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When ACES is enabled, IDT and ODT are used to identify input and output devices.
Color Science: Using this drop-down menu, you can choose either ACEScct or ACEScc
color science. This is primarily a personal preference since they are mostly identical,
but the shadows respond differently to grading operations. In the Fusion page, images
are automatically converted to linear, so whoever does the grading has more of a
reason to choose one or the other.
ACEScc: Choose ACEScc color science to apply a standard Cineon style log
encoding to the ACES data before it is processed by Resolve.
ACEScct: This variation of ACEScc adds a roll-off at the toe of the image to make
color correction lift operations “feel” more like they do with film scans and LogC
encoded images.
ACES Version: When you’ve chosen one of the ACES color science options, this menu
becomes available to let you choose which version of ACES you want to use. As of
DaVinci Resolve 16, you can choose either ACES 1.0.3 or ACES 1.1 (the latest version).
ACES Input Device Transform: This menu lets you choose which IDT (Input Device
Transform) to use for the dominant media format in use.
ACES Output Device Transform: This menu lets you choose an ODT (Output Device
Transform) with which to transform the image data to match your required deliverable.
Process Node LUTs In: This menu lets you choose how you want to process LUTs in
the Color page and does not affect the Fusion page.
For more information on ACES within Davinci Resolve, see Chapter XX, “Data Levels, Color
Management and ACES” in the DaVinci Resolve manual.
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