/filmic-resolve

Filmic Resolve Cube LUTs

Filmic Resolve - NOT FULLY WORKING

TL;DR

Encode to Filmic Log Base Encoding, and apply the contrasts as you desire. Do not try to use EXRs as it will be the wrong transform currently.

What is it?

This is a repository to use Filmic in Resolve. It will allow you to work seamlessly in Resolve wiith Filmic Base Log Encoded files.

How is it used?

  1. Download this repository via zip or Git.
  2. Create a unique directory Filmic under your Resolve LUTs director. This is accessible via the File Project Settings Color Management tab, by pressing the button Open LUT Folder.
  3. Extract and copy the LUTs into the newly created Resolve Filmic folder. After doing so, return to Resolve and press the Update Lists button directly above the Open LUT Folder.
  4. In the File Project Settings Color Management tab, change the Timeline Color Space to Rec.709 (Scene).
  5. In the same tab, change the 3D Input Lookup Table to Filmic Resolve - Base Log Encoding to Scene Linear.
  6. In the same tab, change the 3D Output Lookup Table to Filmic Resolve - Scene Linear to Base Log Encoding.

You are ready to go!

What encodings are currently supported?

Currently, any Filmic Base Log Encoding files should work seamlessly. Simply save your imagery with the Filmic Base Log Encoding, and load them into your media gallery within Resolve. Once inside Resolve, the default output will be displayed with the flatter Filmic Base Log Encoding appearance, and the full selection of Filmic aesthetic lookups are available from the Color workspace, under the LUTs sub-workspace. Select an aesthetic contrast and you can refine the grade accordingly.

The Fusion tab within Resolve should receive the Timeline based scene linear radiometric data as well, allowing you to perform proper radiometrically referred compositing.

What currently isn't supported?

Currently the aesthetic contrast lookups are not working. In addition to this, loading directly from scene linear EXRs is not yet supported.

What is the colourimetry of Filmic?

Please see the original repository for full colourimetry information.

TL;DR: The colourimetry of Filmic is based on BT.709 based primaries. The Filmic Log Encoding Base is a pure, normalized log base two encoding, anchored around a middle grey value of 0.18, with a +6.5 to -10.0 EV range. The gamut mapping will properly map out of gamut values on the high intensity end to appropriate display referred output values.