Color Space Transform
A Color Space Transform accurately converts your image from one color space to another, for example from a log profile to Rec.709. Unlike a fixed LUT it adapts to your exact source and target. It's the cleaner, more flexible way to translate color spaces.
In DaVinci Resolve, Color Space Transform is a dedicated effect you put on a node, where you choose input and output precisely. Because it converts mathematically, you often get a more neutral result than with a ready-made conversion LUT. Use it at the start of your grade to set your log footage correctly. Tip: pick the right input gamma and gamut that match your camera, otherwise the conversion won't be correct.
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The presets on this site set these adjustments up for you as a starting point, which you then fine-tune to taste.