# 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.