Color Management Panel
There are a good number of new color management settings and changed color management defaults in the 2022 release. I would expect we will be getting more as we go along. This is becoming a nightmare to manage!
We need a single panel. One with perhaps two tabs:
1) The overall Default options for color management settings, and for default options for various media types.
2) The Override tab for clip or sequence overrides, covering the same items as in no. 1.
Essentially, One Panel To Rule Them All.

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Dan Monro commented
Essential! So to speak...
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John Hoare commented
Very annoying when using MXF clips recorded in log, on Sony FX9 camera; it has the appearance of burnt-in LUT when dropped onto the timeline.
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Ian Allardyce commented
Sony FX6 SLOG-3 footage doesn't seem to be recognised as SLOG3 which is very odd. "interperet Footage" suggests it is, but it isn't. So we have to over ride it. Infuriating.
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Luke Magnay commented
I'm dealing with an HDR blowout issue and a panel like this could be useful
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Todd Boekelheide commented
Super important. And I would recommend a comprehensive learning resource so that people of any skill level can use CM without making mistakes that would have terrible downstream consequences for their work.
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Baffy19 commented
Here you also need a setting to restore overexposed frames. Often, clients provide materials where some moments are ruined by excessive light from camera sensors. To save details in light areas, this function is extremely important. Another thing that is needed on the color page is matching frames by black and white points, not just the entire frame. Because the Match Frame that exists now, it overwhelmingly does not always bring results.
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Lloyd Lemmermann commented
Streamlining the color management workflow would remove the unnecessary but persistent dread of opening Premiere Pro.
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Adrian V commented
The Default of HDR Colour space on MXF Footage is a complete nightmare. Existing unfinished projects have become a mess...
Would be great to be able to set your defaults of how you want footage handled, instead of having to individually change the Interpret settings for every individual clip.
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Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre commented
Would be great!
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Richard van den Boogaard commented
If you want to obtain any color consistency throughout the workflow, this should be an integral part of the start of most any project!
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R. Neil Haugen commented
And this should be a full Panel ... floatable, dockable, available from the Windows menu where the rest of the Panels are located.
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chantal butchinsky commented
please sort this out - adding 709 as a default CS is maddening - footage should be displayed as imported and then CM decisions can be made
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Jim Gowing commented
Just wasted a day on trying to figure this out! Professionals don't have time to deal with issues like this. Time is precious. A software update should make things better and more efficient, not the opposite. Please listen and sort this out.
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Baffy19 commented
Adobe developers, do you hear the opinion of users??? How much writing does it take for you to solve the **** color management setup. I've been tormented by setting up this nightmarish color redefinition, which doesn't work properly and spoils the clips on the timeline.
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Jonah Walker commented
Yes please.
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Sam Sielen commented
Any updates on this? More and more explaining to editors and clients, etc why footage loads in differently. Shoot with 2 cameras with Slog3C (and even same sensor!) - FX6 (MXF) and A7S3 (MP4) and before these new color workflow updates, footage always matched right off the bat, now clients think there is something wrong as with MXF files, SLog3 metadata is read, but not from MP4 files. Seems easy to select correct color space in Resolve, why not yet in Premiere?
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Ruslan Isaev commented
YES! Please, Adobe!
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Nate Bayless commented
This! I know the "R" word might be a no-no, but Adobe engineers please see Resolve's Project Settings window. It has a simple hotkey to open up, and gives all the sequence related settings that you might need, including a Color Management tab where we can pick the right settings for our particular project. There's no "one size fit's all" color management.
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Piotr Kwasnik commented
Yes please we need this!
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Piotr Kwasnik commented
One hundred percent, they need to make this happen.
Honestly, I love premiere but every time they make my workflow slower, I am considering other options like Davinci more and MORE.
Please Adobe, listen to your customers and give us the option to turn the default ugly looking LUT OFF!
Thank you