COLOR PREP GUIDE

DAVINCI RESOLVE

19.1.4 OR OLDER

SECTION 1

PREPPING PICTURE LOCKED TIMELINE FOR COLOR

STEP NO. 1

Duplicate Picture Locked timeline for color prep.

STEP NO. 2

Simplify timeline to fewest possible number of layers/tracks.

STEP NO. 3

Delete any adjustment and/or text layers.

STEP NO. 4

Duplicate clips with cross-disolves. Add at end of timeline with necessary handles to re-apply dissolve after color lock.

STEP NO. 5

Duplicate clips with variable speed changes or speed ramps. Add at end of timeline with necessary handles to re-apply speed effect after color lock.

STEP NO. 6

Duplicate VFX Shots and add at end of sequence.

STEP NO. 7

Disable any dissolves.

SECTION 2

COLOR PREPPED ASSET FOLDER STRUCTURE BUILD

STEP NO. 1

Asset Folder Structure.

SECTION 3 — OPTION ONE

EXPORTING DAVINCI RESOLVE PROJECT

STEP NO. 1

Export Davinci Resolve Project.

SECTION 3 — OPTION TWO

EXPORTING COLOR PREPPED XML PACKAGE

STEP NO. 1

Color Manage your Davinci Resolve Project as:

Color Science: DaVinci YRGB Color Managed

Color Processing Mode: Custom

Input Color Space: Dependent on OCF capture color space

Timeline Color Space: DaVinci WG / Intermediate

Output Color Space: Rec709 Gamma 2.4

Limit Output Gamut To: Gamma 2.4

Set Camera Raw Settings to align with OCF if using Raw formats.

STEP NO. 2

Export Color Prepped Sequence as:

Export Type: Premiere XML

Format: Quicktime

Codec: Apple ProRes 4444XQ

Render At Source Resolution: Yes

Color Space Tag: Rec709

Gamma Tag: Gamma 2.4

Force Debayer To Highest Quality: Yes

Enable Flat Pass: Always On

Add Frame Handles: 24 Frames

SECTION 4

BUILDING & EXPORTING BITC REFERENCE

STEP NO. 1

Add burnt-in sequence and clip timecode and filenames.

STEP NO. 2

Export BITC Reference as:

Export Type: ProRes

Format: Quicktime

Codec: Apple ProRes 422LT

Color Space Tag: Rec709

Gamma Tag: Gamma 2.4

Data Burn-in: Same As Project

Force Debayer To Highest Quality: Yes

Enable Flat Pass: Off

SECTION 5

DELIVER COLOR PREPPED ASSETS BY

OPTION 1: Uploading to complimentary Frame.io Project

(Available only to projects with color prepped assets totaling under 1TB and with access to internet upload speeds 500Mbps or greater.)

OPTION 2: Shipping hard drive by national shipping service.

( Insured FedEx shipping services are recommended. HardDrive needs to have USBC connection. Solid State drives are preferable but SATA drives are also accepted.)