ACES Workflow for 3D Renders in Davinci Resolve

By popular demand! If you're comping/finalizing your 3D renders in After Effects or the stand alone Fusion application, you may be missing out on some extra features of Resolve. I absolutely LOVE the fact that I don’t have to switch between different programs to publish a render; animatic edit, comping multilayer EXRs, professional color grading tools, full featured audio authoring in the Fairlight tab, to final output, in one program. That is luxurious!

If you’re new to Resolve here are some links to get you started:

Download the Free version of Resolve:
https://tinyurl.com/4xwre9nv

Reactor Plugin:
https://www.steakunderwater.com/wesuc...

If you’re new to ACES and color management, here are some links to check out:

My previous ACES tutorials (outdated interface and workflow, but concept of ACES is still applicable):
   • Better Redshift Renders using ACES with Af...  
   • ACES Workflow for Redshift 3.0.46  

Introduction to ACES:
   • Davinci Resolve: ACES Explained, Part 1  

Introduction to Color Management in Davinci Resolve:
   • Resolve Color Management EASY - BEGINNERS ...  

If you want to learn a ton about color grading and color management, check out Cullen Kelly’s YouTube here:
   / @cullenkelly  

Here's how the AOV (render passes) are recombined (Redshift naming conventions, but other render engines should be similar; see your render engine’s help docs for proper naming):

Beauty = {Diffuse Lighting + Global Illumination + Specular + Reflections + Refractions + Subsurface Scattering + Emission + Background + Caustics + [(Translucency Lighting Raw + Translucency GI Raw) * Translucency Filter]} * Volume Tint + Volume Emission + Volume Lighting

Chapters:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:36 Introduction to Davinci Resolve
00:02:06 Importing Media Into the Media Pool
00:03:36 Looking at Project Settings – Davinci YRGB (Not Color Managed)
00:05:42 Editing an Animatic Viewport Render
00:07:32 Adding Data Burn In (Timecode and Source Clip Name Overlay)
00:09:21 Adding EXRs to a New Timeline
00:10:45 Matching the Animatic Edit
00:12:40 Basic ACES Transform on the Color Page When Davinci Color Management is Off
00:19:06 Scopes, Ramps, Overbrights, and ACES Tonemapping
00:27:21 Overview of Primaries Wheels on the Color Page
00:31:30 Overview of HDR Wheels on the Color Page
00:35:46 The Most Basic of Basic Color Corrections on the Color Page
00:40:03 Comping Multilayer EXRs in the Fusion Page
00:54:13 Caching the Fusion Comp and Project Cache Settings
00:56:46 Using ACEScct in the Color Page (Without Davinci Color Management)
00:59:48 One Way of Setting UP Davinci Color Management
01:04:08 Zak’s Preferred Davinci Color Managed Workflow
01:06:40 Why I Prefer This Method: Gamut Compression and Final Color Correction
01:12:06 The Deliver Page and Options for Export
01:15:29 Thanks so much!