Desaturation every time I import videos!!!!!

Is it RAW or log? How are you monitoring?

Ummm...

Someone must have deleted his question while I was answering…

Whew!

I thought this was the first sign of the Universe falling apart as Biden takes office.

Although, I guess this means that shoe is still waiting to drop.

Whew! I thought this was the first sign of the Universe falling apart as Biden takes office.

Don't get me started.

For a lot of reasons, I advise people to include at least 1 second of SMPTE bars at the beginning of every file, particularly one coming into Resolve (or any other color correction system). That way, you can check on scopes to make sure there's no shift in video level, black level, chroma, or hue.

These articles cover why color and levels can change with some video formats and some playback engines:

"Grading for Mixed Delivery: Cinema, Home, and Every Screen in Between" by Cullen Kelly
https://blog.frame.io/2019/10/14/gradin ... -delivery/

"How to Deal with Levels: Full vs. Video" by Dan Swierenga
https://www.thepostprocess.com/2019/09/ ... l-vs-video

and
"A Deeper Look at Consistent Color with QuickTime Tags From Resolve To YouTube & Vimeo on Wide Gamut Apple Monitors"
by Dan Swierenga
https://www.thepostprocess.com/2020/07/ ... ktime-tags

and I think they cover the issues and the solutions very well. Understanding color management is also helpful:

"Color Management for Video Editors"
https://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/film-and-video ... o-editors/