John Paines wrote:Bosh! Back in the cdng days, some of us tried comparing the effectiveness of raw controls v. the usual primary wheels, contrast controls, etc.. If there's a difference, nobody could see it. In the end, it's all numbers. Doesn't matter how you produce them.
I think this is true
except for the color temperature controls. When done in Raw, you get a different effect than lift/gamma/gain. I would always prefer setting ISO, exposure, and color temp with the Raw controls, and then doing everything else with the curves, gain (LGG and Log), keys, windows and so on within Resolve.
MixingLight had a good comparison of what you could and could not do in the Raw controls a couple of years back. Their conclusion was it was best just to set a basic overall look in Raw, then do 99% of everything else with the traditional Resolve controls. Trying to colorgrade entirely in Raw is insane and just takes much, much too much time. (I have to confess, it's easier to get to the Raw controls with a control surface, and that does help.)