Fusion Color Management
Channel: DaVinci Master Key
Date: 2023-03-22

DaVinci Resolve's Fusion page can sometimes produce inconsistent results in the viewers of the other Resolve pages when working in wide dynamic ranges. This video observes the behaviour of the Fusion page in 4 various color management systems and proposes solutions that are user-friendly, future-proof, and rely on tools that are already available to you in DaVinci Resolve. 

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Table of Contents: 

0:00 - Introduction
   0:17 - Purpose of the video
   1:25 - Challenges of Fusion color management
   2:44 - My intentions
4:03 - Project setup
   4:57 - Template
7:00 - Part 1: No Resolve Color Management (3 mins)
   8:55 - No RCM - external monitor
   11:10 - No RCM - quick summary (22 secs)
11:32 - Part 2: SDR Color Management (13 mins)
   12:43 - Mapping sRGB to Linear
      15:26 - Checking the accuracy of the Color Space Transform
   17:01 - Fusion/Edit page mismatch
      17:47 - Solution #1: Edit Page CST
      19:11 - Solution #2: Fusion Page CST
   22:14 - SDR RCM - external monitor
   22:58 - Non-automatic SDR projects
   24:49 - SDR RCM - quick summary (1 min)
25:49 - Part 3: HDR/DWG Color Management (14 mins)
   27:21 - Bypass Color Management
   29:50 - HDR/DWG demo setup
   31:09 - HDR/DWG Fusion monitoring
      33:55 - Single node solution
   36:08 - HDR/DWG RCM - external monitor
   36:33 - Fusion ‘upscaling’ for DWG
   39:51 - HDR/DWG RCM - quick summary (1.5 mins)
41:14 - Part 4: ACES Color Mangement  (11 mins)
   43:48 - Bypass Color Management
   44:51 - ACES Fusion monitoring
   47:26 - ACES - external monitor
   48:41 - Fusion ‘upscaling’ for ACES
      51:11 - Alternative CST when ‘upscaling’
   52:05 - ACES - quick summary (1 min)
53:13 - Conclusion

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Narrated and edited by Daria Fissoun

Please find the documentation for this video here: https://shore-soprano-87f.notion.site/Fusion-Color-Management-2165c1daadfd4d31802f8ebfbc3971c1
(I am still in the process of writing it up. I'm currently travelling for work and will aim to have this completed by mid next week!)

Special thanks to Bernd from VFXstudy! In particular these two videos:

- DaVinci Wide Gamut and Fusion - Problems & Fixes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uwo6DQ-POw
- ACES and Fusion - Linear Workflow in DaVinci Resolve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PLI5oqGFc4

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My computer specs:

PC: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz with 48 GB RAM
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
OS: Windows 10 Home (64 bit)
Primary monitor: BENQ EW3270U
Secondary monitor: BENQ G2750
Grading monitor: Flanders Scientific DM240 (with BMD Decklink Mini Monitor 4K)
Mic: Blue Yeti USB Mic (Platinum Edition) on Moukey Shock Mount (yes, I manage to make a Yeti sound this bad; I’m working on it)
Headphones: Sony MDRZX310W (Metallic White)
Screen capture software is OBS