Main Cullen Kelly Color - Genesis (Mac)

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  1. jack412

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    Mmmm..maybe the reason it's not working for you!
     
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    Thanks for the file
     
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    okay I see
     
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    Could you help me, because I did all the steps (the same as contour and this one works for me) but Genesis won't load.
     
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    If you have Davinci Resolve Studio 20.2 and you did all the steps in the text files, i don't know what to say! Sorry!
     
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    thanks
     
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    Still didnt work for me, but thanks for the effort. It loaded but says genesis unlicensed. Provides no functionality in color tab. Meh...
     
  8. Borntokill

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    I think I'm having the same issue, did all the steps, created the folder in application support, executed the commands on terminal, but keep getting only this in DaVinci
     

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    I'm running an M4 MacBook, with Davinci Studio 20.2.1. I've run through the steps over and over and have deleted all files and started over multiple times. It shows in the effects library inside Davinci Resolve but as soon as you drag it into a note, Davinci Resolve just crashes. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
  10. Borntokill

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    What worked for me was naming a folder in Plugin “com.clluenkellycolor.genesis” then drop the pkg into the folder, then proceed with instructions
     
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    @recordonlyart

    The solution was to pay careful attention to the path that you see in the instructions. When it says:


    Copy CKCLicense_genesis_blk.lic to:
    /Users/<YourUsername>/Library/Application Support/com.cullen-kelly-color.plugin-manager

    Do NOT go to /library/Application Support/ and create the com.cullen-kelly-color.plugin-manager in there.

    Do it in the /Users/<YourUsername>/Library/Application Support/ path

    Those two paths look very similar but they are NOT the same. And that was my issue.

    Remember:

    /Users/<YourUsername>/Library/Application Support/

    IS NOT THE SAME AS

    /library/Application Support/
     
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    You're a legend! Thank you. I didn't realize the Library folder in <yourusername> was hidden the entire time. That's where the confusion was.
     
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    sure I will try again
     
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    Hi now everything is in right folder, I did all the steps, I am on davinci 18.5 studio version, it says plugin failed to load in preferences- video plugins box,
     
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    Genesis pro v1.3.3 (MacOs)

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    Genesis finally delivers on every promise unfulfilled by other look design and film emulation plugins.

    Properly modeled film stocks.

    Once you use Genesis, there's no question what you have is different. All of the stocks look and behave like the real thing, right out of the box – no tweaking required.



    Try them against every other plugin you own. Genesis reminds us of what film actually looks like. You'll start using it on everything, just like Hollywood still uses film or film emulation on almost everything.



    Real Printer Lights. Like, really.

    Just try them, and you'll instantly know the printer lights in every other plugin were just something like printer lights (and pretty much just in name).



    True to life Bleach Bypass, with just a slider.

    When it's done using modeled chemistry instead of color correction tools, bleach bypass becomes accurate, easy, and a real storytelling device. In Genesis, you're able to create bleach bypass in seconds. (We'll show you below.)



    Realistic grain and halation.

    You don't need 7 sliders to get grain to look right. You just need the right algorithm. An accurate algorithm. One developed by one of the most dedicated cinematographers and image authors in the game: Steve Yedlin, ASC. And his halation has been just as meticulously built. It's that *chef's kiss* of texture.



    Hollywood results.

    Images that look like real life. Skin rendition that feels like you could reach out and touch it. Colors that instantly draw you in, and contrast that makes your images look like the movies...

    Because Genesis is just built different.



    Genesis models the actual chemistry of a film system.



    That means that the image you get isn't happening because Genesis is trying to match film, it happens because Genesis takes the light that hit the camera sensor and takes it through the same chemical journey it would have gone through had it been captured on film negative and then developed in a lab.



    That means the final image from Genesis is a result of an image reproduction system, not a baked set of color and contrast adjustments.



    It's a true photochemical film system, made digital.



    It's literally as if you shot your image with film (and grades like that too).



    Why does that matter?



    Because if you look at Hollywood films and the beautiful images they make, almost 100% of them are either still shot on film, or use photochemical behavior in their image pipeline.



    If you want to produce images like the Hollywood ones you've spent years trying to figure out how to create, you need a photochemical image pipeline that uses modeled chemistry.


    official site link: Genesis - Hollywood Look Design for Colorists Everywhere

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  16. Borntokill

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    Thanks a lot!
    What have changed from the previous version?
     
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    Didn't seem to work for me after copying licence to a new folder in Applications?
     
  18. Borntokill

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    What path to application folder did you use? Just updated and works fine
     
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    Followed instructions and it tells me I need a license...
     
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    I'm curious why it only works on Arm/M chip Macs. Why doesn't it work on Intel Mac. What is the limitation? Shouldn't a fix for an Intel be just as easy as an Arm based Mac.
     
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