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The file size will be relatively large - approximately 220 GB / hour. And since it’s ProRes (an intermediate codec intended for editing and grading), it will run much faster and be much less taxing on your CPU/GPU than the original HEVC version.

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This will give you the full 10-bit, wide gamut footage, without any of the HDR metadata. Then on the render queue, hit “Start Render.”

Once you’ve prepared the ProRes export, set an output location and add it to the render queue. ProRes 422 HQ is still 10bit, so it should suffice and save you a bit of storage). (You may use ProRes 4444 if preferred, although it will use more storage space.

On the delivery page, prepare a ProRes 422 HQ export of the film, in full resolution 3840x2160.

(Also, please note that the file will be a bit sluggish in Resolve because HEVC is a high-compression delivery codec and not really intended for editing/grading). It will look flat and ugly, with a slight green shift.

On the Edit page, pull the new MP4 file into a new timeline.

Make sure your project resolution and framerate are set to 4K UHD (3840x2160), 23.976fps.

Ensure that the Resolve color management settings are set to the default: DaVinci YRGB, with timeline color space set to Rec.

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If you only have access to the free version, don’t worry! Skip down to the the “UPDATE ” section below) (Note: the free version of Resolve does not support importing HDR HEVC files, so this must be done in Resolve Studio.

Import the MP4 HEVC file into DaVinci Resolve Studio’s media pool, on the Media page.

Once it’s done, you will have your original HEVC file, now as an MP4.

In Hybrid, go to the “Jobs” tab, and hit the “Start” button to start processing your queue.

Once you’re done, set your output folder and file name, and add it to the queue. To do this, set your Video setting in Hybrid to “passthrough” and ensure the container is set to “mp4.” Audio can be set to “ignore,” since we don’t need audio for this. The reason we need our 4K HDR HEVC file to exist within an MP4 wrapper is so DaVinci Resolve can import it. We want to preserve the original HEVC file).

Use Hybrid (FFmpeg GUI) to rewrap the MKV file to MP4 ( Not transcode.

But if you only have the free version of DaVinci Resolve (the non-studio version), skip down to the “UPDATE ” section below.

If you have DaVinci Resolve Studio (the paid version of Resolve), keep reading.

In my example, I’m using a 4K HDR remux of X-Men: Apocalypse (Sorry, I haven’t bought my Star Wars OT in 4K yet). (There are lots of guides for this online already, so I won’t go through that here). This will copy the entire HDR film into an MKV wrapper without transcoding.

Create a remux from your UHD disc, using MakeMKV.

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Here’s how to get your UHD Blu-ray discs to a point where you can properly add custom grades to them. So treating the HDR footage from a UHD disc is a very similar process. These are all HDR color spaces that we’ve been grading inside of SDR environments for a very long time.

Think of Arri Log C, RED RWG/Log3G10, Sony S-log, or Panasonic V-log. We’ve been using it for well over a decade in SDR workflows, despite HDR delivery being relatively new. Info: Guide for Working with 4K HDR Blu-ray Rips in SDR Author 44rh1n Date, 1:18 AM Author 44rh1n Time 1:18 AM (Edited) Post link Guide for Working with 4K HDR Blu-ray Rips in SDR Info: Guide for Working with 4K HDR Blu-ray Rips in SDR - Original Trilogy Sign In