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LUTs for Blackmagic cameras

Blackmagic bodies record BRAW or Film gamma, both of which arrive flat. There is no Blackmagic pack yet, so this page points at the free library and the browser editor.

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Convert Blackmagic Film before you grade it

BRAW carries its colour science in the file, so DaVinci Resolve applies the transform when it decodes the clip and you grade on top of a normalised image. Blackmagic Film gamma from the iPhone app is flat in the same way log is, and wants a colour space transform before any look.

The workflow

01

Decode BRAW with its own settings

In Resolve, the clip attributes panel holds the colour science. Set it there rather than fighting it with a LUT.

02

Or transform Film gamma

Footage from the Blackmagic Camera app records in Film gamma. A colour space transform to Rec.709 comes first.

03

Grade on top

Any of the free .cube LUTs in the Luttie library work once the image is normalised.

04

Export your own

Grade in the browser editor and export a .cube you can reuse across the project.

No Blackmagic pack yet

There is no paid Blackmagic pack. The free LUT library downloads without an account, and the editor runs in the browser with no install, so you can convert and grade Blackmagic footage without buying anything.

Questions

Not yet. BRAW carries its own colour science, so a conversion LUT matters less than it does for S-Log3 or C-Log3. The free LUT library and the editor cover most of what a Blackmagic grade needs.

Yes, once the footage is transformed out of Film gamma. The app records flat, so apply a colour space transform first, then a look.

For a look, yes. For conversion, no — Resolve handles the transform when it decodes the file, so a conversion LUT on top would apply it twice.

The Luttie free library downloads without an account. Every file is a standard .cube that loads into Resolve's LUT browser.

Longer walkthrough: grading Blackmagic Film footage step by step. Not sure which profile you shot? Find the LUT for your camera.

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