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If the camera and lighting departments had the foresight to shoot a color test chart for each of the major lighting setups in the project you’re grading, DaVinci Resolve lets you superimpose a sampling grid over a chart in a clip and mathematically analyze the sampled colors to generate an automatic correction. Using controls in the Color Match palette, you can specify the Source Gamma, Target Gamma, and Target Color Space to make sure that the resulting correction is correct for the camera you used, and the project you’ve set up.
The Color Match palette works with several standardized color charts:
— Datacolor SpyderCheckr 24
— DSC Labs ChromaDumonde 24+4
— DSC Labs SMPTE OneShot
— X-Rite ColorChecker Classic
— X-Rite ColorChecker Classic - Legacy
— X-Rite ColorChecker Video
— X-Rite ColorChecker Passport Video
The X-Rite ColorChecker, Datacolor SpyderCheckr, and DSC Labs SMPTE OneShot charts compared,
all of which are supported by the Color Match palette
The result is analyzed to generate an automatic color correction to use to create a neutral grade for the image, to use as a starting point for the rest of your grade.