Grade in Resolve Not Matching Render

[Ty Hunt]

Hey everyone!

I'm running into a strange problem, and cannot seem to find the answer anywhere.

I did my color grade in Resolve (.edl from Premiere CC) and everything looks perfect. Render it out, POOF! All of my grades are gone. The shadows are super bright, the colors are off, etc.

Not sure how to fix. Thoughts?

TECH STUFF
Camera: Scarlet-W
Color Space: RC4/RedLogFilm

Resolve Color Management: ACEScc, 1.0.2, Input Transform: RC4/RLF, Output Transform: Rec. 709

Delivering to YouTube for this particular project. Anything I missed (tech setup wise), just let me know.

Thanks!
Ty

 

[Roger Viloria]

Ae you doing a round trip back to Premiere?

 

[Marcus Guider]

Hey Ty,

I was running into a similar problem before. My issue was fixed by deselecting "Use Mac Display Color Profile." Its located in the color management section in the settings. I also found that viewing the renders in VLC rather than QuickTime displayed the colors and contrast closer to what I was seeing in Resolve.

Marcus

 

[chris layhe]

You might also want to check whether you have full or video checked in the video output settings, versus what you are viewing on. If you aren't bringing RAW footage you should also double check to see what Resolve is seeing your files as in the metadata... it tends to get a bit confused!


Chris

 

[Marc Wielage]

And as I always say: render out a second or two of SMPTE color bars and a grayscale ramp as part of the file, then take the rendered file and import it back into Resolve and compare it to the original using the scopes. If the scopes don't change, there is no difference. Don't try to make qualitative judgements on uncalibrated computer displays.

 

[Hugh Scully]

I'm glad you said it again. That is an excellent suggestion.

 

[Marc Wielage]

And if the test signals do change on the scopes, then and only then you have a problem, and you need to retrace the workflow and figure out why it's coming out wrong. (It's rare, but it happens.)

 

[Ty Hunt]

Thanks everyone. I'll give that a go. Still new to this whole workflow, so I'm sure I'm missing simple things.

 

[Ty Hunt]

Ae you doing a round trip back to Premiere?

Yes, back into Premiere to do AE stuff.