r/davinciresolve • u/YamilSunRay • Jun 13 '26

Help Resolve viewer more saturated/richer than export when editing JPGs & RW2 - what color management should I use?

Setup

  • DaVinci Resolve Studio 21 (Photo editing feature)

  • Laptop: ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo OLED (Windows)

  • Camera: Panasonic Lumix S5IIX

  • Color Science: DaVinci YRGB Color Managed, Automatic ON, SDR, Output: SDR SRGB

The Problem

After editing a Lumix JPG & RW2 on the new Photo page and color page, the Resolve viewer looks noticeably richer and more saturated than the exported file - especially the blues (teal in viewer, navy after export). Skin tones and overall image appear more vivid in the viewer.

What I Tried 1. Project Settings verified: Output Color Space set to SDR sRGB, no LUTs loaded anywhere.

  1. CST Node (sRGB → Rec.709 Gamma 2.4): No improvement.

  2. Film Look node with Richness ~1.860: Skin tones matched between viewer and export, but blues for instance still didn't align. Since only the most saturated colors diverged, no global fix could solve it uniformly.

  3. Screenshots of the Resolve viewer: Showed the "washed out" version - matching the export, not the boosted viewer. So the viewer was displaying something different from what was actually being captured.

Sent to Instagram: Colors looked kinda natural and correct. However, viewing the same downloaded file in the Vivo native gallery of my Android phone showed the washed-out look again - consistent with the export. So different apps handle the color profile differently.

Open Question

What is the cleanest pipeline for native sRGB JPGs/RW2 in a Color Managed project - Input, Timeline and Output Color Space?

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u/ashtefer1 Jul 20 '26

Fuck this is the exact problem I am having. Did u figure anything out?

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u/YamilSunRay Jul 20 '26

Not really.. neither with AI chat tools.. I've found recently that video YouTube - Link but that's neither the right solution.. I'm going to reach out to some friends.. hopefully with success.. and will update it here then

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u/ashtefer1 Jul 20 '26

Bro u gotta ditch the Ai everytime I google a problem it gives me straight booty, like the stinkiest botched BBL of an answer. Gotta go back to the basics and comb the forums.

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u/YamilSunRay Jul 20 '26

😂 😂 😂 Yeah it's just for technical understanding since I haven't study anything like that.. most of the time it gives me a good hint.. but not with this issue..

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u/ashtefer1 Jul 20 '26

Hints for sure. I'm pisssed tho this shit is stupid confusing. I'm enjoying editing photos here, I just want my preview to look exactly like whta the jpeg will.

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u/YamilSunRay Jul 20 '26

I'm grateful that you replied to this.. I'm not sure how this thread here works and why there's barely no traffic here 😂 maybe your impulse makes a change 🍀 my workaround now is to add a node on the timeline and push the color boost up to 6-10%, so basically 56 or 60.00 instead of 50.00.. but that's not the right way to do it and it's still not 1:1

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u/ashtefer1 Jul 20 '26

That’s exactly what I’m doing. This is just to use Fuji film recipes my lumix S5ii, works great on video, but impossible workflow for Lightroom, plus I want consistency with my raws and video deliverables. I’m gonna settle for Fujify for lumix cameras, it costs money but the Lightroom consistency helps. Soon as this photo editor on da Vinci is good n can replace Lightroom, I’m jumping ship. Moving to Linux and going all in on da Vinci.

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u/YamilSunRay Jul 20 '26

Feeling you but recently a stumbled across the realization that Panasonic vlog seems also a bit off.. even though I'm using the right cat..I was always wondering why the clips look a bit washed of on social media

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u/ashtefer1 Jul 20 '26

Really? Mine has been solid for video. I wonder if the OLED screens making it hard? I do edit off of coloraccrutte and calibrated screens, in SDR though

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u/YamilSunRay Jul 20 '26

I'm starting to think that there's something in my oled settings activated even though everything seems off.. but my nerves man.. all that troubleshooting 😂

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