okay so this is kind of embarrassing but my current workflow is basically dump everything from the SD card into a folder on my desktop, open premiere, drag clips in, mess around for a couple hours and then give up or export something im not totally happy with. i know thats bad

the color grading part especially. i shoot in d-log on my mini 3 pro and i have like 6 different luts ive downloaded and i just slap one on and call it a day which i think is the wrong approach but i dont really know what the right approach is. the colors never quite look right ? skies go weird or skin tones look greenish

does anyone have a workflow they actually stick to consistently? not looking for anything super professional just something that doesnt feel like im starting from scratch every single time

the lut thing is a really common trap. a lut is kind of like a starting point not a finish line, you still need to do a base exposure and white balance correction before you apply it or youre just putting a filter on a mess. in davinci resolve theres a node specifically for this ? you put your log conversion or lut in one node and then do all your actual adjustments in nodes after it. makes it way easier to control whats happening

also for the organizational side of things, i just make a folder per project with subfolders for raw footage, exports, and project files. nothing fancy but at least i can find stuff six months later. the desktop dumping thing will catch up with you eventually lol

honestly i switched from premiere to resolve just for the color tools and never looked back. theres a bit of a learning curve but there are so many good free tutorials specifically for drone d-log footage that its not as bad as it sounds. the main thing i changed was doing a proper primary correction first ? just getting the exposure and white balance neutral ? before touching any lut at all. the greenish skin tones thing is almost always a white balance issue before the lut even enters the picture