# Color and grade look system

When to use it: A series, channel or client with several editors or an agent touching color, and you want every episode to land in the same look.

Works with: [DaVinci Resolve MCP Server (samuelgursky)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/davinci-resolve-mcp-server-samuelgursky/), [DaVinci Resolve MCP (440+ tools)](https://agentcut.dev/tools/davinci-resolve-mcp-440-tools/), [Resolve Claude MCP](https://agentcut.dev/tools/resolve-claude-mcp/), [Wasserman's Unofficial DaVinci MCP](https://agentcut.dev/tools/wasserman-s-unofficial-davinci-mcp/)

Save as: brand/LOOK.md

Download: https://agentcut.dev/prompts/md/ds-color-looks.md

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# LOOK.md: Color and grade look system

## Pipeline
- Color managed: DaVinci Wide Gamut / DaVinci Intermediate timeline, output Rec.709 Gamma 2.4 for web and TV. [Change if your deliverable is HDR or P3]
- Input transforms per camera, set once per clip on the INPUT node or via project color management. Never grade log footage by eye without a transform.

## Node template (same order on every clip)
1. INPUT CST (if not project managed)
2. EXPOSURE and WB
3. CONTRAST
4. SAT and HUE
5. SECONDARIES (skin, sky): qualifier windows only here
6. LOOK (shared group node or PowerGrade, never edited per clip)
7. OUTPUT CST

## The look, in words
- Name: [Series look name]
- Contrast: [medium], blacks slightly lifted, no clipped highlights on skin.
- Skin: natural, on the skin tone line of the vectorscope.
- Shadows: [slightly cool]. Highlights: [slightly warm].
- Saturation: [90%] overall, highlights desaturated at the top.
- Texture: [fine grain at low strength] or none.
- References: [3 real frames from your own past episodes, with timecodes].

## Shot matching rules
- Match to the hero shot of each scene, not shot to shot down the timeline.
- Check on scopes: waveform for exposure, vectorscope for skin, parade for balance.
- Faces in a scene stay within a small exposure range of each other.

## For agents
- Only touch nodes 2 to 5 per clip. Never edit node 6 (the LOOK) unless asked.
- Label every node. Save a still before and after each change.
- Studio only tools (some ResolveFX like film grain and halation, and external scripting since 21.1): ask before using.
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