Color Management is a system for easily mapping your footage from camera color space to a display color space.
That could be taking LOG footage and transforming it for a Rec 709 display.
In simpler terms, it’s about making your video look correct.
If you have yet to explore color management, it’s something that could save you lots of time – especially if you’re dealing with multiple camera or long timelines.
In this video from Blackmagic Design, you’ll learn about:
- About Color Management
- Changing Color Management in Project Settings Menu
- ACES
- How Color Management input maps RAW formats
- Manually changing ACES input trasform
- Resolve Color Management (RCM)
- Selecting input color space
- Custom RCM settings
- Comparing ACES and RCM
- HDR Palette’s color space aware tools
- Grading for HDR
- Dolby Vision

Gedaly is the Managing Editor of DVresolve.com. He is a professional editor, having cut national commercials for major companies, and does color & VFX for indie films at Mask & Feather. He’s also a filmmaker, writing and directing shorts & features. Gedaly is the co-founder of Working.Actor and former marketing strategist for large brands.