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How do Silverstack and Livegrade carry CDL and LUT colour to editorial and Resolve, what is the application order, and what does not travel?

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In Pomfort's documentation, CDL can travel in Silverstack ALE ASC-SOP/ASC-SAT columns into Avid, where (2016 page) the CDL must sit above the added 3D LUT because transformations apply top to bottom; Livegrade's exportable look formats depend on the grading mode; Silverstack lets CDL/LUT order be switched in CDL Advanced to support CDL in log or video gamma, so the receiving tool's order must match the authoring order; and transcodes bake looks per Look source, with From File falling back to a default Log-to-Rec.709 conversion when no look is embedded. Curator qualifications: Pages read 2026-10-22; no transcode, export or import run. EDL/CCC and Resolve/ColorTrace claims and the ARRI guideline not re-read (producer reading). Avid page dated 2016. Mis-application of log-authored CDL is an inference (producer), not tested. Limitations: Pages read 2026-10-22; no transcode, export or import run. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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    {
      "url": "https://kb.pomfort.com/silverstack/reference/preset-panel/transcoding-preset-panel/",
      "note": "Pomfort KB: Transfer color metadata to AVID Media Composer (Last updated: January 27, 2016); Livegrade: Exporting looks; Silverstack: Color controls and grading modes; Silverstack transcoding preset panel 2.7"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://kb.pomfort.com/silverstack/hands-on/exchanging-data/transfer-color-metadata-to-avid-media-composer/",
      "note": "Pomfort KB: Transfer color metadata to AVID Media Composer (Last updated: January 27, 2016); Livegrade: Exporting looks; Silverstack: Color controls and grading modes; Silverstack transcoding preset panel 2.7"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://kb.pomfort.com/silverstack/hands-on/creating-dailies/export-to-davinci-resolve/",
      "note": "Pomfort KB: Transfer color metadata to AVID Media Composer (Last updated: January 27, 2016); Livegrade: Exporting looks; Silverstack: Color controls and grading modes; Silverstack transcoding preset panel 2.7"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://kb.pomfort.com/silverstack/hands-on/exchanging-data/edl-export/",
      "note": "Pomfort KB: Transfer color metadata to AVID Media Composer (Last updated: January 27, 2016); Livegrade: Exporting looks; Silverstack: Color controls and grading modes; Silverstack transcoding preset panel 2.7"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://kb.pomfort.com/silverstack/reference/color/color-controls-grading-modes/",
      "note": "Pomfort KB: Transfer color metadata to AVID Media Composer (Last updated: January 27, 2016); Livegrade: Exporting looks; Silverstack: Color controls and grading modes; Silverstack transcoding preset panel 2.7"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.arri.com/resource/blob/31938/bba63b129626db9d5b289d33b3ad724e/2018-11-16-arri-dailies-in-resolve-15-2-data.pdf",
      "note": "Pomfort KB: Transfer color metadata to AVID Media Composer (Last updated: January 27, 2016); Livegrade: Exporting looks; Silverstack: Color controls and grading modes; Silverstack transcoding preset panel 2.7"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://kb.pomfort.com/livegrade/hands-on/export-looks-stills-metadata/asc-cdl-workflow-livegrade-and-resolve/",
      "note": "Pomfort KB: Transfer color metadata to AVID Media Composer (Last updated: January 27, 2016); Livegrade: Exporting looks; Silverstack: Color controls and grading modes; Silverstack transcoding preset panel 2.7"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://kb.pomfort.com/livegrade/hands-on/export-looks-stills-metadata/exporting-looks/",
      "note": "Pomfort KB: Transfer color metadata to AVID Media Composer (Last updated: January 27, 2016); Livegrade: Exporting looks; Silverstack: Color controls and grading modes; Silverstack transcoding preset panel 2.7"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] In Pomfort's documentation, CDL can travel in Silverstack ALE ASC-SOP/ASC-SAT columns into Avid, where (2016 page) the CDL must sit above the added 3D LUT because transformations apply top to bottom; Livegrade's exportable look formats depend on the grading mode; Silverstack lets CDL/LUT order be switched in CDL Advanced to support CDL in log or video gamma, so the receiving tool's order must match the authoring order; and transcodes bake looks per Look source, with From File falling back to a default Log-to-Rec.709 conversion when no look is embedded. · locator: Pomfort KB: Transfer color metadata to AVID Media Composer (Last updated: January 27, 2016); Livegrade: Exporting looks; Silverstack: Color controls and grading modes; Silverstack transcoding preset panel 2.7 source

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component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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