A question on converting DNG to B&W

A question for you colorists working in Resolve.

How do you convert your color dng files to B&W?

I know you can simply reduce the saturation in the primary color grade, or do the same in the Raw Processor. But that leaves no control as to how each color is rendered.

Coming from stills, utilizing 'Zone System', there was complete control over how each color appeared in B&W. The raw processor in Photoshop/Lightroom has similiar tools.

How would you do the same or similar in Resolve? How do you convert to B&W?

Thanks...

Do a structure with a parallel node and an extra node at the end, the last node Is just the saturation to 0.

In the parallel nodes you can add how many correction you need to tweak the colors before going bw

You can also use the RGB Mixer in Monochrome mode, then vary the individual levels of Red, Green, and Blue to determine where the B&W information comes from. Pp. 538-539 in the v11 manual.

You are the two people that I had hoped would reply. THANK YOU for getting back. I'll dig into these today and get back. FYI really appreciate reading your many responses to other peoples questions. Over a long period of time now I've read and learned a great deal. The beauty and power of this place.

Both ways work but Marc's direction gets me to where I'm trying to go in the most direct manner. The ability to adjust how each color is rendered in B&W.

I'm looking forward to the next set of Adobe upgrades. I'm sure you already know that the revamped Raw Processor will exactly resemble the Photoshop/Lightroom Processor. Coming from stills, I do like the way you can control the Hue/Saturation/Luminance while converting to greyscale (or not). At least to me it's more intuitive... similar to the tools we used using zone system.

Thanks again to both of you for your help. Mission accomplished.