How To Work With Cullen Kelly’s LUTs in DaVinci Resolve Studio 19

The following workflow is for Cullen Kelly’s discontinued Core Elements Creative LUT Pack, but is applicable to his Voyager LUT Pack and film print emulation LUTs as well.

Description of the Core Elements Creative LUT Pack (discontinued) from Cullen Kelly’s website:

  • Create studio-grade cinematic looks
  • Tailor to your vision
  • Use for HDR, SDR, and everything in between

9 LUTs, 45 possible looks, endless customization. The Core Elements Creative LUT pack contains four tone LUTs for creative contrast, and five palette LUTs for creative color. You can get great looks by using just one LUT from either category, or you can choose your own combination and strength of tone and palette LUTs to suit your creative needs.

The Voyager LUT Pack has replaced the Core Elements Creative LUT Pack. The Essentials Pack comes with 17 Voyager LUTs and sells for $79.

Project Settings in DaVinci Resolve Studio 19

Camera RAW Settings

Be sure to input the correct settings for your particular camera. Camera RAW Settings for RedCode RAW
Camera RAW Settings

Preferences

Preferences. Decode Options. For RedCode RAW R3D, set Use GPU for R3D to decompression and debayer.
Preferences. General. On Macs, check Use 10-bit precision in viewers if available and Use Mac display color profiles for viewers.

Master Settings

Master Settings, Video Monitoring. Set Data levels to Full, Enable HDR metadata.

Color Management

Color Management Settings. Set timeline color space to DaVinci Wide Gamut/Intermediate. Be sure to enable HDR10+.
Color Management, 3D lookup table interpolation: Tetrahedral

Scopes

Scopes: Select HDR (ST2084/HLG)

Node Structure

Node Structure. Grading takes place between the input CST and the LUT.
Use the Key Output to adjust the strength of the LUT(s).

Transforms

Input Color Space Transform
Output Color Space Transform
Gamut Limiter

Export Settings

Set Data Levels to Auto

2 thoughts on “How To Work With Cullen Kelly’s LUTs in DaVinci Resolve Studio 19

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  1. When I import the clip into Davinci the highlights are completely blown ouy. Can I pay for a one on one tutorial to creating the final result you created?

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