Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 19 minutes ago
DaVinci Resolve 17 is out and it has new HDR Controls that we'll be breaking down how they work, and how to use them for your own projects.
Download Davinci Resolve for Free: blackmagicdesign.com/ca/products/davinciresolve
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - HDR Palette Overview
2:00 - Tonal Highlight Feature
2:34 - Brief Color Space Overview
3:06 - Grey Scale Set Up
3:36 - Tonal Ranges Explained
6:18 - Global Control
7:09 - Black Offset
7:31 - Contrast
7:42 - Saturation Testing Set Up
8:10 - How Contrast Changes Saturation
9:49 - How HDR Exposure Controls Impact Saturation
10:46 - Tonal Saturation Control
11:46 - Outro
Notes:
There's lot about HDR to cover. The goal of this video was to teach how these controls work so you can use them on your own projects. While they are HDR controls, they can be used on non HDR projects and provide tremendous tonal control. Being able to easily manipulate the saturation of a tonal range while adjusting the exposure is incredible, you can achieve a similar result in the VS curves, but it just makes it so simple and flexible.
I will note that I had two crashes while screen recording this. I decided to show one of them for transparency. I'm not entirely sure what caused the crash, but stability issues are to be expected when it's still in beta. You can always roll back to an older version, though when upgrading just like I say in the video always back up your database.
References:
Check out the DaVinci Resolve 17 reference manual to learn more you can find it in the help tab of Resolve.
The HDR Palette is currently covered in page 113 of the beta manual.
Gear I use:
Camera - Black Magic Pocket 4k
Microphone - Rode NTK
Main Lens - Meike 12mm f2.8
Other lenses - Meike 35 mm f1.7, Rokinon 50mm T1.5, Rokinon 24mm T1.5
Tripod - Velbon Videomate 638
Computer Specs:
CPU - Ryzen 1700x
GPU - GTX 1070
Monitor - Eizo CG2420
DaVinci Resolve 17 is out and it has new HDR Controls that we'll be breaking down how they work, and how to use them for your own projects.
Download Davinci Resolve for Free: blackmagicdesign.com/ca/products/davinciresolve
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - HDR Palette Overview
2:00 - Tonal Highlight Feature
2:34 - Brief Color Space Overview
3:06 - Grey Scale Set Up
3:36 - Tonal Ranges Explained
6:18 - Global Control
7:09 - Black Offset
7:31 - Contrast
7:42 - Saturation Testing Set Up
8:10 - How Contrast Changes Saturation
9:49 - How HDR Exposure Controls Impact Saturation
10:46 - Tonal Saturation Control
11:46 - Outro
Notes:
There's lot about HDR to cover. The goal of this video was to teach how these controls work so you can use them on your own projects. While they are HDR controls, they can be used on non HDR projects and provide tremendous tonal control. Being able to easily manipulate the saturation of a tonal range while adjusting the exposure is incredible, you can achieve a similar result in the VS curves, but it just makes it so simple and flexible.
I will note that I had two crashes while screen recording this. I decided to show one of them for transparency. I'm not entirely sure what caused the crash, but stability issues are to be expected when it's still in beta. You can always roll back to an older version, though when upgrading just like I say in the video always back up your database.
References:
Check out the DaVinci Resolve 17 reference manual to learn more you can find it in the help tab of Resolve.
The HDR Palette is currently covered in page 113 of the beta manual.
Gear I use:
Camera - Black Magic Pocket 4k
Microphone - Rode NTK
Main Lens - Meike 12mm f2.8
Other lenses - Meike 35 mm f1.7, Rokinon 50mm T1.5, Rokinon 24mm T1.5
Tripod - Velbon Videomate 638
Computer Specs:
CPU - Ryzen 1700x
GPU - GTX 1070
Monitor - Eizo CG2420
