



I suggest when you put the files onto your computer or card and make a folder for each set of Looks. In some cases, you may have to load directly off your laptop connected via USB to a monitor to get the LUT to store within the hardware. Cube file is now on your computer, or you could have chosen to save it directly to an SD card or CF Card to load into your monitor or camera. Step 4: Copy the file from your hard drive to the SD Card or CF Card I personally save my files to the desktop into a folder and then I remove that folder or archive it away once I have copied the file to the appropriate card to put into my camera or monitor. Once you select the “Generate 3D LUT (Cube)” option, a window will pop up asking you to save the file. In the picture below, you will see that we are in a pop-up window after we did a “control+click” or a “right+click” (depending on your mouse settings, I like having that right click enabled) and we have selected:īy selecting this option, we are going to create a “.CUBE” file, which will allow you to load into various cameras, monitors, etc. Step 2: Select option to “Generate 3D LUT” The highlighted area at the bottom of Resolve lets you know which area you are working in. Right now, we just have one clip, which happens to be a clip from our Blackmagic URSA Camera test from a few months back. Your “V1” track in the thumbnail area of your timeline will have an image in it to represent that you have clips on your timeline. You can see that we are in the “Color” section of Resolve. (Your values may be different and you may have some various nodes, etc.) Once you have imported your footage, graded it and found an overall look you want to use as your LUT for your project, your screen will look similar to the first image below. Now you’re ready to export a file that you can then throw into your monitor. You’re at the point now where you’ve gone in with your Log file, added a Rec709 color space and you’ve done some adjusting to your contrast or your saturation. (With the full version, it is required that you have a USB dongle for the program to work.) You can create 3D LUTS in DaVinci Resolve in both the Full version and the Lite version, which is free.

The most difficult part about creating 3D LUTS is understanding how you want to create the LOOK.
