How to set up DaVinci Managed Color for Nikon N-Raw 

Clearest explanation I’ve seen to date. Hit some real hidden land mines and even threw in some subtle tricks without missing the main workflow. Hope to see more from ya. Thanks!

For all M1 users who are interested in: With the new Davinci Resolve 18 Beta version, N-Raw is supported natively. You don't have to run Davinci with Rosetta anymore :)

Thank you so much for the very clear explanation! Just what I've been looking for.

Superb video David, many many thanks! Cheers!

Good stuff, very helpful!

This is awesome!!!

Well done!

Very helpful! My Z9s just arrived last week, so I'm trying to get a feel for grading N-raw log. I'm switching from Sony, and used Slog3 sGamut3 for almost everything, including a fair bit of HDR. N-log raw HDR handles very differently, and I suspect that I might not be setting it up right on the Reslove side. This film might help solve some of that. In trying just a couple of test HDR grades, rendering to DNxHR HQX work well, however rendering the same clip to h.265 results in terrible banding in the blue sky. Again, I suspect it's something I'm doing wrong in the settings. Of course, Resolve has never been known for its fine h.265 rendering abilities, so it might just be a matter of mediocre compression causing banding artifacts. H.265 N-Log recorded directly from the camera doesn't have the banding, but does if I re-render it to h.265 again, and doesn't if re-rendered to DNxHR HQX.

Thanks. I was using my z8 for photo only. I want to eplore the video side of it. I was looking for the Nikon setting. I guess with this setup I do not need to use the Z_8_N-Log-Full_to_REC709-Full_33_V01-00.cube in the project input lookup table. Because when I switch the color science from DaVinci YRGB to DaVinci YRGB color manage and I keep the z8 LUT, the clip does not look good :-) I just started to experiment with the resolve color page and watching tutorial a few days ago. You video is a great help !

Great video! Thanks! =)

Thank you!

Hi David, this was very helpful a while ago. But what setting do you use with pro res nlog? before the update I used it. but It is not clear what the Colorspace is: also rec 709? Maybe you have the answer. Thanks

Thank you so much for this! My z9 footage looks so much better. But now my drone footage looks nuclear! How do I use my DJI footage in the same timeline? or is that possible?

As a Resolve newbie, my biggest question is what are the advantages of DaVinci YRGB Color Managed with your settings vs DaVinci YRGB with a timeline Color Space or Rec.2020 (Scene) and "Same as Timeline" Output Color Space and just adding a Color Transform node back to rec709 on the clips under the Color tab. I see to "see" the exact results when comparing both.

rendering raw with noise reduction is taking huge time. Kindly suggest how to render fast. Thanks

have you found any other profiles that work well for noise in shadows which i find can be noticeable in nev .. Cheers

I did everything you did and when I go to color to find the raw clip and stuff its greyed out I can't select anything. why is that? I shot 4k 120 fps in Nikon z9.

hi ，can you upload some nraw footage ？ thanks。

As of resolve 19 the user manual is just over 4300 pages. 😮‍💨

No matter what I do I can NEVER get the Camera RAW box to not be greyed out. I can't figure out what in the world I'm doing wrong

Hi David. I'm not able to import the Prores Raw files (from Nikon/Atomos Ninja V) as video files. They show up as audio files. I don't have the 'open using Rosetta' check box. I'm working on MacBook Pro (2018).

My Nicon NEF files are importing looking totally nearly totally green dominant and low quality when in fact they are not appearing that way in a photo viewer. How can I fix this?

same for windows11?

My M1 Mac crawls running Rosetta and Davinci.

I think I'll stick to still photography lol