Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Why doesn't Resolve handle ProRes Raw on its own? The answer is irritating, but there's a tool that uses Apple's official ProRes RAW SDK that you can use to make ProRes Raw work in Resolve (without risking a bad transcode -- which you might get with other options).
0:36 – Why do we need to know how to treat ProRes RAW?
1:39 – Solution to the problem
2:53 – Why is Play Pro Studio the tool needed for ProRes RAW?
4:33 – Where does your media journey begin in Play Pro Studio?
5:14 – Properly setting up your project render setting for ProResRAW using Play Pro Studio
7:34 – Ingesting Cinema DNG onto Resolve
7:46 – How do you shape the foundation of your Cinema DNG image using RAW settings?
10:50 – Color managing Cinema DNG assets to support an image centric pipeline
14:05 – Building a look with Cinema DNG
15:50 – Anchoring middle gray
Here's the middle gray cheatsheet I mentioned in the video: cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/mid-gray-cheatsheet
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Grab my Voyager LUT Pack. 17 LUTs to provide beautiful looks for any type of project so you can grade faster, take every image further, and attract better and better jobs.
cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-pro and cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-essential
Get my free Kodak 2383 film print LUT for DWG and ACES here:
http://procolor.ist/freelut
Check out my ebook, The Colorist's 10 Commandments:
cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/colorists-ten-commandments
Start creating your own studio-quality show LUTs, camera LUTs, and LUT packs with my pro look design plugin Contour (free trial available): cullenkellycolor.com/contour
Looking for RAW footage to work with? I use Artlist:
bit.ly/436l137 -
Unlock my full pro tools, grading system & community here: https://colorist.inc
Why doesn't Resolve handle ProRes Raw on its own? The answer is irritating, but there's a tool that uses Apple's official ProRes RAW SDK that you can use to make ProRes Raw work in Resolve (without risking a bad transcode -- which you might get with other options).
0:36 – Why do we need to know how to treat ProRes RAW?
1:39 – Solution to the problem
2:53 – Why is Play Pro Studio the tool needed for ProRes RAW?
4:33 – Where does your media journey begin in Play Pro Studio?
5:14 – Properly setting up your project render setting for ProResRAW using Play Pro Studio
7:34 – Ingesting Cinema DNG onto Resolve
7:46 – How do you shape the foundation of your Cinema DNG image using RAW settings?
10:50 – Color managing Cinema DNG assets to support an image centric pipeline
14:05 – Building a look with Cinema DNG
15:50 – Anchoring middle gray
Here's the middle gray cheatsheet I mentioned in the video: cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/mid-gray-cheatsheet
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Grab my Voyager LUT Pack. 17 LUTs to provide beautiful looks for any type of project so you can grade faster, take every image further, and attract better and better jobs.
cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-pro and cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/voyager-luts-essential
Get my free Kodak 2383 film print LUT for DWG and ACES here:
http://procolor.ist/freelut
Check out my ebook, The Colorist's 10 Commandments:
cullenkellycolor.com/toolkit/colorists-ten-commandments
Start creating your own studio-quality show LUTs, camera LUTs, and LUT packs with my pro look design plugin Contour (free trial available): cullenkellycolor.com/contour
Looking for RAW footage to work with? I use Artlist:
bit.ly/436l137 -
