How to install a LUT in DaVinci Resolve

Checked

September 25, 2026

Version

DaVinci Resolve 21 (free and Studio)

Which file

Use the 65-point file. The 33-point file works too.

Before you start

1. 1

   Check Project Settings > Color Management > Color Science. With the default, DaVinci YRGB, apply the LUT as below.Source

2. 2

   With DaVinci YRGB Color Managed, Resolve already converts log clips it recognizes. This LUT does that conversion itself, so on the Color page right-click the clip in the Thumbnail Timeline and check Bypass Color Management before you add the LUT.Source

Install the LUT

1. 3

   Open Project Settings with the gear button at the bottom right of any page.Source

2. 4

   Go to Color Management > Lookup Tables and click Open LUT Folder.Source

3. 5

   Copy the .cube file into the folder that opens.Source

4. 6

   Click Update Lists so the LUT shows up without restarting Resolve.Source

Apply it to a clip

1. 7

   On the Color page, select the clip.Source

2. 8

   Right-click a node in the Node Editor, open the LUT submenu, then 3D LUT, and choose the file.Source

3. 9

   Or open the LUT Browser from the toolbar at the top of the Color page and drag the LUT onto the node (or right-click it and choose Apply LUT to current node).Source

Apply it to many clips

1. 10

   Group them: select the clips in the Timeline, right-click one and choose Add Into New Group. Switch the Node Editor to Group Pre-Clip and add the LUT there; every clip in the group gets it.Source

2. 11

   Or copy the grade: select the clips you want to change, then middle-click the graded clip (or right-click it and choose Apply Grade).Source

Good to know

• The LUT is the last operation inside its node, so that node's own controls act before it. Set exposure and white balance there or in an earlier node.Source
• The Mac App Store version keeps LUTs in a different folder. Open LUT Folder always opens the right one.Source