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10.01 Davinci Resolve R3D Node Setup

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Davinci Resolve Project Settings for R3D Footage

  • Color Management
    • Lookup Tables
      • Switch the 3D lookup table interpolation → Tetrahedaral
  • Camera Raw
    • Raw Profile → RED
    • Decode Quality → Full res. premium
    • Bit Depth → 16

Importing R3D Footage into Davinci Resolve

  • Import via the Resolve importer not from the OS file system
  • Add to the Media Pool

Create Nodes

If you have already set your global Project Settings > Color Management to DaVinci YRGB Color Managed with a timeline space of DWG/Intermediate, DaVinci handles the conversion and you do not need the first node to transform to DWG.

  1. Fist Node - Input Device Transform (IDT) 1st node convert from camera to davinci wide color space wide gamma
  2. Second Node - Exposure
    • Set the Pivot point form REc 709 0.435 to DWG 0.336
  3. Third Node - White Balance
  4. Fourth Node - Contrast
    • Saturation
  5. Fifth Node - Look and Color Grading
  6. Sixth Node - Output Device Transform (ODT)Last node converts Davinci wide gamut to Rec 709