If you need a perfect, adjustable video look, rebuild the XMP manually using color wheels and curves in Resolve. If you need to share a photographer's look quickly, use the converter—but know you are baking the cake forever.
Here’s the complete, practical story. To understand the converter, you first need to understand the two formats. xmp to cube converter
| Aspect | Original XMP (Recipe) | Converted Cube (Baked Cake) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Yes (slider from 0-100%) | No (you'd need to re-convert at 50%) | | Range beyond 0-255 | Yes (works in floating point, HDR) | Limited (most cubes are 0-255, 10-bit or 12-bit) | | Masking / Gradients | Yes (can be local adjustments) | No (cube is global only) | | File size | ~5 KB | ~1-17 MB | If you need a perfect, adjustable video look,