Source: [DaVinci Resolve Quick Start](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/getting-started/resolve)

# DaVinci Resolve Quick Start

## Install and activate Filmbox Looks

1. Sign in to your [Video Village Account](https://license.videovillage.com) and find your Filmbox Looks license page.
2. Download the **Video Village Plugins** app.
3. On the license page, select `Activate on this device` to launch the Video Village Plugins app and install your license automatically.

### If you can't open the activation link

Select `Get activation code` on the license page and copy the code. Open the Video Village Plugins app, select `Activate a product`, then paste the code when prompted.

4. In the Video Village Plugins app, select `OpenFX`, then select `Install`. (DaVinci Resolve must not be running during installation.)

## Color management

Filmbox Looks always outputs Rec.709 Gamma 2.4. Resolve 20 and later uses this colorspace by default. You should not have to change any color management settings to view or export the image correctly. For HDR or more advanced color management options check out [Filmbox Pro](https://videovillage.com/filmbox/).

### If the image looks wrong

We recommend updating Resolve to the latest version and double-checking these settings:

- In `DaVinci Resolve › Preferences › General`, enable `Use Mac display color profiles for viewers` and `Viewers match QuickTime player when using Rec.709 Scene`.
- In `File › Project Settings › Color Management`, set `Output color space` to `Rec.709 (Scene)`.

## Add Filmbox Looks to a node

Launch Resolve. On the `Color` page, open the `Effects` pane and locate **Filmbox Looks** under **Video Village**. Drag Filmbox Looks onto an empty node in the node graph.

![Dragging Filmbox Looks from the Resolve Effects library onto a color node](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/filmbox-looks/getting-started/resolve-effects-870944d3.png)

## Select your camera

![Filmbox Source control set to Arri LogC4 and Arri Wide Gamut 4](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/filmbox/full-guide/source-selector-36fd434a.png)

Set `Source` in Filmbox to match the color space your footage was recorded in or the working space you have transformed it into.

- **If you are unsure what color space your footage is in** , you can sometimes find it listed in the `Metadata` pane on the `Media` page.

- **For RAW footage** , you may need to configure Resolve’s `Camera RAW` settings to output clips in the camera’s log space rather than Rec.709.

- **For graphics** or clips that were not recorded in a log color space, you can set `Source` in Filmbox to `(Inaccurate) Rec.709 Gamma 2.4`. This will be less accurate than working with scene-referred footage, but it may still produce a useful result.

## Interface Tour

![Filmbox Looks interface with Source, Camera, Looks Family, Look, and characteristic controls](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/interface-83e28ed6.png)

- **[Source](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/source-camera):** Select the colorspace your footage was recorded in.
- **[Photo Mode](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/photo-mode):** Use Filmbox with Resolve’s still photography features.
- **[Camera](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/source-camera#camera):** Adjust true Exposure, Temp, and Tint of the footage, just like on the camera.
- **[Looks](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/about-the-looks):** Select a Look from a Family of looks with similar characteristics.
- **[Look controls](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/grading):** Adjust basic characteristics of the selected look.

## Looks Library

Looks are organized into Families that share core characteristics. “II” Families are general-purpose emulations ordered from cleanest to most filmic: grain, halation, gate weave, dust, and photochemical color character generally intensify as you move toward 8mm.

![General-purpose Looks families from Clean and Commercial through 8mm](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/filmbox/full-guide/looks-film-families-f653a5ba.png)

- **[Clean & Commercial](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/about-the-looks#clean-and-commercial):** Neutral color with minimal grain and halation; no weave or dust.
- **[Idealized 35mm](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/about-the-looks#idealized-35mm):** Versatile film color with restrained grain and texture.
- **[Full 35mm](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/about-the-looks#full-35mm):** Authentic 35mm color, grain, halation, dust, and weave.
- **[16mm](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/about-the-looks#16mm):** Gritty small-gauge texture with stronger grain, halation, and weave.
- **[8mm](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/about-the-looks#8mm):** Nostalgic home-movie texture with heavy grain, halation, weave, dust, and flicker.

![Aesthetic Looks families including Pastel, Photography, Iconic, Vintage Cinema, Black and White, and Extreme](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/filmbox/full-guide/looks-aesthetic-families-c112eb0a.png)

- **[Pastel & Low-Contrast](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/about-the-looks#pastel-and-low-contrast):** Soft, airy color with restrained contrast.
- **[Photography](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/about-the-looks#photography):** Popular still-film negatives, including halation-heavy CineStill looks.
- **[Iconic](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/about-the-looks#iconic):** Homages to movies with distinctive visual identities.
- **[Vintage Cinema](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/about-the-looks#vintage-cinema):** Period looks based on older, often expired cinema stocks.
- **[Black & White](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/about-the-looks#black-and-white):** Monochrome looks with varied tone, grain, and texture.
- **[Extreme](https://videovillage.com/learn/filmbox-looks/full-guide/about-the-looks#extreme):** Unconventional film looks that push color and style.

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