Getting Started

Set up your first LUT capture in DaVinci Resolve

This guide walks you through setting up Nobe LutBake in DaVinci Resolve and capturing your first LUT.

One-keystroke LUT capture while grading in DaVinci Resolve

Prerequisites

Make sure you have completed the installation and meet the requirements:

• Nobe LutBake app installed and running in the menu bar

• OFX plugin installed (check the app's menu bar popover for status)

Step 1: Set Up the Node Graph

1. Open DaVinci Resolve Studio and go to the Color page.

2. Select a clip in the timeline.

3. Open the OpenFX panel and drag Nobe LutBake onto the first node in the chain. Set its mode to HALD Generator.

4. Add your color correction nodes after it (curves, wheels, LUTs, etc.).

5. Drag another Nobe LutBake onto the last node in the chain. Set its mode to LUT Generator.

6. Label the first node as HALD — the app uses this label to find the node. On DaVinci Resolve 20+, nodes are also discovered automatically, so labeling is optional but recommended.

7. Disable the HALD node (Ctrl+D / Cmd+D) so it doesn't render the HALD pattern into your image. The app will automatically enable it during LUT capture and disable it again afterward.

Your node graph should look like this:

Node setup: HALD Generator → Your Color Corrections → LUT Generator

Disable spatial and temporal effects before capture. LutBake captures everything between the two nodes — unlike Resolve's built-in Generate LUT function, spatial effects are not automatically bypassed. Blur, sharpening, noise reduction, glow, grain, Power Windows, and similar effects cannot be represented in a 3D LUT and will produce a LUT that does not match your grade. Disable these effects or place them on nodes outside the LutBake capture range.

The app automatically detects 40+ spatial tools before each capture. On DaVinci Resolve 20+, you can auto-disable detected effects during capture and restore your original grade afterward. Post-capture mathematical validation catches anything the scan missed. Correct node placement is still the most reliable safeguard.

Make sure both nodes use the same HALD level. The default level 8 works well for most workflows.

Step 2: Configure the App

Click the Nobe LutBake icon in the menu bar to open the popover.

Menu bar popover

Open Settings to configure:

• Output folder — Where LUT files will be saved.

• Filename template — Use placeholders like {index} for auto-incrementing numbers.

• LUT size — 17, 33, 64, 65, or 100 (overrides the plugin's UI setting). Use 64 with HALD 8 for best accuracy.

• Clamp output to 0..1 — Enabled by default to maximize compatibility with LUT consumers that expect normalized output.

• Node label — The label of your HALD Generator node (default: HALD). Optional on Resolve 20+ (auto-discovery).

• Node graph — Clip, Timeline, Group Pre-Clip, or Group Post-Clip.

General settings

LUT settings

Step 3: Capture a LUT

Press the global keyboard shortcut (default: Cmd+Shift+L) or click Capture LUT in the menu bar popover.

The app will automatically enable the HALD node, capture the LUT, disable the node, and show a notification when complete. If DRX export is enabled, a still will be grabbed as well.

Your .cube LUT file is now saved and ready to use.

Step 4: Customize the Keyboard Shortcut

Go to Settings > Shortcuts to change the global capture shortcut.

Keyboard shortcut settings

Node Graph Types

The app can access HALD nodes in different node graphs:

Type	Description
Clip	Main clip node tree
Timeline	Timeline-level node graph (default)
Group Pre-Clip	Applied before clip corrections
Group Post-Clip	Applied after clip corrections

On DaVinci Resolve 20+, the app scans all graphs in processing order (Pre-Clip → Clip → Post-Clip → Timeline) to find your LutBake nodes automatically. The graph type setting is mainly used as a hint for older Resolve versions.

Group Pre-Clip and Group Post-Clip require the clip to be assigned to a Color Group in Resolve.