Background: Although Premiere Pro has an established Proxy Workflow using DaVinci Resolve allows for more flexibility. You. can also use Color Management which means you get a technically correct image.

Setting Up the Project

Background: At this point in the process it makes sense to setup a project at 1080P as that will match your proxy editing resolution. During the edit you can setup masking for 2.35 aspect ratio if that is what you are delivering.

1. Open Davinci Resolve

2. Click the gear icon  to open settings

For a 25fps film use these Timeline Settings dependent on the framerate of your film

3. Save the settings

To setup colour management follow this link. ***Resolve Colour Science Explained 

Save the project File>Save and name it.

Creating an Export Timeline

Select the clips you want to export and select Create New Timeline Using Selected Clips...

Name the Timeline… for example Day 1 Card 1

Preparing the Timeline for export - colour management

You now have the opportunity to enable Resolve Colour management. To do this you need to know the colour space of the camera used to shoot the film.

***Resolve Colour Science Explained 

Or you can apply a LUT provided by the camera manufacturer. 

You can also do you own custom grade for editorial.