DJI D-Log M Color Grading in DaVinci Resolve
In this DaVinci Resolve tutorial, I’ll show you how to properly color grade DJI D-Log M drone footage using a clean, repeatable workflow — no LUTs required.
This method is ideal for DJI drone pilots, filmmakers, and content creators who want natural colour, correct exposure, and a cinematic look while keeping full control over their grade.
We’ll start from project setup and work all the way through to saving and re-using your grade across multiple clips and future projects.
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🔧 What You’ll Learn in This Tutorial:
✅ Project Settings
• Correct colour management setup
• Davinci Wide Gamut
• Why Rec.709 Gamma 2.2 works best for DJI D-Log M
✅ Project Lookup Tables
• 3D Lookup interpolation
✅ Node-Based Workflow
• Creating a clean, logical node tree
• How to work efficiently with nodes
✅ Color Space Transform (CST)
• Converting DJI D-Log M to Davinci Wide gamut - Rec.709
• Avoiding common mistakes (Dlog)
✅ Exposure & HDR Tools
• Balancing exposure correctly
• Using HDR wheels for clean results
✅ White Balance
• Fast and accurate correction
✅ Contrast & Pivot
• Best pivot settings for DJI footage
• Building a smooth contrast S-curve
✅ Applying the Grade Efficiently
• Copy the grade to other clips
• Use clip groups to save time
• Adjust individual clips without breaking the base grade
✅ Saving Your Grade
• Export the node tree
• Re-use the grade in future projects
This workflow is perfect if you want:
• Consistent results across multiple drone clips
• A professional colour pipeline
• Full control instead of LUT-based guessing
Timecodes :
00:00 - Intro - what you will learn
01:16 - Project settings
01:35 - Why use Rec 709 Gamma 2.2
01:54 - Project setting Lookup table
02:08 - Create our basic node tree
02:32 - Add Color space transform to each node
02:52 - Create Color space transform INPUT
03:27 - Label the nodes
03:47 - Color space OUTPUT settings
04:30 - Add in Nodes for Exposure, white balance and contrast
04:54 - Label the new nodes
05:16 - Using the Exposure HDR
05:55 - White balance node
06:44 - Contrast Node - Pivot point 0.336
07:19 - Contrast S-curve
07:50 - Apply the grade to other clips in the timeline
08:21 - Get a free project file with node tree
08:46 - How to save the node tree for re-use
09:15 - How to group clips to save time color grading
09:42 - How to apply a grade to group clips
10:16 - How nodes work on a group clip
10:40 - How to adjust the colors on an individual clip
11:21 - How to export the grade (node tree)