Colors Washed Out After Rendering - Davinci Resolve Issue FIXED

[@TOUCHASMR]

I've been complaining about this for months but I didn't think it had a solution. THANK YOU!

[@joe_scotto]

I'm sorry but this is incorrect. By setting your color space to Rec.709-A you're tailoring your output to just Apple devices but on different devices, it will be wrong. The best method is to let resolve handle the color by setting it to Davinci Wide Gamut and then tailoring your output to what the location you're going to. I slammed my head against the wall for about a week before figuring all of this out. Color is an obnoxious monster but the general rule of thumb is that you calibrate your monitor (and your resolve viewer with a 3D LUT on a Mac) and then output with some sort of standard. Tailoring your output for your specific device is the wrong way to handle it and will actually lead to more issues than it solves. Any questions, feel free to ask... I love talking about this stuff!

[@seanguadie]

Thank you so much for your input! This totally fixed my washed out colors on render, was stressing for days. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Kelly-4r]

I have a problem after u export my colors looks good on my laptop and phone but immediately I post on social media all the looks wash almost like over exposed log.. any help windows

[@GuinnessFL]

is "use Mac display color profiles..." correct?

[@joe_scotto]

@@GuinnessFL Yes. It will use the profiles set on your monitor.

[@GuinnessFL]

@@joe_scotto thx!

[@kevinstansberry6159]

Man I was loosing it, like where is my color grades!? Thanks !

[@dougrace9228]

Switching over from Final Cut to Da Vinci and have been spinning my wheels for over 24 hrs trying to figure out why my exports were different and how to fix. Finally something worked. Thank you!!!

[@Crysispytt]

You have no idea how much time I've been struggling with the export color match man... thank u mate you're the GOAT

[@kabizzz]

Dan, thank you for taking the time out to make this for us all, really appreciate it. Kabir.

[@AndreyEvermore]

Bro deserves the Nobel peace prize for this

[@juanitamoore7524]

Thank you! Using DaVinci Resolve 18 We chose for Timeline Color Space "Rec 709 gamma 2.4". Output Color Space being "Same as Timeline" and we got what we wanted. But it was your video that gave us the clue to these changes for success. Big Thank You once again. (I guess did our coloring at whatever the hell it was set at.)

[@landercapiz]

Both of you save my life hahahah

[@landercapiz]

Thank youuu

[@Ali-jc2fy]

Thankyou soo much!!! I was depressed from morning cause I wasn’t able to fix the issue even after watching some other youtubers vids, I’m so happy I found yours !! Thankyou sm ❤

[@bannam2148]

I got the same problem, your sharing is so much help to me! what camera do you use for this vid? dynamic range looks awesome!!

[@DanFrullani]

For this and many other videos I used the Canon R6. Thank you for watching!

[@imtizulujamir]

Thanks for the tip. Very helpful. Was getting frustrated with this problem for days

[@imranvasanwala]

Thanks a lot man! Really appreciate you making this video. I was wondering why I kept getting washed out videos after rendering. So thanks a lot man!

[@Mr.TourayTravels]

Thank you, you helped alot! Really nice video and appriciate the content bro

[@NakedClub]

Some of the nudists in my videos have very dark skin and I started to notice that after output the dark areas in the image were a bit darker than I had set. You offered the very solution I was seeking.

[@DanFrullani]

Glad I cold help!! Have a great day!

[@willanlloydrivera1401]

Thanks bro , Thanks for sharing these, now i fixed my stress in washout exporting

[@DanFrullani]

Happy to help

[@calvinjeremy]

thank you!!

[@ciriman]

Thank you very much for solving this problem. i was freaking out! thank you a thousand times thank you

[@CookingJJ]

I thought it was just my imagination! This verifies that it wasn't! We'll see with my next export now. Thanks so much for this helpful tip that many can benefit from!

[@DanFrullani]

Glad I could help!

[@RobertLopezDesigns]

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!!

