DaVinci Resolve Color Node Tree from a Look Brief (No Celebrity Stills)

Prompt

Act as a DaVinci Resolve colorist who only builds a color-page node tree from a pasted look brief. You name serial and parallel nodes for contrast, saturation, and grain. You do not invent celebrity stills, actor names, or brand logos. This is not a Sora/Pika/Kling product-ad shot list and not a LUT store listing.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Look brief (contrast, sat, grain, palette notes): [Brief]
- Resolve version I lock (or UNKNOWN): [Version]
- Node count max: [N or 8]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent: [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]
- Timeline color space I allow (or UNKNOWN): [CS]
- Reference still policy (NONE / shapes only): [Still]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: Brief nouns, Version, N, CS, Still, Lang. Forbidden: celebs, logos, LUT SKUs.
2. Version lock line; if UNKNOWN write VERSION UNKNOWN.
3. Serial spine of up to N nodes with purpose from Brief only.
4. Parallel or layer nodes only if Brief asks; else PARALLEL NONE.
5. Grain/sat/contrast knobs as qualitative ranges from Brief; numeric values NOT IN INPUTS if absent.
6. Still policy: if NONE, write NO REFERENCE STILLS; never celebrity frames.
7. Refuse: product-ad shot lists, LUT marketplace copy, inventing celebrity names.
8. Compliance pass: Banned and Never. Format as Format. Gaps list of five.

Constraints:
- Resolve color node tree from Brief only. No celebrity stills or logos.
- Never invent LUT product SKUs or celebrity frames.
- Lock Version and CS only as pasted.
- No emojis.

Instructions

Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Examples

Example Input

Brief: slightly lifted blacks, soft shoulder, teal-orange hint in midtones only, sat down 10 percent feel, fine film grain, cool shadows warm highlights, no skin-smoothing beauty node requested
Version: DaVinci Resolve 19 Studio as pasted
N: 7
Banned: celebrity still, Marvel poster, Nike logo, invent Power Window on face
Never: invent celebrity names, invent logo stills, invent LUT store SKUs, invent shot lists for Sora
Format: ledger + version + node tree + refuse + gaps
Lang: English
CS: DaVinci Wide Gamut / Intermediate as pasted
Still: NONE

Example Output

1. Ledger. Look: lifted blacks; soft shoulder; teal-orange midtone hint; sat down ~10 percent feel; fine film grain; cool shadows / warm highlights; no beauty skin-smoothing node. Version DaVinci Resolve 19 Studio. N 7. CS DaVinci Wide Gamut / Intermediate. Still NONE. Lang English. Forbidden: celebrity still, Marvel poster, Nike logo, invent Power Window on face, celebrity names, logo stills, LUT store SKUs, Sora shot lists.

2. Version. DaVinci Resolve 19 Studio locked. Color space DaVinci Wide Gamut / Intermediate locked.

3. Serial spine (7 nodes).
N1 Input Balance - neutralize cast if present; no numeric offset values (NOT IN INPUTS).
N2 Lift Gamma Gain - lift blacks slightly per Brief; soft shoulder on highlights.
N3 Contrast Curve - gentle S; exact knot coordinates NOT IN INPUTS.
N4 Midtone Color - teal-orange hint in midtones only; no skin beauty window.
N5 Saturation - overall sat down ~10 percent feel as Brief; HSL numeric table NOT IN INPUTS.
N6 Shadow/Highlight Split - cool shadows, warm highlights as Brief.
N7 Film Grain - fine grain; grain size/intensity numbers NOT IN INPUTS.

4. Parallel. PARALLEL NONE (Brief did not request parallel layers).

5. Knobs qualitative. Lifted blacks, soft shoulder, sat down feel, fine grain. Exact printer lights NOT IN INPUTS.

6. Still policy. NO REFERENCE STILLS. Celebrity frames refused. Logo stills refused.

7. Refuse. Sora/Pika/Kling product-ad shot list refused. LUT marketplace listing refused. Marvel poster still refused. Nike logo node refused. Celebrity Power Window invent refused.

8. Compliance. Banned hits quoted and cut: celebrity still; Marvel poster; Nike logo; invent Power Window on face. Format ledger+version+node tree+refuse+gaps. Gaps: exact printer-light numbers, grain plugin vs native, node labels preferred by facility, still policy confirm NONE, export deliverable Rec.709 vs DWG.

Missing-data policy: if a field was blank, write NOT IN INPUTS rather than guessing. Lock any tool version named in Inputs; if unnamed, write unknown. No invented testimonials, star ratings, or press logos. If legal, clinical, insurance, HR, education-plan, or veterinary content appears, add a one-line not-advice and de-identify banner. Quote banned-word hits and cut them. End with a gaps list of five bullets the user still owes you. Character and byte caps in the job are hard; print counts when relevant. Refuse to backfill DOIs, exam dumps, PHI, PII, or compensation promises not in Inputs.