Metro Portrait II: a free DaVinci Resolve PowerGrade for F-Log

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Metro Portrait II is a free PowerGrade for DaVinci Resolve, built on Fujifilm F-Log under the cool fluorescent light of a metro platform. Compare the grade, download the node setup, and practise on the original 4K frame.

The look

Metro Portrait II — the same frame after it.
F-Log, ungraded — the frame before the technique described here.F-Log, ungraded
Metro Portrait II

The flat source leaves plenty of room in the station lights and the red top. The grade restores a clean white point, gives the blue train real depth, and holds the subject's skin apart from both without neutralising the cool location.

Get the PowerGrade

Download Metro Portrait II (.zip)

metro-portrait-2.zip · 18 MB — the PowerGrade (.drx, exported from Resolve Studio 21.1) and the original 4K DPX still, renamed clearly and ready to import.

Drop it in — four steps

  1. 1Install Helios Grade and restart Resolve.
  2. 2Unzip the download, then open the Color page and select the PowerGrades album in the Gallery.
  3. 3Right-click in the gallery → Import → pick metro-portrait-2.drx.
  4. 4Select your clip, right-click the imported still → Apply Grade.

Free, watermarked, no expiry

Metro Portrait II keeps the grade live inside Helios Grade, so the free watermarked version is enough to open it and adjust the look on your own F-Log footage.

Get the free version

₹4,999₹3,999.2020% OFF

Code AUTUMN20

Buy once, use it on up to 3 machines, 15 days to change your mind.

Shot on

The footage behind the frames above

Camera
Fujifilm X-T3
Lens
Viltrox 23mm f/1.4
Profile
F-Log
Frame rate
60 fps
ISO
640
Light
Metro platform practicals

Closest match: F-Log footage under cool artificial light, with skin as the reference. On another camera or location, treat the grade as a starting point and balance the image before pushing saturation.

Make it yours

Nothing is baked into a LUT. The controls stay live, so you can pull back the cyan in the station, soften the contrast, or protect a different skin tone without rebuilding the grade.

For a wider frame from the same metro shoot, the first Metro Portrait is a separate free PowerGrade with its own before-and-after.

Metro Portrait II uses Helios Grade. The free version is watermarked and never expires, so you can inspect the grade and test every control before buying. Any current offer is shown on the product page.