[@DanFrullani]

Happy to help!

[@spongebobshirt]

Thank you so much!!! This was driving me insane!

[@cinebirdfrance6378]

My God, finally!! Why didn't I watch this video before...

[@garrettkamkoff945]

I have been going round and round with this! I have done these settings yet it still doesn’t seem to work like it does for everyone else! Any idea why this might be?

[@martagalanoficial]

Thanks for the video! My issue is always the same. My videos look fantastic on my phone, on my Mac… but when I watch it on TV (Samsung qled) it looks washed out/ blurry… what could be the reason?

[@ReedEmbry]

Man THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! you solved days of frustration!

[@meditationsinnature]

Thank you for sharing these settings! They helped answer the questions I had.

[@kobusterblanche8555]

I applied these settings after already graded my clips, it then made everything even more washed out, does this mean I have to re-grade everything?

[@DanFrullani]

yes....but it will be the last time...from now on what you see will be what will be exported!

[@kobusterblanche8555]

@@DanFrullani That's too bad, have spent a week to get the colors perfect and its a massive project filmed on different cameras with 100s of clips

[@DanFrullani]

@@kobusterblanche8555 I understand....but unfortunately you worked with colors that were visible on your screen in Resolve only...Look at the bright side: now you solved the problem for good.

[@pxl-tech]

Thanks a lot! Would've been great to know before doing my color editing tbh though...

[@pedro_devargas]

Thanks so much for the video, this saves so much time and headaches. This is a very underrated video. Thanks a bunch!

[@DanFrullani]

Glad to hear that! Thank you!

[@bertsbike]

So do the colors look the same when you upload to youtube etc?

[@DanFrullani]

Yes, the colors will look exactly the way you edit and grade them in Resolve...they won't look washed out.

[@pshinkarenko]

You, are brilliant sir. Thank you for saving all of us from loads of frustration

[@Kelly-4r]

Old but great video.. I have a problem after u export my colors looks good on my laptop and phone but immediately I post on social media all the looks wash almost like over exposed log.. any help

[@peperclipsfilms]

The method in this video worked for me after I changed some settings on the render page: -Go to Advanced Settings -Change 'Color Space Tag' to Rec.709 -Change 'Gamma Tag' to Gamma 2.4 That did it for me

[@Gurucreations]

Awesome color grade in this video . Would you teach us this ?

[@Ani_Skevi]

OMG, you saved my life! Thank you so much for bringing peace in my life 😂 Such a nice video 👌

[@DanFrullani]

Glad to hear that!

[@aaronzewdu]

Fantastic bro, much love

[@yuvancinematics6997]

Thank You So Much Sir.....

[@botaangler5716]

Thanks man You saved my day

[@venmss1]

So I’m bit confused .. I did notice when I export on mac laptop the colors faded a bit but divinci resolve they are heavier saturated look nice .. what I wanted was to export exactly how it is on divinci .. when I did these settings what’s on divinci is now faded and not what it was ( if I go back to rec scene it’s super dark darks ) I just wanted to export was shown on timeline to be look exactly like that .. if so is it that these settings display what will be exported and what was displayed was just a smoother toned illusion and now I have to re adjust my colors ?

[@mateosriva]

wtf.. same thing happened to me :/ do I need to re-colorgrade everything again on davinci before exporting agaaaiiinnn

[@anandnandakumar]

Thank You so much really helped

[@omerbulbul8185]

am I the who did not the get the same result, still there is some different like less saturated ,it changed a lot but not the same,cplease help

[@africamazing8143]

thank you very much the generous guy 🙏🏽

[@SaiAndTeja_Photography]

Thanks alot. It worked for me.

[@AntanasVarneckas]

o thankyou very much, you solved this problem :))

[@cal_blac]

Thank you so much sir 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@mohitknack]

i was absolutely looking for this, thanks man

[@DanFrullani]

Glad I could help

[@winstonsmithstaxi]

it didn't work for my project, this had never happened before. I've used your settings so hopefully on my next project this will not happen?

