What I did expect though, was that when I designed a new look in the DaVinci ACES color science and generated a LUT that the look I designed would be baked in using the new LUT. 709 or LogC to work in the ACES workflow as they were designed around a different color science (DaVinci YRGB). I did not expect my old LUTs that I built around Rec. The one thing I’ve noticed however is that LUT generation is significantly different. And I have downloaded and applied a few LUTs for ACES that I really like. Color matching different cameras has never been easier. Benefit as well is the grad becomes very modular as well and doesn't irreversibly change (I mean in the timeline, I've got backups for everything) the clips like exporting XML from divinci does.I am fairly new to the ACES workflow, but I am really liking it so far. I'm trying to learn if a full switch is feasible but I can't pause all of post production to try it right now. I know the standard advice is just switch to divinci (and we shoot on b.raw black magic anyway) but I've got 2 assistant editors who are just getting grips with premier and heavily relying on my presets keyboard shortcuts and premade assets.

The grade looks the same and plays back just like normal, and haven't had a render fail So my plan is to grade footage in resolve then export the LUTs and apply them to each clip in premier (working on a script for that too). I've tried exporting XML for Premier but the graded timeline becomes unplayable, something like 1 frame every 3 minutes, and always results in a failed render. Problem is non distractibility getting it back into Premier. As of now I export a simplified timeline from Premier as an XML. It's the classic edits in Premier, grades in Resolve.

Export luts for davinci resolve