serial nodes cover most grades; parallel and layer nodes split work into branches. Start serial, label every node, give each one job.

The DaVinci Resolve 21 Photo page is a new eighth page in Resolve's page-based workflow, added alongside Media, Cut, Edit, Fusion,