[@DanFrullani]

If you applied my settings from now on what you see on the screen in Resolve is what you'll get in the file after rendering.

[@rickygzz6389]

Thanks!

[@kingsamvisuals]

Thank you! Why this isn't set by default is beyond me

[@NazWinchester]

Awesome tips! Thank you so much sir.

[@DanFrullani]

Most welcome! Have a great day!

[@MatteoSantiloni]

Great great video! Very useful 👏👏👏👏

[@abca14045]

what about image quality loss? I have a great image but when exported it seem to be mildly blurry, and not the same quality as original. It looks better if I double the timeline resolution and zoomx2 but its still not same as original image.

[@fitzgeraldwaweru4930]

THIS HELPED! THANK YOU SIR!!!

[@DanFrullani]

Glad it helped!

[@CharlesDecoy]

thank you !! it works even on iphone

[@CCJC]

thank you! super helpful that was!

[@keith2599]

Hi Dan, I'm using windows 10; But i will give this ago as it will be really interesting to see the difference with my footage, il also check what the footage looks like on my tv....Great video as always Dan, Blessing to you and the family...From the uk and take care....

[@CruzCreative]

How did it go?

[@doshymariageorge5778]

hey Thank you dude.

[@DiegoRilker]

Muito obrigado! Sou do Brasil e recentemente compre um macbook air e tive esse problema até agora, mas com o seu vídeo acabei de resolver! Obrigado de novo! 🇧🇷

[@justcallmesando]

This is gold, thank you!

[@felixedin8764]

Thank you sooooo much for this!! 🙏

[@LucyAtiigaASMR]

Will these settings work on windows please? I don't use apple computer

[@moviegeek1111]

It's a pretty apple/quicktime specific problem, you should be fine on pc technically If youre having similar issues on a pc it's usually the export settings or your monitor not being calibrated correctly

[@LucyAtiigaASMR]

​@moviegeek1111 thanks for your reply. I have followed the instructions on KZbin settings when exporting videos but it's same. Can you please recommend what settings I need to be using when exporting on a PC?

[@moviegeek1111]

@@LucyAtiigaASMR so if you're grading on a pc, the best way would be to set davinci color managed instead of unmanaged in your project settings tab, then set your input color space to rec709, set your timeline color space to davinci wide gamut (so you have a very wide color space to work on in your timeline) and your output as rec709. When you're exporting, assuming you are editing for web views exclusively, go to the advanced tab and export in rec709 gamma 2.4. This is the most standard way to do it since color management will rely on the mathematical calculations within DaVinci resolve to output your image instead of relying solely on your eyes. If you're still having issues after this it is most likely your display which should probably be calibrated. Now color accurate display calibration is a pretty insane rabbit hole to fall into (not to mention expensive asf) so i'd recommend you not do that.

[@LucyAtiigaASMR]

@moviegeek1111 Thank you very much for taking your time to explain all this to me. I will have a go at this. Thank you very much once again 😊 🙏 God bless you 🙏 😊.

[@simonbenda1]

OMG, it has a solution, THANK you, boy :)

[@simonbenda1]

oh, there is still diference, less saturation :( I have no idea, what more shoud i do. It looks same just if I render in proress, but if I render for example MP4, there is less saturation although that I made your settings, could you help me?

[@dragonpower974]

Hi, I have an issue where my videos lost some quality when import them in the media pool. Do you have any tips for me to correct this issue?

[@yusdeni168]

Thank you very much sir!

[@christianstaffone8428]

Thank you :)

[@nickorobearsson]

LIFE SAVER.

[@foksly]

THANKS MAN!!!

[@DanFrullani]

Happy to help

[@fidellopezrosales]

Thank you. Great information.

[@baijunatarajan]

Good Info Bro....Thanks

[@KlaraVyletal]

This really helped me! Thank you for sharing, nice video

[@DanFrullani]

Glad it helped! Have a great day!

[@roberthayes]

I gave it a go and it still isn't quite right. Amy ideas what I am missing?

[@kentomoriguchi8675]

Life savior!!

[@misterpaparazzi4776]

Thanks alot man!

[@hagebycikliden569]

Thanx! Perfect!

[@DanFrullani]

You're welcome!

[@PauloRicardoMontelodacosta]

thank you man

[@DanFrullani]

You're welcome!

[@AmitAsh]

Omg thank you 🥲❤️

[@DanFrullani]

Any time!

[@cuneytkarayalcin]

Thank You for this ! :)

[@zanetakubaszewska6495]

I am getting really frustrated, as I applyed all of that stuff, even checking other creators how to deal with washed out videos and... it didn't help. I wonder if is there anything else to apply... I color graded my clip once more after changing all settings, but it cam out with egsact the same result... I want to throw that computer on the wall... but thank you for your job anyway ;)

[@joraphpictures]

Thanks

[@victoriaaloua1323]

même problème avec after affect mais il n'y a pas ce bouton possible de m'aider svppppp ?

[@DanFrullani]

Malheureusement, avec Premiere Pro et After Effect, il n'y a pas d'options pour modifier l'espace colorimétrique et je crains que la seule solution soit d'essayer de compenser en modifiant le grading des couleurs avant d' exporter. Une fois que vous avez trouvé les bonnes corrections, elles devraient s'appliquer à tous les clips et vous pouvez créer un Lut pour accélérer le processus dans vos futures vidéos. Excusez mon français mais même si je suis à moitié français, j'ai très rarement l'occasion de le parler. Bonne journée!

[@SONYAdicto]

FINALLY

[@spread888gospel]

Not working in my case… 😢

[@yuryerr]

have you found the solution? have the same problem

[@lhorizonfilms7784]

And what about windows PC users? :)

[@CruzCreative]

Did you find anything? I cant get it to work

[@ashstonk]

Super helpful

[@davidschwan]

thanks😃

[@PIPERBOYWILLIAMS]

You’re a God

[@DanFrullani]

YOU are awesome!

[@jaihunter3229]

cheers legend

[@sidhusaabji8203]

thank sir thank

[@stranrasol3273]

bro I love you

[@FreshSqueezedLightning]

What about for PC?

[@CruzCreative]

Any fix ?

[@amandakay8]

Amazing tutorial. skipped a lot of the talking and the 1:45ish intro mostly bc I just wanted to get to the point and start working. I think some of the quirks should stay like ‘no idea I just know that it works” 😂 funny and playful. I also know a short tutorial will have higher views so just some feed back.

[@DanFrullani]

Thanks for your comment! However, I' d rather keep making vids my own way than just throwing 'useful info' to people who won't ever care about my content...so I create cinematic/entertaining content for the ones who enjoy it and, at the same time, they will find it useful. For all the ones that comment with an attitude (not you...at least you were really nice) like if I owe them the info, like if I work for them...well....I don't want their view and as far as I'm concerned they can find the useful info somewhere else. I'm a creator, not a public service. Have a great day!

[@yarochannel]

What are the solutions for Non-Mac users tho?

[@DanFrullani]

No idea, I only use Mac.

[@rudipradnyana]

The tutorial on davinci resolve ipad please

[@dav]

Thank you from Sep 2024!

[@boscommediastudio9795]

Nice work

[@andreashaggstrom]

This doesn’t work for me. I get the same results as before.

[@renanmalato]

Isnt work for me... actually this just make my project look equal less saturated than render

[@DeepakBhat]

Thanks man :)

[@DanFrullani]

Glad to help!

[@DeriKhoya]

so useful

[@DanFrullani]

Glad to hear that

[@rizaldynalapraya720]

thankuuu iloveyouu from sumbawa

[@happyscrappy370]

Hmm, I tried it on mine. DIdn't work for me.